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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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Monkey seat is different

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It's like the DRD Monkey Seat but taller and with another blade mounted horizontally. Interesting
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And the beam wing's central 15cm section is raised higher... (like the standard beam wing when the DRD 'monkey seat' is not mounted)

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The ears are actually closed like they were last year when not in use.

But earlier they were opened. They probably closed them when the rain started.
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Bonus - Romain doing a spin test
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq-mCy4T93Q[/youtube]
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Is that the new DRD??

Without the rear tube...

The new monkey seat might somehow project the air under the rear wing without the need of tube.
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Barcelona (Test 3, Session 2) - Day 1 (28.02.2013)

Complete DRD layout (although I think the ears were still closed)
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Looks like the ears were open all the day.So, I would said it is complete DRD layout including open ears.
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Not all the day.
Big update; sidepod horizontal winglets got vertical supports
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Considering the reflection, the ears were open at the time the picture was taken.
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Let's enhance that

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MarkedOne8 wrote:http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p48 ... 0f9e66.jpg

Considering the reflection, the ears were open at the time the picture was taken.
They were opened all day as in the fact that the bodywork part which closed them was removed, but I think that they actually stayed opened for a short period, then covered back with duct tape as you can see in numerous pictures.
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Looks like they finally added the lower pipe of the DRD.

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