FOURTH MALAYSIA GRAND PRIX (ALSO KNOWN AS MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX)
Albert Poon mounts his new-look number 69 Lotus 23, now sporting a "B" specification twin-cam engine. This particular car has been subject of a great deal of controversy and research over its early history. The car had already won at Johore (1963) and Singapore (1963). Singaporean Chong Boon Seng would assume ownership and run it from 1967 onwards. In the background of this photo is Mike Cook, in the ex-Chan Lye Choon's Lotus 20B single-seater; Barry Swann's Era R2A barely visible behind the Lotus 20B; Chong Boon Seng's Lotus Elan behind the Era and Lee Han Seng's Lotus 23B to the right of Era. While the apotheosis of the vintage racing car was reached in the years 1957 and 1958 when Vanwall presented itself as the last front-engined car capable of dominating a grand prix season, the Lotus 23 would reach its zenith at the Singapore Grand Prix of 1965 before the rear engine single-seater displaced everything before it.
12/04/1965
19980000734 - 0029
1260/44/36
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Ministry of Information and the Arts Collection, courtesy of National Archives of Singapore
Updated with contribution from Eli Solomon in 09/2008

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Albert Poon mounts his new-look number 69 Lotus 23, now sporting a "B" specification twin-cam engine. This particular car has been subject of a great deal of controversy and research over its early history. The car had already won at Johore (1963) and Singapore (1963). Singaporean Chong Boon Seng would assume ownership and run it from 1967 onwards. In the background of this photo is Mike Cook, in the ex-Chan Lye Choon's Lotus 20B single-seater; Barry Swann's Era R2A barely visible behind the Lotus 20B; Chong Boon Seng's Lotus Elan behind the Era and Lee Han Seng's Lotus 23B to the right of Era. While the apotheosis of the vintage racing car was reached in the years 1957 and 1958 when Vanwall presented itself as the last front-engined car capable of dominating a grand prix season, the Lotus 23 would reach its zenith at the Singapore Grand Prix of 1965 before the rear engine single-seater displaced everything before it.

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