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LOTUS 94T

TECHNICAL DATA

Year build
Category
Designer 

1983
Formula One
Gérard Ducarouge
Martin Ogilvie 

Chassis
Engine


Power
Transmission
Tires 

Carbon fibre and Kevlar
Renault Gordini EF1
1492 cc 90° V6, Turbo,
mid-engine
650 hp @ 12.000 rpm
Hewland-Lotus 5 speed
Pirelli

Drivers 

Elio de Angelis
Nigel Mansell

TECHNICAL DATA

Year build
Category
Designer 

1974
Formula One
Colin Chapman
Ralph Bellamy 

Chassis
Engine
Power
Transmission

Tires 

Aluminium monocoque Cosworth DFV 2993cc V8
natuarally aspirated,
mid-mounted
465 hp @ 10.800 rpm Hewland-Lotus 5 speed Goodyear 

Drivers 

Jackie Ickx
Ronnie Peterson 

History

The Lotus 94T was a Formula One racing car used by Team Lotus in the second part of the 1983 Formula One season. The car was powered by the Renault Gordini EF1 V6-turbo engine, and ran on Pirelli tyres. The car was designed and built in only five weeks by the incumbent designer Gérard Ducarouge, who was brought into the team by boss Peter Warr in an attempt to stave off the uncompetitiveness of the previous Lotus cars.

The car featured a lower, slimmer monocoque with improved weight distribution over its predecessor. The 94T made its debut at the 1983 British Grand Prix and proved to be competitive in the hands of Nigel Mansell, who came home fourth in the race, and Elio de Angelis, and provided an upswing in form for the Lotus team which would carry them into the 1984 season with a developed version of the car. Its best result was a third-place at the 1983 European Grand Prix with Mansell, who also claimed the fastest lap in the race, while de Angelis won the pole position. De Angelis scored two points with the car, but Mansell made it into the top six on several occasions, and finished the season with 12 points to his credit.