Constructor · United Kingdom · Hethel
Team Lotus
Colin Chapman's constructor: the monocoque chassis (Lotus 25), full ground effect (Lotus 78/79), active suspension and the first major commercial sponsorship deal. Collapsed in 1994 after Chapman's death in 1982.
British racing greenUnited Kingdom's international racing colour, under the convention that painted a car for the country that entered it until sponsor liveries took over around 1968. Not this team's own livery.
- Seasons
- 1958–199437 seasons
- Entries
- 1,345
- Wins
- 79
- Podiums
- 172
- Poles
- 107
- Drivers
- 123
- Constructors' titles
- 71963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1972–73, 1978
- Drivers' titles
- 6
Wins by season
Every season entered, winless ones included, so a drought is visible as a gap. A shared drive counts once, to the car.
The numbers behind this chart, Wins by season
| Season | Wins | Entries |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 0 | 19 |
| 1959 | 0 | 19 |
| 1960 | 2 | 33 |
| 1961 | 3 | 66 |
| 1962 | 3 | 71 |
| 1963 | 7 | 63 |
| 1964 | 3 | 51 |
| 1965 | 6 | 50 |
| 1966 | 1 | 34 |
| 1967 | 4 | 31 |
| 1968 | 5 | 38 |
| 1969 | 2 | 48 |
| 1970 | 6 | 49 |
| 1971 | 0 | 25 |
| 1972 | 5 | 28 |
| 1973 | 7 | 31 |
| 1974 | 3 | 33 |
| 1975 | 0 | 31 |
| 1976 | 1 | 31 |
| 1977 | 5 | 34 |
| 1978 | 8 | 48 |
| 1979 | 0 | 41 |
| 1980 | 0 | 31 |
| 1981 | 0 | 28 |
| 1982 | 1 | 30 |
| 1983 | 0 | 30 |
| 1984 | 0 | 32 |
| 1985 | 3 | 32 |
| 1986 | 2 | 32 |
| 1987 | 2 | 32 |
| 1988 | 0 | 32 |
| 1989 | 0 | 32 |
| 1990 | 0 | 32 |
| 1991 | 0 | 32 |
| 1992 | 0 | 32 |
| 1993 | 0 | 32 |
| 1994 | 0 | 32 |
Season by season
| Season | Entries | Drivers | Wins | Podiums | Poles | Best | Points scored | Championship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P7 | 0 | — |
| 1993 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P4 | 12 | 6 |
| 1992 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P4 | 13 | 5 |
| 1991 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | 3 | 9 |
| 1990 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | 3 | 8 |
| 1989 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P4 | 15 | 6 |
| 1988 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | P3 | 23 | 4 |
| 1987 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | P1 | 64 | 3 |
| 1986 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | P1 | 58 | 3 |
| 1985 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | P1 | 71 | 4 |
| 1984 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | P2 | 47 | 3 |
| 1983 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | P3 | 12 | 8 |
| 1982 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | P1 | 30 | 5 |
| 1981 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P3 | 22 | 7 |
| 1980 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P2 | 14 | 5 |
| 1979 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | P2 | 39 | 4 |
| 1978 | 48 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 12 | P1 | 116 | 1 |
| 1977 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | P1 | 67 | 2 |
| 1976 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | P1 | 32 | 4 |
| 1975 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P2 | 9 | 7 |
| 1974 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | P1 | 47 | 4 |
| 1973 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 10 | P1 | 107 | 1 |
| 1972 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | P1 | 61 | 1 |
| 1971 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | P2 | 25 | 5 |
| 1970 | 49 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | P1 | 70 | 1 |
| 1969 | 48 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 5 | P1 | 59 | 3 |
| 1968 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 5 | P1 | 75 | 1 |
| 1967 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 9 | P1 | 56 | 2 |
| 1966 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | P1 | 21 | 5 |
| 1965 | 50 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 6 | P1 | 66 | 1 |
| 1964 | 51 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | P1 | 52 | 3 |
| 1963 | 63 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | P1 | 78 | 1 |
| 1962 | 71 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 6 | P1 | 43 | 2 |
| 1961 | 66 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 1 | P1 | 44 | 2 |
| 1960 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 4 | P1 | 52 | 2 |
| 1959 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P4 | 5 | 4 |
| 1958 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P4 | 3 | 6 |
Show all 37 seasonsShow the first 10, Season by season
The constructors' championship is contested by a chassis–engine pair, so a season can carry more than one entry for the same name. Open the season to see both.
Every win
Show all 79 winsShow the first 10, Every win
A blank chassis is a season this team ran more than one design and no source records which car raced which round.
Cars built
| Chassis | Years | Engine | Power (bhp) | Races | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 1958–1959 | Coventry Climax FPF | 175 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | 1958–1960 | Coventry Climax FPF | — | 10 | 0 |
| 18 | 1960–1963 | Coventry Climax FPF 2467 cc / 2497 cc / 1499.8 cc | — | 18 | 2 |
| 18/21 | 1961–1965 | Coventry Climax FPF 2467 cc / 2497 cc / 1499.8 cc | — | 8 | 0 |
| 21 | 1961–1965 | — | — | 7 | 0 |
| 24 | 1962–1965 | Coventry Climax FWMV, 1496cc, 90° V8; BRM P56, 1498 cc, 90° V8; Naturally aspirated | — | 23 | 0 |
| 25 | 1962–1967 | Coventry Climax FWMV, 1496cc, 90° V8; Naturally aspirated, mid-mounted; BRM P56, 1498 cc, 90° V8; Naturally aspirated, mid-mounted | — | 14 | 7 |
| 22 | 1963–1965 | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | 1964–1967 | Coventry Climax FWMV; 1497 cc, or; BRM P56; 1498 cc, or; BRM P60; 1909 cc | — | 14 | 0 |
| 20 | 1965 | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | 1966–1967 | BRM P75; 2996 cc | — | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | 1966 | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | 1967 | Ford Cosworth FVA, 1600 cc, L4, NA, mid-mounted. | — | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | 1967–1970 | Ford Cosworth DFV | 440 | 2 | 0 |
| 49B | 1968–1970 | Ford Cosworth DFV | 440 | 15 | 0 |
| 59B | 1969 | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | 1969 | Ford Cosworth DFV | — | 0 | 0 |
| 49C | 1970 | — | — | 4 | 0 |
| 72B | 1970 | Ford Cosworth DFV | 465 | 0 | 0 |
| 72C | 1970–1971 | Ford Cosworth DFV | 465 | 0 | 0 |
| 56B | 1971 | Pratt & Whitney STN76 | 600 | 3 | 0 |
| 69 Special | 1971 | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| 72D | 1971–1973 | Ford Cosworth DFV | 465 | 13 | 5 |
| 72E | 1973–1975 | — | — | 15 | 0 |
| 76 | 1974 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | 1976 | Ford-Cosworth DFV | 465 | 16 | 1 |
| 78 | 1977–1978 | Ford-Cosworth DFV | — | 33 | 5 |
| 79 | 1978–1979 | Ford-Cosworth DFV | 475 | 11 | 0 |
| 80 | 1979 | Ford-Cosworth DFV | — | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | 1980 | Ford Cosworth DFV | — | 0 | 0 |
| 81B | 1980–1981 | Ford Cosworth DFV | — | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | 1981 | Ford Cosworth DFV | — | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | 1981 | Cosworth DFV | — | 0 | 0 |
| 88B | 1981 | Cosworth DFV | — | 0 | 0 |
| 87B | 1982 | Ford Cosworth DFV | — | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | 1982 | Cosworth DFV | 480 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | 1983 | Cosworth DFV | — | 8 | 0 |
| 93T | 1983 | Renault Gordini EF1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 94T | 1983 | Renault Gordini EF1 | 650 | 0 | 0 |
| 95T | 1984 | Renault Gordini EF4 | 760 | 16 | 0 |
| 97T | 1985 | Renault Gordini EF15B | 810 | 16 | 3 |
| 98T | 1986 | Renault Gordini EF15B | 900 | 16 | 2 |
| 99T | 1987 | Honda RA166E | 1,000 | 16 | 2 |
| 100T | 1988 | Honda RA168E | 675 | 16 | 0 |
| 101 | 1989 | Judd CV | 610 | 16 | 0 |
| 102 | 1990 | 1990: Lamborghini LE3512, 3493 cc, mid-engine, longitudinally mounted, NA 80° V12; 1991: Judd EV, 3496 cc, mid-engine, longitudinally mounted, NA 76° V8; 1992: Ford HBA5, 3494 cc, mid-engine, longitudinally mounted, 75° NA V8 | — | 16 | 0 |
| 102B | 1991 | 1990: Lamborghini LE3512, 3493 cc, mid-engine, longitudinally mounted, NA 80° V12; 1991: Judd EV, 3496 cc, mid-engine, longitudinally mounted, NA 76° V8; 1992: Ford HBA5, 3494 cc, mid-engine, longitudinally mounted, 75° NA V8 | — | 16 | 0 |
| 102D | 1992 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| 107 | 1992 | 1992-1993: Ford HBA6 3494 cc, 75° V8, NA, mid-engine, longitudinally mounted. ; 1994: Mugen-Honda MF-351HC 3500 cc, ° V10, NA, mid-engine, longitudinally-mounted | 700 | 0 | 0 |
| 107B | 1993 | 1992-1993: Ford HBA6 3494 cc, 75° V8, NA, mid-engine, longitudinally mounted. ; 1994: Mugen-Honda MF-351HC 3500 cc, ° V10, NA, mid-engine, longitudinally-mounted | 700 | 16 | 0 |
| 107C | 1994 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| 109 | 1994 | Mugen-Honda MF-351HD | 725 | 0 | 0 |
Show all 52 designsShow the first 10, Cars built
Photographs
From Wikimedia Commons, each shown with the photographer and licence its terms require.
Lotus 12
1957 Lotus 12 Formula 2 (31515662418) · Sicnag · CC BY 2.0
Lotus 16
Lotus 16 · Pyrope · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lotus 18
Lotus 18 Stirling Moss Monaco 1961 · John Chapman ( Pyrope ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lotus 24
Lotus 24 2018 Silverstone Classic (33154067588) · https://www.flickr.com/photos/davehamster/ · CC BY 2.0
Lotus 25
1964 Lotus-Climax 25 · Chris Peeters · CC0 · unchecked
Lotus 33
Lotus 33 Climax Jackie Stewart at Goodwood Revival 2013 001 · Iain A Wanless · CC BY 2.0A 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.
26 more photographs
Lotus 43
FoS20162016 0624 112938AA (27785376742) · Matthew Lamb · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked
Lotus 48
Lotus 48 - 001 · Mutari · Public domain
Lotus 49
HillGraham19690801Lotus-Nordkehre · Lothar Spurzem · CC BY-SA 2.0 de · unchecked
Lotus 63
Lotus 63 Donington · John Chapman ( Pyrope ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lotus 72
1971 Emerson Fittipaldi, Lotus 72 (kl) · Lothar Spurzem · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Lotus 56
David Walker 1971 Lotus 56 B Pratt Whitney · Raimund Kommer · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lotus 77
Lotus 77 Sears Point · Luca Varani · CC BY-SA 2.5
Lotus 78
2017 FIA Masters Historic Formula One Championship, Circuit of the Americas (23970306838) · https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrlaugh/ · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked
Lotus 79
Ronnie Peterson - Lotus 79 at Druids at the 1978 British Grand Prix (50050520537) · Martin Lee from London, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0
Lotus 80
Mario Andretti in 1979 · crazylenny2 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked
Lotus 81
2017 FIA Masters Historic Formula One Championship, Circuit of the Americas (23970302968) · https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrlaugh/ · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked
Lotus 87
Lotus 87 2008 Silverstone Classic · Russell Whitworth · CC BY-SA 2.0
Lotus 88
Lotus 88B (1981) (22277525756) · Takayuki Suzuki from Kanagawa, Japan · CC BY-SA 2.0
Lotus 91
Lotus 91 2018 (42512010201) · https://www.flickr.com/photos/95472204@N03/ · CC BY 2.0
Lotus 92
Lotus 92 Donington · John Chapman ( Pyrope ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lotus 93T
Lotus 93T - Elio de Angelis · Stu.G · CC BY 2.0
Lotus 94T
Lotus 94T Mansell Goodwood 2012 · jambox998 · CC BY-SA 2.0
Lotus 95T
Mansell Lotus 95T Dallas 1984 F1 · twm1340 · CC BY-SA 2.0
Lotus 97T
Lotus97T · https://www.flickr.com/jonbradbury · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lotus 98T
Senna Brands 1986 · Peterhanna · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked
Lotus 99T
1987 Lotus 99T 2 · Calreyn88 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lotus 100T
Sato Lotus 100T Suzuka 2010 · https://www.flickr.com/photos/temalive/ · CC BY-SA 2.0
Lotus 101
Satoru Nakajima demonstrating Lotus 101 2011 Japan · Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lotus 102
Lotus-Lamborghini 102 · Andrew Basterfield · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked
Lotus 107
Alessandro Zanardi - Lotus 107 during practice for the 1993 British Grand Prix (32873601273) · Martin Lee from London, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0
Lotus 109
Alessandro Zanardi - Lotus 109 at the 1994 British Grand Prix (32500452896) · Martin Lee from London, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0Where this comes from
- Full name
- Team Lotus
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Base
- Hethel, United Kingdom
- Wins
- 79 derived · 79 published
- Poles
- 107 derived · 107 published
- Confidence
- high