Lotus became the second after Williams team in formula 1, produced the veils from their car of the year 2015. The machine was called the E23 Hybrid is pretty strange attachment in Championship conditions, rules which provide for the same level of hybridization for all contestants. The Ènstone are hoping that the new team will help dramatically improve presentations and forget about a catastrophic year 2014.
The main external difference Lotus E23 is long and low nose cone is quite traditional kind (recall E22 was the most extravagant car in the paddock with his front teeth, and vilkoobraznym plugs were deliberately made asymmetrical). But the most dramatic changes have occurred not outside, but inside.
For the first time since 1995, when Benetton has signed a contract with Renault, Lotus refused French motors. This year the team was undefeated Mercedes, and, of course, they are entrusted with great hopes. Regarding the suspension, it was completely different from E22 sample the beginning of 2014. Then, recall, Lotus has developed one of the most advanced in the peleton systems — FRIC coordinating the operation of the front and rear suspension, but in the middle of the year the FIA declared it inconsistent with the rules, and the car had to be quickly altered.
As to the pilot's composition, but this year he remains Roman Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado. The Frenchman and the Venezuelan will have to do the impossible and pull with Lotus shameful eighth place in the constructors ' championship somewhere closer to a decent fourth, as it was in 2013. What are their chances? The first answer to this question will receive on March 15 in Melbourne.