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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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:lol:
Which are the best ?
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High resolution: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Gearbox | Front End | Rear End |
"...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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stefan_ wrote:High resolution: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Gearbox | Front End | Rear End |
4th picture: unique dent around the exhausts' exit
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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notice diffrent rear wheels shrouds
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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Rivals now suspect that Lotus has an advantage in the tire life department due to the fact that Pirelli has ran with an older Renault.

http://www.yallaf1.com/2013/03/22/rival ... aF1.com%29
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Nando wrote:Rivals now suspect that Lotus has an advantage in the tire life department due to the fact that Pirelli has ran with an older Renault.

http://www.yallaf1.com/2013/03/22/rival ... aF1.com%29
Grumpy people.

They said the same about McMerc having advantage since McLaren Technologies builds the ECU.

If that's the case, maybe they should have given a test mule to Pirelli.
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Helmholtz chamber and KERS battery being removed (little rectangle shows last year's battery)

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I'm sure there's some advantage, but I'm not sure how much. The inevitable result of any tire development based upon one car above all others is that whoever knows the most about the car used also knows the most about the tires it produced. I think that much is simple.

The R30 sucked, though. So, what does one take from it? It was also an obsolete testbed - in fact, one could probably argue it was obsolete straight out of the box. Lastly, only Pirelli knows what was tested and how, and that's the real goldmine.
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Although it is their car and they were the only ones willing to give one when Pirelli was asking up and down the grid for a slightly newer single seater, Lotus does not have any access whatsoever to tire testing information and any complaints regarding this situation would be silly.
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"...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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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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Interesting piece right in front of center of beam wing in front of the monkey seat
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"...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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go to page 63
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It cools deez nutz. It's not a fancy schmancy supa dupa down force creating duct. There may be some electronics in there that it cools, too.
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