I started work with Lotus Components in 1960. I really wanted to join the Lotus Formula One team, but unless you were in the right place at the right time and talking to the right person, it was difficult. It was very curious in the way it worked, you could be passing the Lotus HQ in Cheshunt, bump into someone on the F1 team and ask, “Is there any work for the coming season?” If you spoke to the right…
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