However, the front anti-dive geometry which was introduced on the Lotus 31, and the rear anti-squat geometry with unparallel radius arms (that counters the rear camber and toe-in reductions under braking) which was introduced with the 41C, were fully developed on the 41X (which had multiple suspension arm attachment points), and the setup found to be the best is incorporated into the 59 frame.

After some initial problems on spring rates and on the oil circuit were solved, the design proved successful.

[1] As it is customary for Lotus Components products, initial 59 frame assembly was carried out in-house, and then taken over by Arch Motors.

Gold Leaf Team Lotus ran Roy Pike and Mo Nunn on 59B in British F2 races in the 1969 season.

Hunt also famously crashed into Dave Morgan at Crystal Palace in October of that year, Murray Walker coined the word shunt at that meeting.

Freddy Kottulinsky and Sten Axelsson of the Lipton Tea team won four Formula 3 European Championship races.