Through Time
Formula 1

Constructor

Team Lotus

Colin Chapman's Team Lotus became one of Formula 1's defining innovative constructors.

Details

Period
1958-1994
Country
United Kingdom
Constructor championships
7
Constructor title seasons
1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1978
Driver championships
6
Race starts
493
Race wins
79

Drivers (121)

  • Maurice Trintignant 1950-1964
  • Rodger Ward 1951-1963
  • Stirling Moss 1951-1961
  • Wolfgang Seidel 1953-1962
  • Ron Flockhart 1954-1960
  • Jack Brabham 1955-1970
  • Bruce Halford 1956-1960
  • Jo Bonnier 1956-1971
  • Olivier Gendebien 1956-1961
  • Ivor Bueb 1957-1959
  • Masten Gregory 1957-1965
  • Tony Marsh 1957-1962
  • Alan Stacey 1958-1960
  • Cliff Allison 1958-1961
  • Graham Hill 1958-1975
  • Ian Burgess 1958-1963
  • Phil Hill 1958-1964
  • Dan Gurney 1959-1970
  • David Piper 1959-1960
  • Henry Taylor 1959-1961
  • Innes Ireland 1959-1966
  • Mike Taylor 1959-1960
  • Alberto Rodriguez Larreta 1960-1960
  • Jim Clark 1960-1968
  • Jim Hall 1960-1963
  • John Surtees 1960-1972
  • Keith Greene 1960-1962
  • Lloyd Ruby 1960-1961
  • Lucien Bianchi 1960-1968
  • Pete Lovely 1960-1971
  • Willy Mairesse 1960-1963
  • Bernard Collomb 1961-1963
  • Ernesto Prinoth 1961-1961
  • Gaetano Starrabba 1961-1963
  • Gerry Ashmore 1961-1962
  • Giancarlo Baghetti 1961-1967
  • Hap Sharp 1961-1964
  • John Campbell-Jones 1961-1963
  • Juan Manuel Bordeu 1961-1961
  • Ken Miles 1961-1961
  • Michael May 1961-1961
  • Nino Vaccarella 1961-1965
  • Peter Ryan 1961-1961
  • Roger Penske 1961-1962
  • Tim Parnell 1961-1961
  • Tony Maggs 1961-1965
  • Trevor Taylor 1961-1966
  • Walt Hansgen 1961-1964
  • Carlo Abate 1962-1963
  • Ernie Pieterse 1962-1963
  • Gary Hocking 1962-1962
  • Heinz Schiller 1962-1962
  • Jay Chamberlain 1962-1962
  • Jo Siffert 1962-1971
  • John Love 1962-1972
  • Kurt Kuhnke 1962-1962
  • Neville Lederle 1962-1963
  • Peter Arundell 1962-1966
  • Rob Schroeder 1962-1962
  • Sam Tingle 1962-1969
  • Syd van der Vyver 1962-1962
  • Tony Shelly 1962-1962
  • Brausch Niemann 1963-1963
  • Chris Amon 1963-1976
  • Gerhard Mitter 1963-1965
  • Günther Seiffert 1963-1963
  • Mike Hailwood 1963-1974
  • Mike Spence 1963-1968
  • Moisés Solana 1963-1968
  • Paddy Driver 1963-1974
  • Pedro Rodríguez 1963-1971
  • Thomas Monarch 1963-1963
  • Jochen Rindt 1964-1970
  • Peter Revson 1964-1974
  • Richard Attwood 1964-1969
  • Bob Bondurant 1965-1966
  • Giacomo Russo 1965-1966
  • Paul Hawkins 1965-1965
  • Chris Irwin 1966-1967
  • Dave Charlton 1967-1975
  • Eppie Wietzes 1967-1974
  • Jackie Oliver 1967-1977
  • Jacky Ickx 1967-1979
  • Mike Fisher 1967-1967
  • Piers Courage 1967-1970
  • Bill Brack 1968-1972
  • Mario Andretti 1968-1982
  • John Miles 1969-1970
  • Emerson Fittipaldi 1970-1980
  • Reine Wisell 1970-1974
  • Ronnie Peterson 1970-1978
  • Tim Schenken 1970-1974
  • David Walker 1971-1972
  • Jean-Pierre Jarier 1971-1983
  • Carlos Reutemann 1972-1982
  • Eddie Keizan 1973-1975
  • John Watson 1973-1985
  • Ian Scheckter 1974-1977
  • Bob Evans 1975-1976
  • Brian Henton 1975-1982
  • Guy Tunmer 1975-1975
  • Jim Crawford 1975-1975
  • Gunnar Nilsson 1976-1977
  • Hector Rebaque 1977-1981
  • Nelson Piquet 1978-1991
  • Elio de Angelis 1979-1986
  • Geoff Lees 1979-1982
  • Nigel Mansell 1980-1995
  • Derek Warwick 1981-1993
  • Ayrton Senna 1984-1994
  • Johnny Dumfries 1986-1986
  • Satoru Nakajima 1987-1991
  • Julian Bailey 1988-1991
  • Éric Bernard 1989-1994
  • Johnny Herbert 1989-2000
  • Martin Donnelly 1989-1990
  • Alessandro Zanardi 1991-1999
  • Mika Häkkinen 1991-2001
  • Pedro Lamy 1993-1996
  • Mika Salo 1994-2002
  • Philippe Adams 1994-1994

Championship markers

  • C Team Lotus won the Constructors' Championship in 1963
  • C Team Lotus won the Constructors' Championship in 1965
  • C Team Lotus won the Constructors' Championship in 1968
  • C Team Lotus won the Constructors' Championship in 1970
  • C Team Lotus won the Constructors' Championship in 1972
  • C Team Lotus won the Constructors' Championship in 1973
  • C Team Lotus won the Constructors' Championship in 1978
  • D Jim Clark won the Drivers' Championship with Team Lotus in 1963
  • D Jim Clark won the Drivers' Championship with Team Lotus in 1965
  • D Graham Hill won the Drivers' Championship with Team Lotus in 1968
  • D Jochen Rindt won the Drivers' Championship with Team Lotus in 1970
  • D Emerson Fittipaldi won the Drivers' Championship with Team Lotus in 1972
  • D Mario Andretti won the Drivers' Championship with Team Lotus in 1978