The first Lotus Formula 1 car will be among the featured lots at a Bonhams auction scheduled for May 10 in Monaco. The original Team Lotus dissolved in the early 1990s (other unrelated teams ...

In the late 1970s, Formula 1 was deep into the ground effect era. Lotus had dominated with the Type 79, a car that used Venturi tunnels and sliding skirts to generate massive downforce. But when the ...

The first time Lotus competed in a Formula 1 race was at the 1958 Monaco Grand Prix. Five-time Monaco GP winner Graham Hill piloted the race car, and while Lotus didn’t bring home the win, the car ...

Before the early 2010s split between two privately-owned Formula 1 teams claiming to be the real Lotus, there was just one racing team that bore the name. This was the real Team Lotus, the one that ...

Formula 1 cars are, without a doubt, some of the most extreme pieces of engineering devised by human hands. Made to go fast and hard on challenging tracks for the glory of their builders and drivers, ...

Lotus is one of the legends of F1, winning seven Constructor Championships and six Driver Championships between 1963 and 1979. But they all have to start somewhere, and for the legendary British ...