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Since 2011, Lotus Cars became involved with the team and the team was renamed, first to "Lotus Renault GP" for 2011 season, and then to "Lotus F1 Team" for 2012 season. [ citation needed ] When discussing the history of the organisation as a whole rather than those of specific constructors it has operated, the colloquialism " Team Enstone " is ...
Lotus T127 (2010): Team Lotus F1 car, made for 2010 season; Lotus T128 (Formula One car) (2011): Team Lotus F1 car, made for 2011 season; Lotus T128 (Le Mans Prototype) (2013): race car built for 24 Hours of LeMans; Lotus 129 (2016–2022): Lotus 3-Eleven, 0-door speedster; Lotus E20 (2012): Lotus F1 Team F1 car, made for 2012 season
Team Lotus as a constructor was first to achieve 50 Grand Prix victories. (Ferrari was the second to do so, having won their first Formula One race in 1951, seven years before the first Lotus F1 car.) In the mid-to-late 1970s, Lotus experienced a resurgence with Mario Andretti joining the team.
The second table includes results from privately owned Lotus cars in World Championship Grands Prix between 1958 and 1979. The tables do not include results for the separate Team Lotus Formula One team of 2011 (which debuted in 2010 as "Lotus Racing"), the Lotus Renault GP team of 2011 or the Lotus F1 Team of 2012.
The Lotus 49 was a Formula One racing car designed by Colin Chapman and Maurice Philippe for the 1967 F1 season.It was one of the first F1 cars to use a stressed member engine combined with a monocoque to reduce weight, with other teams adopting the concept after its success. [5]
The Lotus 56 was a gas turbine-powered four-wheel-driven racing car, designed by Maurice Philippe as Team Lotus's STP-backed entry in the 1968 Indianapolis 500. All three cars entered and retired from the race with Joe Leonard 's car expiring while leading just eight laps from the finish.
Articles about Formula One racing cars carrying the "Lotus" constructor name. These may be cars built by any of the following teams: Team Lotus (1958-94), Lotus Racing, Team Lotus (2011) or Lotus F1 Team.
The Lotus 88 is an innovative Formula One car designed by Colin Chapman, Peter Wright, Tony Rudd and Martin Ogilvie of Lotus in an effort to maximise the downforce produced by ground effect. The Lotus 88 made its debut at the first practice session of the 1981 season opener, the US Grand Prix West at Long Beach.