The Lotus 55 was an

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Formula 3 racing car used as a one-off by British motorsport team Lotus in 1968. The Lotus 55 was based on the Lotus 41X, built as a one-off in 1967. The car had an extreme wedge shape and was driven by John Miles in 1968. Miles achieved a number of victories in the British Formula 3 Championship and in the FIA Formula 3 European Nations Cup with the agile car. The car was painted in the iconic colors of the sponsor Gold Leaf, analogous to the Lotus

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s of the time.

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