This would, eventually, prove very successful but at first nobody really understood how to make it work. However, the key difference was Eric Broadley's adoption of rising rate suspension, with rocker arms and inboard springs, both front and rear. The radiators were mounted in front of the rear wheels, as part of the mandatory deformable structure, so the aerodynamics could be significantly cleaner. Described by development driver Frank Gardner as "the most sophisticated Formula 5000 to be built so far", the T400 was a completely new design, strikingly different to its T300, T330 and T332 predecessors. VDS persisted and Teddy Pilette won the British championship in his car.Īfter the T332 had dominated the 1974 season, much was expected of the high-tech new T400. With heavily revised aerodynamics and a rising rate suspension, the 1975 F5000 Lola T400 baffled and perplexed its customers and many went back to the T332 design. Brian Redman in the Carl Haas Lola T400 during practice at Mosport Park in 1975.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |