Lotus struggled through a difficult second half of 2013 with key staff leaving due to the team being unable to pay wages. The E22 development was led by Nick Chester, the team’s new technical director after the departure of James Allison. Chris Cooney, Martin Tolliday and Nicolas Hennel were in the designers’ team with Renault supplying the team’s powertrain. The most specific visual feature of the car was a unique, asymmetric twin tusk nose cone, the team’s attempt to get as much air as possible underneath the nose cone while complying with the changed regulations that mandate a low nose cone. The rear end of the car was more conventional, even though it was also the only car to have its exhaust pipe not on the centreline of the car, but rather moved slightly to the right to make room for the curved single central pillar. The E22 was driven by Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado, who replaced Kimi Räikkönen after Finn left the team to rejoin Ferrari. Lotus struggled to earn points throughout the season, with only three point-scoring finishes – the Spanish Grand prix and at Monaco for Grosjean and in the United States for Maldonado.
| Season | Series | Event |
| 2014 | F1WC | Malaysian GP |
| Driver | No. | Entrant |
| Romain Grosjean | 8 | Lotus F1 Team |
| Scale | Manufacturer | Collection |
| 1:43 | Spark | |
| Cat. No. | Quality | Rarity |
| S3089 | 
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