{"id":355407,"date":"2019-12-18T22:41:33","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T22:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?page_id=355407"},"modified":"2024-04-11T01:50:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T01:50:45","slug":"lotus-race-models","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/all-brands\/lotus\/lotus-race-models\/","title":{"rendered":"Lotus Race Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lotus Race Cars<\/h1>\n

Forget brute force; when it comes to racing, Lotus has always believed that less is more. Get ready to explore the incredible history of Lotus race cars, where lightweight engineering, surgical precision, and a relentless pursuit of driving thrills have created some of the most iconic machines to ever tear up a track.<\/span><\/p>\n

Full Model List<\/span><\/a> \/ <\/span>Features & Stories<\/span><\/a> \/ <\/span>Formula 1<\/span><\/a> \/ <\/span>IndyCar<\/span><\/a> \/ <\/span>Junior Formula<\/span><\/a> \/ <\/span>Sports Racers<\/span><\/a> <\/span>\/ <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Best Lotus Race Cars<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Every Lotus Race Car Ever Made<\/h2>\n

First up is Lotus and F1 racing. Lotus first entered Formula One through its sister company Team Lotus in 1958. A Lotus Formula One car driven by Stirling Moss won the marque\u2019s first Grand Prix in 1960 at Monaco. Major success came in 1963 with the Lotus 25, which won Team Lotus its first F1 World Constructors Championship. Team Lotus continued to be a major player in Formula One up until the late 1980s. In all it had five Drivers\u2019 Championships and one Constructors championship. There have been many flavors of the Lotus racing machines over the years. The race team itself has been known as Team Lotus, Lotus Racing and there is even a team sponsored by Lotus Cars (2012-1015 F1 season). Below we take you through a detailed list of every Lotus race car model we could find. Sit back and enjoy because this could take a while.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lotus Formula 1 Race Cars<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Lotus Formula 1 Cars<\/h2>\n

First up is Lotus and F1 racing. Lotus first entered Formula One through its sister company Team Lotus in 1958. A Lotus Formula One car driven by Stirling Moss won the marque\u2019s first Grand Prix in 1960 at Monaco. Major success came in 1963 with the Lotus 25, which won Team Lotus its first F1 World Constructors Championship. Team Lotus continued to be a major player in Formula One up until the late 1980s. In all it had five Drivers\u2019 Championships and one Constructors championship. The team took a hiatus from F1 from 1994 till 2010 when a a new Malaysian team called Lotus Racing was awarded an entry. The new team used the Lotus name under licence from Group Lotus and was unrelated to the original Team Lotus. This is where things get crazy. It involves court cases and all sorts of other fun, but the net is that in 2012 Lotus Renault GP was rebranded as Lotus F1 Team and its cars were badged as Lotuses, while Team Lotus was renamed Caterham F1 Team and its cars were badged as Caterhams.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lotus Indycar Cars<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Lotus IndyCars<\/h2>\n

Colin Chapman was a man who liked to push limits and to break new ground. His original thinking was extraordinary and when it came to racing he was able to leverage that originality into some of the most famous race cars ever built. We know he did in in F1, but many people don\u2019t know that he also did it in IndyCar (albeit briefly). Chapman\u2019s Lotus 29 Indycar of 1963 was part of a massive revolution by moving the engine from front to rear. Next came turbocharged engines, wings, advanced-aero and low-profile tyres. In 1968 Chapman joined the turbine revolution with a Lotus 56 that was a wedge-shaped and was powered by a turbine. They almost won too, were it not for mechanical failures at the end of the race. There were other innovations too, that was the Colin Chapman way. Finally there was the Lotus 64, a four-wheel-drive, wedge car with big wings front and rear. The engine was mounted backwards so it could drive the centrally mounted 4WD transmission. A crash in practice turned out to be the end of the Team Lotus at Indianapolis or any other Indycar race. Technically Lotus returned to IndyCar in 2011 through a partnership with KV Racing Technology. Lotus provided technical support <\/span><\/p>\n

Lotus F2, F3, Formula Junior & Formula Ford<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Lotus F2, F3 & Formula Ford Race Cars<\/h2>\n

Although F1 was almost always the raison d\u2019\u00eatre behind Lotus, cars were often built for other formula especially F2 and F3 where the were often very successful. Lotus has had a lot of success in the many junior formula series over the years.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lotus Sports Race Cars (Misc)<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Lotus Race Cars (Sports Racers & Misc)<\/h2>\n

Lotus raced in a lot more than just Formula 1 and the usual open-top race series\u2019. Lotus tried its hands at LeMans, GTE, Cup racing and more. In this section we take you through all of Lotus\u2019 \u201cother\u201d race cars.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Best Lotus Race Cars Ever Created<\/h2>\n

We Pick The Ten Greatest Lotus Race Cars In History<\/h3>\n

We recently put together a full list of all the Lotus race cars ever to turn a wheel on-track (we also created a full list of all Lotus production cars for those interested in that kind of thing). Part of that research was an eye-opening view of just how innovative Lotus was when it came to racing. Below, we pick the best Lotus race cars in ever made, a list of innovative, unique and dominant machines that raced in everything from Formula 1 to IndyCars and more. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lotus Race Cars Forget brute force; when it comes to racing, Lotus has always believed that less is more. Get ready to explore the incredible history of Lotus race cars, where lightweight engineering, surgical precision, and a relentless pursuit of driving thrills have created some of the most iconic machines to ever tear up a track. Full Model List \/ Features & Stories \/ Formula 1 \/ IndyCar \/ Junior Formula \/ Sports Racers \/ Best Lotus Race Cars Every Lotus Race Car Ever Made First up is Lotus […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":355287,"parent":354338,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-355407","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nLotus Race Cars - The Ultimate Guide (Every Model)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The ultimate guide to every Lotus race car ever made? 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