Lotus E21 Renault

[Blackout]

There is definitly some electronics inside the tea tray of that E21 too. It's is also much thicker than the Ferrari's, The RBR etc.

@zonk
http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.ph ... u=14795526

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Found what's 'new' about the rear wheel winglets...



http://i78.servimg.com/u/f78/14/79/55/26/d13esp11.jpg

[AnthonyG]

Did Lotus do anything with the DRD this weekend?

[Neno]

Did Lotus do anything with the DRD this weekend?

dont get much hope on that DRD, specialy on beggining of season, perfromances in other areas are more important in this moment (we know we lack downforce on top teams). Also Lotus never said that DRD is their main priority, as they sayed they would definitly raced with, just maybe. I think Lotus put DRD ears on car for last devolopment stage and maybe as 2014. project when they abandon most of this year car devoloping (under this mean producing new floors, rear-front wings, sidepods boards etc. ). As you know many teams in later stage of season, test their 2014 car bits. If DRD is involved, such system at the end of year could be crucial for championship fight.

I am glad Lotus didnt made same mistake as last year when they changed devolopment path around Germany GP, instead of coanda exaust changed resources in DRD devolopment. Such system cost too much money for devoloping and we know Lotus dont have that good financial background for spending and throwing money around for something that maybe wont work.

[Ral]

I have read somewhere that Lotus are planning to keep testing their DRD*, although perhaps not so much on-track, with an expectation to run it at Silverstone. Apparently they've made some big steps in understanding at their last straight-run tests between Bahrain and now.


* shouldn't have "device" after the acronym, because last D already stands for device I think?

[stefan_]

Spain 2013 - Saturday (11.05.2013)

[munudeges]

Lotus need downforce so concentrating on a drag reduction system would not be fruitful. They made that mistake last season.

[korzeniow]

Lotus need downforce so concentrating on a drag reduction system would not be fruitful. They made that mistake last season.

On straights all of the F1 cars have too much downforce That's the point

[Kansas]

Lotus seems to be the only front runners that brought little updates.

The straightline test seems to be fine tuning the setup and get the best out of the car.

[Huntresa]

Lotus seems to be the only front runners that brought little updates.

The straightline test seems to be fine tuning the setup and get the best out of the car.

From what i can see Lotus brought more updates then Merc, and they brought updates that worked compared to Mclaren who abonded a wing and a few other pieces. Same goes for Ferrari who tested and will not run updates.

On the Red Bull i could only see minor tweaks and thats cause they have the best car and dont need updates, just tweaks.

[turbof1]

Lotus need downforce so concentrating on a drag reduction system would not be fruitful. They made that mistake last season.

If they can run the DRD effectively, they can run more agressive AoA's without suffering the additional drag, so it does give a good boost concerning DF.

[Blackout]

Looks like the vortex generator/conditionner near the rear tire is new. It's curved similar to the Merc one

[wesley123]

the small winglets on the rear wing end plate are split up too, dont know if that is new

[ringo]

COuld the bulb under the nose help tyre wear in the corners aerodynamically?
It just occurred to me..
Can we also verify if this bulb is getting bigger?

[munudeges]

On straights all of the F1 cars have too much downforce That's the point

What an idiotic pile of nonsense and perfectly exemplifies this forum these days. No I don't get your point.....and neither do you.

It's a case of what you put your effort into and what gives you those most gain.