Lotus E20 is a Lotus F1 Team racing car designed and built to participate in the 2012 Formula 1 World Car Racing Championship. The letter E in the model name is short for Enstone, the settlement in which the base of the Lotus team is located; the figure of twenty means the twentieth anniversary of the base in Enstone (where Benetton cars were created since 1992, and then Renault ). [2]
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| Category | Formula 1 | ||||||||
| Developer |  James Alison (Technical Director) | ||||||||
| Constructor | Lotus | ||||||||
| Specifications | |||||||||
| Chassis | Monocoque of fibrocarbon and aluminum honeycomb composite materials | ||||||||
| Suspension (front) | The upper and lower triangular carbon fiber levers interact with the pusher system. It is connected to the torsion spring and shock absorbers located in front of the monocoque. Aluminum racks and wheels made of magnesium alloy OZ . | ||||||||
| Suspension (rear) | The upper and lower triangular carbon fiber levers interact with torsion springs and transversely located shock absorbers located in the upper part of the gearbox housing. | ||||||||
| Engine | Renault RS27-2012 2.4 HP, V8 (90 °), atmospheric, 18,000 rpm, 750 hp, mid-range, KERS - Renault Sport F1 and Magneti Marelli | ||||||||
| Transmission | Renault, 7 speeds + 1 reverse gear; semi-automatic transmission in the body of titanium. Variable gear shift system. | ||||||||
| Weight | 640 kg (including pilot and technical fluids) | ||||||||
| Fuel | Total | ||||||||
| Tires | Pirelli Cinturato [1] (intermediate and rain tires), Pirelli P Zero (slicks), OZ 13 " wheels | ||||||||
| Performance history | |||||||||
| Teams | Lotus F1 Team | ||||||||
| The pilots | 9.  Kimi Raikkonenten.  Romain Grosjean | ||||||||
| Debut |  Australia 2012 | ||||||||
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| Unless otherwise indicated, all data refer only for the scoring Formula 1 Grand Prix | |||||||||
Presentation
The presentation of the chassis took place on the team's website on the Internet on February 5, 2012 [3] .
Pre-season and in-season tests
According to the results of the first pre-season tests, the E20 showed good speed and stability, over four days more than 400 laps were completed on the track, the team did not have any technical problems with the car. Romain Grosjean on the third day of testing showed the fastest time for the 2012 machines. Among the test participants in Jerez, the Lotus E20 received the most positive reviews [4] .
However, at the beginning of the next test session in Barcelona, the team had technical problems. On the first day of testing for Catalunya, Romain Grosjean drove only 7 laps and the team found a problem with chassis number 2 (the first chassis was used in Jerez). Initially, it was planned that Lotus would continue tests with chassis No. 1, but then the team decided to skip three days of tests, since it was necessary to make changes to both chassis [5] .
| Results shown in preseason and intraseason tests | |||||||
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| Session | date | Track | Racer | Position (Number participants) | Best lap | Lag | Laps passed |
| one | February 7 | Jerez de la Frontera , Spain | Raikkonen | 1 (12) | 1: 19,670 | - | 75 |
| February 8 | Raikkonen | 5 (12) | 1: 20,239 | +1.678 | 117 | ||
| February 9th | Grosjean | 2 (10) | 1: 18,419 | +0.806 | 117 | ||
| February 10 | Grosjean | 5 (9) | 1: 19,729 | +0,852 | 93 | ||
| 2 | February 21 | Montmeló , Spain | Grosjean | 10 (11) | 1: 26,809 | +3,544 | 7 |
| February 22 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| February 23 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 24 February | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 3 | March 1 | Montmeló , Spain | |||||
| 2nd of March | |||||||
| March, 3rd | |||||||
| March 4 | |||||||
| four | 1st of May | Tuscany , Italy | |||||
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| May 3 | |||||||
Race Performance
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The table lists the results of all the Grand Prix Formula 1, which was attended by the pilot. The rows of the table are the seasons, the columns are the stages of the Grand Prix. Each cell contains the abbreviated name of the stage and the result of the driver, additionally indicated by color. Decoding of symbols and colors is presented in the table below.
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| Year | Team | Engine | Sh | Racers | one | 2 | 3 | four | five | 6 | 7 | eight | 9 | ten | eleven | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | sixteen | 17 | 18 | nineteen | 20 | A place | Glasses |
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| 2012 | Lotus F1 Team | Renault 2.4 V8 | P | ABC | MAZ | WHALE | Bah | COI | Mon | CAN | EUR | Led | GER | Ven | BEL | ITA | SYN | YAPO | KOR | IND | ABU | Soy | ARB | four | 303 | |
| Kimi Raikkonen | 7 | five | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | eight | 2 | five | 3 | 2 | 3 | five | 6 | 6 | five | 7 | one | 6 | ten | ||||||
| Romain Grosjean | Descent | Descent | 6 | 3 | four | Descent | 2 | Descent | 6 | 18 | 3 | Descent | 7 | nineteen | 7 | 9 | Descent | 7 | Descent | |||||||
| Jerome D'Ambrosio | 13 |
Notes
- ↑ Kabanovsky, Alexander . The name Cinturato is given only to rain and intermediate tires , f1news.ru (January 25, 2012). The appeal date is January 25, 2012.
- ↑ Elk, Andrew . The new Lotus machine will be called E20 , f1news.ru (January 27, 2012). The appeal date is February 10, 2012.
- ↑ Bukharov, Dmitry . Lotus F1 Team introduced the E20 , f1news.ru (February 5, 2012). The appeal date is November 26, 2012.
- ↑ Formula 1 drivers chose the best race car of the first test session . motor.ru (February 10, 2012). The date of circulation is November 26, 2012. Archived December 11, 2012.
- ↑ The team “Lotus” leaves the Formula 1 test in Barcelona , championat.com (February 21, 2012). The appeal date is November 26, 2012.
Links
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