This is one of the cars that took part in a paddock display and track demonstrations to celebrate 50 years of the Formula One World Championship at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 2000.
It's the ex-Rob Walker 1968 Lotus 49, chassis R7, and it was driven in the track demonstrations by Jackie Oliver. The Lotus 49 was designed by Colin Chapman and Maurice Philippe for the 1967 F1 season and, like many of the other teams, the car was powered by the 2,998cc V8 Ford Cosworth DFV engine. The Lotus 49 continued to compete in World Championship races until 1970, twice being updated as the 49B and then the 49C. Jackie Oliver never drove for Rob Walker, but was a Team Lotus driver with the Lotus 49 in 1968, finishing in 15th place in the World Championship with his best finish being third place in the Mexican Grand Prix. The Rob Walker car was driven in 1968 and 1969 by Jo Siffert who finished in seventh place in 1968, winning the British Grand Prix, and in ninth place in 1969 with his best effort being second place at Zandvoort in the Dutch Grand Prix. In 1970 the car was driven by Graham Hill, but he didn't manage a podium finish and was thirteenth in the Drivers' World Championship.
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