Label: e22

Grosjean penalized with 20 starting points of loss

Grosjean penalized with 20 starting points of loss

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Romain Grosjean earned as many as 20 starting points before the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, as he used three new elements in the car's engine. The mechanics installed a new engine in the French E22 race car, which is already the sixth this year, and they also installed a new turbocharger and the MGU-H waste energy recovery system. The rules allow riders to make five changes to six engine components, with the first additional change giving the racer a penalty of losing ten starting places and each subsequent five places of loss. Since Grosjean would not be able to serve the penalty, even if he reached first place in the qualifiers, the commissioners decided that for each starting place he did not lose, he would receive a time penalty to his total race time. So if he can lose l to the last place after qualifying
Maldonado is still focusing on 2014

Maldonado is still focusing on 2014

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The Lotus racer insists that there are only three races left until the end for which they work 100%, so they are not preparing for 2015, but only for 2014. Of course, this statement is at odds with logic, as Grosjean said in September that the development of the car E22, used this season abandoned (at least to a greater extent). Otherwise, the team in Austin will be testing the new nose of the car (design for 2015), but that doesn’t mean they’re only working on the new or just the old car. Maldonado says: “There are three more races until the end of the season, in which we will try to score as many points as possible. We know it won’t be easy, but we’ll give it a try anyway. The last three races will also be the most interesting and that is why we want to be strong, so the 2014 season remains our main priority. Nevertheless, it is no secret that already with many solutions
Maldonado with new chassis

Maldonado with new chassis

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Maldonado was forced to replace the chassis after a strong collision in a free practice in Singapore. The Venezuelan lost control of the car in the middle of Friday's second practice and severely damaged the front right part of the E22 chassis in the wall on the outside of the left turn number 10. Lotus is already preparing a new chassis, which is expected to be ready for the third free practice. The pastor, who has had many accidents this year, was the last to say after that: “I only drove the second lap on these tires and simply lost control of the car. I made a mistake and the car was easily swept off the track in the middle of a turn. I made my first lap which was very good and then I crashed. I just don’t have enough grip on the tires. It happens, hopefully we get better on Saturday. On
Competition is also present in the Lotus test

Competition is also present in the Lotus test

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Renault has sent an invitation to all Formula One teams using their engines for Friday’s unofficial test of Lotus ’E22 race car. Officially, it’s about filming promotional material, but teams can do up to 100 miles on non-racing tires at relatively low speeds that day. The French engine manufacturer will be able to gather some data in as many private tests as possible, after they did much less kilometers in official pre-season tests in Jerez than in Mercedes and Ferrari. Red Bull, Toro Rosso and Caterham, which use Renault powertrains in addition to Lotus, will send a representative to the E22 test on Friday, who will witness the operation of the improved engine, and will be able to share their ideas to solve together.
Lotus also showed off his race car

Lotus also showed off his race car

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Immediately after the presentation of the McLarn car, the Lotus team sent the first pictures of their car this year to the public. On the E22, as the product is called, of course, the nose of the car stands out the most, where (so to speak) there are two tips that absorb forces in a collision, and it is interesting that one is shorter than the other. The pictures also show the sponsor stickers PDVSA, which supports Pastor Maldonado, and a novelty is also the sponsor Yotaphone. The official presentation of this year's car will be just before the start of winter testing in Bahrain.