[A racing machine on the wrist: the RM050 Lotus Romain Grosjean] For the man, and the watch brand, that more than any other had taken Formula 1 Grand Prix racing and distilled it into watchmaking, Richard Mille now had his name on the front of a F1 car. In Formula 1 racing, where material science fuses with the heat of competition, car and watch are not only made from the same materials, the watch itself imparts that same spirit of engineering and materials at the limit. For Richard, his watches were always designed and manufactured to be: “A Racing Machine on the Wrist”! In 2013 he had gone into partnership with Lotus F1; and perhaps more than any other F1 team, it was a fitting union. Lotus F1 was founded by an Englishman – Colin Chapman - who through innovation and design had revolutionised Formula 1 racing in the same way Richard’s watches had in horology.