Who is the greatest Lotus Formula 1 driver of all time?

Colin Chapman built cars that made champions and broke hearts, often in the same season.

1. 1
   Jim Clark

   Won two titles and 25 grands prix for Colin Chapman's team, plus the 1965 Indianapolis 500.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Ayrton Senna

   Won six grands prix for Lotus between 1985 and 1987, including his first at Estoril.
   619pts
3. 3
   Mario Andretti

   Developed the ground-effect Lotus 78 and 79 and won the 1978 title with them.
   524pts
4. 4
   Mika Hakkinen

   Broke into Formula 1 with Team Lotus in 1991 and 1992 before McLaren and two titles.
   512pts
5. 5
   Johnny Herbert

   Scored points on debut for Lotus in 1989 with feet still healing from a Formula 3000 crash.
   468pts
6. 6
   Romain Grosjean

   Took ten podiums for the black-and-gold Lotus of 2012 and 2013.
   419pts
7. 7
   Innes Ireland

   Scored the works team's first championship victory at Watkins Glen in 1961.
   363pts
8. 8
   Graham Hill

   Took the 1968 title for Lotus weeks after Clark's death.
   299pts
9. 9
   Emerson Fittipaldi

   Became the sport's youngest champion to date with Lotus in 1972.
   299pts
10. 10
    Stirling Moss

    Gave a Lotus its first grand prix win at Monaco in 1960, in Rob Walker's privateer car.
    299pts
11. 11
    Ronnie Peterson

    Lotus' brilliant number two, killed after the 1978 Monza start crash.
    226pts
12. 12
    Jochen Rindt

    Lotus' 1970 champion, crowned posthumously after Monza.
    226pts
13. 13
    Gunnar Nilsson

    Won the 1977 Belgian Grand Prix in the wet before cancer ended his career.
    226pts
14. 14
    Elio de Angelis

    Gave Lotus its 1982 Austrian Grand Prix win by two hundredths of a second.
    140pts
15. 15
    Nigel Mansell

    Made his Formula 1 debut for Lotus and spent five seasons there before Williams.
    140pts
16. 16
    Kimi Raikkonen

    Won twice for the Enstone team that raced as Lotus in 2012 and 2013.
    140pts

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