Waxad qortaa sii wadida faqradan - Lotus-Honda 100T ma aysan aheyn guul Ducarouge wuxuu ku laabtay France bartamihii 1989 Lotus waxay kiraysatay Frank Dernie si uu ugu badalo. Iyada oo la raacayo xeerarka cusub ee mashiinka caadiga ah ee la nuugo 1989 Lotus wuxuu lumiyay matoorrada Honda turbo wuxuuna u wareegay matoorrada Judd V8. Bartamihii sanadka Warr ayaa ka tagay waxaana loo badalay maareeyaha kooxda Rupert Manwaring, halka madaxa fulinta sare ee Lotus Tony Rudd loo keenay gudoomiye. Sannadkii 1989, natiijada ugu fiican ee kooxdu waxay ahayd kaalinta 4aad ee Piquet ee UK
, Canada, Japan iyo kaalinta 4aad iyo wareegii ugu dhaqsaha badnaa Nakajima ee Australia. Dhamaadkii xilli ciyaareedkii Piquet wuxuu aaday Benetton iyo Nakajima Tyrrell.