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Lotus E21 Renault

Team: James Allison (TD), Naoki Tokunaga (DTD), Tim Densham (CD), Dirk De Beer (HA), Gerard Lopez (Chairman), Eric Boullier (TP), Patrick Louis (COO), John Mardle (OD), Steve Nielsen (SD), Alan Permane (CRE)
Drivers: Kimi Räikkönen (7), Romain Grosjean (8)

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Lotus E21 Renault

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Neno wrote:
Donuts wrote:Looks as thou Lotus GP are comfortable with just making their time fine tuning(since the start of testing), but looks can be deciving. It might just be that Kimi Raikkonen is one picky driver.

They are sticking with the same(?) exhaust solution, so that's got to be step one in achivment for the start of this season.
what specialy looks good is after their taking time, when they go on track they look good and fast. but they dont run much long stints, is it hiding a pace or they have some problems i dont know :|
They had some problems...

http://www.lotusf1team.com/James-Alliso ... ml?lang=en
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What do you think is that black thing placed inside the airbox's intake ? could it be a cooling inlet ? a sensor ? a votex generator ?
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Blackout wrote:What do you think is that black thing placed inside the airbox's intake ? could it be a cooling inlet ? a sensor ? a votex generator ?
Looks like a way to split the air going in, maybe the ears will soon dissapear?
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Airbox's Intake angle seems to have changed... looks like they added bodywork around the intake

http://i72.servimg.com/u/f72/14/79/55/26/84906510.jpg

And they tested two different RW in Barcelona day 1

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So we have two misterious things on the car so far: splitter tube and airbox intake. Is there a posibility those two are connected?
It's been a long time since we drove last time, but it has also been a short time at the same time
Roam Grosjean ponders the passing of time on the first day of testing at Jerez
February 5, 2013
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air box intake ----> restrictor?????? hide real performance :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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hyunterks wrote:air box intake ----> restrictor?????? hide real performance :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Yeah, those "ears" are massive compared to e.g. Sauber's... will take of huge amount of drag :D ! :wink:
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Today's pictures:

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It's been a long time since we drove last time, but it has also been a short time at the same time
Roam Grosjean ponders the passing of time on the first day of testing at Jerez
February 5, 2013
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Good view of the tea-tray
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No pelican nose.
It's been a long time since we drove last time, but it has also been a short time at the same time
Roam Grosjean ponders the passing of time on the first day of testing at Jerez
February 5, 2013
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korzeniow wrote:
No pelican nose.
It is here, but the angle covers it.
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Another hi-res pictures from F1Fanatic:

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It's been a long time since we drove last time, but it has also been a short time at the same time
Roam Grosjean ponders the passing of time on the first day of testing at Jerez
February 5, 2013
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Are there reflections from lower wishbone to exhaust ramp or do I see real fins / flow conditioners (rather impossible)?
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Nice picture. Looks more like a slit then a proper tunnel.
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