Team Lotus
Team Lotus was the motorsport sister company of English sports car manufacturer Lotus Cars. The team ran cars in many motorsport categories including Formula One, Formula Two, Formula Ford, Formula Junior, IndyCar, and sports car racing. More than ten years after its last race, Team Lotus remained one of the most successful racing teams of all time, winning seven Formula One Constructors' titles, six Drivers' Championships, and the Indianapolis 500 in the United States between 1962 and 1978. Under the direction of founder and chief designer Colin Chapman, Lotus was responsible for many innovative and experimental developments in critical motorsport, in both technical and commercial arenas.
| Full name | Team Lotus |
|---|---|
| Base | Hethel, Norfolk, United Kingdom |
| Founder(s) | Colin Chapman |
| Noted staff | Maurice Philippe Peter Collins Peter Wright Peter Warr Mike Costin Keith Duckworth Gérard Ducarouge Frank Dernie Chris Murphy Andrew Ferguson |
| Noted drivers | Stirling Moss Jim Clark Graham Hill Jochen Rindt Emerson Fittipaldi Mario Andretti Ronnie Peterson Carlos Reutemann Nigel Mansell Elio de Angelis Ayrton Senna Johnny Dumfries Satoru Nakajima Nelson Piquet Mika Häkkinen Johnny Herbert Alessandro Zanardi Jacky Ickx |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| First entry | 1958 Monaco Grand Prix |
| Races entered | 491 (489 starts) |
| Engines | Climax, BRM, Ford, Pratt & Whitney, Renault, Honda, Judd, Lamborghini, Mugen-Honda |
| Constructors' Championships | 7 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1978) |
| Drivers' Championships | 6 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1978) |
| Race victories | 74 |
| Podiums | 165 |
| Pole positions | 102 |
| Fastest laps | 65 |
| Final entry | 1994 Australian Grand Prix |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
|---|---|
| Engines | Borgward, Coventry Climax, BRM, Maserati, Ford-Cosworth, Pratt & Whitney, Renault, Honda, Judd, Lamborghini, Mugen-Honda |
| Entrants | Team Lotus, Rob Walker Racing Team, numerous minor teams and privateers |
| First entry | 1958 Monaco Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1994 Australian Grand Prix |
| Races entered | 491 entries (489 starts) |
| Race victories | 79 |
| Constructors' Championships | 7 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1978) |
| Drivers' Championships | 6 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1978) |
| Pole positions | 107 |
| Fastest laps | 71 |
The Lotus name returned to Formula One in 2010 as Tony Fernandes's Lotus Racing team. In 2011, Team Lotus's iconic black-and-gold livery returned to F1 as the livery of the Lotus Renault GP team, sponsored by Lotus Cars, and in 2012 the team was re-branded completely as Lotus F1 Team.