Lotus E20 Renault

[thedutchguy]

Last sunday I was at Spa and after the race I took some pics of the Lotus and McLaren (the Ferrari was shielded by Marshalls, no possibility to take any pictures of that car :S ).

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[Owen.C93]

Great shots thankyou.

Seems to be some holes in the floor just after the bargeboard that aren't in the step plane. (Right click-view image)

[PlatinumZealot]

The side of the diffuser is very interesting. It's metal, the edge is a curve and the edge is also curled upwards. Never seen that before.

[RB7ate9]

Maybe it pushes air to brake-duct fins? Metal to survive the temperatures from the.....exhaust ?

[beelsebob]

Maybe it pushes air to brake-duct fins? Metal to survive the temperatures from the.....exhaust ?

Lotus's exhaust isn't directed there.

[callmekart]

I think the diffuser metal is a scrap of the left whee brake assembly..

[MarkedOne8]

E20 still has roll hoop intakes.Why?

[gray41]

E20 still has roll hoop intakes.Why?

Cooling.

[techF1LES]

E20 still has roll hoop intakes.Why?

They are permanently bonded to the chassis, so Lotus can not simply replace engine cover and remove roll hoop inlets as Mercedes did. Fortunately they provide some benefits by routing the air in the beam wing area.

[techF1LES]

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[AnthonyG]

Maybe it pushes air to brake-duct fins? Metal to survive the temperatures from the.....exhaust ?

Or just metal to survive a puncture?

[RB7ate9]

Maybe it pushes air to brake-duct fins? Metal to survive the temperatures from the.....exhaust ?

Or just metal to survive a puncture?

Makes sense. Protects the sides of the floor.

[Blackout]

New diffuser with Redbullesque flaps instead of gurney flaps (between the wing endplates)

[Carlo's]

New rear wing with better DRS-effect and a new floor for E20 in Singapore.

[godlameroso]

I wonder the reason why Lotus goes with that particular exhaust setup. They did race the forward facing exhausts, they must have learned something that caused them to pursue that route as opposed to all the other top teams.