This car was entered in the Innes Ireland Trophy Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1994, but didn't take part in the race after an accident in the Friday practice session.
It's the 1964 Lotus 33 of Robs Lamplough, a car developed by Colin Chapman and Len Terry from the Lotus 25 and powered by the 1,497cc V8 Coventry Climax FWMV engine. The car was introduced part way through the 1964 season at the German Grand Prix and driven by Jim Clark and Mike Spence for the rest of the season, although Jim Clark reverted to the Lotus 25 for the Italian Grand Prix. The car wasn't successful at first and Jim Clark only managed a fifth and a sixth place finish in the car, ending the season in third place in the World Drivers' Championship, thanks to three wins with the Lotus 25 in the early part of the season. Mike Spence, who came into the team at the German Grand Prix after Peter Arundell had been badly injured in crash during a Formula 2 race at the Reims circuit, had a fourth and a sixth place finish to end up in twelfth place in the Championship. In the 1965 season Jim Clark won six of the ten races (one in a Lotus 25) to win the World Drivers' Championship while Mike Spence had a third and two fourth places to finish in eighth place in the Championship.
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