Lotus E23 Mercedes

[r.t.1.n]

[stefan_]

Australia 2015 - Thursday (12.03.2015)

[gandharva]

Look at the sidepods...AMC and Microsoft Dynamique arn't there :/

But you can see Office 356, so Microsoft is still a sponsor.

[r.t.1.n]

From AMUS- Australian Grand Prix - Melbourne

[Henning]

I see they haven't put a number on the lower wing on the stand. Presumably so they put it on either car if there is a problem. they may as well just put Maldonado's number on it from the start

[FrukostScones]

now with complete rear brake duck fins

[AlainProst]

The front wing is the same than last year isn't it ?

R Grosjean says Lotus the car lacks of downforce

[godlameroso]

The front wing is the same than last year isn't it ?

R Grosjean says Lotus the car lacks of downforce

Probably a result of being conservative with the cooling. They'll get better as they develop the car, once they understand how far they can push the cooling.

[AlainProst]

The front wing is the same than last year isn't it ?

R Grosjean says Lotus the car lacks of downforce

Probably a result of being conservative with the cooling. They'll get better as they develop the car, once they understand how far they can push the cooling.

Ok but were can you win downforce on this car ?

[Neno]

The front wing is the same than last year isn't it ?

R Grosjean says Lotus the car lacks of downforce

As I said before car was drastically underdeveloped whole testing. No pushing any limits. From cooling, from size of sidepods, biggest airbox along Toro Rosso. Using last year front wing, last year rear wing. I dont know how can car be faster and how more downforce than last year car if you use same components from last year.

[AlainProst]

The front wing is the same than last year isn't it ?

R Grosjean says Lotus the car lacks of downforce

As I said before car was drastically underdeveloped whole testing. No pushing any limits. From cooling, from size of sidepods, biggest airbox along Toro Rosso. Using last year front wing, last year rear wing. I dont know how can car be faster and how more downforce than last year car if you use same components from last year.

Yeah, it's my question. The front wing and the rear wing are the same than last year. We must believe that 2014 front and rear wing wera aerodynamically good...

[n_anirudh]

[AlainProst]

Somebody know the cause of this premature end of Grosjean race ?

Is it a engine problem ?

[zack!]

Somebody know the cause of this premature end of Grosjean race ?

Is it a engine problem ?

Loss of power, they retired immediately to prevent losing PU.
Heard caused by "peripheral" of enstone, not directly belonging to engine. But no official clue.

[AlainProst]

Do you think Lotus will changes the front wing and the rear wing of its cars because it's the same than last year ?

It's really strange because the nose is so different than 2014 E22