A 1960 Emeryson FJ and a 1962 Lotus 22 Historic Formula Junior Race Cars, in the National Pits, at the 2017 Silverstone Classic
This car is the prototype of the common F1 and FJ design of 1960 , the only one to wear aluminium bodywork (by Maurice Gomm). Although the first car built of this design, it was subsequently built up in FJ spec as the last of 4 such specified cars and one of only 2 FJ cars still running. The intended F1 car incorporated a Climax litre engine for the new 1961 regs, but in 1960 this was the F2 engine size. It is thought that this car debuted in F2 spec at Montlhery where it (in)famously put up spectacular laptimes in catching the field after a spin, impressing the Ecurie Nationale de Belge sufficiently to order these cars for their 1961 F1 team. It subsequently transpired that these laptimes were due to missing out the chicanes at the back of the circuit! In current ownership since 2011 it has been subject to a full restoration by Dan Setford and Roach The Lotus 22 was a racing car built by Lotus cars in 1962, and a total of 77 cars were built. It was developed from the 1962 Lotus 20, with the major differences that it had disc brakes all round, a top link and the 'rubber donut' to the rear suspension and a dry sump engine that was canted over to lower the centre of gravity. Also notable is the smoother bodywork covering the engine, compared to the boxy design of the 20. The 22 is a single-seat race car primarily for the Formula Junior series and most had a 1,098 cc ( cu in) Cosworth or engine with about 100 hp (70 kW). However, seven of the Lotus 22s were built with the then newly introduced 1,498 cc ( cu in) Lotus TwinCam engine (designed for the Lotus Elan) for Formule Libre. Unlike the 20, the 22 received outboard mounted disc brakes all around as standard equipment. It was available with four-speed transmissions from either Renault or Volkswagen. For cars with the Renault transmission, the shifter was mounted on the right, while it was on the left side for those with the German box.
Size: 5267px × 3250px
Location: Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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