Lotus Renault R31 Launch

E90SLAM · 01-31-2011, 09:56 AM

Lotus Renault Launched their new R31 car with JPS livery. Hopefully we will see some wins this season with Kubica!

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Lotus Renault team boss Eric Boullier says that the team has the financial backing to compete with the top outfits in Formula One and is ready to win races after the team launched its new R31 car in Valencia.

"With the arrival of a long-term partner in Group Lotus, we have the financial stability to build on these strong foundations and ensure a very competitive future," said Boullier. "That is incredibly motivating for everybody in the team and gives us all the belief that we can continue to compete at the sharp end of the grid with the strongest teams in the sport.

"With the R31, work started before the R30 had even done a single race. In 2010 we achieved a very high rate of development and the car that finished the season was two seconds per lap quicker than the car we had at the first race. During the winter, that same determined approach to the workload has continued, which is a testament to the spirit and commitment of the people we have in this team. Yes, the workload is huge at this time of year, but if we keep our heads down and maximise the winter test sessions, I'm pretty sure we will have a strong start to 2011.

Renault achieved three podium finished courtesy of Robert Kubica in 2010 and finished a solid fifth in the constructors' standings. For Boullier, the target for 2011 is to start winning races.

"We live to race and our goal is to win. It's the core of our philosophy. All the hard work over the last twelve months has been focussed on delivering a big improvement for 2011, and that means we should be more competitive than last year. Will we be stronger than our competitors? Hard to say, but based on the efforts of everybody here, I feel we deserve it."

http://en.espnf1.com/renault/motorsp...ory/39345.html

KingOfJericho · 01-31-2011, 10:00 AM

Really dislike the color scheme. Leave the 70's in the 70's.

ianbiz · 01-31-2011, 11:35 AM

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Really dislike the color scheme. Leave the 70's in the 70's.

Tell ferarri that

ianbiz · 01-31-2011, 11:36 AM

On the other hand, I LOVE traditional paint schemes. They should bring back big tobacco advertising, Ferrari + Marlboro = perfect combo on a car.

escobar929 · 01-31-2011, 11:47 AM

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On the other hand, I LOVE traditional paint schemes. They should bring back big tobacco advertising, Ferrari + Marlboro = perfect combo on a car.

love the look

E90SLAM · 01-31-2011, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by ianbiz

Tell ferarri that

However Scuderia Ferrari has carried their red livery pretty much since the beginning of Formula 1...but JPS livery only started in the 70's when Imperial Tobacco sponsored Lotus. And Emerson Fittipaldi won as the youngest WDC till 2005. As well as Ayrton Senna in the JPS livery during his 1985-1987 career before moving on to McLaren.

The "real" Lotus scheme was the green/yellow where Colin Chapman started the team.

When Lotus Renault took the JPS special for just the look and not the sponsor (well...they couldn't due to regulation)...makes me feel a bit tacky about it, its not like Ferrari, which born as Red...

KingOfJericho · 01-31-2011, 12:04 PM

Red and white is not "dated" like black and gold and like E90 said, it was a sponsor's color scheme, not the team.

TK-421 · 01-31-2011, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by ianbiz

On the other hand, I LOVE traditional paint schemes. They should bring back big tobacco advertising, Ferrari + Marlboro = perfect combo on a car.

this

BrokenVert · 01-31-2011, 01:00 PM

I like the black and gold...guess I'm in the minority. And quite frankly, lotus of today is no longer the company that Colin chapman founded and, IMO, don't deserve the green and yellow.

If the car hasnt fallen apart by the end of the race, it's too heavy.

mtla4 · 02-01-2011, 03:35 AM

Lada-Lotus-Renault....I understand that Lada sponsors Petrov but 3 motorist on a single car is just wrong.

E90SLAM · 02-01-2011, 10:32 AM

Testing underway...

E90SLAM · 02-02-2011, 09:55 AM

testing.......

E90SLAM · 02-03-2011, 09:54 AM

Notice the rear end picture for the movable rear-wing in action...

E90SLAM · 02-10-2011, 09:59 AM

Jerez Testing Day 1

E90SLAM · 02-11-2011, 12:38 PM

Jerez Testing Day 2

KingOfJericho · 02-11-2011, 01:07 PM

So is it going to be Heidfeld or Senna driving in Bahrain?

E90SLAM · 02-12-2011, 12:07 AM

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So is it going to be Heidfeld or Senna driving in Bahrain?

Have yet to decide, probably at the end of the testing days...

Personally I think they will need to decide now, so the development of the car for the entire season can be consistent...

I'd put my bet on Heidfeld, given the experience and his well known consistency....

E90SLAM · 02-12-2011, 12:01 PM

Jerez Test Day 3...Heidfeld tries out at Renault..and set the fastest time...

E90SLAM · 02-13-2011, 12:21 PM

Jerez Test Day 4
the irony...a yellow-green helmet in a black-golden car....wow!

E90SLAM · 02-18-2011, 08:50 AM

Barcelona Test Day 1

E90SLAM · 02-19-2011, 12:12 PM

Barcelona Test Day 2

With a message to Kubica!

E90SLAM · 02-20-2011, 12:28 PM

Barcelona Test Day 3

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