(This page has been translated into English on May 18, 2016.)
Renault for the 2016 machine "RS16" was published on February 22, 2016.
Technical director Nick Chester commented, as follows:
In the delay of the Lotus acquisition talks Renault,
it was forced to compromise the development of the RS16.
2015, Lotus had been using the power unit of the Mercedes, was supposed to suddenly change to Renault.
Today's complex power unit, must be fully integrated all of the system.
It should have been a lot of work in a limited period of time.
And in fiscal 2013 Lotus is losing money, so went the restructuring, the staff currently is not enough.
The current staff is 490 people, plans to expand to 650 people by 2017 the end of the year.
Because such circumstances, in this time of new(?) machine there is a need to understand that that can not be excessive expectations.
Photos of the RS16, please look at the F1 Tshshin.
Black coloring of the machine, detailed detail do not know.
2015 machine, but triple-air intake of the induction pod was a feature, remain the same even this time.
While I watched the whole, altered point seems not.
Again fiscal 2015, probably did not afford to complete the development.
But this year, for the purposes of the regulation to increase the engine noise,
there is a duty to produce a new exhaust pipe.
This time of Renault, at the lower main of the exhaust pipe,
and the exhaust pipe of the waste gate is located at the upper side.
Considering only the mass of the exhaust pipe, but this layout is low center of gravity.
Challenge it or be a front of the part than that, what is important is what the package is wastegate.
The driver was new subscribers. Kevin's Magnussen and Jolyon Palmer.