The Lotus-Renault team became the fourth Formula One team to present their 2011 race cars to the media. The R31, as it’s being called, was presented at the pit lane of the Valencia race track ahead of its first pre-season test session that’s been scheduled for next Tuesday at the same circuit.
In addition to the presentation of the black-and-gold R31, Lotus-Renault also presented their 2011 driver line-up, featuring Robert Kubica and Vitaly Petrov. Together with technical director James Allison, team principal Eric Boullier, and chairman Gerard Lopez, Kubica and Petrov personally pulled the covers off of the R31, marking the return to partnership of two companies - Lotus and Renault - that last worked together in the 80s.
?Words like ?aggressive? and ?innovative? are very much in vogue in Formula One at the moment, but where the R31 is concerned we feel those adjectives are appropriate,? Allison said.
?It?s true to say that the car has been designed in an ambitious manner and a quick glance at the layout will confirm that its entire concept differs considerably, not just from last year?s car, but from any car this team has ever produced.?
Details on the Lotus Renault R31 after the jump.
Lotus Renault R31 originally appeared on topspeed.com on Tuesday, 1 February 2011 15:00 EST.
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