The Racing Lotus Film Festival will take place over the weekend of March 20th/21st 2010 at the Hawkwell House Hotel in Oxford.

Organised by the team behind the 2008 Jim Clark and 2009 Legends of Le Mans Film Festivals, the event will feature three hours of archive footage of Lotus in motor sport, focusing mainly on the period 1960-75.

Several anniversaries will be marked, including 40 years since Jochen Rindt’s Formula 1 World Championship victory, 40 years since the introduction of the Lotus 72 and 50 years since the first victory for a Lotus 18.

A guest speaker panel session will also take place, featuring personalities closely associated with Team Lotus and the anniversaries being marked. Guests already confirmed include former Team Lotus chief mechanic and racing manager Dick Scammell and 1970 works Team Lotus Formula 1 driver and team-mate to Jochen Rindt, John Miles, with more guests to be confirmed in the coming weeks.

The highlight of the Festival will be a gala dinner on the Saturday night, at which the guest panel members will be present. For more information and to book tickets, go to www.legendsfilmfestivals.com, telephone +44(0)1993 200331, or write to Legends Film Festivals, 15 Meadow View, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 3TY.