Lotus E21 Renault

[raymondu999]

His setup window is too narrow.

Eric also stated that they struggle to get the balance right for medium compound.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107018

I'm not willing to take that head on. The mediums worked fine for them in Melbourne.

[quidam]

His setup window is too narrow.

Eric also stated that they struggle to get the balance right for medium compound.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107018

I'm not willing to take that head on. The mediums worked fine for them in Melbourne.

It was about quali, one single lap.

[Ral]

His setup window is too narrow.

Eric also stated that they struggle to get the balance right for medium compound.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107018

I'm not willing to take that head on. The mediums worked fine for them in Melbourne.

It was about quali, one single lap.

No, I think it's in the race as well. In Bahrain, Räikkönen only started posting reasonable lap times once he got onto the hard tyres.

The Autosport article says they used supersoft and soft in Australia, but I think raymondu999 is correct and they had the mediums there. Still, that just means Lotus doesn't quite understand that tyre, because clearly they had it working ok there but were unable to translate that to other tracks unlike the soft and the hard tyres.

[Kansas]

His setup window is too narrow.

Eric also stated that they struggle to get the balance right for medium compound.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107018

I'm not willing to take that head on. The mediums worked fine for them in Melbourne.

i think they struggle to get it right on hot condition.

[Crucial_Xtreme]

Lotus ride height revelation & Analysis from Gary Anderson


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[korzeniow]

If you go to the page 56 of this page you'll find the examples of the right height in pictures

Australia 2013 - Sunday (Q2/Q3/Race) - 17.03.2013
http://www.formula1.com/wi/gi/enlarge/1 ... us2492.jpg

Talking about rake:

This is from the begining of the race, as you can see Maldonado in the backgroud:

http://i.imgur.com/pAOTUEr.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/nzIwSM7.jpg

I'm affraid there isn't a much diffrence between Lotus' and RBR's

This is Kimi crossing the line:

http://i.imgur.com/mW4I25F.jpg

On low fuel the rake seems to be lower

[Owen.C93]

[kwanchepan]

Lotus ride height revelation & Analysis from Gary Anderson

http://imageshack.us/a/img202/2415/imagepknq.jpg
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[ringo]

That hose can't take the hydraulic pressure i feel. I would expect proper hydraulic hose.
That must be a filler hose or something.
That device it is attached to is most interesting.

Though to be honest, i haven't seen any indications that this car has FRIC. There's no evidence.

[Blackout]

Lotus ride height revelation & Analysis from Gary Anderson

http://imageshack.us/a/img202/2415/imagepknq.jpg
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http://i.imgur.com/YBgcvNu.jpg

E20


R31
(Silver bottle should be the gaz bottle which supplies the engine's pneumatic valves)


Both might just be different air bottles
And I wonder what is the silver cover, that apeared on the E20, for ? what heat source might be there ?

[Huntresa]

That hose can't take the hydraulic pressure i feel. I would expect proper hydraulic hose.
That must be a filler hose or something.
That device it is attached to is most interesting.

Though to be honest, i haven't seen any indications that this car has FRIC. There's no evidence.

So the constant bottoming out isnt a sign of something going on ? Its quite clear on that Aus pic how low the backend is, and this is bottoming out and still being competetive, compared to it being an issue.

[AnthonyG]

There's no evidence.

D'Ambrosio was asked about it and gave an avoiding anser, I think it's fair to say they run the system. (otherweise they would deny it)

[outer_bongolia]

Lotus ride height revelation & Analysis from Gary Anderson
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So, this system is ok under the rules because it is hydraulic and not electric?

[Crucial_Xtreme]

Lotus ride height revelation & Analysis from Gary Anderson
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So, this system is ok under the rules because it is hydraulic and not electric?

No, it's legal because its a passive system.

[Blackout]

An aviation fan took a/some photo(s) of the E21 today

http://www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/v ... 8&p=491821
Maybe someone should contact hum to get more pics