Lotus

Full name	Team Lotus
Base	United Kingdom
Team principal	{{{Principal}}}
Technical director	{{{Director}}}
Race drivers	(final) Johnny Herbert Pedro Lamy Alex Zanardi
Test drivers	{{{Test_drivers}}}
Chassis	(Final) Lotus 109
Engine	Mugen-Honda ZA5C
Tyres	Goodyear
Debut	1958 Monaco Grand Prix
Races competed	491
Constructors' Championships	7 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1978
Drivers' Championships	6 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1978
Race victories	79
Pole positions	107
Fastest laps	71
1994 position	12th (0 points)

Team Lotus was one of Formula 1's most successful teams. Lotus Logo, claiming fair use This work is copyrighted. ... Johnny Herbert driving for the Benetton Formula One team in 1995 John Paul Herbert (born June 25, 1964, Brentwood, England) was regarded by many as one of Grand Prix Racings lost talents. ... José Pedro Lamy Viçoso, better known as Pedro Lamy, is a professional racing driver from Portugal, notable for being the first Portuguese driver to score a point in a World Championship event, in the 1995 Australian Grand Prix, for Minardi. ... Alessandro Alex Zanardi, b. ... Mugen Motorsports (M-Tec Co. ... Honda Motor Co. ... Goodyear may relate to: Charles Goodyear (1800 - 1860), inventor of vulcanized rubber Goodyear Welt A shoe construction process developed by Charles Goodyears son, Charles Goodyear Jnr Gary Goodyear, Canadian politician Julie Goodyear, British television actress Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Goodyear Inflatoplane Goodyear, Arizona This is a disambiguation page... Results from the 1958 Formula One Monaco Grand Prix held at Monaco on May 18, 1958 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Mike Hawthorn 140. ... The Monaco Grand Prix is a Formula One race held annually, and since 1929, in the Principality of Monaco considered to be one of the most important and prestigious races around the world alonside Indianapolis 500 and 24 Hours of Le Mans. ... Renault F1 are the current World Constructors Champions The Formula One World Constructors Championship (WCC) is awarded by the FIA to the most successful Formula One constructor over a season, as determined by a points system based on Grand Prix results. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Tuesday. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... The Formula One World Drivers Championship (WDC) is awarded by the Fédération Internationale de lAutomobile (FIA) to the most successful Formula One race car driver over a season, as determined by a points system based on Grand Prix results. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Tuesday. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... This article recaps the 1994 Formula One season. ... Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel auto racing. ...

1950s - A New Presence

Colin Chapman established Lotus Engineering in 1952 at Hornsea, UK. Lotus achieved rapid success with the 1953 Mk 6, and the 1954 Mk 8, the first aerodynamic sports racer. A new Formula 2 regulation was announced for 1957 and in Britain several organizers ran races for the new regulations during the course of 1956. Most of the cars entered that year were sports cars and they included a large number of Lotus 11s, the definitive Coventry Climax powered sports racer, led by the Team Lotus entries for Chapman, driven by Cliff Allison and Reg Bricknell. Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Colin Chapman Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman (born 9 May 1928 in London - died 16 December 1982) was an influential designer, inventor, and builder in the automotive industry. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Location within the British Isles Hornsea is a small seaside resort town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England at the eastern end of the Trans Pennine Trail. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Aerodynamics is a branch of fluid dynamics concerned with the study of gas flows, first analysed by George Cayley in the 1800s. ... See RACER system for the knowledge representation system. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Coventry Climax was a British specialty engine manufacturer. ... Cliff Allison (8 February 1932 in Brough, Westmoreland, England – 7 April 2005 in Brough, (now) Cumbria) was a Formula One driver who participated during seasons 1958 to 1961 in the Lotus, Scuderia Centro Sud, Ferrari and BRM teams. ...

The following year the Lotus 12 appeared. Driving one in 1958 Allison won the F2 class in the International Trophy at Silverstone beating Stuart Lewis-Evans's Cooper. The remarkable Coventry Climax powered Type 14, the Lotus Cars production version of which was the original Lotus Elite, won six class victories, plus the "Index of Performance" several times at the 24 Hours of Le Mans race. 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Map sources for Silverstone at grid reference SP670440 Silverstone is a medium sized village in Northamptonshire, England. ... Stuart Lewis-Evans was a Formula One driver from Britain. ... Coventry Climax was a British specialty engine manufacturer. ... Lotus Cars is a British manufacturer of sports cars and racing cars based in East Anglia and formed as Lotus Engineering Ltd. ... The Lotus Elite name was used for two vehicles from Lotus Cars. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

As the Coventry Climax engines were enlarged in 1958 to 2.2-liters Chapman decided to enter Grand Prix racing, running a pair of Lotus 12s at Monaco in 1958 for Graham Hill and Cliff Allison. These were replaced later that year by Lotus 16s. Norman Graham Hill (February 17, 1929 - November 29, 1975) was an English motor racing champion. ... Cliff Allison (8 February 1932 in Brough, Westmoreland, England – 7 April 2005 in Brough, (now) Cumbria) was a Formula One driver who participated during seasons 1958 to 1961 in the Lotus, Scuderia Centro Sud, Ferrari and BRM teams. ...

In 1959 - by which time the Coventry Climax engines had been stretched to 2.5-liters - Chapman continued with a front-engined F1 cars but achieved little, and so in 1960 Chapman switched to the milestone mid-engined Lotus 18. By then the company's success had caused it to expand to such an extent that it had to move to new premises at Cheshunt. 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Cheshunt is a town in the Broxbourne district of Hertfordshire in the East of England with a population of around 50,000 according to the UKs 2001 Census [1]. It is a dormitory town and part of the London commuter belt served by Cheshunt railway station. ...

1960s and 70s - Dominant Force

The first Formula 1 victory for a Lotus came at Monaco in 1960 when Stirling Moss beat the dominant Ferrari team in his privately entered Rob Walker Type 18 Lotus. The first victory of Team Lotus was in 1961 when Innes Ireland won the United States Grand Prix. Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel auto racing. ... Sir Stirling Moss OBE (born September 17, 1929 in London) is a British auto racing driver. ... The current Ferrari logo Ferrari is an Italian manufacturer of high-end race cars and high-performance sports cars formed by Enzo Ferrari in 1929. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Innes Ireland (1930–1993) was a Scottish military officer, engineer, and race car driver. ... The United States Grand Prix is a motor racing event which has taken place at various times since 1959 in several locations, at first as a part of the American Grand Prize series and later as a race in the Formula One World Championship. ...

There were successes in Formula 2 and Formula Junior. The road car business was doing well with the Lotus Seven and the Lotus Elite and this was followed by the Lotus Elan in 1962, during which year the entire Lotus enterprise moved to their current facilities at Hethel Norfolk. More racing success followed with the 26R, racing version of the Elan, and in 1963 with the Lotus Cortina. While Formula One has generally been regarded as the pinnacle of open-wheeled auto racing, the high performance nature of the cars and the expense involved in the series has always meant that there has needed to be a path to reach this peak. ... Lotus Super Seven The Lotus Seven is a small, simple, lightweight two-seater open-top sports car, which has been called a motorcycle on four wheels. It is the most successful inexpensive exotic sports car. ... The Lotus Elite name was used for two vehicles from Lotus Cars. ... 1966 Lotus Elan 1990 Lotus Elan SE Lotus Elan is the name of two convertible automobiles and one fixed head coupe produced by Lotus Cars. ... Norfolk (pronounced IPA: /nɔ:fək/) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ... not A standard Lotus Cortina A GT Cortina The Lotus-Cortina was high-performance car, the result of collaboration between Ford and Lotus. ...

Lotus 77

In 1963 Jim Clark drove the Lotus 25 to a remarkable seven wins in a season and won the World Championship. The 1964 title was still for the taking by the time of the last race in Mexico but problems with Clark's Lotus and Hill's BRM gave it to Surtees in his Ferrari. However, in 1965, Clark dominated again, six wins in his Lotus 33 gave him the championship. For the new 3-liter Formula 1 in 1966 Chapman chose BRM engines (a mistake) but the arrival of the Cosworth DFV, designed by former Lotus employee Keith Duckworth, in 1967 returned the team to winning ways.The first ever Formula Ford car was built around a Formula 3 Lotus, the Type 51. Graham Hill won the F1 World Championship in 1968 driving the Lotus 49. In 1970 Jochen Rindt was posthumous World Champion having driven a "49" and the Lotus 72 to victory. And Emerson Fittipaldi used a revised version of the car to win Lotus another World Championship in 1972. In addition. Team Lotus won the F1 World Championship for Manufacturers for a sixth time in 1973. Image File history File links Lotus 79 Formula One car. ... Image File history File links Lotus 79 Formula One car. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the racing driver Jim Clark. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... British Racing Motors (generally known as BRM) was a British Formula 1 motor racing team. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... A Ford Cosworth DFV on a Ligier JS11 Cosworth is an engine design and manufacture company founded in 1958, specialising in engines for automobile racing. ... A Ford Cosworth DFV on a Ligier JS11 Cosworth is an engine design and manufacture company founded in 1958, specialising in engines for automobile racing. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Formula Ford is a single seater class in motor sport which exists in some form in many countries around the world. ... Norman Graham Hill (February 17, 1929 - November 29, 1975) was an English motor racing champion. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jochen Rindt Karl Jochen Rindt (April 18, 1942 - September 5, 1970) was a racing driver. ... Emerson Fittipaldi racing in the Indianapolis 500 in 1994. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Tuesday. ... Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel auto racing. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...

The company now permanently situated at Ketteringham Hall continued to do well financially as the demand for sports cars in the 1960s, before the US Federal Government introduced the sweeping regulations of the '70's, seemed to be endless.

Chapman was also successful at Indianapolis with the Lotus 29 almost winning the 500 at its first attempt in 1963 with Clark at the wheel. The race marked the beginning of the end for the old front-engined Indianapolis roadsters. Clark was leading when he retired from the 1964 event with suspension failure, but in 1965 he won the biggest prize in US racing driving his Lotus 38; The first ever mid-engined car to win the Indianapolis 500. Indianapolis 500, 1994 The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, frequently shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500, is an American race for open-wheel automobiles held annually over the Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. ...

Many of Chapman's successes came from innovation. The Lotus 25 was the first monocoque chassis in F1, the 49 was the first car of note to use the engine as a stressed member, and the 72 broke new ground in aerodynamics. Chapman was also an innovator as a team boss, and it was Team Lotus which first introduced major commercial sponsorship to F1 at Monaco in 1968. Monocoque (French for single shell) or unibody is a construction technique that uses the external skin of an object to support some or most of the load on the structure. ...

Team Lotus was first to achieve 50 Grand Prix victories. (Ferrari was the second team to do so, having won their first Formula 1 race in 1951, seven years before the first ever Lotus F1 car.)

In the mid-1970s Lotus engineers began to investigate aerodynamic ground effects. The Lotus 78, and then the Lotus 79 of 1978 were extraordinarily successful with Mario Andretti winning the F1 World Championship. Chapman was beginning work on an active suspension development program when he died of a heart attack in December 1982 at the age of only 54. Aerodynamics is a branch of fluid dynamics concerned with the study of gas flows, first analysed by George Cayley in the 1800s. ... Ground effect (or Wing In Ground effect) is a phenomenon of aerodynamics where the flow of air around part of an aircraft or a racing car is interrupted by the ground. ... The Lotus 78 was the car that started the ground effect revolution in Formula 1, in the 1977 racing season. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Mario Andretti portrayed on the cover of Esquire Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940) is an American racing driver, arguably the most successful US citizen in auto racing. ... active active lifestyle active volcano sexually active, meaning to regularly undertake sexual activity active grammatical voice active electronics are components, circuits or units of equipment that consume power other than the signal itself, most normally to provide amplification. ... Suspension may refer to: suspension (chemistry) suspension bridge suspension (music) suspension (vehicle) (system of shock absorbers and supports that connect a vehicle to its wheels) suspension (civil engineering) (system that connects a structure to its foundation, for example in earthquake protection) suspension (topology) suspension (body modification) suspension bondage suspension (figure... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

1980s - Moderate Success

After Chapman's death the racing team was taken over by Peter Warr but a series of F1 designs had proved unsuccessful. Midway through 1983 Lotus hired French designer Gérard Ducarouge and, in five weeks, he built the Renault turbo powered 94T. A switch to Goodyear tires in 1984 enabled Elio de Angelis to finish third in the World Championship, despite the fact that the Italian did not win a race. When Nigel Mansell departed at the end of the year the team hired Ayrton Senna. The Lotus-Renault 97T was another solid achiever with de Angelis winning at Imola and Senna in Portugal and Belgium. Senna scored eight pole positions, with two wins (Spain and Detroit) in 1986. At the end of the year the team lost its long time Player's Company backing (John Player Special) and found new sponsorship with Camel. Senna's skills attracted the attention of the Honda Motor Company and when Lotus agreed to run Satoru Nakajima as its second driver a deal for engines was agreed. The Ducarouge-designed 99T featured active suspension, but Senna was able to win just twice: at Monaco and Detroit. The Brazilian moved to McLaren in 1988 and Lotus signed Nelson Piquet from Williams. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Renault S.A. is a French vehicle manufacturer producing small to upper-midsize cars, vans, buses and trucks. ... In terms of internal-combustion, most often Turbo is short for turbine supercharger. ... Goodyear may relate to: Charles Goodyear (1800 - 1860), inventor of vulcanized rubber Goodyear Welt A shoe construction process developed by Charles Goodyears son, Charles Goodyear Jnr Gary Goodyear, Canadian politician Julie Goodyear, British television actress Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Goodyear Inflatoplane Goodyear, Arizona This is a disambiguation page... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Elio de Angelis (born 26 March 1958 in Rome, Italy; died 15 May 1986) was a Formula One driver who participated during seasons 1979 to 1986. ... Nigel Mansell driving in the American CART racing series in 1993 Nigel Ernest James Mansell (born August 8, 1953) is an English former racing driver who won world championships in both Formula One (1992) and CART (1993). ... Ayrton Senna Ayrton Senna da Silva (March 21, 1960–May 1, 1994), better known as Ayrton Senna, was a Brazilian racing driver who won the Formula One world championship three times. ... Imola (1991 pop. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Honda Motor Co. ... Satoru Nakajima (中嶋悟 b. ... McLaren, founded in 1963 by Bruce McLaren (1937–1970), is a racing team based in Woking, England, which is best known as a Formula One constructor but has also competed in the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, Canadian-American Challenge Cup, and 24 Hours of Le Mans. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII in Roman) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nelson Piquet Nelson Piquet Souto Maior (born August 17, 1952), more commonly known as Nelson Piquet, is a Brazilian racing driver who was Formula One world champion in 1981, 1983, and 1987. ...

1990s - The End

The Lotus-Honda 100T was not a success and Ducarouge decided in mid 1989 that he was going to return to France. Lotus hired Frank Dernie to replace him. With the new normally-aspirated engine regulations in 1989 Lotus lost its Honda turbo engines and moved to Judd V8 engines. In the middle of the year Warr departed and was replaced as team manager by Rupert Manwaring, while long time Lotus senior executive Tony Rudd was brought in as chairman. At the end of the season Piquet went to Benetton and Nakajima to Tyrrell. A deal was organized for Lamborghini V12 engines and Derek Warwick and Martin Donnelly were hired to drive. The Dernie design was not a success and Donnelly was nearly killed in a violent accident at Jerez. At the end of the year Camel withdrew their sponsorship. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX in Roman) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Judd engines are produced by Engine Developments Ltd. ... Benetton Group S.p. ... Tyrrell was an auto racing team and Formula One constructor founded by Ken Tyrrell. ... The official automobili Lamborghini logo Lamborghini logo symbol 2004 Lamborghini Gallardo 2004 Lamborghini Murciélago Roadster Automobili Lamborghini S.p. ... Derek Stanley Arthur Warwick (born Alresford, Hampshire, England, 27 August 1954) was a British racing driver. ... Martin Donnelly, born 26 March 1964, was an Irish motor racing driver. ... see: Jerez de la Frontera Jerez was a small independent emirate created c. ...

Former Team Lotus employees Peter Collins and Peter Wright organized a deal to take over the team from the Chapman Family and in December the new Team Lotus was launched with Mika Häkkinen and Julian Bailey being signed for the 1991 season. Bailey was soon replaced by Johnny Herbert and a deal was struck for the team to use Ford V8 engines in 1992. The team was now short on money and this affected performance, but it did well, Häkkinen scoring 11 points and the team finishing fifth in the Constructors' title. Häkkinen moved to McLaren in 1993 and after his replacement Alex Zanardi crashed heavily at the Belgian GP. Herbert was joined by Pedro Lamy. The team scored 12 points despite the tight budget and finished sixth in the '93 Constructors' Championship. // Biography Mika Häkkinen at the 2000 United States Grand Prix Mika Pauli Häkkinen (almost always seen and pronounced Hakkinen) (b. ... Julian Bailey (born 9 October 1961 in Woolwich, England) was a Formula One driver who raced for the Tyrrell and Lotus teams. ... 1991 (MCMXCI in Roman) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Johnny Herbert driving for the Benetton Formula One team in 1995 John Paul Herbert (born June 25, 1964, Brentwood, England) was regarded by many as one of Grand Prix Racings lost talents. ... 1992 (MCMXCII in Roman) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII in Roman) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Alessandro Alex Zanardi, b. ... José Pedro Lamy Viçoso, better known as Pedro Lamy, is a professional racing driver from Portugal, notable for being the first Portuguese driver to score a point in a World Championship event, in the 1995 Australian Grand Prix, for Minardi. ...

Unfortunately debts were mounting and the team was unable to develop the Lotus 107, which had been designed by Chris Murphy. The team gambled on success with Mugen Honda engines. Herbert and Lamy struggled with the old car. The Portuguese driver was seriously injured in an accident in testing at Silverstone and Zanardi returned. The hope was that the new Lotus-Mugen Honda 109 would save the day. In an effort to survive the team took on pay-driver Philippe Adams at the Belgian GP. At Monza Zanardi was back in the car, and the new 109 was ready. Herbert qualified fourth but at the first corner he was punted off by the Jordan of Eddie Irvine. The following day the team applied for an Administration Order to protect itself from creditors. Tom Walkinshaw pounced and bought Johnny Herbert's contract, moving him into Ligier and then Benetton. The Lotus 107 brought in a final, frustratingly limited and short-lived period of competitiveness for the legendary Team Lotus in Formula 1. ... Mugen Motorsports (M-Tec Co. ... The Lambro River runs through Monza. ... Eddie Irvine, US Grand Prix, 2002 Influenced by his parents who are also involved in racing, Eddie Irvine (born 10 November 1965 in Bangor, Northern Ireland) began his racing career in 1983. ... Tom Walkinshaw (born November 17, 1950 Scotland) is a racing car driver and the founder of the racing team Tom Walkinshaw Racing. ... Ligier is a French automobile maker created by former racing driver Guy Ligier. ... Benetton Group S.p. ...

In October the team was sold to David Hunt, brother of James. Mika Salo was hired to replace Herbert. In December, however, work on the design of a new car was halted and the staff laid off. In February 1995 Hunt announced an alliance with Pacific Grand Prix and the Illustrious history of Team Lotus came to an inauspicious end. ELE MATOU O AYRTON SENNA HE KILLED AYRTON SENNA ... 1995 (MCMXCV in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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