Great Read: Roebuck remembers Lotus – "We go back a long way…"

A life-long association | View in browser FROM OUR ARCHIVE, MARCH 2010 | NIGEL ROEBUCK Great Read: Team Lotus and Nigel Roebuck – 'We go back a long way…' Team Lotus made its Formula 1 World Championship debut on this day at the 1958 Monaco GP. From spectating as a fan to reporting on grands prix, Nigel Roebuck had a lengthy association with the outfit, as he explains in today's Great Read The name of Lotus, absent since 1994, returns to Formula 1 this year, and if that name is all it shares with its legendary forbear still I think it something to celebrate, not least because Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen, good men both, have survived the shake-ups of the winter past. Lotus. The name just belongs, doesn't it? And when I think about it now, quite a part of my life has been bound up with it. Moss, Clark, Hill, Rindt, Fittipaldi, Peterson, Andretti, Senna… READ MORE PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES F1 | MOTOR SPORT 65 years of Lotus F1 cars — the greatest track tests    There's only one way to fully appreciate Colin Chapman's ground-breaking designs — from behind the wheel. To mark 65 years since Lotus's World Championship debut, these are our favourite track tests of its legendary Formula 1 cars READ MORE SHOP PROMOTION Bestsellers: Motor Sport shop Ronnie Peterson 1974 | Replica Formula 1 Helmet | Lotus F1 Mario Andretti | Lotus 79 |1978 | Signed by Design Engineer Matthew Jeffreys & Bob Dance No82 Racing Number Folding Stool official-licensed-jps-lotus-72-monza-1975-t-shirt-medium Vintage Thruxton F2 Progamme Signed Ronnie Peterson Ronnie Peterson, Lotus 72D, 1973 Italian GP | Martin Tomlinson | Limited Edition Print Share this newsletter: Stay up to date  Update your preferences to select the content you wish to receive.   UPDATE NOW  Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy. Motor Sport magazine, 18-20 Rosemont Road, London, NW3 6NE Company no. 05471049, Vat no. 871 544 60