Team Lotus

Lotus

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	Jim Clark Graham Hill Jochen Rindt Emerson Fittipaldi Mario Andretti Ronnie Peterson Jacky Ickx Gunnar Nilsson Carlos Reutemann Nigel Mansell Elio de Angelis Ayrton Senna Johnny Dumfries Satoru Nakajima Nelson Piquet Mika Häkkinen Johnny Herbert Alessandro Zanardi
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

Lotus as a Formula One chassis constructor

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

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.