Lotus 22

The Lotus 22 was a single-seat Formula Junior racing car that Lotus built in 1962, and 77 cars were made. It was developed from the Lotus 20 and differed in having disc brakes all round, a top link and a rubber doughnut in the rear suspension, a dry-sump engine canted over to lower the centre of gravity, and smoother bodywork. Most cars used a 1,098 cc Cosworth Mk.IV or Mk.XI engine of about 100 hp with a Renault or Volkswagen four-speed gearbox, while seven were built with the new 1,498 cc Lotus Twin Cam for Formule Libre. The works car driven by Peter Arundell won nearly three quarters of the races of the 1962 FIA Formula Junior European championship, and the 22 kept winning early in 1963 against the new Lotus 27. The chassis was later reused as the Lotus 31 Formula Three car and the Lotus 51 Formula Ford car, and the Lotus 23 sports racer was essentially a widened two-seat 22.