Lotus E21 Renault (pre-launch speculation)

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Yes this is sound of Renault V8 engine.

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Stepped nose?

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rajs41 wrote:
Yes this is sound of Renault V8 engine.
I mean the picture. That intake looks a bit different than the E20 to me :-P :arrow:

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Blackout wrote:
rajs41 wrote:
Yes this is sound of Renault V8 engine.
I mean the picture. That intake looks a bit different than the E20 to me :-P :arrow:
ofcourse we do not recyle things like in other teams

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@Lotus_F1Team
World exclusive! Be the 1st to see our 2013 #F1 car, the E21! Tune in on Mon 28.01.13 at 19:15 GMT for the live launch! pic.twitter.com/91nsE1IV

Here's the pic:

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Do you have any idea what that might be?
It's been a long time since we drove last time, but it has also been a short time at the same time
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bumps on the tub, just like last year.
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wesley123 wrote:bumps on the tub, just like last year.
Makes sense, taking picture from the side explains those "gold" stripes
It's been a long time since we drove last time, but it has also been a short time at the same time
Roam Grosjean ponders the passing of time on the first day of testing at Jerez
February 5, 2013

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All we can tell from this is that the layout of the livery isn't the same as last year. As far as I can tell, there's no where on the old car where you could get two parallel stripes separated by a significant depth like that.

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Unless you had 2 cars/tubs next to each other maybe?

Otherwise agree it looks like last year's nubbins are back, and they still haven't found the pinstriping brush.

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beelsebob wrote:All we can tell from this is that the layout of the livery isn't the same as last year. As far as I can tell, there's no where on the old car where you could get two parallel stripes separated by a significant depth like that.
On the tub you would be able to get a pic like this. The black paint then is playing with your eyes, giving a suggestion of a much deeper section in between.
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This pic is great...i think lotus e21 will he black with some blury yellow stuff...i just hope that they will maintain on the trach as this "artist" did to hide this car

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beelsebob wrote:All we can tell from this is that the layout of the livery isn't the same as last year. As far as I can tell, there's no where on the old car where you could get two parallel stripes separated by a significant depth like that.
That's because the picture is not taken up front, but from the side.

It should be from the right side.
It's been a long time since we drove last time, but it has also been a short time at the same time
Roam Grosjean ponders the passing of time on the first day of testing at Jerez
February 5, 2013

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It's not taken from the side of the nose, because it's got a section of bodywork beyond the second gold stripe. It's not taken from the side of the body, unless the E21 has no air box.

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beelsebob wrote:It's not taken from the side of the nose, because it's got a section of bodywork beyond the second gold stripe. It's not taken from the side of the body, unless the E21 has no air box.
How do you know it's bodywork and not some kind of furniture in the background?
It's been a long time since we drove last time, but it has also been a short time at the same time
Roam Grosjean ponders the passing of time on the first day of testing at Jerez
February 5, 2013

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korzeniow wrote:
beelsebob wrote:It's not taken from the side of the nose, because it's got a section of bodywork beyond the second gold stripe. It's not taken from the side of the body, unless the E21 has no air box.
How do you know it's bodywork and not some kind of furniture in the background?
Because it would be retarded to take photos of an office chair behind an E21?