Lotus F1 Statistics
| Licensed in: |  United Kingdom |
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| Race debut: |  1958 Monaco Grand Prix |
| Last race: |  1994 Australian Grand Prix |
| Year(s) active: | 1958-94 |
| Best championship result (constructor): | World Champion (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1978) |
| Best championship result (driver): | World Champion –
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Overall statistics
| Grand Prix entries: | 493 | |
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| Grand Prix starts: | 491 | |
| Wins: | 79 | 16.1% |
| Race 1-2: | 8 | 1.6% |
| Podiums: | 172 | |
| Races with a podium: | 157 | 32.0% |
| Pole positions: | 107 | 21.8% |
| Qualifying 1-2: | 14 | 2.9% |
| Fastest laps: | 71 | 14.5% |
| Points: | 1,368 | 2.79 pts p/r |
| Driver points finishes: | 345 | |
| Races scored points: | 263 | 53.6% |
| Front row starts: | 175 | |
| Races with front row start: | 155 | 31.6% |
| Times led Constructors’ championship: | 80 | |
| Times led Drivers’ championship: | 81 |
| Constructors’ championships: | 7 | |
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| Drivers’ championships: | 6 | |
| 1-2 in drivers’ championship: | 1 | |
| Did not start: | 33 | |
| Did not qualify: | 65 | |
| Did not pre-qualify: | 5 | |
| Retirements: | 614 | |
| Races with a DNF: | 372 | 75.8% |
| Not classified: | 16 | |
| Disqualified: | 11 | |
| Best start: | 1st | x107 |
| Best result: | 1st | x79 |
| No. of events: | 29 | View Grands Prix stats |
| No. of circuits: | 54 | View circuit stats |
| No. of drivers: | 120 | View driver stats |
Season statistics
| Year | Engine | Drivers | RE | RS | W | PD | PP | FL | FR | DNF | BS | BR | PF | PTS | WC |
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| 1958 | Climax |
| 9 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6th |
| 1959 | Climax |
| 8 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4th |
| 1960 | Climax |
| 8 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 37 | 2nd |
| 1961 |
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| 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 32 | 2nd |
| 1962 |
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| 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 36 (38) | 2nd |
| 1963 |
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| 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 54 (74) | WC |
| 1964 |
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| 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 37 (40) | 3rd |
| 1965 |
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| 10 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 54 (58) | WC |
| 1966 |
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| 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | 6 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 5th |
| 1967 |
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| 11 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 44 | 2nd |
| 1968 | Ford Cosworth |
| 12 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 62 | WC |
| 1969 | Ford Cosworth |
| 11 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 47 | 3rd |
| 1970 | Ford Cosworth |
| 13 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 59 | WC |
| 1971 |
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| 11 | 11 | – | 3 | – | – | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 5th |
| 1972 | Ford Cosworth |
| 12 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 3 | – | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 61 | WC |
| 1973 | Ford Cosworth |
| 15 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 92 (96) | WC |
| 1974 | Ford Cosworth |
| 15 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 42 | 4th |
| 1975 | Ford Cosworth |
| 14 | 14 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 13 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7th |
| 1976 | Ford Cosworth |
| 16 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 29 | 4th |
| 1977 | Ford Cosworth |
| 17 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 62 | 2nd |
| 1978 | Ford Cosworth |
| 16 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 86 | WC |
| 1979 | Ford Cosworth |
| 15 | 15 | – | 5 | – | – | – | 23 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 39 | 4th |
| 1980 | Ford Cosworth |
| 14 | 14 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 21 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 5th |
| 1981 | Ford Cosworth |
| 14 | 14 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 11 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 7th |
| 1982 | Ford Cosworth |
| 15 | 15 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 14 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 5th |
| 1983 |
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| 15 | 15 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 8th |
| 1984 | Renault |
| 16 | 16 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 6 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 47 | 3rd |
| 1985 | Renault |
| 16 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 71 | 4th |
| 1986 | Renault |
| 16 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 8 | – | 9 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 58 | 3rd |
| 1987 | Honda |
| 16 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 64 | 3rd |
| 1988 | Honda |
| 16 | 16 | – | 3 | – | – | – | 13 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 4th |
| 1989 | Judd |
| 16 | 15 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 14 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 6th |
| 1990 | Lamborghini |
| 16 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8th |
| 1991 | Judd |
| 16 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9th |
| 1992 | Ford Cosworth |
| 16 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 5th |
| 1993 | Ford Cosworth |
| 16 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 6th |
| 1994 | Mugen-Honda |
| 16 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 13 | 7 | – | – | NC |
Alberto Rodriguez-Larreta (1)
Wolfgang Seidel (4)
Lucien Bianchi (3)
Michael May (3)
Tony Maggs (2)
Gaetano Starrabba (1)
Peter Ryan (1)
Maurice Trintignant (6)
Tony Shelly (3)
Pedro Rodriguez (2)
Clive Puzey (1)
Jo Bonnier (2)
Alex Soler-Roig (3)
Satoru Nakajima (16) 11th
Mika Hakkinen (16) 15th
Pedro Lamy (4)Table definitions
- Drivers: (no. of race entries) championship position
- RE: Race entries
- RS: Race starts
- W: Wins
- PD: Podium finishes
- PP: Pole positions
- FL: Fastest laps
- FR: Front row starts
- DNF: Did not finish
- BS: Best start
- BR: Best result
- PF: Point scoring finishes by drivers
- PTS: World championship points scored. Points without parentheses are points scored that counted towards the championship; points in parentheses are total points scored
- WC: World championship position