GP-REPLICAS - LOTUS - F1 72E TEAM LOTUS JPS N 1 WINNER FRENCH GP 1974 RONNIE PETERSON

The Lotus 72 enjoyed a very long career, with various mechanical and aerodynamic developments and updates, while always retaining the basic layout and the classic Ford Cosworth V8 engine. The 72D was characterized by some improvements to the suspension and was followed by the 72E and subsequently by the 72F; it was now a period in which the car, world champion with Fittipaldi in 1972, was starting to show its age, even if the results were not lacking even in the last seasons. As late as the late 1970s some 72 chassis were used in smaller competitions in the UK.

In 1974 Peterson alternated driving the Lotus 72E and the new 76. In Dijon, for the French GP, the Swedish driver achieved the second of three seasonal victories. In 1974 Peterson was fifth in the final standings of the drivers' championship with 35 points.