Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Lotus-Honda 100T ba ta yi nasara ba kuma Ducarouge a tsakiyar 1989 ya koma Faransa. Kamfanin Lotus ya ɗauki Frank Dernie a matsayin wanda zai maye gurbinsa. Tare da sababbin ƙa'idodin injin da aka saba da su a cikin 1989 Lotus ya rasa injunan turbo na Honda kuma ya koma injunan Judd V8. A tsakiyar shekara Warr ya tafi kuma Rupert Manwaring ya maye gurbinsa a matsayin manajan kungiyar, yayin da aka kawo Tony Rudd babban jami'in Lotus a matsayin shugaban. A 1989, mafi kyawun sakamako ga ƙungiyar duk da haka ya kasance 4th wurare don Piquet a Burtaniya
, Kanada, Japan da kuma na 4 da kuma mafi saurin zagaye ga Nakajima a Ostiraliya. A ƙarshen kakar Piquet ya tafi Benetton da Nakajima zuwa Tyrrell.