Team Lotus introduced the Type 77 to the press in September of 1975. After the failure of the Type 76, a successor to the Type 72 was over due. The 72 had been raced since 1970 and had been altered and modified in an attempt to keep up with the competition.
Mario Andretti – 1976 Canadian Grand Prix
Race cars become famous for different reasons; there’s the Lotus 25 that introduced monocoque chassis construction, Jackie Stewart drove Tyrrell 003 to eight grand prix victories, and the McLaren Mp4/4 series won fifteen of sixteen races in 1988. But no car has more first than the Lotus 49 and specifically chassis number R2.
