The Lotus Grand Prix Wins

The first car to compete in a race under the ‘Team Lotus’ banner was the 1954 Mark VIII Sports Racer that took part in the British Empire Trophy race at Oulton Park in April of 1954.

Just over two years later, an example of the first Lotus single-seater, the Type 12, was on the grid for the start of the 1957 Monaco GP. That day the Type 12 was driven by Cliff Allison, who would finish the first Grand Prix for Team Lotus in an incredible 6th place, scoring a World Championship point at their first attempt.

It would be another three years though before a Lotus chassis would score a Grand Prix victory, and it wouldn’t be a official Team Lotus entered car! In May of 1960, Stirling Moss, driving the Rob Walker team’s brand new Type 18 in its first race, scored an historic first Grand Prix victory for a Lotus at the Monaco Grand Prix. Moss scored three more victories, two in the Type 18 and one in the Rob Walkers hybrid Type 18/21.

The first Championship GP race victory for Team Lotus itself was at the final race of the 1961 season, when Innes Ireland famously took the chequered flag in a Type 21 at the US GP at Watkins Glen. Team Lotus would go on to win a total of 79 Championship Grand Prix races, score five World Drivers’ title wins and take seven Constructors’ titles. The 50th victory for a Lotus (a first for any manufacturer) was at the 1973 Spanish GP, and the  79th and final GP win for Lotus would be with Ayrton Senna driving at the US Detroit GP in 1987. The final World Championship Grand Prix race for the team, race number 489,  was the Australian GP held in Adelaide in 1994.

 

 

Grand Prix Victory #1 1960 Monaco GP

Grand Prix Victory #1 1960 Monaco GP

Type 18 - Stirling Moss 1/4

Grand Prix Victory #2 1960 United States GP

Grand Prix Victory #2 1960 United States GP

Type 18 - Stirling Moss 2/4

Grand Prix Victory #3 1961 Monaco GP

Grand Prix Victory #3 1961 Monaco GP

Type 18 - Stirling Moss 3/4

Grand Prix Victory #4 1961 German GP

Grand Prix Victory #4 1961 German GP

Type 18/21 - Stirling Moss 4/4

Grand Prix Victory #5 1961 United States GP

Grand Prix Victory #5 1961 United States GP

Type 21 - Innes Ireland 1/1

Grand Prix Victory #6 1962 Belgian GP

Grand Prix Victory #6 1962 Belgian GP

Type 25 - Jim Clark 1/25

Grand Prix Victory #7 1962 British GP

Grand Prix Victory #7 1962 British GP

Type 25 - Jim Clark 2/25

Grand Prix Victory #8 1962 United States GP

Grand Prix Victory #8 1962 United States GP

Type 25 - Jim Clark 3/25

Grand Prix Victory #9 1963 Belgian GP

Grand Prix Victory #9 1963 Belgian GP

Type 25 - Jim Clark 4/25

Grand Prix Victory #10 1963 Dutch GP

Grand Prix Victory #10 1963 Dutch GP

Type 25 - Jim Clark 5/25

Grand Prix Victory #11 1963 French GP

Grand Prix Victory #11 1963 French GP

Type 25 - Jim Clark 6/25

Grand Prix Victory #12 1963 British GP

Grand Prix Victory #12 1963 British GP

Type 25 - Jim Clark 7/25

Grand Prix Victory #13 1963 Italian GP

Grand Prix Victory #13 1963 Italian GP

Type 25 - Jim Clark 8/25

Grand Prix Victory #14 1963 Mexican GP

Grand Prix Victory #14 1963 Mexican GP

Type 25 - Jim Clark 9/25

Grand Prix Victory #15 1963 South African GP

Grand Prix Victory #15 1963 South African GP

Type 25 - Jim Clark 10/25

Grand Prix Victory #16 1964 Dutch GP

Grand Prix Victory #16 1964 Dutch GP

Type 25 - Jim Clark 11/25

Grand Prix Victory #17 1964 Belgian GP

Grand Prix Victory #17 1964 Belgian GP

Type 25 - Jim Clark 12/25

Grand Prix Victory #18 1964 British GP

Grand Prix Victory #18 1964 British GP

Type 25/33 - Jim Clark 13/25

Grand Prix Victory #19 1965 South African GP

Grand Prix Victory #19 1965 South African GP

Type 33 - Jim Clark 14/25

Grand Prix Victory #20 1965 Belgian GP

Grand Prix Victory #20 1965 Belgian GP

Type 33 - Jim Clark 15/25

Grand Prix Victory #21 1965 French GP

Grand Prix Victory #21 1965 French GP

Type 25/33 - Jim Clark 16/25

Grand Prix Victory #22 1965 British GP

Grand Prix Victory #22 1965 British GP

Type 33 - Jim Clark 17/25

Grand Prix Victory #23 1965 Dutch GP

Grand Prix Victory #23 1965 Dutch GP

Type 33 - Jim Clark 18/25

Grand Prix Victory #24 1965 German GP

Grand Prix Victory #24 1965 German GP

Type 33 - Jim Clark 19/25

Grand Prix Victory #25 1966 United States GP

Grand Prix Victory #25 1966 United States GP

Type 43 - Jim Clark 20/25

Grand Prix Victory #26 1967 Dutch GP

Grand Prix Victory #26 1967 Dutch GP

Type 49 - Jim Clark 21/25

Grand Prix Victory #27 1967 British GP

Grand Prix Victory #27 1967 British GP

Type 49 - Jim Clark 22/25

Grand Prix Victory #28 1967 United States GP

Grand Prix Victory #28 1967 United States GP

Type 49 - Jim Clark 23/25

Grand Prix Victory #29 1967 Mexican GP

Grand Prix Victory #29 1967 Mexican GP

Type 49 - Jim Clark 24/25

Grand Prix Victory #30 1968 South African GP

Grand Prix Victory #30 1968 South African GP

Type 49 - Jim Clark 25/25

Grand Prix Victory #31 1968 Spanish GP

Grand Prix Victory #31 1968 Spanish GP

Type 49 - Graham Hill 1/4

Grand Prix Victory #32 1968 Monaco GP

Grand Prix Victory #32 1968 Monaco GP

Type 49B - Graham Hill 2/4

Grand Prix Victory #33 1968 British GP

Grand Prix Victory #33 1968 British GP

Type 49B - Jo Siffert 1/1

Grand Prix Victory #34 1968 Mexican GP

Grand Prix Victory #34 1968 Mexican GP

Type 49B - Graham Hill 3/4

Grand Prix Victory #35 1969 Monaco GP

Grand Prix Victory #35 1969 Monaco GP

Type 49B - Graham Hill 4/4

Grand Prix Victory #36 1969 United States GP

Grand Prix Victory #36 1969 United States GP

Type 49B - Jochen Rindt 1/6

Grand Prix Victory #37 1970 Monaco GP

Grand Prix Victory #37 1970 Monaco GP

Type 49C - Jochen Rindt 2/6

Grand Prix Victory #38 1970 Dutch GP

Grand Prix Victory #38 1970 Dutch GP

Type 72C - Jochen Rindt 3/6

Grand Prix Victory #39 1970 French GP

Grand Prix Victory #39 1970 French GP

Type 72C - Jochen Rindt 4/6

Grand Prix Victory #40 1970 British GP

Grand Prix Victory #40 1970 British GP

Type 72C - Jochen Rindt 5/6

Grand Prix Victory #41 1970 German GP

Grand Prix Victory #41 1970 German GP

Type 72C - Jochen Rindt 6/6

Grand Prix Victory #42 1970 United States GP

Grand Prix Victory #42 1970 United States GP

Type 72C - Emerson Fittipaldi 1/9

Grand Prix Victory #43 1972 Spanish GP

Grand Prix Victory #43 1972 Spanish GP

Type 72D - Emerson Fittipaldi 2/9

Grand Prix Victory #44 1972 Belgian GP

Grand Prix Victory #44 1972 Belgian GP

Type 72D - Emerson Fittipaldi 3/9

Grand Prix Victory #45 1972 British GP

Grand Prix Victory #45 1972 British GP

Type 72D - Emerson Fittipaldi 4/9

Grand Prix Victory #46 1972 Austrian GP

Grand Prix Victory #46 1972 Austrian GP

Type 72D - Emerson Fittipaldi 5/9

Grand Prix Victory #47 1972 Italian GP

Grand Prix Victory #47 1972 Italian GP

Type 72D - Emerson Fittipaldi 6/9

Grand Prix Victory #48 1973 Argentine GP

Grand Prix Victory #48 1973 Argentine GP

Type 72D - Emerson Fittipaldi 7/9

Grand Prix Victory #49 1973 Brazilian GP

Grand Prix Victory #49 1973 Brazilian GP

Type 72D - Emerson Fittipaldi 8/9

Grand Prix Victory #50 1973 Spanish GP

Grand Prix Victory #50 1973 Spanish GP

Type 72E - Emerson Fittipaldi 9/9

Grand Prix Victory #51 1973 French GP

Grand Prix Victory #51 1973 French GP

Type 72E - Ronnie Peterson 1/9

Grand Prix Victory #52 1973 Austrian GP

Grand Prix Victory #52 1973 Austrian GP

Type 72E - Ronnie Peterson 2/9

Grand Prix Victory #53 1973 Italian GP

Grand Prix Victory #53 1973 Italian GP

Type 72E - Ronnie Peterson 3/9

Grand Prix Victory #54 1973 United States GP

Grand Prix Victory #54 1973 United States GP

Type 72E - Ronnie Peterson 4/9

Grand Prix Victory #55 1974 Monaco GP

Grand Prix Victory #55 1974 Monaco GP

Type 72E - Ronnie Peterson 5/9

Grand Prix Victory #56 1974 Frech GP

Grand Prix Victory #56 1974 Frech GP

Type 72E - Ronnie Peterson 6/9

Grand Prix Victory #57 1974 Italian GP

Grand Prix Victory #57 1974 Italian GP

Type 72E - Ronnie Peterson 7/9

Grand Prix Victory #58 1976 Japanese GP

Grand Prix Victory #58 1976 Japanese GP

Type 77 - Mario Andretti 1/11

Grand Prix Victory #59 1977 USGP West

Grand Prix Victory #59 1977 USGP West

Type 78 - Mario Andretti 2/11

Grand Prix Victory #60 1977 Spanish GP

Grand Prix Victory #60 1977 Spanish GP

Type 78 - Mario Andretti 3/11

Grand Prix Victory #61 1977 Belgian GP

Grand Prix Victory #61 1977 Belgian GP

Type 78 - Gunnar Nilsson 1/1

Grand Prix Victory #62 1977 French GP

Grand Prix Victory #62 1977 French GP

Type 78 - Mario Andretti 4/11

Grand Prix Victory #63 1977 Italian GP

Grand Prix Victory #63 1977 Italian GP

Type 78 - Mario Andretti 5/11

Grand Prix Victory #64 1978 Argentine GP

Grand Prix Victory #64 1978 Argentine GP

Type 78 - Mario Andretti 6/11

Grand Prix Victory #65 1978 South African GP

Grand Prix Victory #65 1978 South African GP

Type 78 - Ronnie Peterson 8/9

Grand Prix Victory #66 1978 Belgian GP

Grand Prix Victory #66 1978 Belgian GP

Type 79 - Mario Andretti 7/11

Grand Prix Victory #67 1978 Spanish GP

Grand Prix Victory #67 1978 Spanish GP

Type 79 - Mario Andretti 8/11

Grand Prix Victory #68 1978 French GP

Grand Prix Victory #68 1978 French GP

Type 79 - Mario Andretti 9/11

Grand Prix Victory #69 1978 German GP

Grand Prix Victory #69 1978 German GP

Type 79 - Mario Andretti 10/11

Grand Prix Victory #70 1978 Austrian GP

Grand Prix Victory #70 1978 Austrian GP

Type 79 - Ronnie Peterson 9/9

Grand Prix Victory #71 1978 Dutch GP

Grand Prix Victory #71 1978 Dutch GP

Type 79 - Mario Andretti 11/11

Grand Prix Victory #72 1982 Austrian GP

Grand Prix Victory #72 1982 Austrian GP

Type 91 - Elio De Angelis 1/2

Grand Prix Victory #73 1985 Portuguese GP

Grand Prix Victory #73 1985 Portuguese GP

Type 97T - Ayrton Senna 1/6

Grand Prix Victory #74 1985 San Marino GP

Grand Prix Victory #74 1985 San Marino GP

Type 97T - Elio De Angelis 2/2

Grand Prix Victory #75 1985 Belgian GP

Grand Prix Victory #75 1985 Belgian GP

Type 97T - Ayrton Senna 2/6

Grand Prix Victory #76 1986 Spanish GP

Grand Prix Victory #76 1986 Spanish GP

Type 98T - Ayrton Senna 3/6

Grand Prix Victory #77 1986 USGP Detroit GP

Grand Prix Victory #77 1986 USGP Detroit GP

Type 98T - Ayrton Senna 4/6

Grand Prix Victory #78 1987 Monaco GP

Grand Prix Victory #78 1987 Monaco GP

Type 99T - Ayrton Senna 5/6

Grand Prix Victory #79 1987 USGP Detroit

Grand Prix Victory #79 1987 USGP Detroit

Type 99T - Ayrton Senna 6/6