Buuxi weedha soo socota: Lotus-Honda 100T ma aysan aheyn guul Ducarouge wuxuu ku soo laabtay Faransiiska 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. 1989, natiijada ugu fiican ee kooxdu waxay ahayd booska 4aad ee Piquet ee
UK, Canada, Japan iyo kaalinta 4aad iyo wareega ugu dhaqsaha badan Nakajima ee Australia. Dhamaadkii xilli ciyaareedkii Piquet wuxuu aaday Benetton iyo Nakajima Tyrrell.