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06/02/2012 The stepped nose explained.!
27/11/2011 Brazilian Race Report
13/11/2011 Abu Dhabi Race Report
30/10/2011 Indian GP Race Report
09/10/2011 Japanese Race Report
25/09/2011 Singapore Race Report
28/08/2011 Belgian Race Report
01/08/2011 Hungaroring Race Report
28/07/2011 Nurburgring Race Report
12/07/2011 Ferrari Fights Back.!
30/06/2011 Ricciardo Gets HRT Drive For Silverstone
27/06/2011 Unstoppable Vettel.!
16/06/2011 Formula One Opens Its Doors
14/06/2011 Button Takes Montreal Mayhem
30/05/2011 Vettel Wins In Monaco
23/05/2011 Processional Catalunya Thing Of The Past.!
08/05/2011 Turkish Win For Vettel
25/04/2011 Hamilton Takes China
Due to time constraints, I'm going to lump the Sunday/Monday releases into a single article. Lotus released their new chassis, the E20 - a celebration of the 20th chassis to be produced in the Enstone factory - and the first thing that struck me is the relatively small step on the nose. This implies that they have got a low chassis, although not as low as McLaren. Toro Rosso's STR7 is similarly sleek in the nose area, also with a small step. Sauber's C31 has a higher one, and the RB8 with which Red Bull plan to retain both titles is similar to the STR although with slightly less sculpting to the ridges on the sides of the nose.
All four teams have designed sidepods to match the RB7's sleek design, although exhaust pipes have varied in their positions. I'm loathe to read too much into that as the top teams are likely to use decoy pieces anyway.
The liveries of the four cars also hide crucial details, so the real revelations will come on track, either in testing or Australia.
Tufty
