1968: The Man Who Made LOTUS Racing - Colin Chapman | Millionaire | Classic Motorsport | BBC Archive

"If we don't win, it's because we aren't trying hard enough." Colin Chapman started his highly successful career building a home-made racing car in a dilapidated garage in Hornsey. Now he owns a brand-new factory in Norfolk turning out three thousand Lotus sports cars a year. Since those early days he has also found time to revolutionise Formula 1 Grand Prix racing. In this classic motor racing documentary, Richard Kershaw tries to keep up with Chapman as he flies between his office in East Anglia and the Grand Prix circuits of Europe. Clip taken from Millionaire: Colin Chapman, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 29 August, 1968. 00:00 - 01:20 Lotus Factory 01:20 - 03:57 Colin Chapman interview 1 03:57 - 05:30 Making and testing Lotus production cars 05:30 - 06:47 Graham Hill interview 06:47 - 07:24 Lotus F1 car 07:25 - 08:01 Winning Indy 500 in 1965 08:01 - 10:08 Colin Chapman interview 2 10:09 - 12:03 Chapman flying his own plane 12:03 - 14:27 In the pit lane at Rouen-Les-Essarts French GP 14:27 - 17:35 Jackie Oliver crash 17:35 - 18:42 Remembering Jim Clark 18:42 - 19:57 Lotus mechanics on Chapman 19:57 - 23:56 The thrill of race day 23:56 - 25:27 Chapman at home 25:27 - 26:56 Hazel Champan interview 26:56 - 30:39 Colin Chapman interview 3 30:39 - 32:33 Credits You have now entered the BBC Archive, a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate, entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through the BBC Archive - https://www.youtube.com/c/BBCArchive?... You can also dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive