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COLIN CHAPMAN L'UOMO E LE SUE AUTO

Name: COLIN CHAPMAN L'UOMO E LE SUE AUTO
Brand: Edizioni Mare Verticale
SKU: 9788897173847
Price: 25 EUR
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Crombac Gerard

Publisher: Edizioni Mare Verticale

Language: Italian

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The authorized and complete biography of Colin Chapman's life written by the great sports journalist Gerard Crombac called Jabby.
Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman was a British automotive engineer and pilot, best known as Lotus Team founder and Lotus Cars company. Genius inventor as far as competitions were concerned, under his supervision took shape some Formula One styling like the Chapman strut rear suspension, the study of the lightness of competing single-seaters with the application of tubeless frames made of aluminum sheet elements Folded and formed riveted, called monocoque. Inspired by Jim Hall's Chaparral, he introduced the aerodynamic concept of deportation to the Formula One, using front and rear ailerons, to reach the soil effect and the underflow seal under the so-called "minigonne".