Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I hangaia te Lotus 16 hei whakamahi mai i te timatanga o te 1958 Formula One. Heoi, ko nga whakaroa na te hiahia ki te whakanoho i te miihini ki roto i te angaanga i kii ko te motuka tuatahi o te Lotus Formula Kotahi he Lotus 12 kua hurihia, i tiimata ai te Grand Prix a Lotus i te
Ko te 1958 Monaco Grand Prix. I kite te Lotus 16 i te marama o te ra e toru nga Grand Prix i muri mai, i te 1958 French Grand Prix i te 6 o Hurae. Kotahi anake te motuka i whakauruhia mo tenei huihuinga, hei whakahaerehia e te taraiwa mahi me te miihini i etahi wa ko Graham Hill. Kaore i pai te mahi a te 16 i te mahi, i te tuhi i te wa tuarua iti rawa i roto i te tohu, ko te whiu anake i te 12 o te hoa kapa a Cliff Allison. Ahakoa he tino aerodynamically whai hua te 16 na te mahi a Costin, ko te ara tere tere o Reims-Gueux kaore i pai ki te 16 o te miihini 2 rita iti iho; I wera rawa te motuka a Hill i te huringa 19.