This is the authoritative work on Chapman, no doubt about it. It pulls no punches and removes all sentiment from a consideration of the real Colin Chapman. Mike Lawrence is probably the hardest researcher in the business and he has used his skill as an inquisitor to deliver, at last, a substantial amount of evidence about one of the great designers. A lot has been written about Chapman and Lotus, and some of it is true, but very little of it has managed to produce a balanced and accurate, warts and all, portrait of the man. It is about time that we are seeing such in depth biographies about significant characters in motorsport, and have left the rose-colored schmaltz behind.
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