Lotus 32

The Lotus 32 was a Formula Two racing car that Team Lotus built in 1964, developed from the Lotus 27 Formula Junior car. Twelve were produced, four of them run by the Ron Harris Team Lotus entry with drivers including Jim Clark and Mike Spence. It had an aluminium monocoque with steel front and rear bulkheads and a steel centre section to bring it up to weight, inboard coil spring and damper units at the front and outboard at the rear, and Girling brakes outboard all round. The engine was the new 998 cc Cosworth SCA with twin Weber carburettors, giving 115 bhp at 8,700 rpm, canted over 25 degrees and mated to a Hewland five-speed gearbox. Clark took pole, fastest lap and victory on its debut at the 1964 Pau Grand Prix and won three more races, but the Brabham BT10 proved the car to beat, and Mike Spence won the Autocar British Formula Two Championship. A 2,497 cc Climax-engined 32B won Clark the 1965 Tasman Series.