F1-photo.com / Cahier Archive Lotus team boss Colin Chapman (pictured above at Monza in 1968) died on this day 35 years ago. He had suffered a fatal heart attack at his home in Norfolk. He was just 54 years old when he died, but his impact on the sport he loved had been immense. After a brief sojourn in the Royal Air Force, Chapman went to work at the British Aluminium company in 1948. But he was already entering his modified Austin Seven - which he called 'Lotus' - in local racing events. He ploughed any prize money back into improved designs, and by the mid-50s he was selling the Lotus 6 in kit form. Chapman worked his way up through the various motor racing formulae. By the mid-1950s...
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