The Lotus 93T was a

Formula One Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...

car with which the

Team Lotus Team Lotus was the motorsport sister company of English sports car manufacturer Lotus Cars. The team ran cars in many motorsport categories including Formula One, Formula Two, Formula Ford, Formula Junior, IndyCar, and sports car racing. More ...

participated the first part of the F1 championship in 1983. It was the first Lotus car to use the

Renault Gordini The Renault Dauphine () is a rear-engined economy car manufactured by Renault in a single body style – a three-box, 4-door sedan – as the successor to the Renault 4CV; more than two million were manufactured during its 1956–1967 ...

EF1

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engine and was the last F1 car designed by team founder

Colin Chapman Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman (19 May 1928 – 16 December 1982) was an English design engineer, inventor, and builder in the automotive industry, and founder of Lotus Cars. In 1952 he founded the sports car company Lotus Cars. Chapman ...

. In the championship the car was driven by

Elio de Angelis Elio de Angelis (26 March 1958 – 15 May 1986) was an Italian racing driver who participated in Formula One between and , racing for the Shadow, Lotus and Brabham teams. He was killed in an accident while testing the Brabham BT55 at the Paul ...

, the other driver of the team,

Nigel Mansell Nigel Ernest James Mansell, (; born 8 August 1953) is a British retired racing driver who won both the Formula One World Championship (1992) and the CART Indy Car World Series ( 1993). Mansell was the reigning F1 champion when he moved over ...

, raced with the

Lotus 92 The Lotus 92 was a Formula One racing car designed by Martin Ogilvie along with Team Lotus founder Colin Chapman before Chapman died in December 1982. The 92 was used by Lotus in the first part of the 1983 Formula One season. The car was driv ...

, a car with the Ford Cosworth engine. The 93T was replaced in the course of the season with the

Lotus 94T 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 on ...

. Mansell drove the 93T car twice, in the

1983 German Grand Prix The 1983 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Hockenheimring on 7 August 1983. It was the tenth race of the 1983 Formula One World Championship. The 45-lap race was won by French driver René Arnoux, driving a Ferrari, a ...

after he suffered problems with his 94T during the warm-up and had to revert to the older model and in a non-championship race, the

1983 Race of Champions The 1983 Race of Champions was a non-championship Formula One race held at Brands Hatch on 10 April 1983. Contested over 40 laps, it was the final non-championship F1 race to be held in the sport's history (with exception of the Formula One Indoo ...

. The 93T usually performed well in qualifying but suffered with reliability problems and came only once to the finish of a race. Its design and development is the subject of the documentary ''Lotus Goes Turbo'' which follows the team's steps through the introduction of the new Renault engine to replace the naturally aspirated Cosworth power plant.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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) * All points scored using the

. Lotus-Renault placed 8th in the Constructors' Championship with 11 points. In addition, Lotus-Ford scored 1 point to place 13th in the Championship.

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