Lotus 79 is a Lotus Formula 1 racing car that performed in the 1978 season.
| Lotus 79 | |||||||||
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| Category | Formula 1 | ||||||||
| Developer |  Colin ChapmanPeter Wright Martin Ogilvy, Jeff Aldridge | ||||||||
| Constructor | Team lotus | ||||||||
| Specifications | |||||||||
| Chassis | Aluminum Monocoque | ||||||||
| Suspension (front) | Lower arms, upper articulated arms, springs and dampers inside the housing | ||||||||
| Suspension (rear) | Lower arms, upper articulated arms, springs and dampers inside the housing | ||||||||
| Length | 4420 mm | ||||||||
| Engine | Ford Cosworth DFV, 3.0 l, 465 hp V8 , 90 °, atmospheric, | ||||||||
| Transmission | Hewland FG 400 5 speed manual | ||||||||
| Weight | 578 kg | ||||||||
| Fuel | Valvoline, Essex | ||||||||
| Tires | Goodyear | ||||||||
| Performance history | |||||||||
| Teams | John Player Special Team Lotus Martini Racing Team Lotus Team rebaque | ||||||||
| The pilots |  Mario Andretti Ronnie peterson Jean-Pierre Jarier Carlos Royteman Hector Rebake | ||||||||
| Debut |  Belgium 1978 | ||||||||
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| Constructors' Championship | 1 ( 1978 ) | ||||||||
| Personal account | 1 ( 1978 , Andretti ) | ||||||||
| Unless otherwise indicated, all data refer only for the scoring Formula 1 Grand Prix | |||||||||
Content
History
The car was designed at the end of 1977 and became the first Formula 1 car, which fully implemented the principle of ground effect .
The designers managed to solve the problem with rarefaction of air, which was in the Lotus 78 chassis. For this, the design of the Venturi tunnels was redesigned, which made it possible to more evenly distribute the air pressure under the bottom of the car. The rear shock absorbers were hidden from the air flow closer to the gearbox, and the exhaust pipes were lifted and integrated into the side pontoons. At the same time, the fuel tanks were removed from the sides and placed inside the chassis directly behind the cockpit. This not only improved the weight distribution, the car got more efficient aerodynamics, because the side pontoons 79 created more downforce than the Lotus 78 .
Slightly reducing the effectiveness of the rear wing, along with other improvements, Lotus engineers not only achieved their goal, maintaining full downforce, but also reduced aerodynamic drag.
In fact, the Lotus 79 possessed about 15% more efficient aerodynamics than the 78 . The car literally stuck to the track and allowed to take turns at a higher speed [1] .
Race Performance
| Year | Team | Engine | Tires | N ° | The pilots | one | 2 | 3 | four | five | 6 | 7 | eight | 9 | ten | eleven | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | sixteen | Glasses | QC |
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| 1978 | John Player Special Team lotus | Ford Cosworth Dfv | G | 86 [2] | one | ||||||||||||||||||
| five | Andretti | one | one | Descent | one | Descent | one | Descent | one | 6 | Descent | ten | |||||||||||
| 6 | Peterson | 2 | 3 | 2 | Descent | Descent | one | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 55 | Zharye | 15 | Descent | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1979 | Martini racing Team lotus | Ford Cosworth Dfv | G | 39 [3] | four | ||||||||||||||||||
| one | Andretti | five | Descent | four | four | Descent | Descent | Descent | Descent | Descent | five | ten | Descent | ||||||||||
| 2 | Royteman | 2 | 3 | five | Descent | 2 | four | 3 | 13 | eight | Descent | Descent | Descent | 7 | Descent | Descent | |||||||
| 31 | Rebake [4] | Descent | NKV | Descent | Descent | Descent | Descent | 12 | 9 | Descent | NKV | 7 |
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The table lists the results of all the Grand Prix Formula 1, which was attended by the pilot. The rows of the table are the seasons, the columns are the stages of the Grand Prix. Each cell contains the abbreviated name of the stage and the result of the driver, additionally indicated by color. Decoding of symbols and colors is presented in the table below.
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Notes
- ↑ Adriano Chimarti. Lotus car-wing domination // Grand Prix auto racing full story. - 1995.
- ↑ Including glasses scored by Lotus 78 chassis
- ↑ Including glasses scored by Lotus 80 chassis
- ↑ He played for the private team Team Rebaque .
Links
- Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lotus 79
Literature
- Adriano Chimarti. COMPLETE HISTORY CAR RACE GRAND PRIX (Translation: Andrei Krasnov) . - M .: "AURUM", 1995.