Lotus F1

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

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.