The Lotus 59 was a racing car that Lotus Components built for the 1969 and 1970 seasons of Formula Two, Formula Three, Formula Ford and Formula B. Dave Baldwin designed it from the ground up around a spaceframe of rectangular steel tubing, in response to customer complaints about the cost of repairing the aluminium monocoque Lotus 35 and the steel Lotus 41, and it came as the 59 for Formula Three and Formula Ford and the 59B for Formula Two and Formula B. It first appeared at Brands Hatch on 27 December 1968, and its strength was superb road holding. Emerson Fittipaldi won the 1969 Lombard Formula Three championship in one, Carlos Pace won the 1970 British Formula Three title, and Jochen Rindt dominated 1969 Formula Two races in a 59B, though he was ineligible for points as a graded driver. Lotus Components closed in 1971, so records are incomplete, but about 46 chassis are believed to have been made. The Lotus 69 followed it.
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The Lotus 59 is a racing car built by Lotus Components Ltd. for the 1969 and 1970 seasons of Formula 2, Formula 3, Formula Ford and Formula B.
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The Lotus 59 is a racing car built by Lotus Components Ltd. for the 1969 and 1970 seasons of Formula 2, Formula 3, Formula Ford and Formula B.
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Dave Baldwin developed the Lotus 69 based on the Lotus 59 Formula 2 car.
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