Lotus's 1983 was torrid. Three cars were used throughout the season but all of them struggled with reliability issues. The sole highlight of a horrific season was Nigel Mansell's third place at ...

After Lotus’s official opening of its new Hethel test track we’ve got some pictures of Nigel Mansell driving the track in a Lotus Type 81B – a car he first raced back in 1981. Mansell is ...

including an appearance on Top Gear with F1 driver Nigel Mansell in the hot seat. However, after the car wrapped up its tour, ...

Next is a blue, red and silver variant, inspired by the Lotus Type 81 as driven by Nigel Mansell, Elio de Angelis and Mario Andretti – one of the firm’s less competitive F1 cars, but certainly ...