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{{Short description|Formula One racing car}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2017}}
{{Racing car
| Car_name = Lotus 49<br>Lotus 49B<br>Lotus 49C<br>Lotus 49T
| Image = [[File:HillGraham19690801Lotus-Nordkehre.jpg|260px]]
| Caption = [[Graham Hill]] driving the 49B at the [[1969 German Grand Prix]]
| Category = [[Formula One]]
| Constructor = [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]
| Designer = [[Colin Chapman]] <br>{{smaller|(Technical director)}}<br>[[Maurice Philippe]] <br>{{smaller|(Chief designer)}}
| Predecessor = [[Lotus 43]]
| Successor = [[Lotus 63]] / [[Lotus 72]]
| Team = [[Team Lotus]]<br>[[Team Lotus|Gold Leaf Team Lotus]] (1968-1970)<br>[[Rob Walker Racing Team]]<br>[[Ecurie Bonnier]]<br>[[Team Gunston]]<br>[[Pete Lovely|Pete Lovely Volkswagen Inc.]]
| Drivers = {{flagicon|UK}} [[Jim Clark]]<br>{{flagicon|UK}} [[Graham Hill]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Mario Andretti]]<br>{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Jochen Rindt]]<br>{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Jo Siffert]]<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Emerson Fittipaldi]]
| Technical ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statsf1.com/en/lotus-49.aspx |title=STATS F1 • Lotus 49 |publisher=Statsf1.com |access-date=2015-01-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=David |first=Dennis |date=14 February 2011 |title=Lotus-Ford 49 |url=https://sportscardigest.com/lotus-ford-49/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719221934/https://sportscardigest.com/lotus-ford-49/ |archive-date=2024-07-19 |access-date=2025-01-10 |magazine=Sports Car Digest}}</ref>
| Chassis = [[Aluminium]] [[monocoque]]
| Front suspension = 
| Rear suspension = 
| Wheelbase = {{convert|2413|mm|in||abbr=on}}
| Track = 1,524mm (60in) front and 1,549mm (61in) rear<ref>{{Cite web |title=1967 Lotus Type 49 technical and mechanical specifications |url=https://www.conceptcarz.com/s21414/lotus-type-49.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202042444/https://www.conceptcarz.com/s21414/lotus-type-49.aspx |archive-date=2024-12-02 |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=conceptcarz.com}}</ref>
| Engine name = [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth DFV]],
| Capacity = {{convert|2998|cc|cuin|0|abbr=on}},
| Configuration = [[V8 engine|V8]],
| Turbo/NA = [[Naturally-aspirated engine|NA]],
| Engine position = [[Mid-engine design|mid-mounted]]
| Power = 420-440 hp @ 9,000-10,000 rpm<ref>{{Cite web |title=Engine Ford Cosworth |url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/moteur-ford-cosworth.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203011049/https://www.statsf1.com/en/moteur-ford-cosworth.aspx |archive-date=2024-12-03 |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=StatsF1}}</ref>
| Gearbox name = [[Hewland]]-[[Team Lotus|Lotus]]
| Gears = 5-speed
| Type = [[manual gearbox]]
| Fuel = [[Esso]] (9 GP), [[Royal Dutch Shell|Shell]]
| Tyres = [[Firestone Tire and Rubber Company|Firestone]], [[Dunlop Rubber|Dunlop]]
| Weight = {{convert|501|kg|lb||abbr=on}}
| Debut = [[1967 Dutch Grand Prix]]
| Races = 42
| Wins = 12
| Cons_champ = 2 ([[1968 Formula One season|1968]], [[1970 Formula One season|1970]]{{efn|Total points scored by all Lotus-Ford cars, including 45 points scored by drivers of [[Lotus 72]] variants.}})
| Drivers_champ = 2 ([[Graham Hill]], [[1968 Formula One season|1968]] / [[Jochen Rindt]], [[1970 Formula One season|1970]])
| Poles = 19
| Fastest_laps = 13
| Podiums= 23
}}
The '''Lotus 49''' was a [[Formula One]] racing car designed by [[Colin Chapman]] and [[Maurice Philippe]] for the [[1967 F1 season]]. It was one of the first F1 cars to use a [[stressed member engine]] combined with a [[monocoque]] to reduce weight, after BRM, with other teams adopting the concept after its success.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Krewson |first=John |date=May 2013 |title=Fast, Present, Future: 1967 Lotus 49 vs. 2013 Corvette ZR1 |url=http://www.roadandtrack.com/features/magazine/fast-present-future-64-8-roa0513 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326002011/https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a3982/fast-present-future-64-8-roa0513/ |archive-date=2023-03-26 |access-date=2013-06-13 |department=Car Culture |magazine=[[Road and Track]] |quote=It used its drivetrain as a stressed member, being not the first F1 car to do so but the first to apply the technique so well that everyone copied it.}}</ref> An iteration of it, the '''49B''', adopted, after Ferrari, the use of strutted aerofoils to generate downforce.

[[Jim Clark]] won on the car's debut, in [[1967 Formula One season|1967]], and it would also provide him with the last win of his career, in [[1968 Formula One season|1968]]. [[Graham Hill]] went on to win that year's title and the car continued winning races until [[1970 Formula One season|1970]].

==Concept==
After a difficult first year for [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] in the three-litre formula using the heavy and unreliable BRM H16 engine, Chapman and Philippe went back to the drawing board and came up with a design that was both back to basics and forward-thinking. Taking inspiration from earlier designs, particularly the BRM P83, [[Lotus 43]], and [[Lotus 38]] Indycar, the 49 was the first F1 car to be powered by the [[Ford Cosworth DFV]] engine, after Chapman convinced Ford to finance Cosworth designer Keith Duckworth's DFV design and build a F1 power-plant.

The 49 was an advanced design in Formula 1 because of its chassis configuration. The specially designed engine became a stress-bearing structural member (seen earlier with the H16 engine in the Lotus 43 and [[BRM P83]], and prior to that in the front-engined [[Lancia D50]] of 1954),<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=September 2006 |title=1955 LANCIA D50 |url=http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/september-2006/47/1955-lancia-d50 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045925/http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/september-2006/47/1955-lancia-d50 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date=14 May 2015 |magazine=[[Motor Sport (magazine)|Motor Sport]] |page=47}}</ref> bolted to the monocoque at one end and the suspension and gearbox at the other. Since then, virtually all Formula 1 cars have been built this way.

The model continued to be a testbed for several new pieces of racecar technology and presentation with the introduction of the '''49B''' for the [[1968 Monaco Grand Prix]]. Following Ferrari's introduction of strutted wings in F1, this chassis was the first [[Formula One car]] to use aerofoil wings mounted directly to wheel hubs, following their success on [[Jim Hall (racing driver)|Jim Hall]]'s [[Chaparral 2E]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kimble |first=David |date=October 2016 |title=The Chaparral 2E Was A Guiding Light in Race Car Aerodynamics |url=https://www.motortrend.com/features/chaparral-2e-guiding-light-race-car-aerodynamics/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240921205501/https://www.motortrend.com/features/chaparral-2e-guiding-light-race-car-aerodynamics/ |archive-date=2024-09-21 |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=[[MotorTrend]]}}</ref> Originally these wings were bolted directly to the suspension and were supported by slender struts. The wings were mounted several feet above the chassis of the car for effective use in clean air, however after several breakages which led to dangerous accidents, the high wings were banned and Lotus was forced to mount the wings  directly to the bodywork.

==Racing history==
===Formula One===
[[File:Clark at 1967 Dutch Grand Prix (6).jpg|thumb|left|[[Jim Clark]] being congratulated by [[Colin Chapman]] after winning with the [[1967 Dutch Grand Prix]], the Lotus 49's first World Championship race]]
In testing, [[Graham Hill]] found the Lotus 49 easy to drive and responsive, but the power of the Ford engine difficult to handle at first. The V8 would give sudden bursts of power that Hill had reservations about. After his first run in the car, he said in typical witty fashion, 'It's got some poke! Not a bad old tool.'{{sfn|Jennings|2014|p={{pn|reason=Google Books copy does not offer page numbers|date=January 2025}}}} [[Jim Clark]] won with ease driving the 49 in its debut race at [[Circuit Park Zandvoort|Zandvoort]], and took another three wins during the season, although early unreliability with the DFV ended his championship hopes. The 49 had problems in its first race for Hill, and it had spark plug trouble at the [[1967 Belgian Grand Prix]], held on the 8.76 mile (14.73 kilometer) [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps|Spa-Francorchamps]].

Clark and Hill fell victim to its reliability issues at the [[1967 French Grand Prix|French Grand Prix]], held at the [[Le Mans]] [[Bugatti Circuit]] (a smaller circuit using only part of the track used for the [[Le Mans 24 Hours]]), and lost to [[Jack Brabham]]. Clark then ran out of fuel at [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]] during the [[1967 Italian Grand Prix|Italian Grand Prix]].  Mechanical failures cost Lotus the championship that year, but it was felt that 1968 would be a better year after Cosworth and Lotus perfected their designs, which were clearly the way forward.
[[File:LOTUS 49 No 5 1967 jagrafx.jpg|thumb|A Lotus 49 with Ford V-8 engine drawing]]
Clark won the first race of the 1968 season, the [[1968 South African Grand Prix|South African Grand Prix]] and the [[Tasman Series]] in Australia, but was killed in an F2 race at [[Hockenheimring|Hockenheim]]. Hill took over as team leader and won his second World Championship title, after clinching three Grand Prix wins – including the fourth of his five Monaco Grands Prix. [[Jo Siffert]] also drove a 49B, owned by [[Rob Walker (motorsport)|Rob Walker]], to win the [[1968 British Grand Prix|British Grand Prix]] at Brands Hatch that year, the last time a car entered by a genuine privateer won a championship Formula 1 race.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Diepraam |first=Mattijs |last2=Muelas |first2=Felix |title=8W - What? - R R C Walker Racing Team |url=http://www.forix.com/8w/walker.html |access-date=2008-04-19}}</ref> The 49B also took [[Jochen Rindt]] to his first victory, in [[1969 Formula One season|1969]], at [[1969 United States Grand Prix|Watkins Glen]], New York, before he drove the type to its last win, in the [[1970 Formula One season|1970]] [[1970 Monaco Grand Prix|Monaco Grand Prix]].

The 49B was intended to be replaced by the [[Lotus 63]] midway through 1969, but when that car proved to be a failure, an improved version of the 49B, the '''49C''', was pressed into service until a suitable car could be built.{{sfn|Pritchard|1986|p=223}}  The 49 took twelve wins and contributed to two drivers' and constructors' world championships, before it was replaced by the [[Lotus 72]] during [[1970 Formula One season|1970]]. The final appearances of the 49C were in 1971, with [[Wilson Fittipaldi]] finishing ninth in the [[1971 Argentine Grand Prix]], and [[Tony Trimmer]] finishing sixth in the Spring Cup at [[Oulton Park]].{{sfn|Pritchard|1986|p=223}}

Of the twelve 49s built, seven remain. Chassis R3 (driven by Hill, then sold to privateer [[John Love (racing driver)|John Love]]) is the only example of the original 1967 cars still in existence, and is on display at the [[National Motor Museum, Beaulieu|National Motor Museum]] in Hampshire.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The National Motor Museum Trust |url=http://www.nationalmotormuseum.org.uk/?location_id=335&item=124&offset=0 |access-date=15 July 2017 |website=[[National Motor Museum, Beaulieu|National Motor Museum]]}}</ref>

===Tasman Series===
The 49 also saw service in the [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]] based [[Tasman Series]]. Fitted with a 2.5L version of the DFV dubbed the [[Cosworth DFW]], Jim Clark drove the 49T (for Tasman) to victory in the [[1968 Tasman Series]], winning 4 of the 8 series races including the [[1968 Australian Grand Prix|1968]] [[Australian Grand Prix]]. Graham Hill only drove in the 4 Australian events and still finished 4th in the series in his 49T Cosworth V8. For the [[1969 Tasman Series]], [[Jochen Rindt]] had replaced Clark at Lotus and while he would have wins in the [[Lady Wigram Trophy]] race in New Zealand and a masterly drive in a very wet [[Warwick Farm Raceway|Warwick Farm International]] in Australia, could only finish 2nd in the series behind the [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[Dino 246 Tasmania]] of "local" Kiwi driver [[Chris Amon]]. Reigning World Champion Hill endured much bad luck in his final Tasman Series, including retiring from the first two races in New Zealand, then the high rear wing (which he was never a fan of) collapsing during the [[1969 Australian Grand Prix|Australian Grand Prix]], as well as soaked electrics at Warwick Farm which saw him finish 11th and last (though the team dried the electrics sufficiently enough for Hill to go out and set the races fastest lap before the end).<ref>[https://primotipo.com/2024/07/27/1969-australian-grand-prix-lakeside/ 1969 Australian Grand Prix, Lakeside…]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUXVLE88oEc&t=4s 1969 TASMAN SERIES Highlights CHRIS AMON]</ref>

Jim Clark noted in 1968 that the lower power of the 2.5L Tasman DFW (~{{cvt|360|bhp|kW PS|0}} compared to the DFV's {{cvt|420|bhp|kW PS|0}} at the time) was not suited to the full size Lotus 49T as it lacked the top end power of the Formula One engine. This was seen to effect when he won the [[Surfers Paradise International Raceway|Surfers Paradise]] round and the Australian Grand Prix at the [[Sandown Raceway]] in [[Melbourne]], both noted power circuits. Despite winning, both times he was pushed hard by Chris Amon in the Ferrari with its [[Formula 2]] chassis and lighter [[V6 engine]] that only produced around {{cvt|285|bhp|kW PS|0}} (Clark and Amon produced the closest finishing margin in Australian Grand Prix history with the Scot winning by just 0.1 seconds).

The 1968 Australian Grand Prix and the 1968 Tasman Series were Clark's last win's before his tragic death at Hockenheim.

==Complete Formula One results==

=== Championship results ===
([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]]) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
! Year
! Chassis
! Entrant
! Tyres
! Driver
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! Points{{smallsup|†}}
! WCC{{smallsup|†}}
|-
!rowspan="6"| {{F1|1967}}
|rowspan="6"| Lotus 49
|rowspan="6"| [[Team Lotus]]
|rowspan="6"| {{Firestone}}
|
| [[1967 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]
| [[1967 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[1967 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]
| [[1967 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
| [[1967 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
| [[1967 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1967 German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[1967 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
| [[1967 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
| [[1967 United States Grand Prix|USA]]
| [[1967 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]
|
|
|rowspan="6" style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''44'''
|rowspan="6" style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''2nd'''
|-
| [[Jim Clark]]
|
|
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| ''1''
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| '''6'''
|style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''1'''
|style="background:#efcfff;"| '''Ret'''
|style="background:#efcfff;"| '''''Ret'''''
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| '''''3'''''
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''''1'''''
|
|
|-
| [[Graham Hill]]
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''Ret'''
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''''Ret'''''
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''''2'''''
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|
|-
| [[Eppie Wietzes]]
|
|
|
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|
|
|style="background:#000000; color:#ffffff"| DSQ
|
|
|
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|-
| [[Giancarlo Baghetti]]
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|
|
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|-
| [[Moises Solana]]
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|
|-
!rowspan="9"| {{F1|1968}}
|rowspan="9"| {{smallsup|§}}Lotus 49<br/>Lotus 49B
|rowspan="3"| [[Team Lotus]]
|rowspan="9"| {{Firestone}}
|
| [[1968 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]
| [[1968 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]
| [[1968 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[1968 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
| [[1968 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]
| [[1968 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
| [[1968 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1968 German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[1968 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
| [[1968 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
| [[1968 United States Grand Prix|USA]]
| [[1968 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]
|
|rowspan="9" style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''62'''
|rowspan="9" style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''1st'''
|-
| [[Jim Clark]]
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''''1'''''{{smallsup|§}}
|
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|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Graham Hill]]
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2{{smallsup|§}}
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|-
|rowspan="5"| [[John Player & Sons|Gold Leaf]] [[Team Lotus]]
|
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1{{smallsup|§}}
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''1'''
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''Ret'''
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1
|
|-
| [[Jackie Oliver]]
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret{{smallsup|§}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NC
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ''Ret''
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3
|
|-
| [[Mario Andretti]]
|
|
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|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''Ret'''
|
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|-
| [[Bill Brack]]
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|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|
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|-
| [[Moises Solana]]
|
|
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|
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|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|-
| [[Rob Walker Racing|Rob Walker/Jack Durlacher Racing]]
| [[Jo Siffert]]
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret{{smallsup|§}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret{{smallsup|§}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7{{smallsup|§}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret{{smallsup|§}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11{{smallsup|§}}
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ''1''
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ''Ret''
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| '''''6'''''
|
|-
!rowspan="9"| {{F1|1969}}
|rowspan="9"| {{smallsup|§}}Lotus 49<br/>Lotus 49B
|rowspan="5"| [[John Player & Sons|Gold Leaf]] [[Team Lotus]]
|rowspan="7"| {{Firestone}}
|
| [[1969 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]
| [[1969 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]
| [[1969 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[1969 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]
| [[1969 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
| [[1969 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1969 German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[1969 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
| [[1969 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
| [[1969 United States Grand Prix|USA]]
| [[1969 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]
|
|
|rowspan="9" style="background:#FFDF9F;"| '''42'''
|rowspan="9" style="background:#FFDF9F;"| '''3rd'''
|-
| [[Graham Hill]]
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|
|
|-
| [[Jochen Rindt]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''''Ret'''''
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''Ret'''
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| '''4'''
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''2'''
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''''1'''''
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
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|-
| [[Mario Andretti]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
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|-
| [[Richard Attwood]]
|
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|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
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|-
| [[Rob Walker Racing|Rob Walker/Jack Durlacher Racing]]
| [[Jo Siffert]]
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11{{smallsup|‡}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
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|-
| [[Ecurie Bonnier]]
| [[Jo Bonnier]]
|
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|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
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|-
| [[Team Gunston]]
| {{Dunlop}}
| [[John Love (racing driver)|John Love]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret{{smallsup|§}}
|
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|-
| [[Pete Lovely|Pete Lovely Volkswagen Inc.]]
| {{Firestone}}
| [[Pete Lovely]]
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|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9
|
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|-
!rowspan="10"| {{F1|1970}}
|rowspan="10"| {{smallsup|§}}Lotus 49<br/>{{smallsup|¶}}Lotus 49B<br/>Lotus 49C
|rowspan="5"| [[John Player & Sons|Gold Leaf]] [[Team Lotus]]<br/>Garvey [[Team Lotus]]<br/>[[Team Lotus|World Wide Racing]]
|rowspan="8"| {{Firestone}}
|
| [[1970 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]
| [[1970 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]
| [[1970 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[1970 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
| [[1970 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]
| [[1970 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
| [[1970 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1970 German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[1970 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]
| [[1970 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
| [[1970 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
| [[1970 United States Grand Prix|USA]]
| [[1970 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]
|rowspan="10" style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''59'''{{smallsup|^}}
|rowspan="10" style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''1st'''{{smallsup|^}}
|-
| [[Jochen Rindt]]
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13
|
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ''1''
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
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|-
| [[John Miles (racing driver)|John Miles]]
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ
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| [[Alex Soler-Roig]]
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|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ
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|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ
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| [[Emerson Fittipaldi]]
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|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 15
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|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Rob Walker Racing|R.R.C. Walker Racing]]<br/>[[Brooke Bond]] [[Oxo (food)|Oxo]] [[Rob Walker Racing Team|Racing/Rob Walker]]
| [[Graham Hill]]
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NC
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
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|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ{{smallsup|¶}}
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:{{smallsup|†}} Points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six finishers at each round, but only the best placed car for each make was eligible to score points. The best five results from the first six rounds and the best four results from the last five rounds were retained in 1967 and 1969, five from the first six and five from the last six in 1968, and the best six results from the first seven rounds and the best five from the last six rounds were retained in 1970.
:{{smallsup|‡}} Formula Two cars occupied fifth to tenth positions in the [[1969 German Grand Prix]], but were not eligible for championship points. The points for fifth and sixth were awarded to the drivers of the eleventh and twelfth placed cars.
:{{smallsup|^}} Total points scored by all Lotus-Ford cars, including 45 points scored by drivers of [[Lotus 72]] variants.

=== Non-Championship results ===
([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]]) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
! Year
! Chassis
! Entrant
! Tyres
! Driver
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
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| rowspan="3"| {{F1|1967}}
| rowspan="3"| Lotus 49
| rowspan="3"| [[Team Lotus]]
| rowspan="3"| {{Firestone}}
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| [[1967 Race of Champions|ROC]]
| [[1967 Spring Cup|SPC]]
| [[1967 BRDC International Trophy|INT]]
| [[1967 Syracuse Grand Prix|SYR]]
| [[1967 International Gold Cup|OUL]]
| [[1967 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]
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| [[Jim Clark]]
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|style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''''1'''''
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| [[Graham Hill]]
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|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2
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| rowspan="5"| {{F1|1968}}
| rowspan="2"| Lotus 49
| rowspan="4"| [[John Player & Sons|Gold Leaf]] [[Team Lotus]]
| rowspan="5"| {{Firestone}}
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| [[1968 Race of Champions|ROC]]
| [[1968 BRDC International Trophy|INT]]
| [[1968 International Gold Cup|OUL]]
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| rowspan="2"| [[Graham Hill]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
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| rowspan="2"| Lotus 49B
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|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
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| [[Jackie Oliver]]
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| Lotus 49
| [[Rob Walker Racing|Rob Walker/Jack Durlacher Racing]]
| [[Jo Siffert]]
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
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| rowspan="6"| {{F1|1969}}
| rowspan="6"| Lotus 49B
| rowspan="3"| [[John Player & Sons|Gold Leaf]] [[Team Lotus]]
| rowspan="6"| {{Firestone}}
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| [[1969 Race of Champions|ROC]]
| [[1969 BRDC International Trophy|INT]]
| [[1969 Madrid Grand Prix|MAD]]
| [[1969 International Gold Cup|OUL]]
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| [[Graham Hill]]
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''2'''
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7
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| [[Jochen Rindt]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ''Ret''
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ''2''
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| [[Rob Walker Racing|Rob Walker/Jack Durlacher Racing]]
| [[Jo Siffert]]
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11
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| [[Pete Lovely|Pete Lovely Volkswagen Inc.]]
| [[Pete Lovely]]
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
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| [[Ecurie Bonnier]]
| [[Jo Bonnier]]
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|rowspan="4"| {{F1|1970}}
|rowspan="3"| Lotus 49C
|rowspan="2"| [[John Player & Sons|Gold Leaf]] [[Team Lotus]]
|rowspan="4"| {{Firestone}}
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| [[1970 Race of Champions|ROC]]
| [[1970 BRDC International Trophy|INT]]
| [[1970 International Gold Cup|OUL]]
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| [[Jochen Rindt]]
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2
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| [[Rob Walker Racing|R.R.C. Walker Racing]]<br/>[[Brooke Bond]] [[Oxo (food)|Oxo]] [[Rob Walker Racing Team|Racing/Rob Walker]]
| [[Graham Hill]]
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9
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| Lotus 49B
| [[Pete Lovely|Pete Lovely Volkswagen Inc.]]
| [[Pete Lovely]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13
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| rowspan="4"| {{F1|1971}}
| rowspan="3"| Lotus 49C
| rowspan="3"| [[John Player & Sons|Gold Leaf]] [[Team Lotus]]
| rowspan="4"| {{Firestone}}
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| [[1971 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]
| [[1971 Race of Champions|ROC]]
| [[1971 Questor Grand Prix|QUE]]
| [[1971 Spring Trophy|SPR]]
| [[1971 BRDC International Trophy|INT]]
| [[1971 Jochen Rindt Gedächtnisrennen|RIN]]
| [[1971 International Gold Cup|OUL]]
| [[1971 World Championship Victory Race|VIC]]
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| [[Wilson Fittipaldi]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
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| [[Tony Trimmer]]
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| Lotus 49B
| [[Pete Lovely|Pete Lovely Volkswagen Inc.]]
| [[Pete Lovely]]
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|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ
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==Racing colours==
[[File:Lotus 49-1.JPG|thumb|right|A Lotus 49 presented as it would have appeared in the early part of the 1968 season, just prior to the introduction of Gold Leaf Team Lotus colours]]
From its introduction in 1967 works Lotus 49s were painted in Lotus's traditional [[British racing green]] with yellow centre-stripe. Over the following 16 months the design gained increasing numbers of sponsor patches and large driver name strips, while retaining the traditional base scheme. However, for the 1967-1968 [[Tasman Series]] races Team Lotus's 2.5 litre engined 49s were painted red, cream and gold – the colours of [[John Player & Sons|Gold Leaf]] cigarettes – after Chapman signed a lucrative sponsorship deal. This colour scheme was introduced for the {{F1|1968}} World Championship at the second race of the season, the [[1968 Spanish Grand Prix]], making Lotus the first [[Factory-backed|works team]] (second only to [[Team Gunston]] entering a [[Privateer (motorsport)|private]] [[Brabham]] car at the [[1968 South African Grand Prix]]) to paint their cars in the [[Formula One sponsorship liveries|livery of their sponsors]].

Lotus 49s were also run by the Scottish privateer [[Rob Walker Racing Team]], who painted their car in the [[List of international auto racing colours|Scottish national racing colours]] (dark blue with white nose band), and the American privateer [[Pete Lovely]] team, whose car (chassis R11) was painted in the American national racing colours of white with a blue centre-stripe.

==Legacy==
The Lotus 49 was the first Formula One car powered by the Cosworth DFV engine that would power most of the Formula One grid through the 1970s. Since then, it was one of the most competitive cars in F1 history.

The Lotus 49 appears in numerous video games including ''[[Forza Motorsport]]'', ''[[Assetto Corsa]]'', ''[[Project CARS]]'', ''[[TOCA Race Driver 3 Challenge]]'' and ''[[Formula One Championship Edition]]''.

[[Tamiya Corporation|Tamiya]] released a 1/20 scale model kit of the car as well the B-spec counterpart. A version made by Ebbro are also available.

[[Hot Wheels]] released a 1/64 scale die-cast version of the car with a driver inside. A larger 1/18 scale version was made by Exoto.

==Gallery==
{{Gallery
|width=160 
| height=170
|align=center
|File:Lotus 49B Donington.jpg
|Lotus 49B
|File:Jochen Rindt 1969 German GP.jpg
|[[Jochen Rindt]] at the [[1969 German Grand Prix]]
|File:Hinterradaufhängung des Lotus 49.JPG
|rear suspension of the Lotus 49B
|File:Ford-Cosworth-V8-Motor.JPG
|Cosworth-V8 in the Lotus 49B|File:Lotus 49-2.JPG
|The [[Cosworth DFV]] engine as installed into an early-1968 spec Lotus 49
|File:Lotus 49b rear view.jpg
|View of Lotus 49B showing high rear wing fixed directly to suspension
|File:Lotus 49B 2008 Goodwood.jpg
|A Lotus 49B with the original, banned rear wing being demonstrated at the 2008 [[Goodwood Festival of Speed]]
|File:Lotus-49c-1.jpg
|The 49C being demonstrated in 2005
|File:Lotus 49B 2019 Chinese GP.jpg
|[[Graham Hill]]'s 1968 Monaco GP winning Lotus 49B (Chassis R10) on display during [[2019 Chinese Grand Prix]]
}}

==References==
===Notes===
{{Note list}}

===Citations===
{{reflist|refs=}}

===Sources===
* {{Cite magazine |last=Cruickshank |first=Gordon |date=April 2024 |title=Lotus 49: Revolutionary car with era-defining engine |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/april-2024/130/lotus-49-race-car-of-the-century-shortlist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241220203227/https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/april-2024/130/lotus-49-race-car-of-the-century-shortlist/ |archive-date=2024-12-20 |magazine=[[Motor Sport (magazine)|Motor Sport]]}}
* {{Cite book |last=Jennings |first=Charles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JPg-BAAAQBAJ |title=Burning Rubber: The Extraordinary Story of Formula One |date=12 August 2014 |publisher=Quercus |isbn=9781623655372}}
* {{cite book|last=Pritchard|first=Anthony|title=Directory of Formula One Cars: 1966-1986|year=1986|publisher=Aston Publications Limited|location=United Kingdom|isbn=0946627029}}
*Race results drawn from [http://www.chicaneF1.com ChicaneF1.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709164651/http://chicanef1.com/ |date=9 July 2013 }}, [https://web.archive.org/web/20140512214448/http://www.formula1.com/results/season//2014/919/7341/ Formula1.com] and [http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/title.html GEL Motorsport Information].

==Further reading==
*{{Cite book |last=Oliver |first=Michael |title=Lotus 49: The Story of a Legend |date=2004 |publisher=Veloce Publishing |isbn=978-1901295511}}
*{{cite book|last=Wagstaff|first=Ian|title=Lotus 49: 1967–1970 (all marks): Owners' Workshop Manual|publisher=Haynes|date=2014|isbn=978-0857334121}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Lotus 49}}

{{Team Lotus}}
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[[Category:Lotus Formula One cars|49]]
[[Category:Tasman Series cars]]
[[Category:Formula One championship–winning cars]]