1985 Lotus 97T

This car was one of the display cars in the paddock at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in August 1996.

It's a Lotus 97T, a car that was driven by Ayrton Senna in the 1985 season, and was one of the cars displayed by Classic Team Lotus at this meeting. The car was a development of the previous season's Lotus 95T, designed by Gérard Ducarouge and powered by a turbocharged 1,492cc V6 Renault Gordini EF15B engine. Ayrton Senna won two races, the Portugese Grand Prix and the Belgian Grand Prix, and with two second and two third place finishes ended the season in fourth place in the World Drivers' Championship. His team mate Elio de Angelis won the San Marino Grand Prix, and with two third places and a series of minor points-scoring finishes he was one place behind Ayrton Senna in the Championship at the end of the season.