An impressive grand prix weekend debut

Before being recruited by Mercedes, Esteban Ocon was part of the Lotus F1 Team junior programme and as...

A winning combination

When Mercedes lured Lewis Hamilton away from McLaren at the end of the 2012 season, they knew they were...

Things did not go so well last time around

Before this weekend's qualifying session, Nico Rosberg's last pole position stretched back to last year's Abu Dhabi Grand...

Diamonds Are Forever (lost?)

Lotus is not the first F1 squad to team up with a blockbuster in order to boost its publicity....

When Carlos met his racing idol

Back in 2005, a ten-year-old Carlos Sainz made his first visit to the F1 paddock during the Spanish...

The stuff of legend

The 1991 Formula One season saw Circuit de Catalunya host its first ever Spanish Grand Prix. The event...

Dancing in the rain

The 1984 Monaco Grand Prix immediately went down as classic when Jacky Ickx, then serving as clerk of...

A black-and-gold opportunity

Besides Romain Grosjean, the only Frenchman ever to race a black-and-gold Lotus was Jean-Pierre Jarier in 1978 when...

Remembering Senna’s maiden F1 win

Thirty years ago on this day, Ayrton Senna (pictured here celebrating with his Lotus mechanics) won his first...

It'd been a little while...

Prior to this weekend, Kimi Raikkonen’s latest podium finish stretched back to the 2013 Korean Grand Prix. In...

Celebrating a great day

Six years ago, Jenson Button and Brawn GP struck gold when the Mercedes-powered BGP 001 turned out to be...

A long-standing rivalry

Back in 2005, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel were already racing against each other, albeit in Formula 3...