Lotus launch thread

~Mike~ · 5 Feb 2012 at 16:08

Skeeter said:
One of the less offensive step noses so far.

Other than that, looks pretty generic.

Agree, at least they have made an effort.

Mad_Jay · 5 Feb 2012 at 16:10

So much for it being a "Live event".

"Hey lets pre-record and edit the footage and call it a live event lol".

~Mike~ · 5 Feb 2012 at 16:10

beaten to it...damm you

Total fail by Lotus.

TaKeN · 5 Feb 2012 at 16:12

Ahahaha 'The Legendary Team' lololololololol

Skeeter · 5 Feb 2012 at 16:13

Am I the only one who is finding Lotus Cars attempt to somehow claim the history of Team Lotus as their own somewhat insulting?

Flibster · 5 Feb 2012 at 16:15

Skeeter said:
Am I the only one who is finding Lotus Cars attempt to somehow claim the history of Team Lotus as their own somewhat insulting?

Nope. They've been doing it for years though. 2010 and 2011 was horrifically bad. They had NO connection with Team Lotus and were splashing F1 World Champions everywhere and showing the old F1 cars in the brochures and the like.

They're still trying to persuade everyone that they are the real Lotus team.

And it's ugly. Can only hope their season continues how the last one ended.

Kevin Clark · 5 Feb 2012 at 16:24

Duke · 5 Feb 2012 at 16:27

The nose doesn't show as much being black.

Kevin Clark · 5 Feb 2012 at 16:29

Kerming · 5 Feb 2012 at 17:40

no comment.

from the front wheel backwards it looks alright.

Skeeter · 5 Feb 2012 at 17:42

Kerming said:
no comment.

from the front wheel backwards it looks alright.

Lol.

For reference, 'no comment' isn't usually followed by a comment...

agentjohn88 · 5 Feb 2012 at 20:15

Clearly not a live launch... Not a bad looking car despite the nose.

Guerrilla · 5 Feb 2012 at 21:03

Nose doesn't seem quite as bad as some of the others.

Varsh · 5 Feb 2012 at 21:26

True it's not as stepped as the others but it's still absolutely horrendous. The noses all look completely horizontal if you remove the step in there. What will make me laugh is if McLaren have got it right but so far it looks otherwise. We'll have to see what the other remaining teams come up with.

Doohickey · 5 Feb 2012 at 21:36

The thing that gets me about the McLaren is that surely the other teams would have gone for the same design if it was better than the stepped nose. The stepped nose is clearly not a natural looking shape and there must be a good reason for adopting it when there was always the option of lowering the tub a la McLaren.

But then perhaps McLaren have got some clever aero going on under the nose/splitter/tea tray that we obviously can't see...

Varsh · 5 Feb 2012 at 22:46

Well they must have something as they're the only team that have had a mid to low nose for the last few years and it's been keeping them at the front. I just find it strange that having a step like that it would act like another wing at high speed, the wind will simply hit it like a brick wall and push the air over the top of the driver which IMO would affect the drag on the rear wing which could I guess give greater top end speed, but then that would negate the point of the DRS.