Lotus-Ford 1978

Lotus is a Malaysian Formula 1 team which has been active for 39 seasons.
Their first race as a constructor was in 1958. In that season they had 2 entries: Lotus-Climax (8th) and Lotus-Climax F2 (10th). Cliff Allison, Graham Hill, Alan Stacey and Ivor Bueb drove for Lotus in 1958. They have driven in 575 races and scored 1514 points. In total they scored 79 victories and 172 podiums. They have won the constructor championship 7 times. The last time was in 1978. In the 39 seasons they have been active they produced 6 driver championships. The last driver that won the championship while driving at Lotus was Mario Andretti in 1978. This year Lotus is currently 10th.