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Lotus 95T
Race Car
Category Formula One
Constructor Lotus
Designer Gérard Ducarouge (Technical Director)
Martin Ogilvie (Chief Designer)
Predecessor 94T
Successor 97T
Chassis Kevlar / Nomex honeycomb monocoque
Suspension (front) Double-wishbones, pull-rod, coil springs
Suspension (rear) Double-wishbones, pull-rod, coil springs
Engine Renault Gordini EF4, 1,492 cc (91.0 cu in), 90° V6, turbocharger, mid-engine, longitudinally-mounted
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Battery {{{Battery}}}
Power 750–760 hp (559.3–566.7 kW) @ 11,500 rpm[1]
Transmission Lotus / Hewland 5-speed manual
Weight 540 kg (1,190 lb)
Fuel Elf
Brakes {{{Brakes}}}
Tyres Goodyear
Notable entrants John Player Team Lotus
Notable drivers 11. 25px Italy Elio de Angelis
12. 25px Great Britain Nigel Mansell
Debut 1984 Brazilian Grand Prix
Races competed 16
Race victories 0
Podiums 6
Constructors' Championships 0
Drivers' Championships 0
Pole positions 2
Fastest laps 0

The Lotus 95T was a Formula One racing car designed by Gérard Ducarouge for use by Team Lotus in the 1984 Formula One World Championship. The car brought Lotus its best results for several seasons, frequently reaching the podium.

Design[]

The car was powered by the Renault Gordini EF4 V6 turbo engine and ran on Goodyear tyres, after Lotus had switched from Pirelli. It was a development of the Lotus 94T, which had proved competitive at the end of 1983.

The chassis of the 95T was praised by the editor of the AUTOCOURSE annual in 1984 as the best handling of the season during the annual's team by team review. The technical review of the 95T was particularly positive of the Lotus mechanical grip in slow corners, mentioning that it was equal, if not slightly better than the McLaren MP4/2. The AUTOCOURSE editor reported that the McLaren was more aerodynamically efficient and was better in fast corners, but netherless praised the leadership of Gerard Ducarogue's technical directorship in reiving Lotus in 1984 after a dismal (in terms of results) 1983 season.

Season summary[]

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The 95T of Elio de Angelis at the 1984 Detroit Grand Prix

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Cockpit of the 95T

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Rear wing of the 95T

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Renault Gordini EF4 engine in the 95T

The car was driven by Elio de Angelis and Nigel Mansell, both of whom were consistently competitive in a season otherwise dominated by McLaren. De Angelis finished in the top five on eleven occasions, including four podium finishes; he also took pole position at the opening race in Brazil. With 34 points, he was third in the Drivers' Championship.

Mansell, meanwhile, finished third in France and the Netherlands, and was running second in the final race in Portugal when his brakes failed (which handed Niki Lauda the Drivers' Championship by half a point from Alain Prost). However, he also crashed out of the lead at a rain-hit Monaco (which prompted team boss Peter Warr, with whom he had a difficult relationship, to famously declare, "He'll never win a Grand Prix as long as I have a hole in my arse"[2]), and in oppressive heat at Dallas he took pole position and led the first half of the race, before his gearbox failed on the final lap and he collapsed from exhaustion trying to push the car to the finish line.[3] He ultimately finished equal ninth in the Drivers' Championship with 13 points, the same tally as Ayrton Senna, who would replace him for 1985.

With a total of 47 points, Lotus placed third in the Constructors' Championship, its best placing since 1978. The 95T was seen by many in Formula One as being as good as the dominant McLaren MP4/2, its biggest problems being the tyres, the gearbox and the Renault engine, which despite being powerful and reliable was not as fuel-efficient as the TAG-Porsche engine in the McLaren. Nonetheless, the car had helped to re-establish Lotus as consistent front-runners, and would be succeeded for 1985 by a further development, the Lotus 97T.[4]

After Formula One[]

Mansell's 95T was auctioned by Mecum Auctions in Monterey, California in August 2013, with a pre-sale estimate of between $500,000 and $600,000.[5] However, it failed to sell.[6]


Complete Formula One results[]

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position)

Year Team Engine Tyres Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points WCC
1984 John Player Team Lotus Renault Gordini EF4
V6 tc
G BRA RSA BEL SMR FRA MON CAN DET DAL GBR GER AUT NED ITA EUR POR 47 3rd
Elio de Angelis 3 7 5 3 5 5 4 2 3 4 Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret 5
Nigel Mansell Ret Ret Ret Ret 3 Ret 6 Ret 6 Ret 4 Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret

Notes[]


Lotus 25 Jim Clark Donington
Team Lotus

Founder

Colin Chapman

Notable personnel

Frank Dernie · Gérard Ducarouge · Maurice Philippe · Peter Warr · Peter Wright · Len Terry

Notable drivers

25px USA Mario Andretti · 25px Italy Elio de Angelis · 25px Great Britain Jim Clark · 25px Great Britain Martin Donnelly · 25px Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi · 25px Finland Mika Häkkinen · 25px Great Britain Johnny Herbert · 25px Great Britain Graham Hill · 25px Belgium Jacky Ickx · 25px Great Britain Nigel Mansell · 25px Japan Satoru Nakajima · 25px Sweden Gunnar Nilsson · 25px Sweden Ronnie Peterson · 25px Brazil Nelson Piquet · 25px Argentina Carlos Reutemann · 25px Austria Jochen Rindt · 25px Brazil Ayrton Senna · 25px Great Britain John Surtees · 25px Great Britain Derek Warwick · 25px Italy Alex Zanardi

World Champions

* 25px USA Mario Andretti · 25px Great Britain Jim Clark · 25px Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi · 25px Great Britain Graham Hill · 25px Austria Jochen Rindt

Formula One cars

12 · 16 · 18 · 21 · 24 · 25 · 33 · 43 · 49 · 56B · 63 · 72 · 76 · 77 · 78 · 79 · 80 · 81 · 86 · 87 · 88 · 91 · 92 · 93T · 94T · 95T · 97T · 98T · 99T · 100T · 101 · 102 · 107 · 109 · 112

Formula Two cars

12 · 16 · 18 · 32 · 35 · 41 · 44 · 48 · 59 · 69

Formula Three cars

22 · 31 · 35 · 41 · 55 · 59 · 69

Formula Junior cars

18 · 20 · 22 · 27

Formula Ford cars

51 · 59 · 61 · 69

Formula 5000 cars

68 · 70

Tasman Series cars

32 · 39 · 67

Indianapolis 500 cars

29 · 34 · 38 · 42 · 56 · 64 · 96T

Sports car racing cars

15 · 17 · 19 · 23 · 30 · 40 · 47 · 53

Drivers' titles

1963 · 1965 · 1968 · 1970 · 1972 · 1978

Constructors' titles

1963 · 1965 · 1968 · 1970 · 1972 · 1973 · 1978

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