Lotus car

 Lotus will run the passive DRS system that it trialled last season on the newly-launched E21.

 

                               llison also confirmed that the team has no plans to run the optional 'vanity panel' which has been introduced this year to allow teams to cover up the step in the nose.

As this part has no performance advantage and adds weight, he believes there is no benefit in fitting it.

                              "There is one rule which opens the possibility for a change as we will now be permitted to fit a non-structural 'vanity panel' on the upper surface of the nose as a means of avoiding the duck-bill style designs that we saw in 2012.

                                "However, such a panel will add a few grammes of weight and so is only likely to run on the car if a team can find a performance benefit for doing so."....................................