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1 Apr 2025
I don't have a poignant joke for the day, but i do have a poignant sponsor.
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1 Apr 2025
And a few other sponsorships (and an oddball) that i just find lightly amusing.
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28 Mar 2025
🇬🇧 Chamberlain Searcher 1
1996 • V8 • 712bhp
📸 Trussty Jasmine/Google
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21 Mar 2025
The earlier V12 and the new one were nothing alike, so the old 102 received new engine mounts, a new bellhousing, bigger radiators and a redesigned engine cover (alongside, supposedly, an experimental 6-speed sequential gearbox).
The new car was christened the Lotus 102C.
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21 Mar 2025
... Move on to more rumours i mean, this next one involving Vernon Schuppan's team wanting to field the engine on a Lola chassis at the 1992 JSPC season, which never happened (the only "proof" being the registry of a Judd-powered, Schuppan-run Lola T92/10 for the opening race).
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21 Mar 2025
And that's pretty much it.
But to cap it off... while its said that Isuzu built 7 engines, we know of one that ended up in private hands, being those of Tamiya.
How?, well, maybe because Tamiya sponsored Team Lotus during that time.
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21 Mar 2025
Today, i bring you the second part of this thread on Isuzu's Formula 1 engine.
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21 Mar 2025
While Isuzu had enough parts to make around 10 engines, it seems that only 6 to 7 ended up built.
In regards to the test, statements on how many engines were provided vary from a single example to about 4, which were shipped to Lotus in july.
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21 Mar 2025
From Lotus' point of view, this was considered a good chance to regain their footing, as they, like many others, felt that they needed manufacturer support to continue in the new era (having previously failed with Chrysler/Lamborghini's support during 1990).
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21 Mar 2025
There are some mentions of an encounter in may 1991, where someone introduced the team to two Team Lotus representatives that were sent to Japan for a sponsor visit. Talks happened, and a deal to test the engine was reached.
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