# @hypewhip on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd59mFmN7js
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/71240360-hypewhip-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-30T09:00:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** HYPEWHIP (@hypewhip) — https://gondola.cc/hypewhip

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Can you name it? 🤔🏁

The Lotus Type 72 is one of the most important Formula 1 cars ever built, and more than 50 years later it still looks brutally purposeful.
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Introduced in 1970, the Type 72 helped redefine F1 design with side-mounted radiators, inboard brakes, torsion-bar suspension and a low wedge-shaped nose.
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Powered by the legendary Ford-Cosworth DFV V8, the car produced roughly 440 to 475 horsepower while weighing as little as around 530 kg depending on specification.
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Jochen Rindt drove the Type 72 to the 1970 Drivers’ Championship, becoming Formula 1’s only posthumous World Champion.
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Emerson Fittipaldi then used the evolved Type 72D to win the 1972 Drivers’ Championship, while Lotus also secured the Constructors’ title that season.
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Across its long 1970 to 1975 career, the Type 72 scored 20 Grand Prix victories and helped Lotus win three Constructors’ Championships and two Drivers’ Championships.
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Would you call the Lotus Type 72 one of the greatest F1 cars ever made?
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What are your thoughts? 🤔💭
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FOLLOW 👉 @hypewhip for more legendary Formula 1 machines! 🤝🏎️
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( Media: @carspot_portugall )
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#lotus #formula1 #f1 #motorsport #cars

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