Lotus E20 Renault

[FakeAlonso]

[nacho]

They could have more than those.

[Gridlock]

Those dial labels in full, from top centre clockwise:

CLUT
TYRE
VISOR
HS (or IIS?)
DRY
DISP
BIAS
KNRO
INSRT (?)
SCA(obscured)
AERO
DOWN
UP
FAIL (useful on first laps?)

12 buttons, 9 dials.

[raymondu999]

i wondered if team decided to race with high front downforce wing, and low downforce rear wing. what can you gain in this configuration? too much front downforce over rear can hurt car stability?

i know last year they brought special front wing for canada race, and it didnt work out well, to low downforce numbers. and because of that they had problems in race.

Perhaps one wing has a better L/D ratio - but has issues when cranked to a low downforce wing angle? And so they have to run a wing with a slightly more inefficient L/D ratio, but more suited to the track layout's characteristics?

[Red Schneider]

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Those dial labels in full, from top centre clockwise:

CLUT
TYRE
VISOR
HS (or IIS?)
DRY
DISP
BIAS
KNRO
INSRT (?)
SCA(obscured)
AERO
DOWN
UP
FAIL (useful on first laps?)

12 buttons, 9 dials.

It's HS. I'm also quite confident it's INSRT, and probably either SCAR or SCAF.

How does this center dial work? Does it alter the display readout, and the values are then adjusted with the orange +- buttons?

I wonder if they could put up to 8 buttons on the reverse of the steering wheel that would fall right under each finger. That would be pretty instinctive once memorized, not to mention not needing to look down at what you're doing. Maybe there's no room what with the paddles though.

[vikram_d]

Noob question. What does the VISOR thing do?

[Robbobnob]

Noob question. What does the VISOR thing do?

goes on the front of your helmet, stops the wind from getting in your eyes. Quite handy at 200+ Mph

On the steering wheel, perhaps increases display brightness?? Your guess is as good as mine

[FrukostScones]

Noob question. What does the VISOR thing do?

To avoid visors misting up, these days drivers have an electrical element in the visor for wet or humid conditions, which is connected to the car, so when the visor begins to steam up, he pushes a button on the steering wheel and it demists the visor.

http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2012/03/h ... aysian-gp/

[rkn]

Noob question. What does the VISOR thing do?

The one on top of the dashboard helps air over the helmet, both for aero efficiency and driver comfort

[Owen.C93]

Noob question. What does the VISOR thing do?

The one on top of the dashboard helps air over the helmet, both for aero efficiency and driver comfort

And they'd be a button for that on the steering wheel? I think it's for demisting.

[Red Schneider]

I think RKN is referring to the very tiny windshield on the Lotus.

[Owen.C93]

I think RKN is referring to the very tiny windshield on the Lotus.

I know, but VISOR is an option on steering wheel which was posted just before, so he was asking what that was.

[MarkedOne8]

Those dial labels in full, from top centre clockwise:

CLUT
TYRE
VISOR
HS (or IIS?)
DRY
DISP
BIAS
KNRO
INSRT (?)
SCA(obscured)
AERO
DOWN
UP
FAIL (useful on first laps?)

12 buttons, 9 dials.

You can clearly see everything here>


It's SCAR and HS.It's KNRG instead KNRO.I still don't know what is exactly the function of VISOR button.

[scarbs]

In wet conditions drivers use a heated visor to prevent misting. The "visor" switch turns it on...

[Raptor22]

Hey they even have a Scarbs button; SCAR