The Lotus 76 was a Formula One car designed by Colin Chapman, Tony Rudd and Ralph Bellamy for Team Lotus in the 1974 season. Sponsored by John Player Special, it was meant as a more advanced version of the Lotus 72 with a Ford Cosworth DFV engine, a lighter chassis, a longer wheelbase, a narrower monocoque, a bi-plane rear wing and an electronically operated clutch with four pedals. Ronnie Peterson and Jacky Ickx both complained that it lacked feel, and brake failures and overheating followed in the first races. The drivers went back to the Lotus 72, with which Peterson won twice, and a revised 76B was used only occasionally afterwards.
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