Skins Lotus 23 Le Mans - Le Mans 1962 #47/#48 1.0

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Lotus 23 Le Mans - Le Mans 1962 #47/#48 - Banned from Le Mans, accepted at Le Grand

The Lotus 23 saw great success at it's debut race at the Nürburgring, and so, still riding high from all the publicity, team Lotus entered a modified Lotus 23 for the 24h of Le Mans that year. A sister car ran by privateers, with the same modifications, was also entered. Here's the story of how they got banned:

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With the sensational Nürburgring debut well publicised in the press, two 23s were entered at...

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