Lotus E20 Renault

[FrukostScones]

Any news from Lotus? Did they fix the problem with the chassis, didn't they want to test privately today?

...blabber...

[kwanchepan]

Romain Grosjean‏@RGrosjean (2/28)

Tomorrow direction Barcelona! Back on track with @Lotus_F1Team !!! Last test before first race in Melbourne the 18th of March

[blokkie]

Nice to hear they will be there

[sriraj1031]

hope they wont pack up the after first half an hour

[yace]

E20 vs R31(drawings from Pieczaro from deviantart)

nice, but there is a mistake on the cockpit position

[tikavi]

No, your photos are from diffrnt angles. Look at front tires and RW endplates.

[Blackout]

What did you discover when the car got back to the garage?

We saw immediately that we had a problem with the mounting of the upper front wishbone rear arm.

Does it mean that the chassis is now heavier than before?

Yes, but we’re only talking about 1kg, which is manageable. It won’t have any significant impact on handling or performance.

Which chassis will the team use this week?

We’ll use chassis 01 this week, while chassis 02 will be used as a spare from now on. We’re currently finishing chassis 03, with the new design implemented.

http://www.lotusf1team.com/James-Alliso ... track.html

[blokkie]

also a good news is that they don't have to redo the crash structure tests all over again .
And they will even bring new pieces that should fix issues found at Jerez which where not ready last week.

1Kg added to the nose , a new structure and other updates ! Something to keep an eye on.

I do expect them to run long stints .

[FW17]

not going to get any extra days of testing

[Donuts]

No talk about Lotus E20 today? No pics? According to James Allison, they have lots of new parts for this test.

[Blackout]

Nothing new so far...

[Neno]

No talk about Lotus E20 today? No pics? According to James Allison, they have lots of new parts for this test.

It's better that way. They will talk about Lotus after they won Australian GP

[Blackout]

The sidepod intakes seem to have 4 secondary side crash structures now (two per sidepod - like the R31) while they had only 2 in Jerez.




Jerez

[Crucial_Xtreme]

Nice! Lotus using RS27. Right click>view image



@Owen forgot "using"

[Owen.C93]

Nice! Lotus RS27. Right click>view image

[img]http://formula1.com/wi/sutton/2011/dne1206fe531.jpg[img]

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