Lotus E22 Pre-launch Speculation

[anzx]

It's not everything about one person (Allison), I belive Lotus has still their good engineering team, and they have invested a lot of money to their advanced simulator which helped in E21 LWB development...
I'm curious now, because they are again interesting team to keep an eye on, maybe Lotus has prepared suprise and that's why they are missing the Jerez... but it can be struggling aswell, we will see.

[Dyanxx]

It's not everything about one person (Allison), I belive Lotus has still their good engineering team, and they have invested a lot of money to their advanced simulator which helped in E21 LWB development...
I'm curious now, because they are again interesting team to keep an eye on, maybe Lotus has prepared suprise and that's why they are missing the Jerez... but it can be struggling aswell, we will see.

Lots of engineers in the team have already left for other teams though, and the first few months of the season is crucial for development, something I think Lotus are going to struggle with this season.

[Morteza]

Lotus F1 just posted this on their Twitter page:



#E22

[Blackout]

Is (1) shorter on the E20/E21 chassis?
Could (2) be the monocoque's edge ?
: P

[stefan_]

That edge is much closer to the hole on the E22.

[PlatinumZealot]

they have a larger air intake up top it seems.

[stefan_]

And it seems to be at an angle whereas on the E20/E21 that area of the engine cover is curved.

[Manoah2u]

is that the mirror in the background?

if so, is it just the angle and because the 'inside' neck protection device is missing, or does it look like the mirrors are positioned fairly high / have long arms?

good to see some updates on the lotus. they're getting all the bashing but together with sauber and caterham are the only ones to show some 'flesh'. getting exited about the leaks and reveals next week[s]

[BanMeToo]

is that the mirror in the background?

if so, is it just the angle and because the 'inside' neck protection device is missing,

Yes, this, looks normal to me.

[stefan_]

[astracrazy]

look like they using more red in there livery. Is this part of the tub?

[Gridlock]

More red indeed:
https://twitter.com/lotus_f1team/status ... 7439858690 Mostly though this has to be "Look, we've got a car! Stop saying we're dead!"

[Blackout]

look like they using more red in there livery. Is this part of the tub?

Looks like the nose

[slimfitcasual]

Red well integrated into the livery it seems. Love the swoopiness.

[Gridlock]

Also good that they've apparently given up trying to pretend the gold is accurate, ie pinstripe.