The 2011 Formula One Season

I definitely prefer the new wings and regulations with the cars, before there was just too much going on

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loque Wrote:
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> It won't be Lotus anything soon, 'cause I'm fairly
> sure Gascoigne's Lotus will win the court case.
> Then you'll see the Lotus sponsors on the Renault
> turn into Proton instead. I don't really see it
> going any other way since Gascoigne bought the
> license off David Hunt, they already have the
> name, you can't have two teams called Lotus just
> because the other one has road cars by the same
> name.
>
> If an oil baron from Qatar bought an F1 team and
> tried to call it Mercedes after his dog, he would
> get told to go @#$%& himself. It's a bit of a
> shaky comparison, but it stands to reason.


So what you are saying is that if, for example, Lotus Florists wanted to come into F1, they couldn't be the naming rights sponsor of a team? I don't know if you can stop a legitimate corporation using their name in a team sponsorship.

Until Group Lotus try to change the chassis name to Lotus (which will be a while as they need unanimous support to do it without losing Renault's benefits), I don't think it can be resolved.

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X (@ed24f1)

Seen the new Lotus, livery very different even though it's still Green and Yellow.

Check either F1Fanatic or Autosport for pics.

The front suspensions are weird in the new Lotus.... Where is the pushrod ( or pullrod )?

What's with the render launches this year? It's not like they don't have cars ready to go... :\

Mercedes rendered launch was just a reaction to the leaked photo appearing in BILD. They released it on the site to make the leak less important.

Lotus, well that's just Lotus. It's beautiful however.

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Lotus T128 Images

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I like the design, it is more agressive than the T127 .

Go Lotus :D

Wooo! Love it. They've gone for the Mercedes style air box I see.

I like the yellow on the engine cover, although I would have preferred it if it were still green and then they covered the full top surface (everything that faces up) yellow. So from the side it still looks green but from above it looks yellow. Then on TV you get a nice mix. But whatever, Lotus didn't ask for my input.

I thought that Merc style airbox was banned?
Looks very nice though, and the front wing looks a tad different to the 2010 wing

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DaveEllis Wrote:
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> Mercedes rendered launch was just a reaction to
> the leaked photo appearing in BILD. They released
> it on the site to make the leak less important.

I think it might be the other way around. They sold the leaked image to Bild, and then, as planned, released a full version later. It gives them the publicity for the leak, and yet they still get publicity for launching the car tomorrow.


JackHammer Wrote:
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> I thought that Merc style airbox was banned?
> Looks very nice though, and the front wing looks a
> tad different to the 2010 wing

You can still use it, but the central 'pillar' has to be thicker for 2011.

The fact that Mercedes has got rid of it though can't be that encouraging for them.

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X (@ed24f1)

And now the Sauber!
[www.autosport.com]

not as exciting as I was hoping!

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2013 - Nando must come through..

I think it's a beautifull looking car! A little more black and white at the rear, like in the front, will make the livery look more balanced.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/31/2011 11:17AM by janneman29.

A massive wasted opportunity there, it looks terrible.

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X (@ed24f1)

They seem to have just put sponsors where ever...
There really isn't any balance to the scheme at all! Better pics once available will help...
I miss the 94-mid 00's Saubers, they were always brilliant!

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2013 - Nando must come through..

Not a huge fan of that one! It still looks like tacky burger king even though that particular name's nowhere to be seen. I was expecting more red. I was sick of that dark blue (I don't think it's black) when they unveiled it last year too. Meh, it's alright.

And front wing has two endplates???

Which is next? Oh. Renault..



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/31/2011 11:23AM by loque.

It just reminds me of McDonalds for some reason

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JackHammer Wrote:
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> It just reminds me of McDonalds for some reason

Same here lol. Well, I said Burger King.



casabonka Wrote:
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> They seem to have just put sponsors where ever...

Which sponsors??? It still looks shockingly bare tbh




EDIT: Actually guys I seem to remember that Sauber are launching their livery later?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/31/2011 11:25AM by loque.

well, yes very bare - but what they have, hasn't been designed very well!
Surprising they couldn't find a rear wing sponsor?

EDIT - the side view looks even more odd
[www.gpupdate.net]

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/31/2011 11:29AM by casabonka.