Colin Chapman

Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman (born May 19, 1928 in Richmond, Surrey, England; died December 16, 1982 in East Carleton, Norfolk, England) was an influential English design engineer, inventor and builder of cars. He was the founder of Lotus Cars, and their Formula One sister company, Team Lotus. He was also a F1 driver, driving for Vanwall in , but he did not start a race.
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==Career==
==Non-Driving Career==
==Formula One Statistical Overview==
===Formula One Career===
Years	Team	Role
– 	 	Team Principal
– 	 	CEO
– 	 	Technical Director
===Awards/Accolades===
Year	Work 	Award
 	Team Lotus 	Team Principal of the World Constructors' Champion
 	Team Lotus 	Team Principal of the World Constructors' Champion
 	Team Lotus 	Team Principal of the World Constructors' Champion
 	Team Lotus 	Team Principal of the World Constructors' Champion
 	Team Lotus 	Team Principal of the World Constructors' Champion
 	Team Lotus 	Team Principal of the World Constructors' Champion
 	Team Lotus 	Team Principal of the World Constructors' Champion
 	Lotus 25 	Technical Director of the World Constructors' Championship Winning Car
 	Lotus 33Lotus 25 	Technical Director of the World Constructors' Championship Winning Car
 	Lotus 49Lotus 49B 	Technical Director of the World Constructors' Championship Winning Car
 	Lotus 72Lotus 72BLotus 72CLotus 49	Technical Director of the World Constructors' Championship Winning Car
 	Lotus 72D 	Technical Director of the World Constructors' Championship Winning Car
 	Lotus 72DLotus 72E 	Technical Director of the World Constructors' Championship Winning Car
 	Lotus 78Lotus 79 	Technical Director of the World Constructors' Championship Winning Car
==As a Driver==
===Formula One Record===
Year	Entrant 	Team	WDC Points	WDC Pos.	Report
 	Vandervell Products Ltd.	 	0 	NC 	Report
===Statistics===
===Career Results===
==External links==
*Colin Chapman on Wikipedia
*Colin Chapman on Manipe F1
==Notes==
Category:People
Category:1928 births
Category:1982 deaths
Category:Team Lotus
Category:Vanwall Drivers
Category:1956 Début Drivers
 
Category:Team principals
Category:Team Owners
Category:Deceased Drivers