This article is about the Formula One team that competed as Lotus from 2012 to 2015. For the original 1954–1994 motorsport team, see Team Lotus. For the team that competed in 1995 as Pacific Team Lotus, see Pacific Racing. For the team that competed in 2010 as Lotus Racing and 2011 as Team Lotus, see Team Lotus (2010–2011).
Lotus
Full name
Lotus F1 Team
Base
Enstone, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Noted staff
James Allison Éric Boullier Matthew Carter Nick Chester Federico Gastaldi Ayao Komatsu Gérard Lopez Eric Lux Alan Permane Andy Ruhan Mike Elliot Dirk de Beer Martin Tolliday Jarrod Murphy Naoki Tokunaga
Noted drivers
Kimi Räikkönen Romain Grosjean Heikki Kovalainen Pastor Maldonado Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Previous name
Lotus Renault GP
Next name
Renault Sport F1 Team
Formula One World Championship career
First entry
2012 Australian Grand Prix
Races entered
77
Engines
Renault, Mercedes
Constructors' Championships
0 (best finish: 4th, 2012 & 2013)
Drivers' Championships
0
Race victories
2
Podiums
25
Points
706
Pole positions
0
Fastest laps
5
Final entry
2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Formula One portal
Lotus F1 Team was a British Formula One racing team. The team competed under the Lotus name from 2012 until 2015, following the renaming of the former Renault team based at Enstone in Oxfordshire. The Lotus F1 Team was majority owned by Genii Capital.[1][2] Lotus F1 was named after its branding partner Group Lotus. The team achieved a race victory and fourth position in the Formula One Constructors' World Championship in their first season under the Lotus title. Lotus F1 achieved 2 race victories in their time on the grid, both courtesy of Kimi Räikkönen. The team was sold back to Renault on 18 December 2015. The Lotus F1 Team name was officially dropped on 3 February 2016, as Renault announced that the team would compete as Renault Sport Formula One Team.
^"Groupe Renault completes the acquisition of Lotus F1 Team". Lotus F1 Team. 21 December 2015. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
^"Boullier: Group Lotus doesn't own any of Renault F1". Crash.net. 20 January 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
Formula One portal LotusF1 Team was a British Formula One racing team. The team competed under the Lotus name from 2012 until 2015, following the renaming...
for Lotus Renault GP". Lotus Renault GP. Renault F1. 24 August 2011. Archived from the original on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011. "Lotus-Renault...
entered Formula One in 2010 as Lotus Racing, using the Lotus name under licence from Group Lotus. Dubbed as 1Malaysia F1, the team was operated by 1Malaysia...
Lotus Racing team. In 2011, Team Lotus's iconic black-and-gold livery returned to F1 as the livery of the Lotus Renault GP team, sponsored by Lotus Cars...
was created by Renault F1 in 2002. In 2011, the programme was renamed LRGP Academy, following the rebranding of the team to "Lotus Renault GP". In 2012...
detailed virtual recreation of the Lotus 33 is available in the '1965 F1 Mod' add-on for the Grand Prix Legends PC-based F1 racing simulation. It is also available...
production cars since its inception in 1948. Lotus Cars, the manufacturer of these models LotusF1 and Team Lotus, motorsport ventures of the company...
The Lotus E21 is a Formula One racing car designed and built by the LotusF1 team for use in the 2013 championship. The chassis was designed by James Allison...
the year's world championships. BMW F1 was bought out by the original founder of the team, Peter Sauber. The LotusF1 Team was another, formerly manufacturer-owned...
foreseeable future. In 2012, Grosjean returned to Formula One with the LotusF1 Team, alongside Kimi Räikkönen. He took his first Formula One podium at...
rest of the current F1 season. Cooper, Adam (3 November 2011). "Caterham, Lotus and Marussia name changes approved". Adam Cooper's F1 Blog. WordPress. Retrieved...
the Lotus 56B was entered in three races in the 1971 Formula One season but with little success. The 4WD concept was also used in the 1969 Lotus 63 F1 car...
The Lotus E20 is a Formula One racing car designed and produced by the Enstone-based LotusF1 Team for the 2012 Formula One season. The chassis was designed...
from 2012 until 2015 the team's name was LotusF1 Team, after its branding partner, and it raced as "Lotus". At the end of 2015, Renault had taken over...
States Lotus, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Bullitt County, Kentucky, United States Lotus Cars, a British motor vehicle manufacturer LotusF1 Team...
addition of the Haas F1 Team entry. Renault returned to the sport as a constructor after a four-year absence following their takeover of Lotus prior to the start...
used Renault engines from 2011. On 8 December 2010, Lotus Cars announced a partnership with Renault F1 that saw the British sports car manufacturer become...
makes LotusF1 debut". Jolyon Palmer. Archived from the original on 9 March 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015. "Jolyon makes "great" debut for LotusF1 Team"...
launch dates". F1 Fanatic. Retrieved 25 January 2015. Collantine, Keith (26 January 2015). "Lotus reveal first images of new E23". F1 Fanatic. Retrieved...
"Romain Grosjean will stay at Lotus for 2013 F1 season". Autosport. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012. "Mercedes F1 W04". Mercedes GP. Retrieved...
2015). "Manor F1 car appears in Australia". F1 Fanatic. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015. "Manor Marussia F1 Team partners...
as Midland F1, Spyker, Force India, Racing Point and Aston Martin), Renault, Toyota, and Team Lotus, which was later renamed to Caterham F1 Team. Gascoyne...
after an accident at Monza during the Italian Grand Prix. Lotus won the International Cup for F1 Constructors, for the last time. Championship defendants...
Wright of Lotus. The Lotus 79 was the first F1 car to take full advantage of ground effects aerodynamics. Over the span of its lifetime, the Lotus 79 took...
ban new technical innovation developed by Lotus and Ferrari". BBC F1. BBC. Retrieved 3 April 2012. "Lotus files protest against Mercedes's rear wing"...
Formula One between 2007 and 2013 for the Renault, McLaren, Team Lotus, Caterham and LotusF1 teams, scoring a single victory at the 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix...
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Kimi Räikkönen 
Romain Grosjean 
Pastor Maldonado 
Jérôme d'Ambrosio