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Great Read: Cliff Allison drives Colin Chapman's first F1 car – the Lotus 12
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The late Cliff Allison was born on this day in 1932. When Lotus made its initial tentative Formula 1 steps, Allison and the nimble 12 scored the first points for this famous team. After 43 years apart, we reunited them. David Malsher reports in today's Great Read
Blip, blip, buzz — pause — clunk, sputter, sputter. This Lotus `queerbox' is in perfect condition. But it's still a sod. Next lap, into the first corner, there's a confident blip, blip, and a creamy sound of dropping revs. Perfect. And the driver is smiling. This is only Cliff Allison's second lap in a Lotus 12 since stepping from the cockpit at Casablanca 43 years ago, yet already he has mastered the gearbox, the balance between clutch and throttle, and is rapidly learning Mallory Park, a circuit he has driven just once, in a road car...
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