I took this photograph on practice day for the British Grand Prix at Aintree in July 1959, and it's one of the cars that competed in the Sports Car support race.
It's the Lotus 15 of David Buxton, and is one of 27 cars that were produced between 1958 and 1960. The car was a successor to the Lotus Mk X, developed from the Lotus Eleven but designed to accommodate engines from 1½ to 2½ litres. It was intended for International Sports Car racing, but though cars were entered in the 1958 and 1959 Le Mans 24 Hour race none of them managed to finish.
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