Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An yi amfani da Lotus 16 don amfani daga farkon kakar 1958 Formula One. Koyaya, jinkiri saboda buƙatar sake sanya injin a cikin shasi ya haifar da cewa motar farko ta Lotus Formula One a zahiri an canza ta Lotus 12, wanda ya sanya Lotus Grand Prix ya fara a 1958 Monaco Grand Prix
Ka yi haƙuri. A ƙarshe Lotus 16 ya ga hasken rana bayan Grands Prix uku daga baya, a 1958 Grand Prix na Faransa a ranar 6 ga Yuli. An shigar da mota guda ɗaya don wannan taron, wanda za a tuka shi ta hanyar direba mai aiki da kuma wani lokacin makaniki Graham Hill. 16 ba su yi kyau ba, sun buga na biyu mafi ƙarancin lokaci a cikin cancanta, kawai sun doke abokin aikin Cliff Allison na 12. Kodayake 16 ya kasance mai inganci sosai, godiya ga aikin Costin, babban gudun Reims-Gueux ba ya son injin 16 mai karfin lita biyu; motar Hill ta yi zafi a zagaye na 19.