2012 Lotus Season

Lotus F1's 2012 season was the teams first under the Lotus name, previously racing from as , and . The team used engines.
The team used the Lotus E20 to compete in the season, and finished fourth in the championship with 303 points.
==Management==
Name 	Role
Gerard Lopez 	Chairman
Eric Boullier 	Team Principal
Patrick Louis 	Chief Executive Officer
Thomas Mayer 	Chief Operating Officer
James Allison 	Technical Director
Alan Permane 	Trackside Operations Director
Martin Tolliday 	Chief Designer
Rob White 	Engine and Deputy Managing Director
Dirk De Beer 	Head of Aerodynamics
Steve Nielsen 	Sporting Director
Paul Seaby 	Team Manager
Greg Baker 	Chief Mechanic
Daniel Pugh 	Floating Number One Mechanic
Mark Slade 	Race Engineer to Kimi Räikkönen
Ayao Komatsu 	Race Engineer to Romain Grosjean
Julien Simon-Chautemps	Performance Engineer to Kimi Räikkönen
Chris Richards 	Performance Engineer to Romain Grosjean
==Race-by-race==
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Romain Grosjean had a extraordinary qualifying performance, qualifying 3rd, meanwhile his team-mate Kimi Räikkönen could only manage a disappointing 17th. But Grosjean's race could not be coming further, as he was hit by Williams' Pastor Maldonado on lap 1, putting him out of the race. Räikkönen eventually finished seventh in the race.
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Räikkönen and Grosjean qualified 5th and 7th respectively, but Raikkönen was given a 5-place grid penalty for a gearbox change, so it meant that Grosjean would start 6th. However, Grosjean retired again on lap 4 after spinning into a gravel trap.
==Results==
Round	Race	Driver 	Car	Grid	Race 	Pts	Champ. Pts	WDC Pos.
1 	 	Kimi Räikkönen 	E20	17th	 	6 	6 	5th
1 	 	Romain Grosjean 	E20	 	 	0 	6 	5th
2 	 	Kimi Räikkönen 	E20	10th	 	10 	16 	5th
2 	 	Romain Grosjean 	E20	6th 	 	0 	16 	5th
3 	 	Kimi Räikkönen 	E20	4th 	14th 	0 	24 	6th
3 	 	Romain Grosjean 	E20	10th	 	8 	24 	6th
4 	 	Kimi Räikkönen 	E20	11th	 	18 	57 	rowspan=2
4 	 	Romain Grosjean 	E20	7th 	 	15 	57 	
5 	 	Kimi Räikkönen 	E20	4th 	 	15 	84 	rowspan=2
5 	 	Romain Grosjean 	E20	 	 	12 	84 	
6 	 	Kimi Räikkönen 	E20	8th 	 	2 	86 	4th
6 	 	Romain Grosjean 	E20	4th 	 	0 	86 	4th
7 	 	Kimi Räikkönen 	E20	12th	 	4 	108 	rowspan=2
7 	 	Romain Grosjean 	E20	7th 	 	18 	108 	
8 	 	Kimi Räikkönen 	E20	5th 	 	18 	126 	rowspan=2
8 	 	Romain Grosjean 	E20	4th 	 	0 	126 	
9 	 	Kimi Räikkönen 	E20	6th 	 	10 	144 	rowspan=2
9 	 	Romain Grosjean 	E20	9th 	 	8 	144 	
10 	 	Kimi Räikkönen 	E20	10th	 	15 	159 	4th
10 	 	Romain Grosjean 	E20	19th	18th 	0 	159 	4th
11 	 	Kimi Räikkönen 	E20	5th 	 	18 	192 	rowspan=2
11 	 	Romain Grosjean 	E20	 	 	15 	192 	
12 	 	Kimi Räikkönen 	E20	 	 	15 	207 	rowspan=2
12 	 	Romain Grosjean 	E20	8th 	 	0 	207 	
13 	 	Kimi Räikkönen 	E20	7th 	 	10 	217 	4th
13 	 	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	E20	15th	13th 	0 	217 	4th
14 	 	Kimi Räikkönen 	E20	12th	 	8 	231 	4th
14 	 	Romain Grosjean 	E20	8th 	 	6 	231 	4th
15 	 	Kimi Räikkönen 	E20	7th 	 	8 	239 	4th
15 	 	Romain Grosjean 	E20	4th 	19th*	0 	239 	4th
16 	 	Kimi Räikkönen 	E20	5th 	 	10 	255 	4th
16 	 	Romain Grosjean 	E20	7th 	 	6 	255 	4th
17 	 	Kimi Räikkönen 	E20	7th 	 	6 	263 	4th
17 	 	Romain Grosjean 	E20	11th	 	2 	263 	4th
18 	 	Kimi Räikkönen 	E20	4th 	 	25 	288 	4th
18 	 	Romain Grosjean 	E20	9th 	 	0 	288 	4th
19 	 	Kimi Räikkönen 	E20	4th 	 	8 	302 	4th
19 	 	Romain Grosjean 	E20	8th 	 	6 	302 	4th
20 	 	Kimi Räikkönen 	E20	8th 	 	1 	303 	4th
20 	 	Romain Grosjean 	E20	18th	 	0 	303 	4th
* Did not finish, but completed over 90% of the race-winner's distance.
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Year 	Driver 	Tyre 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	13 	14 	15 	16 	17 	18 	19 	20
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Räikkönen 	rowspan=3 	 	 	14th 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Grosjean 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	18th 	 	 	 	 	19th† 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	d'Ambrosio 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	13th 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Notes==
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