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Team Lotus throws in the towel
Phillip van Osten
17/01/2026 at 12:3017/01/2026 at 12:04 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. ©Neil White During its heyday in F1, Colin Chapman's Team Lotus was arguably the only outfit in the sport whose renown practically equaled that of Ferrari. But it all came to a sad end on this day in 1995, when the beleaguered Hethel-based team announced its withdrawal from Formula 1, its Type 112 car seen here at Ketteringham Hall in a virtual image never turning a wheel. The rights to the Lotus name in F1 later changed hands, passing from former driver David Hunt - James Hunt's brother - to Tony Fernandes, while Genii Capital and Group Lotus announced an alliance that confusingly put two...
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