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Wednesday 1 March 2023

1960 Lotus 18

This was one of the competitors in the Maserati UK Race for Pre-1966 &Tasman Cars at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1999.
It's the 1960 Lotus 18 of Alan Baillie in the light green UDT Laystall racing colours. The Lotus 18 was designed by Colin Chapman for Formula Junior, Formula Two and Formula One racing and gave Lotus its first World Championship Grand Prix win with victory by Stirling Moss in Rob Walker's car at Monaco in 1960. Alan Baillie's car has the 4-cylinder inline 2,497cc engine that powered the Formula One cars in 1960.

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