The Tragic Downfall of Team Lotus Needs To Be Studied

For twenty years, Team Lotus was the most brilliant name in Formula One, seven Constructors' Championships, six Drivers' titles, and the black-and-gold cars that reinvented the sport three separate times. Then, in barely a decade, it was gone. Its founder dead at 54. Its name dragged into one of Britain's biggest fraud scandals. Its last great driver walking out the door. This is the story of how genius, obsession and recklessness built the greatest racing team the world had ever seen — and then destroyed it. The tragic downfall of Team Lotus doesn't just deserve to be remembered. It needs to be studied. Subscribe for more stories from motorsport's golden age.