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Team Lotus is a Formula one team which was the motorsport sister company of English sports car manufacturer Lotus Cars. However Team Lotus was spun off from the company in 1987 and functioned as an independedent entity until it became bankrupt in 1994. The team returned in 2010 branded as Lotus Racing before returning to the Team Lotus name the following year. The team ran cars in many motorsport series including Formula One, Formula Two, Formula Ford, Formula Junior, IndyCar and sports car racing. More than ten years after its last race Team Lotus remains one of the most successful racing teams of all time, winning seven Formula One Constructors' titles, six Drivers' Championships, and the Indianapolis 500 in the United States, between 1962 and 1978. Under the direction of founder and Chief Designer Colin Chapman Lotus was responsible for many innovative and experimental developments in critical motorsport, in both technical and commercial arenas.