Team Lotus T128 Renault

[nacho]

You can see the bulge on the sidepod here too.

[bjpower]

that cant be the side pod panel conector ( end of the side pod )
its massive.

[Owen.C93]

I think that's there to meet the requirements of the side impact structure. Remember the F10 had a bulge infront of the sidepod (But all the way across).

[nacho]

Yeah F10 and F60 had a bulge but on the inside side. The Lotus thing looks even longer. They have wished to put the sidepods more at the back, or make them smaller. They'll probably attach the deflector there too.

[Owen.C93]

Very steep side to the head protection as well, maybe the rest of the cockpit is very low perhaps.

[Blackout]

But why is there a single 'hole' in the fuel tank (the hole where the engine oil tank will take place) ? normally, the MGU will need a whole as well !?

MGU? Team Lotus will not be running KERS.

They said they will run Kers, but not from the beginning.

To illustrate my thoughts:

The Ferrari engine with its oil tank:


The Mercedes V8 with its MGU and tank fitted:


The T128 monocoque:

[Formula None]

What's this?

[raymondu999]

The sidepods (what little we can see from them) seem like they've been copied from the 2010 Sauber

[gibells]

The sidepods seem much further forward than before.

[H. Zedozil]

T128... Interesting changes

Sleeker sidepod and got more undercut?!

[H. Zedozil]

that cant be the side pod panel conector ( end of the side pod )
its massive.

Scarbs on twitter: Lotus T128 Heikki's seat fitting, Note: RP steering wheel, white GPS aerial on sidepod and moulded shape to mount a sidepod fin

[Tim.Wright]

What's this?

Speed pipe

[forty-two]

What's this?

Speed pipe

Forgive my ignorance, but what is a "Speed pipe"?

[Tim.Wright]

Its like a speed hole but in pipe form

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVV_COOey0E[/youtube]

[747heavy]

What's this?

not 100% sure, but seeing that it has a clear pipe/tube running across it, as you usally use to check fluid levels, and what looks like a wiggins tube connector on the bottom, my guess would be header tank for the radiator/cooling system or an oil tank.

But either way, it looks a bit odd/bulky by F1 standards - IMHO

something like this, in a different shape/form perhaps: