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He had the car repainted in his Swiss-derived overall red livery with whitecentral stripe, and on August 3 1969 he campaigned it in the GermanGrand Prix on the Nurburgring, only to retire with a fuel leak. He thencrashed the car during practice for the Oulton Park Gold Cup race inEngland on August 16, the damage being repaired at Hethel prior toBonnier selling the car to visiting South African national F1 driver DaveCharlton for 1970.Charlton then used ‘R8’ in South African Team Gunston tobaccobrand livery to clinch the first two of his six consecutive South Africannational Formula 1 Championship titles, 1970-75. The car won ninequalifying rounds in his 1970 national campaign, and four morethrough 1971. His first season’s victories were scored in the Highveld‘100’ at Kyalami, the Coronation ‘100’ at Roy Hesketh, followed bythe Natal Winter Trophy there, the Coupe Gouvernador Generale atLourenco Marques, Rand Winter Trophy at Kyalami, False Bay ‘100’ atKillarney, Rhodesian GP at Bulawayo, Rand Spring Trophy at Kyalamiand the Goldfields ‘100’ at Welkom.This extraordinarily successful campaign was then followed in 1971by Dave Charlton and ‘R8’ winning another Highveld ‘100’ at Kyalami,Coronation ‘100’ at Hesketh, Bulawayo ‘100’ and the South AfricanRepublic Festival race back at Kyalami, Johannesburg.Old ‘R8’ was then campaigned to the end of 1972 by South Africandrivers Piet de Klerk and Mayer Botha, before eventually being acquired,dismantled and in damaged condition, by Australian-resident, theHon. John Dawson-Damer. He painstakingly restored it to raceworthycondition and it is today the last of his renowned eight-strong Dawson-Damer Lotus Collection – six of which were sold by Bonhams in Sydneyin 2008.The car has been in operational condition and demonstrated in Australiain recent years. It will of course require inspection and probably overhaulfor any historic competition. Please also note that, as the car has beenbrought into the UK for sale from Australia, the Lotus will be subject to5% import tax on the hammer price – should it stay in the EU.By every standard, Colin Chapman’s Lotus 49 concept is an absolutelandmark in Formula 1 design. It simply raised the bar for every rivalmanufacturer, and its Cosworth-Ford V8 engine became by far oneof the most successful in all motor racing history. Now chassis ‘R8’offers its impeccable provenance as having begun life as Graham Hill’s1969 Tasman Championship then British GP car, it was used by thatwonderful driver Richard Attwood to finish fourth in the 1969 MonacoGP, and private owner Dave Charlton drove it to become multipleSouth African national Champion. Add the excellent extra cachet of thecar now being offered here direct from the illustrious Lotus-specialistDawson-Damer Collection and ‘R8’s iconic status is set in stone.The late John Dawson-Damer was respected worldwide for hisknowledge and love of Lotus cars and his passion for motor sport andour sale of his rare Lotus 49B is a momentous moment – in which yourbid can star.£700,000 - 1,000,000€860,000 - 1,200,000212 | Goodwood festival of speed