Lotus E21 images leak before launch (37 posts)

Topic tags: Lotus, Lotus E21
  • Profile picture of GeeMac GeeMac said 3 months, 3 weeks ago:

    I suppose it had to leak didn’t it!

    I suppose i have to wait to see the car properly commenting on it, bit i have to say i hate the use of red! Red ruins the black andngold look, adding more is not the answer!

  • Profile picture of JB JB said 3 months, 3 weeks ago:

    Wow…. they kept the step nose… and parts in front of the sidepods look hideous!! The red on the car sort of make it look like an evil HRT… :S

  • Profile picture of sato113 sato113 said 3 months, 3 weeks ago:

    although i like pure black and gold, I like this livery! it has a retro 90s feel to it. lovely!

  • Profile picture of matt90 matt90 said 3 months, 3 weeks ago:

    I like the red actually. Because having only red endplates always looked silly to me. Introducing more red to the car makes it seem a little less like an afterthought. It also makes it look less like a cheap rip-off and more like they’re actually trying to do their own thing.

  • Profile picture of Russell Gould Russell Gould said 3 months, 3 weeks ago:

    If you go to a website to look at pre-launch leaked pictures, I don’t think you can complain about it, like it’s some kind of spoiler. We didn’t force you to come here and look at these, did we?

    I like that the E21 is less Lotus-y. Anyone else notice that aside from the teams web address, I didn’t see the word Lotus featured anywhere on that car. Perhaps, that’s why we’re seeing more red; they’re stepping away from the shenanigans surrounding the name and sponsorship, and getting back to building fast cars. That’s okay in my book.

    Bring on the new paint! I want see how fast it goes, then perhaps its true beauty can be perceived.

  • Profile picture of Fixy Fixy said 3 months, 3 weeks ago:

    Now I think about it, Lotus’ latest video featuring Raikkonen had more red on his suit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=_xnlLshm9Bw
    EDIT: now I think about it, I could be wrong…

  • Profile picture of Magnificent Geoffrey Magnificent Geoffrey said 3 months, 3 weeks ago:

    @russellgould I saw the leaks on Twitter first. I was just checking Twitter after work and saw the images and the comments about the red livery and the stepped nose and wasn’t expecting them.

    I was just looking forward to coming home after work and watching the launch with everyone else. It’s so much more fun when you can watch the launch with everyone else and share in the occasion with your fellow fanatics online. These leaks just ruin that a bit for me, but oh well.

  • Profile picture of Paul Paul said 3 months, 3 weeks ago:

    Limos Twitter account just posted a photo of the car undera sheet. It’s slightly see through and it doesn’t look like the sidepods are red.

  • Profile picture of Paul Paul said 3 months, 3 weeks ago:

    Kimis, not limos

  • Profile picture of the_sigman the_sigman said 3 months, 3 weeks ago:

    I still can’t understand how have the images reached our computers. Did they reveal these videos?

  • Profile picture of Force Maikel Force Maikel said 3 months, 3 weeks ago:

    If anyone is still interested

    http://www.youtube.com/user/lrgptv?v=P6nHwtmQ3DU

    Getting on the Lotus f1 Website is tricky at the moment it is constantly freezing up one me so i figured i post the link here for my fellow F1 fanatics.

  • Profile picture of Russell Gould Russell Gould said 3 months, 3 weeks ago:

    It’s morning here, so I’m putting on a fresh batch of coffee. Wake up and smell the E21. Go, Kimi!

  • Profile picture of Force Maikel Force Maikel said 3 months, 3 weeks ago:

    I can imagine Eric Boulier getting very angry at a certain Lotus employee that knew what he was doing and didn’t need reminding every second not to upload the press pictures just yet.

  • Profile picture of Keith Collantine Keith Collantine said 3 months, 3 weeks ago:

    Watch the Lotus E21 launch live here

  • Profile picture of Keith Collantine Keith Collantine said 3 months, 3 weeks ago:

    @briggerz Raikkonen doesn’t have a Twitter account.

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