Although the car has been previously spy-shot by the motorsport media during its shakedown at Silverstone earlier this week, there was plenty to see for the 500 audience present at the event. As confirmed by the team’s technical chief Mike Gascoyne, the car is just as solid as any piece of machinery he helped built so far, despite the fact that it took only 5 months to develop it.
As expected, the car features Lotus’ classic green and white color scheme, as it will be powered by a Cosworth unit and use an Xtrac gearbox throughout the season to come. In addition, the car features the same high-nose design as the majority of the F1 challengers for 2010, but lacks the famous shark fin engine cover.
“The last few months have been some of the most challenging of my career, but it’s been a challenge the whole team and I have thrived on since we first started work on the car up in Norfolk,” said Gascoyne.
“I’m delighted that we’ve reached this point, and now we have a beautiful car that gives us a great base to work from for the season ahead and a fighting chance of going racing in the right way, with a winning mentality. The hard part starts now, and I know everyone in the team and I are up for whatever lies ahead,” added the Lotus technical.
“I am extremely proud to be here today and to be able to show the world the fruits of the team’s hard work over the last five months. It’s humbling (…) to see how a team that five months ago didn’t even exist is now a thriving workforce, full of enthusiasm and passion for Lotus Racing and the challenges ahead and capable of producing such a beautiful machine in such a short time,” said the team’s CEO Tony Fernandes.
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