{"id":854294,"date":"2024-04-01T17:37:52","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T00:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=517505"},"modified":"2024-12-04T03:51:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T03:51:54","slug":"gold-leaf-team-lotus-the-deal-and-the-first-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/gold-leaf-team-lotus-the-deal-and-the-first-glory\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold Leaf Team Lotus: The Deal and the First Glory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<h2><b>1968: A Year Like No Other<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>1968 can be considered as the great year of the 60s: the uprisings in Czechoslovakia against the socialist rules, the increase in intensity and scale of the Vietnam War, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the first time that man orbited around the Moon. A troubled year for sure, but one that would cause great transformations for our society.<\/p>\n<p>So what does Formula 1 have to do with it? Well, in 1968 the category also underwent one of its most profound reformulation processes, from the commercial, economic and technological aspects. We always remember that 1968 was the year in which wings and aerodynamic functions became the object of study and desire of all teams (and that at the end of the year, they already dominated the grid)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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