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The Lotus 48 was a Formula 2 car designed by Colin Chapman, based on a 1600 cc Ford FVA engine that was run around 1967 to 1970 on Formula Two. The 48 campaigned fairly successfully in F2, taking several wins. The car was entered for one F1 race, the 1967 German Grand Prix, where it was driven to fifth place by Jackie Oliver. Jim Clark was driving a Lotus 48 when he crashed and was fatally injured at the 1968 Deutschland Trophäe

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Racing History

Team Lotus

Personnel
Founder	Colin Chapman
Notable personnel	Frank Coppuck Frank Dernie Gérard Ducarouge Maurice Philippe Peter Warr Peter Wright Len Terry

Drivers
Notable drivers	Mario Andretti Elio de Angelis Jim Clark Martin Donnelly Emerson Fittipaldi Mika Häkkinen Johnny Herbert Graham Hill Jacky Ickx Nigel Mansell Satoru Nakajima Gunnar Nilsson Ronnie Peterson Nelson Piquet Carlos Reutemann Jochen Rindt Ayrton Senna John Surtees Derek Warwick Alex Zanardi
World Champions	Mario Andretti Jim Clark Emerson Fittipaldi Graham Hill Jochen Rindt

Cars
Formula One cars	12 16 18 21 24 25 33 43 49 56B 63 72 76 77 78 79 80 81 86 87 88 91 92 93T 94T 95T 97T 98T 99T 100T 101 102 107 109 112
Formula Two cars	12 16 18 32 35 41 44 48 59 69
Formula Three cars	22 31 35 41 55 59 69
Formula Junior cars	18 20 22 27
Formula Ford cars	51 59 61 69
Formula 5000 cars	68 70
Tasman Series cars	32 39 67
Indianapolis 500 cars	29 34 38 42 56 64 96T
Sports racing cars	15 17 19 23 30 40 47 53

Formula One titles
Drivers' titles	1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1978
Constructors' titles	1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1973 1978

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-The '''Lotus 48''' was a [[Formula 2]] [[car]] designed by [[Colin Chapman]], based on a 1600 cc [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] FVA [[Internal combustion engine|engine]] that was run around 1967 to 1970 on Formula Two. The 48 is unfortunately notable for being the car in which [[Jim Clark]] was killed. Apart from that, it was campaigned fairly successfully in F2, taking several wins. The car was entered for one F1 race, the 1967 [[German Grand Prix]], where it was driven to fifth place by [[Jackie Oliver]].
+The '''Lotus 48''' was a [[Formula 2]] [[car]] designed by [[Colin Chapman]], based on a 1600 cc [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] FVA [[Internal combustion engine|engine]] that was run around 1967 to 1970 on Formula Two. The 48 campaigned fairly successfully in F2, taking several wins. The car was entered for one F1 race, the 1967 [[German Grand Prix]], where it was driven to fifth place by [[Jackie Oliver]].
 == Design ==