Lotus – F1 Constructor Profile & Statistics

Fact File

Licensed in:	United Kingdom
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 – 1963 Jim Clark 1965 Jim Clark 1968 Graham Hill 1970 Jochen Rindt 1972 Emerson Fittipaldi 1978 Mario Andretti

F1 Statistics

More in-depth stats can be found by clicking on the links in the table below.

Grand Prix starts:	491
Wins:	79
Podiums:	172
Pole positions:	107
Fastest laps:	71
Points:	1,368	2.79 pts p/r
Points finishes:	263
Front row starts:	156

Constructors’ championships:	7
Drivers’ championships:	6
Qualifying 1-2:	14
Race 1-2:	8
Best starting position:	1st	x107
Best finishing position:	1st	x79

F1 Career Summary

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For seasons were multiple engine suppliers were used, points and WC finishing position shown are for the constructor-engine combination that finished highest in the World Championship for that season.

Year	Engine	RS	W	PD	PP	FL	PTS	WC
1958	Climax	9	–	–	–	–	3	6th
1959	Climax	8	–	–	–	–	5	4th
1960	Climax	8	2	7	4	3	37	2nd
1961	Climax, Maserati	8	3	5	1	2	32	2nd
1962	Climax, BRM	9	3	4	6	5	36 (38)	2nd
1963	Climax, BRM, Ford, Borgward	10	7	9	7	6	54 (74)	WC
1964	Climax, BRM	10	3	5	5	4	37 (40)	3rd
1965	Climax, BRM, Ford	10	6	7	6	6	54 (58)	WC
1966	BRM, Climax	9	1	2	2	–	13	5th
1967	Ford Cosworth, BRM, Climax	11	4	7	9	7	44	2nd
1968	Ford Cosworth	12	5	9	5	5	62	WC
1969	Ford Cosworth	11	2	7	5	2	47	3rd
1970	Ford Cosworth	12	6	7	3	1	59	WC
1971	Ford Cosworth, Pratt & Whitney	11	–	3	–	–	21	5th
1972	Ford Cosworth	12	5	8	3	–	61	WC
1973	Ford Cosworth	15	7	15	10	7	92 (96)	WC
1974	Ford Cosworth	15	3	6	1	2	42	4th
1975	Ford Cosworth	14	–	1	–	–	9	7th
1976	Ford Cosworth	16	1	5	1	1	29	4th
1977	Ford Cosworth	17	5	7	7	5	62	2nd
1978	Ford Cosworth	16	8	14	12	7	86	WC
1979	Ford Cosworth	15	–	5	–	–	39	4th
1980	Ford Cosworth	14	–	1	–	–	14	5th
1981	Ford Cosworth	14	–	1	–	–	22	7th
1982	Ford Cosworth	15	1	2	–	–	30	5th
1983	Renault, Ford Cosworth	15	–	1	1	1	11	8th
1984	Renault	16	–	6	2	–	47	3rd
1985	Renault	16	3	9	8	3	71	4th
1986	Renault	16	2	8	8	–	58	3rd
1987	Honda	16	2	8	1	3	64	3rd
1988	Honda	16	–	3	–	–	23	4th
1989	Judd	15	–	–	–	1	15	6th
1990	Lamborghini	16	–	–	–	–	3	8th
1991	Judd	16	–	–	–	–	3	9th
1992	Ford Cosworth	16	–	–	–	–	13	5th
1993	Ford Cosworth	16	–	–	–	–	12	6th
1994	Mugen-Honda	16	–	–	–	–	–	NC

F1 Grand Prix Summary

RS: Race starts
W: Race wins
PD: Podium finishes
PP: Pole positions
FL: Fastest laps
PTS: Points scored

Grand Prix	RS	W	PD	PP	FL	PTS
Argentina	10	2	3	2	1	30
Australia	10	–	1	1	1	8
Austria	19	4	7	4	1	60
Belgium	33	8	12	5	6	112
Brazil	22	1	9	4	1	57
Britain	37	8	15	10	3	128
Caesars Palace	2	–	–	–	–	3
Canada	26	–	4	5	5	45
Dallas	1	–	1	1	–	5
Detroit	7	2	3	2	2	27
Europe	5	–	2	2	1	15
France	37	7	12	7	4	104
Germany	36	4	8	5	2	76
Hungary	9	–	2	1	–	20
Italy	35	5	10	7	7	81
Japan	10	1	2	2	–	19
Mexico	15	3	6	6	4	40
Monaco	37	7	16	9	7	108
Morocco	1	–	–	–	–	–
Netherlands	27	6	16	8	8	106
Pacific	1	–	–	–	–	–
Portugal	14	1	2	3	2	23
San Marino	12	1	4	3	–	27
South Africa	23	4	8	4	5	65
Spain	22	6	11	5	3	79
Sweden	6	–	2	3	2	11
Switzerland	1	–	–	–	–	1
USA	25	8	14	8	6	98
USA West	8	1	2	–	–	20

F1 Circuit Summary

RS: Race starts
W: Race wins
PD: Podium finishes
PP: Pole positions
FL: Fastest laps
PTS: Points scored

Circuit	RS	W	PD	PP	FL	PTS
Adelaide	10	–	1	1	1	8
Aida	1	–	–	–	–	–
Aintree	3	1	1	1	1	9
Anderstorp	6	–	2	3	2	11
AVUS	1	–	–	–	–	–
Brands Hatch	14	4	7	6	3	61
Buenos Aires	10	2	3	2	1	30
Casablanca	1	–	–	–	–	–
Catalunya	4	–	–	–	–	–
Clermont-Ferrand	4	2	3	1	1	25
Dallas	1	–	1	1	–	5
Detroit	7	2	3	2	2	27
Dijon-Prenois	6	2	3	1	1	26
Donington	1	–	–	–	–	3
East London	3	2	2	3	2	20
Estoril	11	1	1	2	1	19
Fuji	2	1	1	2	–	9
Hockenheim	18	2	4	1	1	33
Hungaroring	9	–	2	1	–	20
Imola	13	1	4	3	–	30
Interlagos	12	1	4	1	1	29
Jacarepagua	10	–	5	3	–	28
Jarama	9	4	8	2	1	56
Jerez	6	1	1	1	–	11
Kyalami	20	2	6	1	3	45
Las Vegas	2	–	–	–	–	3
Le Mans	1	–	–	1	1	–
Long Beach	8	1	2	–	–	20
Magny-Cours	4	–	–	–	–	4
Mexico City	15	3	6	6	4	40
Monsanto	1	–	–	–	–	–
Monte Carlo	37	7	16	9	7	108
Montjuic Park	4	1	2	2	2	12
Montreal	16	–	–	2	1	19
Mont-Tremblant	2	–	–	–	1	3
Monza	34	5	10	7	7	78
Mosport	8	–	4	3	3	23
Nivelles	2	1	1	1	–	9
Nurburgring	18	2	4	4	1	43
Osterreichring	18	4	7	4	1	60
Paul Ricard	14	2	4	1	–	31
Phoenix	3	–	–	–	–	–
Porto	2	–	1	1	1	4
Reims	6	1	2	1	1	16
Riverside	1	1	2	1	–	9
Rouen-les-Essarts	3	–	–	2	–	3
Sebring	1	–	–	–	–	2
Silverstone	22	3	9	5	–	70
Spa-Francorchamps	21	5	6	1	4	67
Suzuka	8	–	1	–	–	10
Watkins Glen	20	7	12	7	6	87
Zandvoort	27	6	16	8	8	106
Zeltweg	1	–	–	–	–	–
Zolder	10	2	5	3	2	36

F1 Drivers Statistics

RS: Race starts
W: Race wins
PD: Podium finishes
PP: Pole positions
FL: Fastest laps
PTS: Points scored

Gold rows denote drivers that won a world championship for Lotus.

Driver	RS	W	PD	PP	FL	PTS
Philippe Adams	2	–	–	–	–	–
Cliff Allison	9	–	–	–	–	3
Chris Amon	11	–	–	–	–	2
Mario Andretti	79	11	16	17	8	147
Peter Arundell	11	–	2	–	–	12
Gerry Ashmore	3	–	–	–	–	–
Richard Attwood	9	–	–	–	–	5
Giancarlo Baghetti	1	–	–	–	–	–
Julian Bailey	1	–	–	–	–	1
Eric Bernard	1	–	–	–	–	–
Lucien Bianchi	4	–	–	–	–	–
Bob Bondurant	1	–	–	–	–	–
Jo Bonnier	2	–	–	–	–	–
Jack Brabham	6	–	–	–	–	3
Bill Brack	1	–	–	–	–	–
Ian Burgess	3	–	–	–	–	–
John Campbell-Jones	1	–	–	–	–	–
Jay Chamberlain	1	–	–	–	–	–
Dave Charlton	6	–	–	–	–	–
Jim Clark	72	25	32	33	28	274
Bernard Collomb	1	–	–	–	–	–
Piers Courage	1	–	–	–	–	–
Jim Crawford	2	–	–	–	–	–
Elio de Angelis	90	2	9	3	–	119
Martin Donnelly	12	–	–	–	–	–
Paddy Driver	1	–	–	–	–	–
Johnny Dumfries	15	–	–	–	–	3
Bob Evans	1	–	–	–	–	–
Mike Fisher	2	–	–	–	–	–
Emerson Fittipaldi	42	9	20	4	5	144
Ron Flockhart	1	–	–	–	–	1
Geki	2	–	–	–	–	–
Olivier Gendebien	1	–	–	–	–	–
Masten Gregory	11	–	–	–	–	1
Mike Hailwood	11	–	–	–	–	1
Mika Hakkinen	30	–	–	–	–	13
Bruce Halford	1	–	–	–	–	–
Jim Hall	11	–	–	–	–	3
Walt Hansgen	1	–	–	–	–	2
Paul Hawkins	2	–	–	–	–	–
Brian Henton	2	–	–	–	–	–
Johnny Herbert	54	–	–	–	–	13
Graham Hill	59	4	10	5	2	89
Phil Hill	1	–	–	–	–	–
Jacky Ickx	24	–	3	–	–	15
Innes Ireland	36	1	4	–	1	37
Chris Irwin	1	–	–	–	–	–
Jean-Pierre Jarier	2	–	–	1	1	–
Eddie Keizan	1	–	–	–	–	–
Pedro Lamy	8	–	–	–	–	–
Neville Lederle	1	–	–	–	–	1
Geoff Lees	1	–	–	–	–	–
John Love	2	–	–	–	–	–
Pete Lovely	6	–	–	–	–	–
Tony Maggs	3	–	–	–	–	–
Willy Mairesse	2	–	–	–	–	–
Nigel Mansell	59	–	5	1	1	38
Tony Marsh	2	–	–	–	–	–
Michael May	2	–	–	–	–	–
John Miles	12	–	–	–	–	2
Gerhard Mitter	2	–	–	–	–	–
Stirling Moss	12	4	4	4	2	40
Satoru Nakajima	43	–	–	–	1	11
Brausch Niemann	1	–	–	–	–	–
Gunnar Nilsson	31	1	4	–	1	31
Jackie Oliver	8	–	1	–	1	6
Tim Parnell	2	–	–	–	–	–
Roger Penske	1	–	–	–	–	–
Ronnie Peterson	59	9	18	13	7	144
Ernie Pieterse	2	–	–	–	–	–
David Piper	2	–	–	–	–	–
Nelson Piquet	31	–	3	–	–	34
Hector Rebaque	18	–	–	–	–	1
Carlos Reutemann	15	–	4	–	–	25
Peter Revson	4	–	–	–	–	–
Jochen Rindt	19	6	8	8	3	67
Pedro Rodriguez	5	–	–	–	–	–
Alberto Rodriguez-Larreta	1	–	–	–	–	–
Lloyd Ruby	1	–	–	–	–	–
Peter Ryan	1	–	–	–	–	–
Mika Salo	2	–	–	–	–	–
Ian Scheckter	1	–	–	–	–	–
Tim Schenken	1	–	–	–	–	–
Heinz Schiller	1	–	–	–	–	–
Rob Schroeder	1	–	–	–	–	–
Wolfgang Seidel	4	–	–	–	–	–
Ayrton Senna	48	6	22	16	6	150
Hap Sharp	2	–	–	–	–	–
Tony Shelly	1	–	–	–	–	–
Jo Siffert	35	1	3	1	3	28
Moises Solana	6	–	–	–	–	–
Mike Spence	24	–	1	–	–	18
Alan Stacey	7	–	–	–	–	–
Gaetano Starrabba	1	–	–	–	–	–
John Surtees	4	–	1	1	1	6
Henry Taylor	3	–	–	–	–	–
Trevor Taylor	20	–	1	–	–	7
Maurice Trintignant	7	–	–	–	–	–
Guy Tunmer	1	–	–	–	–	–
Nino Vaccarella	1	–	–	–	–	–
Dave Walker	11	–	–	–	–	–
Rodger Ward	1	–	–	–	–	–
Derek Warwick	16	–	–	–	–	3
John Watson	1	–	–	–	–	–
Eppie Wietzes	1	–	–	–	–	–
Reine Wisell	14	–	1	–	–	13
Alessandro Zanardi	21	–	–	–	–	1