Lotus E21 Renault (pre-launch speculation)

[Lurk]

more pictures on autosport forums, step nose, tub keel looks like E20, hole thing looks like E20 with red bull exhaust, can't tell whether it is the real deal... surely it is their presentation car. =D>

Also a connection between vertical turning vane and sidepod à la Sauber/Mclaren.

[King Six]

Surely that's just an E20 with a new paint job?

[wesley123]

Is it me or does the ramp look very bulky and also very close to the rear tyres?

It indeed seems really bulky. Looks like it doesnt continue over the floor, that area is really interresting

[Lurk]

Surely that's just an E20 with a new paint job?

And at least some new elements (maybe just to look "plausible" after last year masquerade)

[gandharva]

right click -> view image

[Chasis_1992]

Stepped nose, push rod suspension

[Matt Somers]

Anyone else noticed the lack of bulk to the Engine cover behind the driver, it's shaped like a blade upto the airbox.....

[Holm86]

Is it allready revealed??

[mith]

The area under the airbox looks very slim. But E20 was also slim around that area so I don't know if it was improved even more or the red paint is fooling my eyes.

[diego1960]

My God, the red areas are terrible

Absolutely horrific

The best way actually to destroy a nice livery. Car looks good in terms of philosophy though, RB-style exhausts, new engine cover etc.

[elf341]

Red bull style exhaust then?

[King Six]

The car would have looked better with a panel covering the bump, but for whatever reason they felt it was better to go ahead with just leaving it as it is. The Lotus bump was one of the smoother ones anyway, unlike Caterham/Ferrari/Mercedes, which had the worst by far out of the lot

[Vegetabill]

Very square radiator inlet, looks like a small down wash / flow conditioning wing on barge board above the side pod. Looks a bit crude. Not final solution maybe...?

[Marc.W]

Very square radiator inlet, looks like a small down wash / flow conditioning wing on barge board above the side pod. Looks a bit crude. Not final solution maybe...?

The E20 had those squarish 'lips' as far as I can remember, maybe not as extreme

[turbof1]

These are pre-presentation shots; maybe it'll have a panel on it when it's revealed.

And oh guess what: while they completely raped the bodypaint over much of the car, they actually painted the FW endplated black... .