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Subject Delta, on 29 January 2011 - 14:45, said:

Looks as if they have utilised Red Bull's high nose design, and low sculpted sidepods. And although these images don't show it, the rear of the cars looks a lot cleaner without the double diffuser and exhaust blown diffuser.

Former McLaren aerodynamicist Pat Fry now works for Ferrari.



Video of Alonso driving the F150:

[Subject Delta]

Yeah, I know he does, the car doesn't look to me like it's been inspired by McLaren's design, I think personally it looks more similar to Red Bull's

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Subject Delta, on 29 January 2011 - 15:29, said:

Yeah, I know he does, the car doesn't look to me like it's been inspired by McLaren's design, I think personally it looks more similar to Red Bull's

Hmm, I don't know. To me the nose, side pods and airbox of the F150 look McLaren-esque.

[Subject Delta]

To me, when you look at it, you can see that the nose is a little flatter and less rounded than the McLaren design, it also appears to have that slight curve that Red Bull put onto the nose of their car. As for the airbox, it looks a little more rounded than the McLaren design to me, hard to say for sure

[+Mephistopheles]

Digital rendering of the Mercedes GP W02:



Source: Mercedes GP website

[MightyJordan]

Less than six weeks to go.

Obviously, like last year, I'm rooting for Jenson Button and McLaren. But also like last year, I won't be disappointed if Red Bull win. They are technically a British team.

[Subject Delta]

Looks as if they're copying the Red Bull front end design as well. A trend I expect to be repeated across all of the field.

[enigma-penguin]

The other option?:

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Team Lotus unveils the new T128

Team Lotus has unveiled its T128 2011 Formula 1 car - a significantly more aggressive design than its 2010 contender, and a machine the squad hopes will propel it firmly into the midfield and points contention.

The T128 will not appear in public until Wednesday, when it joins the second day of the Valencia test. But Lotus chose to reveal images of the car in a special edition of its Team Lotus Notes online magazine.

Lotus had always admitted that last year's T127 was a deliberately conservative machine built simply to get the team onto the grid in a very limited timescale, rather than with outright performance in mind. It halted development on the 2010 car early in the season to focus on the 2011 design, which is more in line with modern F1 practice, and features Renault V8 power and transmission systems from Red Bull.

The images released so far suggest the car features a more intricate front wing design, sharply sculpted sidepods, as well as a more conventional higher nose, and an airbox and roll hoop reminiscent of the 2010 Mercedes, suggesting Lotus has found a way around the rules that appeared to have outlawed such 'blade' designs.

The team's chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne is confident that Lotus has achieved everything it wanted to with the T128.

"I think that basically this car looks like a frontrunning car in every area," he said. "We said very clearly that we want to start challenging the established teams and I think that's very achievable."

The car launch comes with the Lotus naming rights dispute still very much alive, and Tony Fernandes' squad had chosen to continue with the traditional Lotus type numbering system by choosing T128 for its car, rather than the TL11 title that was initially announced.

Fernandes said it was a relief to be able to focus on the new car after a winter of legal disputes with Renault's new title sponsor Group Lotus.

"There has been so much has focus off-track it's a thrill to be able to get back to talking about racing," Fernandes admitted.

"The launch of the T128 is a big step forward for Team Lotus and I want to thank the whole team for the amount of hard work that has already gone into T128, and I want to thank Renault and Red Bull Technology for their tremendous support in helping us make this step forward and for being such great team partners."

Full launch PDF:
http://cdn.skive.co....LaunchIssue.pdf

[+Mephistopheles]

The Team Lotus car looks good. It should in theory be able to race other midfield teams like Williams/STR/FI. Too early to tell yet though.

I really like the British Racing Green livery. One of the sexier F1 liveries of the past years.

[+Mephistopheles]

The Sauber C30:

[Philip James Fry]

The Sauber C30, absolutely stunning.
(Close, but not as good looking as the C29 though)

[Teebor]

Mephistopheles, on 31 January 2011 - 09:32, said:

The Team Lotus car looks good. It should in theory be able to race other midfield teams like Williams/STR/FI. Too early to tell yet though.

I really like the British Racing Green livery. One of the sexier F1 liveries of the past years.

I would really like to see them back in black and gold again however I'm certainly glad to see Lotus racing

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Teebor, on 31 January 2011 - 10:16, said:

I would really like to see them back in black and gold again however I'm certainly glad to see Lotus racing

The Lotus Renault GP (to be unveiled within an hour; live stream at http://www.launch.lotusrenaultgp.com/) will come in black and gold.

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Sauber C29 and C30 compared:

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Lotus Renault GP R31: