Lotus E21 2013 car launch

Kevin Clark · 28 Jan 2013 at 19:19

The Sky presenter is dying on his backside.
Just get on with it

Nismo · 28 Jan 2013 at 19:22

Ugh. Craig Slater. :/

Syla5 · 28 Jan 2013 at 19:23

Looks like a stepped nose with no vanity panel under that sheet

Duke · 28 Jan 2013 at 19:25

First pics

Syla5 · 28 Jan 2013 at 19:28

No bulge under the nose is also interesting. I wouldn't be suprised if this is just a launch nose, like mclarens exhausts last year

Flibster · 28 Jan 2013 at 19:29

Still ugly.
RBR style rear end from the first looks.

Biggest complaint about the livery was always the splashes of red, so they've added more.

smr · 28 Jan 2013 at 19:29

Good looking car

Syla5 · 28 Jan 2013 at 19:29

I like the red, lol

visibleman · 28 Jan 2013 at 19:31

I thought Coca Cola/Burn where sponsoring Lotus this year?

Shimmy · 28 Jan 2013 at 19:32

Nismo said:
Ugh. Craig Slater. :/

That's what I thought when it started, normally hate him.

But I think he did a pretty good job tbh, asked some decent questions. He seemingly actually did some homework this time.

visibleman said:
I thought Coca Cola/Burn where sponsoring Lotus this year?

They are, did you not notice them on the car?

Ceryndrion · 28 Jan 2013 at 19:32

visibleman said:
I thought Coca Cola/Burn where sponsoring Lotus this year?

they are, its on the front endplates

Kevin Clark · 28 Jan 2013 at 19:34

And along the leading edge of the front wing I think.

The red blob at the top of the airbox says Kimi so that'll be good for fans to identify cars.
Although I must admit it's a bit of a font fail cos I thought it was a new sponsor called Himi!

Kevin Clark · 28 Jan 2013 at 19:42

Flibster · 28 Jan 2013 at 19:43

I'm not sure about the hashtag on the car...

#ImSexyAndIKnowIt

Really?

Kevin Clark · 28 Jan 2013 at 19:45

Guerrilla · 28 Jan 2013 at 19:45

I never liked the red on the previous car, but with more of the red I quite like the look of it on this one.

Duke · 28 Jan 2013 at 19:53

I put last years below this years, bit hard to tell the difference, apart from the colour scheme, although this is probably going to be the same for most teams with the big changes coming in 2014.

King Damager · 28 Jan 2013 at 19:55

Too much red

Also, no longer have the lotus badge on it.

kd

Uncle Petey · 28 Jan 2013 at 19:58

Old scheme was better. Gave more of a classic JPS feel imo.

Also, love how the live stream had 14 dislikes before it had even started

Flibster · 28 Jan 2013 at 20:00

For the most part, it does look like last years car with a few new bits nailed onto it and a new paint job.

Given that Genii were running a huge loss over the last couple of years, I wouldn't be at all surprised if they did a bit of a HRT job.

[edit]
Some of the images that have now been released show a significant difference over the version they revealed today. I'm now more convinced that what we saw today was essentially a livery reveal with a modified 2012 car, and that we've yet to see the real 2013 car.