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Modelant Lotus Mark VIII No.59 - First Formula 1 Victory - John Coombs 1954

Name: Modelant Lotus Mark VIII No.59 - First Formula 1 Victory - John Coombs 1954
SKU: M-12
Price: 212.50 GBP
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Handmade 1/32 scale slot car made of resin. Replica of the Lotus Mark VIII winner of the first Formula 1 race in 1954 - Limited to only 50 units.

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Modelant Lotus Mark VIII No.59 - First Formula 1 Victory - John Coombs 1954

Handmade 1/32 scale slot car made of resin.

Presentation with the traditional diorama and the walnut trunk wooden box - each individually numbered.

Limited to only 50 units

The Lotus MK VIII is one of those perhaps unknown cars, which marked the history of motorsports, and which deserve to be remembered. Without the Mark VIII, Lotus would not have been the great brand or the great team that we all know.

Since the first day at Modelant, we have wanted to make an English car, and really I started modeling the Lotus VIII on a rainy day in November 2014, after our reference M-02. But against my heart, I had to abandon it until a few months ago, because I was not able to come up with a mechanism that would fit into our budget and that would fit in a car with closed rear wheel arches and a useful space of less than 40 mm width. Now, thanks to 3D technology, I have been able to create a chassis that fits perfectly and meshes the mechanics with finesse. Now - ten years later - we can offer a worthy tribute to the genius of Colin Chapman.

Modelant Replica

For the second decoration of the VIII, we offer you the first Lotus winner of a Formula 1 race. Driven by John Coombs in the II Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race in 1954. It was a non-championship race, which brought together Formula 1 vehicles, Formula 2 and Sport under Formula 1 rules. As it is not a Formula 1 car, the victory would not be reflected as official.

The Lotus raced unpainted, with its aluminum body exposed. This practice, repeated on several occasions by Colin Chapman, made Team Lotus famous for reducing the weight of the vehicle up to 20 kg with the simple gesture of removing the paint. Sometimes sanded on the circuit itself to speed up the regulations.

The Forgotten Stories: Lotus Mark VIII – The first Formula 1 victory

The Lotus Mark VIII hides one of the forgotten stories that we wanted to rescue from Modelant for our second livery. It was the first Lotus to achieve a Formula 1 victory.

When we ask ourselves about Lotus’ first victory in Formula 1, we imagine a narrow British green car in the ’60s. Historians will point to Innes Ireland, who won the 1961 United States Grand Prix. The most well-documented will know that a little earlier, in 1960, Sir Stirling Moss won the Monaco GP, although with a private Lotus. But the true first victory of a Lotus in Formula 1 came much earlier.

That same year, 1954, a non-championship race was held at the Davidstow circuit in Cornwall, the II Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race, which brought together Formula 1, Formula 2 and Sport Cars under Formula 1 regulations.

John Coombs’ MK VIII, the second unit built after Colin Chapman’s, equipped with a Connaught Lea-Francis engine, complied with those regulations and won the race in the rain. However, due to its status as a Sport car, it would never be recorded as an official victory in a Formula 1 race.

The Lotus ran unpainted, with its aluminium body exposed. This practice, repeated on several occasions by Colin Chapman, made Team Lotus famous for reducing the weight of the vehicle by up to 20 kg with the simple gesture of removing the paint. Sometimes sanded on track to stretch the rules.

Our slot replica is developed and manufactured entirely by hand in our workshop in a limited series of 50 units.

Additional Information

Ref	M-12
Brand	Modelant
Scale	1/32
Body Material	Resin
Assembly	Ready to Run

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