Team Lotus facts for kids

For the Malaysian Formula One team which started competing in 2010, see Lotus Racing.

Team Lotus was the motorsport sister company of English sports car manufacturer Lotus Cars. The team ran cars in many motorsport series including Formula One, Formula Two, Formula Ford, Formula Junior, IndyCar and sports car racing. More than ten years after its last race Team Lotus remains 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 motorsport, in both technical and commercial arenas. In 2010 Lotus has returned to F1 as Lotus Racing.

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A 1955 Lotus MkIX
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Lotus Eleven cars for Le Mans 24 hours, 1956
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Nigel Mansell set his first pole position in the Renault-powered Lotus 95T at the 1984 Dallas Grand Prix.
Ayrton Senna's Lotus 99T on display in 2010. The Brazilian driver gave Lotus its last ever Grand Prix win when he won the 1987 Detroit Grand Prix in the active suspension 99T