Lotus E21 Renault

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beelsebob wrote:
turbof1 wrote:So they didn't put the panel due weight. Weird; the panel would weight near nothing.
I'm confident that what they mean is "we found some downforce in a loophole in the rules for the vanity cover, but we're keeping it back for the first race".
or that possibly!

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Mika1 wrote:It's a painted E20, they don't show their cards.
You font see the exhaust ramp + tunnel ? And downwash foil Before the sidepod. And New fw

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Mclaren undercut style sidepods and exhaust... only big visual changes.

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copperkipper1 wrote:Mclaren undercut style sidepods and exhaust... only big visual changes.
Its red bull ramp and tunnel

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Oh well I hope Ferrari doesn't care about a few grams... You blew it Lotus.

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I wonder if that ramp exhaust is also just for show. The rest of the car is pretty much the e20 and that ramp exhaust was possibly one of their development parts from last year that didn't make it onto the track.

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beelsebob wrote:
turbof1 wrote:So they didn't put the panel due weight. Weird; the panel would weight near nothing.
I'm confident that what they mean is "we found some downforce in a loophole in the rules for the vanity cover, but we're keeping it back for the first race".
Indeed, by the words he said afterwards that "maybe if they found something". get it through the PR-translator and you get; "We have found something which we aren't going to show"
"Bite my shiny metal ass" - Bender

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via f1zone.
"...and there, very much in flames, is Jacques Laffite's Ligier. That's obviously a turbo blaze, and of course, Laffite will be able to see that conflagration in his mirrors... he is coolly parking the car somewhere safe." Murray Walker, San Marino 1985

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bucker wrote:Image
Nice wing above the small downwash wings

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RicerDude
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Front wing is exactly the same as last year, expecting they are hiding something like this...
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wesley123 wrote:
beelsebob wrote:
turbof1 wrote:So they didn't put the panel due weight. Weird; the panel would weight near nothing.
I'm confident that what they mean is "we found some downforce in a loophole in the rules for the vanity cover, but we're keeping it back for the first race".
Indeed, by the words he said afterwards that "maybe if they found something". get it through the PR-translator and you get; "We have found something which we aren't going to show"
We can only hope it's the case...

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Today's car/E20: very similar monocoque/bodywork (if not the same):

http://i16.servimg.com/u/f16/14/79/55/26/img_jp10.jpg

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RicerDude wrote:Front wing is exactly the same as last year, expecting they are hiding something like this...
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There is no gain in doing that since the central "spoon" in the front wing is gone and aero neutral. The Ferrari nose hole was there to grab air from that spoon.
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