Car · Team Lotus · 1986

Lotus 98T

Seasons
1986
Entries
32
Wins
2
Poles
8
Fastest laps
0

Specification

Chassis
Carbon fibre and Kevlar Aluminium honeycomb monocoque
Front suspension
Double wishbones, pull-rod actuated coil springs over dampers, anti-roll bar
Rear suspension
Double wishbones, pull-rod actuated coil springs over dampers, anti-roll bar
Brakes
—
Gearbox
Lotus / Hewland
Gears
6-speed
Tyres
Goodyear
Fuel
Elf
Engine
Renault Gordini EF15B
Configuration
90° V6
Capacity
1,492 cc
Aspiration
turbocharged
Power
900 bhp
Power note
800-900 hp (race-spec), 1,000-1,200+ hp (qualifying-trim) @ 12,500 rpm
Weight
—
Wheelbase
2,720 mm
Track, front
1,816 mm
Track, rear
1,620 mm

A blank is a figure nobody published for this car. Where several teams quote the same number in a season it is usually the rule they were all built to rather than a measurement, so it is kept with the regulation limits instead of here.

Every entry 32 entries

Every entry
SeasonGrand PrixDriverGridResultOut
1986Australian Grand PrixJohnny Dumfries146Finished
1986Australian Grand PrixAyrton Senna3DNFEngine
1986Mexican Grand PrixAyrton Senna13Finished
1986Mexican Grand PrixJohnny Dumfries17DNFElectrical
1986Portuguese Grand PrixAyrton Senna14Out of fuel
1986Portuguese Grand PrixJohnny Dumfries159Finished
1986Italian Grand PrixJohnny Dumfries17DNFGearbox
1986Italian Grand PrixAyrton Senna5DNFTransmission
1986Austrian Grand PrixAyrton Senna8DNFEngine
1986Austrian Grand PrixJohnny Dumfries15DNFEngine
1986Hungarian Grand PrixAyrton Senna12Finished
1986Hungarian Grand PrixJohnny Dumfries85Finished
1986German Grand PrixAyrton Senna32Finished
1986German Grand PrixJohnny Dumfries12DNFWater radiator
1986British Grand PrixJohnny Dumfries107Finished
1986British Grand PrixAyrton Senna3DNFGearbox
1986French Grand PrixAyrton Senna1DNFAccident
1986French Grand PrixJohnny Dumfries12DNFEngine
1986Detroit Grand PrixAyrton Senna11Finished
1986Detroit Grand PrixJohnny Dumfries147Finished
1986Canadian Grand PrixAyrton Senna25Finished
1986Canadian Grand PrixJohnny Dumfries15DNFAccident
1986Belgian Grand PrixAyrton Senna42Finished
1986Belgian Grand PrixJohnny Dumfries13DNFSpun off
1986Monaco Grand PrixAyrton Senna33Finished
1986Monaco Grand PrixJohnny Dumfries—DNQDNQ
1986San Marino Grand PrixAyrton Senna1DNFWheel bearing
1986San Marino Grand PrixJohnny Dumfries18DNFWheel bearing
1986Spanish Grand PrixAyrton Senna11Finished
1986Spanish Grand PrixJohnny Dumfries10DNFGearbox
1986Brazilian Grand PrixAyrton Senna12Finished
1986Brazilian Grand PrixJohnny Dumfries119Finished
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Photographs

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Lotus 98T
Senna Brands 1986 · Peterhanna · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

Where this comes from

Constructor
Team Lotus
Predecessor
97T
Successor
99T
Races (published)
16
Wins (published)
2
Poles (published)
8
Confidence
reference
Specification source
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_98T
Register source
https://github.com/f1db/f1db