Brausch Niemann had a brief but successful career in motor sport and took part in two world championship Grands Prix,...
On December 22nd, Lotus commemorated the last of the Elise, Exige and Evora sports cars to be built. The trio...
Lotus founder Colin Chapman was undoubtedly gifted at what he did, admittedly some of his cars were better than others but in general, when Lotus built a racing car it was a good one. The Type 23 design was, in hindsight, one of the really good ones. Introduced at the...
The global Lotus community is saddened to learn that Hazel Chapman, the wife of Colin Chapman and co-founder of Lotus,...
The Petersen Automotive Museum has announced the opening of its first-ever exhibit dedicated solely to Formula 1. “Pole Position: The...
When the farm owned by Helena Neethling’s father in the Riviersonderend district, about 100 miles due east of Cape Town, South Africa, went bankrupt in 1927 the young woman had no intention of remaining in the area. Nor, when she decided to take up a teaching post in Greytown, Natal,...
Goodwood is proud to announce that the Central Feature at the 2021 Festival of Speed (July 8–11) will celebrate Lotus....
The genius of Colin Chapman is evident in every one of his cars. Each of his creations were uniquely endowed,...
The London Concours has revealed Lotus as the second of the prestigious “Great Marques” classes to appear at the Honourable Artillery Company HQ from June 8-10. With a long lineage of motorsport heroics and a model line-up of some of the most thrilling cars ever created, Lotus rightly takes its...
It’s the swinging ’60s in London, you’re the daughter of an industrialist, your husband disappeared over the Amazonian rain forrest,...
1 Allan Moffat and Jackie Ickx drive a Ford Falcon Cobra to victory in the Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama...
Lotus sadly announced that designer Oliver Winterbottom passed away on November 6, 2020. Oliver was one of the most innovative and visionary designers of his generation, known for penning the Lotus Elite (Type 75) and Eclat, and also leading the design team initially – at Hethel and in Turin –...
The fastest breed of racing cars is set to join many of the world’s rarest and most beautiful classic cars...
Lotus is launching a new Certificate of Provenance programme, revealing the first recipient as a stunning and celebrated Turbo Esprit...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were racing identical cars. The idea for this low-budget formula was created by an Englishman named Geoffrey Clarke, who had a driver’s school called Motor Racing Stables based at the Brands...
1 Ayrton Senna enters and wins his first go-kart race (1973). 3 Mark Donohue drives a McLaren-Offenhauser to victory in...
The French Grand Prix; Charade (Clermont-Ferrand), June 27, 1965 The great Jim Clark drifting the works Lotus 25 on this...
On May 29, 1960, Sir Stirling Moss drove his Lotus 18 for almost three hours of punishing racing, battling through the rain on the streets of Monte Carlo to win the Monaco Grand Prix. It was the first victory in a Formula 1 world championship race for Lotus. Exactly 60...
It was 35 years ago today (April 21), in monsoon conditions, that a determined young Brazilian raced to his first...
Indianapolis 500, May 30, 1963 Jim Clark in his Lotus-Ford. He qualified on the second row and finished second overall,...
Goodwood will be flying the flag for two icons of British motorsport with its high-speed demonstrations at the 78th Members’ Meeting on March 28-29. The double Formula 1 title-winning Lotus 72 and its competitors will take center stage for one of the weekend’s celebrated features, while the 1980s endurance racing Jaguars...
Can you imagine the sheer agony if you were a Formula One fan and had to watch two dozen Grand...
For the majority of VR’s readers, 2019 has been the 50th anniversary of Formula Ford, although it actually started in...
One of the most memorable motor races I have ever seen was broadcast from the 1959 Easter Monday Goodwood Meeting and it was for 1100-cc sports cars. For three years, the class had been dominated by the Lotus Eleven, but the top three spots on the grid were filled by...
Lotus legend Jim Clark – a national hero, one of the greatest drivers of his generation and a true motorsport...
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum is teaming up with Spotfund – an all-new and innovative fundraising platform that supports only...
Even a weekend of changeable weather conditions at Road America couldn’t stop some great racing for Masters USA, at the ever-popular WeatherTech International Challenge with Brian Redman, Presented by Hawk. It was a wet first-race for Masters Historic Formula One USA, on Saturday afternoon, with James Hagan (Tyrrell 011) winning...
Photo Gallery from the June 13-14, 2019, FIA Masters Formula One races at Mt. Tremblant, Canada...
Circuit Mont-Tremblant was the stunning mountainous backdrop this last weekend for the crowd-pleasing Masters Historic Formula One USA cars, as...
Katsu Kubota (Lotus 91) and James Davison (Lotus 81) took a win a piece, in the Masters Historic Formula One races supporting the sold-out British Grand Prix this last weekend. In Saturday’s Race 1, Katsuaki Kubota claimed a stunning victory during an enthralling Masters Historic Formula One race. Practice...