{"id":3901,"date":"2022-06-23T11:04:55","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T11:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taziomagazine.com\/?p=3901"},"modified":"2022-06-23T11:04:58","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T11:04:58","slug":"in-tazio-4-looking-at-colin-chapman-racing-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taziomagazine.com\/?p=3901","title":{"rendered":"In Tazio 4: looking at Colin Chapman, racing driver"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Colin Chapman the Lotus genius, the design guru, those we know well. In Issue 4, Richard Heseltine looks at a lesser well-known side of Chapman: how he performed as a racing driver.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colin Chapman was a keen driver. His talent as a racing driver was perhaps not in the same league as his design qualities nonetheless, Colin Chapman was a force to be reckoned with on the track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo Richard Heseltine Archives<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hawthorn and Clark<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It was the late Tony Brooks himself who praised Chapman behind the wheel as someone who \u201cwould give a good run to any of the top drivers.\u201d At the Whit Monday meeting at Goodwood in 1956, Chapman even managed to beat Mike Hawthorn. And even though he needed a bit of luck, Chapman snatched a win from his star-driver-to-be Jim Clark in 1958. Chapman, very briefly, even made it to Formula 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo Lotus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Celebrity race<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Of course, Colin Chapman would go on to lead Lotus to seven titles in the constructors\u2019 championship and six drivers\u2019 titles. Leading Lotus and beating the competition proved to be an all-encompassing task, yet Chapman never really lost his knack for driving. He proved so during a memorable celebrity race for F1 team managers<\/a> in 1971, where he was up against the likes of Jack Brabham and John Surtees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many memorable moments, to be enjoyed in issue 4<\/a> of Tazio Magazine. Now available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Issue 4, Richard Heseltine looks at a lesser well-known side of Chapman: how he performed as a racing driver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[115,111],"tags":[399,200,588,254,589,160,590],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-3901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content-from-tazio-magazine","category-tazio-the-magazine","tag-colin-chapman","tag-goodwood","tag-jim-clark","tag-lotus","tag-mike-hawthorn","tag-tazio-magazine","tag-tony-brooks","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t