Lotus 35

The Lotus 35 was a multi-formula racing car that Colin Chapman designed to take a variety of engines. It had a monocoque chassis with a tubular spaceframe carrying the engine, inboard coil springs worked by rocker arms at the front, and reversed wishbones with twin trailing and top links at the rear, and it could be fitted with a Cosworth SCA or BRM P80 for Formula Two or a Cosworth MAE for Formula Three. In 1965 the works team was run by Ron Harris with Jim Clark and Mike Spence as regular drivers. Clark won five of the nine races he entered and set five fastest laps despite strong opposition from the Brabham BT16, and took both the 1965 Trophees de France Championship and the 1965 British Formula Two Championship. In Formula Three it was less successful, though Peter Revson won at Monaco and Bob Bondurant at Monza. It was outclassed by the Brabham-Hondas in 1966 and soon replaced by the Lotus 41.