F1 2011 Car Launches

GravyMonster · 13 Jan 2011 at 10:22

Ferrari F150:
28th January, Maranello

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Lotus TL11:
06:00 CET (05:00 GMT) on 31st January, Valencia

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Sauber C30:
11:15 CET (10:15 GMT) on 31st January, Valencia

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Renault R31:
12:00 CET (11:00 GMT) on 31st January, Valencia

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Red Bull RB7:
08:30 CET (07:30 GMT) on 1st February, Valencia

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Toro Rosso STR6:
09:00 CET (08:00 GMT) on 1st February, Valencia

Mercedes MGP W02:
09:20 CET (08:20 GMT) on 1st February, Valencia

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Williams FW33:
1st February, Valencia

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McLaren MP4-26:
4th February, Berlin

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Virgin MVR-02
7th February, BBC TV Centre, London

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Force India VJM04:
8th February, Online

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Hispania F111:
3rd March, Bahrain

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Renault 2011 livery on 2010 car

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Great to see the old JPS black and gold back in F1, shame it's on the wrong Lotus though.

Mr Jack · 13 Jan 2011 at 10:26

Spunkey said:
Great to see the old JPS black and gold back in F1, shame it's on the wrong Lotus though.

Aye.

Mind you, I think the green and gold looks nicer anyway so it's not all bad.

MarcLister · 13 Jan 2011 at 10:26

Holy big picture Batman! :eek:

Ditto the JPS comment. Wrong car though as you say.

saddler · 13 Jan 2011 at 10:27

Well its the same colours but the scheme bears no resemblance to the old JPS one. This reminds me more of the old Wolf cars with the thick Gold lines. Oh and the red doesnt work either.

tigerstyle · 13 Jan 2011 at 10:30

saddler said:
Oh and the red doesnt work either.

It does when it's the sponsors colour

£££'s

SoliD · 13 Jan 2011 at 11:01

That looks a bit crap to be honest.

Dup · 13 Jan 2011 at 12:06

CAN I GET A BIGGER LOTUS BADGE PLEASE?

Hateful scheme. Worse than the Hamburglur ING "McDonalds" scheme they had 2 years ago or so.

Also, anyone fed up of the clinical McLaren scheme now?

GravyMonster · 13 Jan 2011 at 12:31

Yeah I'd love to see them switch to Orange as a sponsor, and go back to old man McLarens early 70s orange livery

cokebottles · 13 Jan 2011 at 12:32

I really dislike the look of this Renault-Lotus. The red end-plates and mirrors ruin the colour scheme, and also the thick gold lines on the side-pods don't do it any favours.

Seeing as McLaren are testing with an interim car for the first test session, I wonder if we'll see an orange colour scheme as they used in same circumstances during 2006 testing. Here's hoping...!?

tigerstyle · 13 Jan 2011 at 13:33

don't apologise for the big picture, no point not being able to see the details...

I googled 'japan rags' seen just at the front of the side pod, are they just some Superdry style fashion spin off? seem a bit small fry for F1?

I like the car?

Duke · 13 Jan 2011 at 17:09

Looks crap.

Skeeter · 13 Jan 2011 at 17:19

Duke said:
Looks crap.

Snap

thepedster said:
It does when it's the sponsors colour £££'s

Should be black end plates with Gold 'TOTAL'. The red ruins it completely.

And its on the wrong Lotus.

And the lines are too chunky and square.

And its on the wrong Lotus

And the Lotus cars Logo is waaaaaaaay to big.

Plus, its on the wrong Lotus.

CaptainRAVE · 13 Jan 2011 at 17:46

Can't wait to see the McLaren - always the best looking car imo.

JRS · 13 Jan 2011 at 18:43

Ugh, LOLtus have really dropped a clanger with that one. If they want to keep the Total brand on the car then make the car use Total's colour scheme. Randomly splatting some red on the wing endplates just to carry the logo and then using a black+gold scheme that like saddler says is rather more reminiscent of the Wolf Racing cars rather than the JPS Lotus of old....

Nice one LOLtus. I really, really hope that Team Lotus puts you in your place. They're certainly going to beat you on looks.

Flibster · 13 Jan 2011 at 20:50

1) It is a Wolf!
2) It's on a Renault!
3) Total... Ugh.
4) Could be problems with the Lotus Cars logo on the nose - thats where the manafactures logo is - and Group Lotus is purely the sponsor. Ok, there is a Renault on on there, but the Lotus Cars on is larger.

Like JRS, I so hope that Fauxtus Renault really embarasses themselves. They job has already begun with Petrov and this paint job.

Masterdog · 13 Jan 2011 at 20:55

Okay, is there a primer somewhere on which Lotus team is which, which one relates to the one that raced last season, and which one I should like and why? I've read various stories about the battles but all the different Lotuses and various factions got me confused. I need help.

EddScott · 13 Jan 2011 at 21:15

Petrov is going to be driving this?

Reminds me of that film Robot Jox - anyone remember it? The russians colour scheme was black and gold

Lopéz · 13 Jan 2011 at 22:09

What a horrendous colour scheme. That is not a homage to the JPS scheme in any way, shape or form.

Tweaker · 13 Jan 2011 at 22:23

The only saving grace of this team is Kubica, everything else has gone to crap

Flibster · 13 Jan 2011 at 23:02

Masterdog said:
Okay, is there a primer somewhere on which Lotus team is which, which one relates to the one that raced last season, and which one I should like and why? I've read various stories about the battles but all the different Lotuses and various factions got me confused. I need help.

Riiiiiiight.

2010 - Lotus Racing
2011 - Team Lotus

And...

1981 to 1985 - Toleman Motorsport
1986 to 2001 - Benetton Formula Ltd
2002 to 2010 - Renault F1
2011 - Lotus Renault GP

Essentially, Lotus Racing has bought Team Lotus Ventures which had the rights to use the Team Lotus name in F1 and are using Team Lotus.

Group Lotus which had no rights to the Team Lotus name have sponsored Renault F1 who are now 100% owned by Genii Capital and have named the team Lotus Renault GP.