What make of car was frank williams driving at the time of his accident .Was it a lotus?

Question

What make of car was frank williams driving at the time of his accident .Was it a lotus?

Answer 1

I'm pretty certain it wasn't a Lotus, seeing as it was a hire car.

I'd have thought a Renault 25 (that's what I have in my head, I can't confirm that by any source at the moment...it just rings a bell). He wasn't wearing a seatbelt anyway, which is what made his injuries so bad.

EDIT

How about that, it was a Ford Sierra! Took a bit of work to find that: "Three miles from Paul Ricard, Frank Williams had lost control of his hire car - a Ford Sierra - at high-speed, rolling down a gully, somersaulting several times, and landing wheels-up in a bare field."

http://www.autoracing1.com/htmfiles/2002...

Answer 2

gremlin

Answer 3

i think ROSBIF is right.depending on which rental place he rented the car from it  would have been a Renault or a Peugeot but the Renault sounds right.