Team Lotus

Lotus
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Full nameTeam Lotus
BaseHethel, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Founder(s)Colin Chapman
Noted staffMaurice Philippe
Peter Collins
Peter Wright
Peter Warr
Mike Costin
Keith Duckworth
Gérard Ducarouge
Frank Dernie
Chris Murphy
Andrew Ferguson
Noted driversUnited Kingdom Jim Clark
United Kingdom Graham Hill
Austria Jochen Rindt
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi
United States Mario Andretti
Sweden Ronnie Peterson
Belgium Jacky Ickx
Sweden Gunnar Nilsson
Argentina Carlos Reutemann
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell
Italy Elio de Angelis
Brazil Ayrton Senna
United Kingdom Johnny Dumfries
Japan Satoru Nakajima
Brazil Nelson Piquet
Finland Mika Häkkinen
United Kingdom Johnny Herbert
Italy Alessandro Zanardi
Formula One World Championship career
First entry1958 Monaco Grand Prix
Races entered491 (489 starts)
EnginesClimax, 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 victories74
Podiums165
Pole positions102
Fastest laps65
Final entry1994 Australian Grand Prix
Lotus as a Formula One chassis constructor
Formula One World Championship career
EnginesBorgward,
Coventry Climax,
BRM,
Maserati,
Ford-Cosworth,
Pratt & Whitney,
Renault,
Honda,
Judd,
Lamborghini,
Mugen-Honda
EntrantsTeam Lotus,
Rob Walker Racing Team,
numerous minor teams and privateers
First entry1958 Monaco Grand Prix
Last entry1994 Australian Grand Prix
Races entered491 entries (489 starts)
Race victories79
Constructors' Championships7 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1978)
Drivers'
Championships
6 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1978)
Pole positions107
Fastest laps71
Ayrton Senna driving for Lotus at the 1986 British Grand Prix

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.

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.