too much of a good thing …
is never any good
Carlos Reuteman testing a car he would never race in Grand Prix, the Lotus 80, at Silverstone
it was designed as one huge wing to create an enormous amount of ground effect, from the nose upto the rear of the car
in theory it was a great idea, however in practice it turned out to be almost undriveable (although Mario Andretti did get a 3rd place with it at Jarama, during the 1979 Spanish Grand Prix)
the amount of downforce was too high for the drivers and it messed around with the center of gravity of the car making it very nervous and unpredictable
it was only raced on 3 occasions by Mario Andretti and the project was soon abandonded in favour of the Lotus 88
on track during the remainder of the season the Lotus 79 was re-used in a modified set up
