1961 Lotus 18

This was one of the competitors in the HGPCA Pre '66 Grand Prix Cars race at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2003.

It's the 1961 1475cc Lotus 18 of Mark Griffiths. The mid-engined Lotus 18 was a replacement for the front-engined Lotus 16 and the first such car to be built by Lotus, and was used in Formula 1, Formula 2 and Formula Junior racing. Mark Griffith's car is chassis 914 and was built as a Formula 1 car with a 1475cc Coventry Climax FPF engine. It was shown in the programme of the event as a Lotus 18/21, but I understand that the 18/21 was a Lotus 18 that had been rebodied with the streamlined body of a Lotus 21.