Boullier explains Lotus 'E20' chassis name
| Friday 27th January 2012, 18:24 by Ryan Wood |
The 2012 Lotus chassis will be dubbed the 'E20', the outfit revealed on Friday.
The chassis is the 20th to built at the team's Enstone factory in its various guises including Benetton, Renault and now Lotus.
Team principal Eric Boullier stressed the importance of recognising Enstone's role in the teams past.
"Our naming of the chassis is to recognise Enstone's importance to the team's evolution, highlights our recognition of the contribution of the facility and the personnel who work tirelessly every year to produce the very best car possible.
"We certainly hope that this is the case with the E20 and we are looking forward to revealing the car to the world and seeing it out on track for the first time.
"There are a number of technical changes from last year and we have an exciting new driver line-up to extract the maximum from the E20 through the twenty Grands Prix of the 2012 season, including the 500th race for this team through its different incarnations. We hope that the E20 proves to be a performing Enstone design."
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