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| | Lotus Ford 63 |
 | | On the search for more grip the designers of Cosworth, Matra, McLaren and also Lotus decided to bring 4 wheel drive, that before had only be used for military vehicles, to Grand Prix Racing at the end of the sixties. |
 | | First the designer had tried to get more grip in the corners by high wings from the 1968 French Grand Prix on, but when their sizes were cut down dramatically after the Barcelona 1969 accidents of Graham Hill and Jochen Rindt, the 4 wheel projects were forced. |
 | | As the sucessor of the Lotus Ford 49, that had made his first appearance back in 1967 as the first Ford Cosworth V8 powered car, the Mk63 entered the scene in 1969. |
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