Lotus E21 Renault

[korzeniow]

It pains me to say it but from the look of it the experts were right ... this is an evolution of E20.

We need higher resolution photos of course, but for me front suspension looks the same as on E20.

[korzeniow]

Cooling slits shown in the teasing are back (new monocoque?)
E20 pelican nose is back
E20 passive DRS intakes are closed
Different sidepod winglets
Front susepensions and steering look similar

Add to this:
E20 nosecone
new turning vanes
new front wing pylons, at least mounting to the front wing's main plate

I would like to see the back of the car

[raymondu999]

I'm curious to see which exhaust they have on this test-spec

[MarkedOne8]

Pay attention to concave shaped bodywork where cockpit ends and front wing starts.It's different comparing to E20.

[MarkedOne8]

They have Coanda exhaust setup which is pretty simmilar to the one being officialy presented in live session.

[Kansas]

boring....

[MarkedOne8]

boring....

What's wrong with you?

Anyway, does anybody have more pictures of E21?

[Kansas]

boring....

What's wrong with you?

Anyway, does anybody have more pictures of E21?

no running at all by Lotus.

[korzeniow]

still that's better to what happened to Rosberg: smoke coming out from the car

we have to be patient after long winter we can wait a little bit more for the photos

[MarkedOne8]

Right, and we don't know why. Maybe they are waiting for warmer conditions. Why they always act differently in common situations compared to other teams?!

Edit: E21 is on track!

[stefan_]

Because acting like the others is too mainstream.

They did an install lap, maybe they are doing their checks, tune up the car, wake up Romain, things like that.

Be patient. Winter testing is not like your common practice session during race weekends.

[Kansas]

still that's better to what happened to Rosberg: smoke coming out from the car

we have to be patient after long winter we can wait a little bit more for the photos

Lotus did mentioned they are running development car spec.

I guess the new steering will only feature on kimi 's car or maybe only in barcelona.

Along with the sidepod turning vanes and the rest that should be present to show the car is indeed new LOL

[Kansas]

Because acting like the others is too mainstream.

They did an install lap, maybe they are doing their checks, tune up the car, wake up Romain, things like that.

Be patient. Winter testing is not like your common practice session during race weekends.

They should use this opportunity to solve their tyre heating issues on cool condition.

[stefan_]

Just as we speak...




Lotus F1 Team

[korzeniow]

after all front suspension is new strange mounting though
there is also new splitter