Saturday, January 14, 2012

Have Lotus Renault stolen a march with innovative ride height management system

Lotus Renault have been testing a new system that allows the car to control the ride height under braking.

It is from what I understand, linked to the braking system, so it is applied as the driver applies the brakes, limiting the front wing dive as the car brakes. This would allow the team to run a lower ride height, as with this new system, the front of the car's ride height can be managed. 



The next step of course is whether it is deemed legal, as devices controlled by the driver are now banned, after the F-duct episode in 2010.

If it is allowed it could give Lotus Renault a nice little jump over the other teams. It might also give a little boost to a certain Finn who has just joined the team :-)

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