Lotus 
Malaysia
Malaysia
- Team founded 2010
- Also known as Team Lotus
- Engine Renault
- Principal Tony Fernandes
- Technical Director Mike Gascoyne
World Championship Career
| Year | Engine | Driver | Race | Start | Won | Pod | Class | Best | 1+2 | Pole | Front | Best | Lap | Pts | Pos | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Climax | H Allison, ILJ Bueb, NG Hill, A Stacey | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| 1959 | Climax | BH Halford, NG Hill, I Ireland, GC Lovely, D Piper, A Stacey, D Taylor | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | ||||
| 1960 | Climax | J Clark, R Flockhart, JE Hall, I Ireland, AR Larreta, SC Moss, D Piper, A Stacey, J Surtees, M Taylor | 8 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 2 | ||||
| 1961 | Climax | H Allison, G Ashmore, L Bianchi, JM Bordeu, I Burgess, J Clark, O Gendebien, M Gregory, JE Hall, I Ireland, AFO Maggs, W Mairesse, A Marsh, M May, SC Moss, T Parnell, L Ruby, P Ryan, W Seidel, H Taylor, T Taylor | 8 | 54 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 2 | ||||
| Maserati | G Starrabba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | - | |||||
| 1962 | Climax | G Ashmore, L Bianchi, JA Brabham, MJ Campbell-Jones, J Chamberlain, J Clark, M Gregory, JE Hall, I Ireland, N Lederle, R Penske, E Pieterse, E Prinoth, R Schroeder, A Shelly, J Siffert, T Taylor, M Trintignant, N Vaccarella | 9 | 50 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 2 | ||||
| BRM | M Gregory, D Gurney, H Schiller, W Seidel, G Seiffert, A Shelly, J Siffert | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| 1963 | Climax | P Arundell, JA Brabham, J Clark, NB Collomb, M Hailwood, T Parnell, E Pieterse, A Pilette, P Rodríguez, M Spence, T Taylor, M Trintignant | 10 | 27 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 74 | 1 | ||||
| BRM | CA Amon, P Driver, M Gregory, JE Hall, P Hill, I Ireland, JR Sharp, J Siffert, R Ward | 9 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |||||
| Ford | A Niemann | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | - | |||||
| 1964 | Climax | CA Amon, P Arundell, J Clark, W Hansgen, GK Mitter, M Solana, M Spence | 10 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 40 | 3 | ||||
| BRM | CA Amon, NB Collomb, M Hailwood, I Ireland, PJR Revson, J Siffert, T Taylor | 10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |||||
| 1965 | Climax | J Clark, Geki, B Gubby, RP Hawkins, N Lederle, GK Mitter, E Pieterse, C Puzey, M Solana, M Spence | 10 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 58 | 1 | ||||
| BRM | CA Amon, RJD Attwood, RL Bondurant, M Hailwood, I Ireland, AFO Maggs | 10 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |||||
| 1966 | BRM | P Arundell, J Clark, P Rodríguez, M Spence | 9 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | ||||
| Climax | P Arundell, J Clark, Geki, P Hill, P Rodríguez | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | |||||
| 1967 | Ford | G Baghetti, J Clark, NG Hill, M Solana, E Wietzes | 9 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 44 | 2 | ||||
| BRM | J Clark, P Courage, MJ Fisher, NG Hill, C Irwin | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | |||||
| Climax | J Clark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | - | |||||
| 1968 | Ford | MG Andretti, W Brack, J Clark, NG Hill, J Oliver, J Siffert, M Solana | 12 | 35 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 62 | 1 | ||||
| 1969 | Ford | MG Andretti, RJD Attwood, J Bonnier, NG Hill, JML Love, GC Lovely, J Miles, KJ Rindt, J Siffert | 11 | 46 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 3 | ||||
| 1970 | Ford | D Charlton, E Fittipaldi, NG Hill, JML Love, GC Lovely, J Miles, BT Redman, KJ Rindt, A Soler-Roig, RTL Wisell | 12 | 37 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 59 | 1 | ||||
| 1971 | Ford | D Charlton, E Fittipaldi, GC Lovely, D Walker, RTL Wisell | 10 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 5 | ||||
| Pratt & Whitney | E Fittipaldi, D Walker, RTL Wisell | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | - | |||||
| 1972 | Ford | D Charlton, E Fittipaldi, D Walker, RTL Wisell | 12 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 1 | ||||
| 1973 | Ford | D Charlton, E Fittipaldi, BR Peterson | 15 | 31 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 96 | 1 | ||||
| 1974 | Ford | P Driver, J Ickx, BR Peterson, I Scheckter, T Schenken | 15 | 33 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 4 | ||||
| 1975 | Ford | J Crawford, B Henton, J Ickx, E Keizan, BR Peterson, PG Tunmer, JM Watson | 14 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | ||||
| 1976 | Ford | MG Andretti, R Evans, G Nilsson, BR Peterson | 16 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 4 | ||||
| 1977 | Ford | MG Andretti, G Nilsson | 17 | 33 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 62 | 2 | ||||
| 1978 | Ford | MG Andretti, JPJP Jarier, BR Peterson, HA Rebaque | 16 | 41 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 86 | 1 | ||||
| 1979 | Ford | MG Andretti, HA Rebaque, CA Reutemann | 15 | 39 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 4 | ||||
| 1980 | Ford | MG Andretti, E de Angelis, NEJ Mansell | 14 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 5 | ||||
| 1981 | Ford | E de Angelis, NEJ Mansell | 14 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | ||||
| 1982 | Ford | E de Angelis, G Lees, NEJ Mansell, RP Moreno | 15 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 5 | ||||
| 1983 | Renault | E de Angelis, NEJ Mansell | 14 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | ||||
| Ford | E de Angelis, NEJ Mansell | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |||||
| 1984 | Renault | E de Angelis, NEJ Mansell | 16 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 3 | ||||
| 1985 | Renault | E de Angelis, A Senna | 16 | 32 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 71 | 4 | ||||
| 1986 | Renault | J Dumfries, A Senna | 16 | 31 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 3 | ||||
| 1987 | Honda | S Nakajima, A Senna | 16 | 32 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 64 | 3 | ||||
| 1988 | Honda | S Nakajima, N Piquet | 16 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 4 | ||||
| 1989 | Judd | S Nakajima, N Piquet | 15 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 6 | ||||
| 1990 | Lamborghini | HM Donnelly, J Herbert, D Warwick | 16 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| 1991 | Judd | J Bailey, M Bartels, MP Häkkinen, J Herbert | 16 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| 1992 | Ford | MP Häkkinen, J Herbert | 16 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 5 | ||||
| 1993 | Ford | J Herbert, JPMN Lamy, A Zanardi | 16 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 6 | ||||
| 1994 | Mugen-Honda | P Adams, E Bernard, J Herbert, JPMN Lamy, M Salo, A Zanardi | 16 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | ||||
| 2010 | Cosworth | F Fauzy, H Kovalainen, J Trulli | 19 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | - | ||||
| 2011 | Renault | K Chandhok, H Kovalainen, L Razia, J Trulli, D Valsecchi | 19 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | - | ||||
| Total | 529 | 1307 | 79 | 172 | 699 | 1 | 8 | 107 | 176 | 1 | 71 |
| Race | Circuit | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First race | Monaco Grand Prix | Monaco | May 18, 1958 | Race results |
| Last race | Brazilian Grand Prix | Interlagos | November 27, 2011 | Race results |
Profile
One of the most successful marques in Formula One, Colin Chapman's iconic Lotus name was brought back to the sport for two years as a new, Norfolk-based team established itself.
After BMW announced they were pulling out at the end of 2009, the FIA reopened the selection process to ensure that the grid would have a full complement of 13 teams. On September 15, 2009 the FIA announced that the 13th team on the grid would be Lotus F1.
Lead by a company called 1Malaysia F1 Team, a partnership between the Malaysian Government and a consortium of Malaysian entrepreneurs, the team entered under the historic Lotus name - last seen on the F1 grid in 1994, powered by Mugen Honda engines.
The team was headed by team principal Tony Fernandes, founder and CEO of the Malaysian-based Tune group, the owner of the Air Asia airline. He hired Mike Gascoyne as technical director, with Gascoyne having over 20 years of experience in Formula One having previously performed the same role for the Force India, Toyota, Renault and Jordan teams.
The team was based at the RTN facility in Norfolk, 10 miles from the Lotus Cars factory. A 50,000 square foot facility, RTN was built by Toyota for its initial Formula One development and then used by Bentley for its successful Le Mans programme. Plans were in place for the team's future design, R&D, manufacturing and technical centre to be purpose built at Malaysia's Sepang International Circuit, but those plans soon changed and the team explored facilities in Leafield.
After an ugly court battle with the Lotus Group Fernandes won the right to continue under the Team Lotus name in 2011 but wanted to align his team with a car manufacturer. The purchase of Caterham Cars allowed him to do so, and the team will look to create its own history in 2012 as Caterham.
Latest Articles
- Destiny in our hands - Gascoyne (December 14, 2011)
- Scratching for points (December 9, 2011)
- Lotus appoints Iley from McLaren (December 8, 2011)
- Ricciardo admits to Lotus 'chance' (December 6, 2011)
- Fernandes elated with prize money boost (November 28, 2011)
Latest Photos
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Jan 12, 2012 
Ayrton Senna's Lotus 99T at the Autosport International Show © Sutton Images |
Nov 28, 2011 
Tony Fernandes celebrates Lotus' tenth place in the constructors' championship © Getty Images |
Nov 27, 2011 
The traditional end-of-term photograph © Getty Images |
Nov 27, 2011 
Drivers pose for an end-of-season photograph © Getty Images |
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