The Lotus 21 was a Formula One racing car designed by Colin Chapman. It had a mid-engined layout with a tubular spaceframe skinned in fibreglass panels, a more advanced build than the Lotus 18, and was powered by the 1.5 litre Coventry Climax FPF four-cylinder engine with disc brakes all round. The works Lotus team and the privateer Rob Walker Racing Team used it in 1961, and Innes Ireland drove it to the first Grand Prix win for the works Lotus team at the 1961 United States Grand Prix, earlier victories having been taken by the Rob Walker team. Customer teams continued to use it up to 1965, but the Lotus 24 and the monocoque Lotus 25 of 1962 soon made it obsolete.
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Used by the works Lotus team and the privateer Rob Walker Racing Team in 1961
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The Lotus 21 was a Formula One racing car designed by Colin Chapman.
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Powered by the 1.5-litre Coventry Climax FPF 4-cylinder engine
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Used by the works Lotus team and the privateer Rob Walker Racing Team in 1961
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