Team Lotus aims high with the T128
06 Feb 2011|856 views
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Mike Gascoyne, Chief Technical Officer, said, "I think that basically this car looks like a front-running car in every area. We said very clearly that we want to start challenging the established teams and I think that's very achievable. With last year's car and especially the first half of the season it was just an exercise in survival, whereas from the middle of last year it was about building the team up - that's when we started working on this car. I think the thing that was a challenge this year was that the 2010 car really was a one-off, because of the way it was done with the design team and the time we had."
Gascoyne added, "There's been almost no carry-over of parts for the 2011 car, whereas normally you'd have a substantial carry-over and the chance to optimise last year's parts. It looks substantially different from last year's car - it has a much more 'current' feel about it. And it's the basis of our cars for the future. It really follows current design trends, and aerodynamically it's much more evolved. I mean, a car is really the sum of 4,000 small details, so it's hard to pick out specific areas that are particularly brilliant, but overall it's a much more optimised work of design and engineering."
The team is currently embroiled with the renamed Lotus Renault GP team over the rights to the Lotus name, but team boss Tony Fernandes wants to concentrate on racing matters with the launch of the new car. "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."
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Mike Gascoyne, Chief Technical Officer, said, "I think that basically this car looks like a front-running car in every area. We said very clearly that we want to start challenging the established teams and I think that's very achievable. With last year's car and especially the first half of the season it was just an exercise in survival, whereas from the middle of last year it was about building the team up - that's when we started working on this car. I think the thing that was a challenge this year was that the 2010 car really was a one-off, because of the way it was done with the design team and the time we had."
Gascoyne added, "There's been almost no carry-over of parts for the 2011 car, whereas normally you'd have a substantial carry-over and the chance to optimise last year's parts. It looks substantially different from last year's car - it has a much more 'current' feel about it. And it's the basis of our cars for the future. It really follows current design trends, and aerodynamically it's much more evolved. I mean, a car is really the sum of 4,000 small details, so it's hard to pick out specific areas that are particularly brilliant, but overall it's a much more optimised work of design and engineering."
The team is currently embroiled with the renamed Lotus Renault GP team over the rights to the Lotus name, but team boss Tony Fernandes wants to concentrate on racing matters with the launch of the new car. "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."
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