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Team Lotus

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Team Lotus was the motorsport sister company of the English sports car maker Lotus Cars, set up under Colin Chapman to race the cars that Lotus built. It was split off from Lotus Engineering in 1954 and went on to run cars in Formula One, Formula Two, Formula Ford, Formula Junior, IndyCar and sports car racing. Under Chapman as founder and chief designer it was responsible for many innovative and experimental developments in motorsport, in both technical and commercial terms. Between 1962 and 1978 it won seven Formula One Constructors' Championships, six Drivers' Championships and the Indianapolis 500, which left it one of the most successful racing teams of all time. Its offices and design studios were at Ketteringham Hall near Hethel in Norfolk, which was the headquarters of both Team Lotus and Lotus Cars. The team came to an end in 1995 when David Hunt announced an alliance with Pacific Grand Prix.

Facts
Founded Year
1954 1
Status
Defunct 1
Chronology
Dissolved Year
1995 1
Company Type
Company Type (category)
Racing Team 1
Connections

Founded By

Colin Chapman, Founders, Executives and Management Thinkers
Source Team Lotus (Wikipedia)
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Manufactures

Lotus 21

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Used by the works Lotus team and the privateer Rob Walker Racing Team in 1961
Lotus 29

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was a British racing car built by Team Lotus
Lotus 33

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designed by Colin Chapman and Len Terry and built by Team Lotus
Lotus 34

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is an open-wheel race car built by Team Lotus
Lotus 49

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Team Lotus's 2.5 litre engined 49s
Lotus 56

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designed by Maurice Philippe as Team Lotus's STP-backed entry in the 1968 Indianapolis 500
Lotus 76

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used by Team Lotus in the 1974 Formula One season
Lotus 80

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The Lotus 80 was a Formula One car used by Team Lotus in 1979
Lotus 81

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built by Colin Chapman's Lotus team for the 1980 Formula One season
Lotus 87

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used by Team Lotus in the second part of the 1981 Formula One season
Lotus 91

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used by the English team Lotus in the 1982 Formula One season
Lotus 92

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designed by Martin Ogilvie along with Team Lotus founder Colin Chapman
Lotus 93T

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The Lotus 93T was a Formula One car with which the Team Lotus participated the first part of the F1 championship in 1983.
Lotus 94T

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used by Team Lotus in the second part of the 1983 Formula One season

Located In

United Kingdom

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Source Team Lotus (Wikipedia)Hethel, headquarters
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which became the headquarters of both Team Lotus and Lotus Cars
Sources
1. Team Lotus (Wikipedia)
  • 1950s, Lotus origins
    Team Lotus was split off from Lotus Engineering in 1954.
  • Lead, kind of company
    Team Lotus was the motorsport sister company of English sports car manufacturer Lotus Cars.
  • Closing years, 1995 end of the team
    Team Lotus came to an end
  • Hethel, headquarters
    which became the headquarters of both Team Lotus and Lotus Cars
  • Founded By: Colin Chapman, Lead, founder
    Under the direction of founder and chief designer Colin Chapman
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