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Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

It was actually John Barnard, who was behind McLaren's MP4.

As for who was first with the carbon fibre chassis, the twin chassis Lotus 88, was predominantly made of carbon-fibre and debuted at Longbeach in 1981. the McLaren MP4/1, debuted at Argentina in 1981.

The Lotus 88 was subsequently banned and many of its design features including the carbon-fibre monocoque were incorporated into the Lotus 91, which debuted in Brazil 1992.

Thanks mate you're right! Faulty memory John Barnard of course