Reject teams and drivers quiz

[mario]

I suppose that I can give it a bash, though I expect that this one might be worked out reasonably quickly.

The Lotus 76 was a rather radical, and rather unsuccessful, attempt by Lotus to develop a successor to the ageing 72 in 1974. The car had a number of unusual features about it - one of which was related to the number of pedals it had. How many pedals did it have, and what were they for?

[tommykl]

I think that was the car with two rear wings, so I'm guessing it's something to do with those rear wings...A primitive form of DRS, maybe?

[pi314159]

I think that was the car with two rear wings, so I'm guessing it's something to do with those rear wings...A primitive form of DRS, maybe?

A primitive form of DRS was already developed in 1969 by Matra.

[mario]

I think that was the car with two rear wings, so I'm guessing it's something to do with those rear wings...A primitive form of DRS, maybe?

A primitive form of DRS was already developed in 1969 by Matra.

I believe that Ferrari were also experimenting with an electrically operated adjustable rear wing for that same purpose, but the ban on moveable aerodynamics later that season put paid to their plans. Anyway, though that is a nice idea, that is not quite what was going on with that car.

[Ataxia]

One of the pedals wouldn't be "brake steer", would it? You know, of McLaren MP4/12 and 13 fame...

[dinizintheoven]

I reckon it had 30-odd pedals. One to accelerate, one to brake, one for the clutch that they still had in those days, and most of the rest for a miniature pipe organ housed in one of the sidepods. So, if the car won, it could play its own version of "We Are The Champions", which would later be shamelessly copied by Mercury, May and the rest and released on their News Of The World album, much to the annoyance of Lotus.

Then there was another pedal to spray oil on the circuit, another one to operate a lathe housed in the other sidepod, and one to dispense ketchup because the official Team Lotus burger stall had run out of room for condiments.

[go_Rubens]

A pedal to add more oil to the engine so the engine wouldn't go dry?

I seriously don't know.

[Faustus]

I suppose that I can give it a bash, though I expect that this one might be worked out reasonably quickly.

The Lotus 76 was a rather radical, and rather unsuccessful, attempt by Lotus to develop a successor to the ageing 72 in 1974. The car had a number of unusual features about it - one of which was related to the number of pedals it had. How many pedals did it have, and what were they for?

It had 2 pedals and a hand-operated clutch.

[mario]

I suppose that I can give it a bash, though I expect that this one might be worked out reasonably quickly.

The Lotus 76 was a rather radical, and rather unsuccessful, attempt by Lotus to develop a successor to the ageing 72 in 1974. The car had a number of unusual features about it - one of which was related to the number of pedals it had. How many pedals did it have, and what were they for?

It had 2 pedals and a hand-operated clutch.

Now, where this gets interesting is that I have seen a different number quoted, which is four pedals - a conventional clutch pedal which was to be used at the start or to exit the pits (as the electronic clutch did not work properly when the car was stationary), two individual brake pedals, which would allow the driver to either left foot brake or right foot brake, depending on which he was more comfortable with, and a conventional throttle pedal.

[Faustus]

I suppose that I can give it a bash, though I expect that this one might be worked out reasonably quickly.

The Lotus 76 was a rather radical, and rather unsuccessful, attempt by Lotus to develop a successor to the ageing 72 in 1974. The car had a number of unusual features about it - one of which was related to the number of pedals it had. How many pedals did it have, and what were they for?

It had 2 pedals and a hand-operated clutch.

Now, where this gets interesting is that I have seen a different number quoted, which is four pedals - a conventional clutch pedal which was to be used at the start or to exit the pits (as the electronic clutch did not work properly when the car was stationary), two individual brake pedals, which would allow the driver to either left foot brake or right foot brake, depending on which he was more comfortable with, and a conventional throttle pedal.

Interesting. I believe that the chassis currently racing in the Masters GP championship is in late-season specification, so it has a clutch pedal.

[go_Rubens]

I suppose that I can give it a bash, though I expect that this one might be worked out reasonably quickly.

The Lotus 76 was a rather radical, and rather unsuccessful, attempt by Lotus to develop a successor to the ageing 72 in 1974. The car had a number of unusual features about it - one of which was related to the number of pedals it had. How many pedals did it have, and what were they for?

It had 2 pedals and a hand-operated clutch.

Now, where this gets interesting is that I have seen a different number quoted, which is four pedals - a conventional clutch pedal which was to be used at the start or to exit the pits (as the electronic clutch did not work properly when the car was stationary), two individual brake pedals, which would allow the driver to either left foot brake or right foot brake, depending on which he was more comfortable with, and a conventional throttle pedal.

Very interesting. Not like these days where there is only one brake pedal.