The Lotus 97T was a Formula One racing car designed by Gérard Ducarouge and built by Team Lotus for use in the 1985 Formula One World Championship. A...

Mansell departed at the end of the year the team hired Ayrton Senna. The Lotus 97T scored victories with de Angelis at Imola and Senna in Portugal and Belgium...

abandoned Lotus 97T (1985–1986): F1 Turbo Lotus 98T (1986–1987): F1 Turbo Lotus 99T (1987): F1 Turbo, last original Team Lotus F1 winner Lotus 100T (1988):...

present on the 97T), and an advanced (for the time) fuel consumption microcomputer. At the end of 1985 Elio de Angelis, who had driven for Lotus since 1980...

electrical issues during the race weekend. Although the Renault-powered Lotus 97T was quick and nimble, particularly on tight and bumpy circuits and perhaps...

championship. Ayrton Senna joined Team Lotus in 1985 and the combination of his talent and the fast, but fuel-inefficient Lotus 97T gained eight pole positions and...

Rosberg (Williams FW10) took the lead from pole-sitter Ayrton Senna (Lotus 97T) on lap eight, avoided the tire and brake problems that plagued the other...

MP4/4, Williams FW10, Williams FW11, Williams FW12, Lotus 95T, Lotus 97T, Lotus 98T, Lotus 99T and Lotus 100T. The Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo and Nissan NPT-90 competed...

helped to re-establish Lotus as consistent front-runners, and would be succeeded for 1985 by a further development, the Lotus 97T. Mansell's 95T was auctioned...

Formula One constructor Team Lotus between 1958 and 1994. The second table includes results from privately owned Lotus cars in World Championship Grands...