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E Approved and Licensed Product of Group Lotus Plc. RADICA: ® Microsoft, Xbox, and the Xbox logos are either GAMESTER ™ registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries and "THE UNFAIR ADVANTAGE" are used under license from Microsoft. IS A TRADEMARK OF RADICA CHINA LTD. Officially licensed for Xbox™ L O T U S © 2001 RADICA CHINA LTD. IMPORTANT! Before using this product, read PRODUCT SHAPE™ the Xbox Instruction manual for safety, health ALL RIGHTS RESERVED and other information MODEL RC71100 For 1 player / Ages 8 and up P/N 82366700 Rev.A OWNERS HANDBOOK P/N 82366700 Booklet, RC71100 THE HISTORY OF LOTUS THE HISTORY OF LOTUS A Brief History Chapman had made his competition debut taking part in motor trials with an ageing The Clark years Clark took his maiden F1 win at Spa and three A bumpy ride at the crest of a wave Few cars today can boast as rich a pedigree as more in ‘62. Seven wins from 10 races put the Lotus. Fewer still can claim to reflect so perfectly 1930 Austin Seven which he had transformed Jim Clark was to become the driver of his Nothing illustrates the hard-headed and named the MKI. generation. Every one of his 25 F1 wins – a record 1963 Driver’s and Constructors’ Championships determination of Colin Chapman more than the the genius of their creator. No one knows what it beyond their rivals’ reach. was that inspired Colin Chapman to name his As Lotus Engineering flourished through the at the time – was clinched aboard a Lotus. years that followed. Always keen to try new first car ‘Lotus’, but like so many of his ideas, the Fifties, Chapman built and raced a series of Never before had racing witnessed such synergy The next year’s championship went down to the ideas, he directed his energies developing the Lotus marque soon became synonymous with remarkable sports racing cars. Selling to an ever between a driver with natural ability and a race wire, with Clark losing the cliff-hanger to John Type 56, a four-wheel drive Indy racer powered speed, innovation and success. greater number of customers, they achieved engineer busy hatching one technical Surtees’ Ferrari. But in ’65, Clark and his Lotus 33 by a Pratt & Whitney gas turbine. Meanwhile enviable success, including class wins at Le innovation after another. And there were many. were unbeatable, winning six of the season’s first the F1 programme faltered, Chapman trying Like all fairy tales, the Lotus story began in Mans, the first as early as 1956. Using a variety four-wheel drive here too, but with little success. With the Lotus 21, Chapman adopted a lower, seven races – only missing out at Monaco humble surroundings. Working from a wooden of power units, they helped create Lotus’ At one point, his drivers refused to race the cars. slimmer design to improve the car’s penetration because he was busy that day winning the shed behind his father’s pub at evenings and reputation for light, easy-to-drive racers, with Things got worse when Jochen Rindt crashed at into the air: the driver virtually had to lie down Indianapolis 500 with the Type 38. weekends, Chapman hit upon the idea of particularly advanced aerodynamics. Barcelona and openly denounced the dangerous at the wheel. But despite its light weight and building cars in limited numbers and delivering Cosworth and a change of colour nature of his car’s aerodynamics. Wings, now The Call of Formula 1 slippery shape, it was not enough to match the them in kit form. The first eight customers’ kits With the advent of the new 3-litre formula, perched on struts high above the cars, proved horsepower of the ‘sharknose’ Ferrari 156. were delivered early in 1953. Demand for his Mark It wasn’t long before others would want a share Chapman was instrumental in persuading dangerously fragile and were quickly outlawed. VI grew and by 1955, Chapman was able to give of Chapman’s genius. Britain’s Vanwall F1 team Lotus needed a breakthrough, and it came in the Ford to fund the development of the Cosworth up his day-job and turn all his energies to racing. called on Chapman and his associate Frank shape of the 25. Leaving behind traditional DFV engine. At the same time, he developed Costin to pen their new car in 1956. It took its first tubular space frame technology, Chapman used the landmark Lotus 49 - the first car to have win in ’57 and won the inaugural Constructors’ an aircraft-style monocoque body shell – the its engine working as a stressed member, World Championship the following year. original idea having been sketched over lunch doing away with the need for a Chapman had his own agenda, however, and it on a paper napkin. The resulting chassis was cumbersome sub-frame. light and stiff, helping the suspension to work was no surprise when the Lotus 16, the marque’s It proved a sensation. Clark won first time out at more effectively. first purpose-built Formula 1 car, appeared on its the Dutch GP in 1967, collected three more wins, Jim Clark was to debut at the French Grand Prix in 1958 bearing a and with his team mate Graham Hill, took nine striking resemblance to the Vanwall. become the driver of pole positions on the trot. his generation. By 1960, Lotus had followed Cooper’s lead with Championship honours looked certain following the switch to a rear-engined layout. In Every one of his 25 F1 Few cars today Clark’s victory in the opening round of the 68 wins – a record at the qualifying for the Monaco GP, Stirling Moss season. But it was to be his last. He was killed in broke the existing track record by an can boast as rich a a Formula 2 race – driving a Lotus as ever – at time – was clinched astounding four seconds to put the Type 18 on pedigree as Lotus. Hockenheim in April. It was left to Hill to lift the aboard a Lotus. pole and, the next day, scored Lotus’s first F1 Fewer still can claim team’s spirits and clinch the title. Championship win. to reflect so 1968 marked a turning point in other ways, too. At And so began the stuff of legends. Later perfectly the genius the Monaco GP, Lotus turned up in the red, white that summer, a young Scotsman who had of their creator. and gold colours of sponsors Gold Leaf tobacco impressed Chapman some years earlier (another first for F1) and sporting a rear deflector joined the works F1 team. and curious small wings either side of the car’s 2 nose. Sponsors and wings were here to stay. 3 P/N 82366700 Booklet, RC71100 P/N 82366700 Booklet, RC71100 THE HISTORY OF LOTUS THE HISTORY OF LOTUS Chapman, again, looked for a solution. The Lotus The team fell back on its 72, now quite obsolete Colin Chapman’s now legendary cap-throwing With the arrival of Ayrton Senna for 1995, it chassis – setting the trend for many Lotuses to And so to the Type 111. The launch of the Elise in 72 that followed remains one of the all-time in its sixth season of racing. Despite 20 wins and gesture was last seen when Elio de Angelis didn’t take long for the Brazilian to open his follow. But more than that, it inspired a host of 1995 represented a return to affordable, great Grand Prix cars. By placing the radiators five Drivers and Constructors’ titles to its credit, crossed the finishing line in a breathtaking account and return Lotus to the winner’s circle, look-alikes for generations to come. stripped-out street-racers. Tipping the scales at either side of the cockpit, Chapman and the car had had its day. victory in Austria in 1982. With ground effects winning at the Portuguese GP. Senna would just 690 kg, the Elise’s pint-sized Rover K-series Every Lotus seemed destined to become a engineer Maurice Philippe achieved a distinctive outlawed, Chapman was working on another come close to a title chance in 1986. Few would 1.8 unit was enough to take the car to 125mph Lean years followed, and it was not until the last classic. The stripped down Seven was an wedge shape. With it, Rindt won four races and idea – active suspension – when he died at home imagine that his victory at the Detroit GP in ‘87 and a 0-60 time of 5.5 seconds. race of 1976 that Lotus signalled a return to form instant hit, despite its uncompromising the title, but disaster struck Lotus again, when of a massive heart attack on December 16, 1982. with the Honda-powered 99T would be the last of with Mario Andretti’s win at Fuji. For ’77, nature. Other classics to take to the road (and Today, race-bred variants like the Exige carry all he was killed at Monza. a Lotus Grand Prix machine. Chapman’s aerodynamics expert Peter Wright Senna makes his mark track) included the Lotus Cortina of 1962 and the hallmarks of Lotus’s engineering expertise. Clad in its distinctive black and gold JPS livery produced one of their most devastating Difficult times lay ahead, but under the Catching the slide the mid-engined Europa from 1966. No wonder enthusiasts can’t wait to get behind for the first time, the 72 collected championship masterstrokes. Developed in utmost secrecy, the direction of Peter Warr, Lotus fought on, taking While Senna was lured away by McLaren for the wheel of a new Lotus..