Here’s the first image of the Lotus E22
Lotus has timed the release of the first image of its E22 to co-incide with the McLaren launch. The car appears to have different take on the nose scenario compared with other cars seen so far, with an unusual twin-pronged approach.
The team issued the image just as McLaren was unveiling its car online in what was clearly an attempt to gain some positive PR just hours after Lotus revealed that team principal Eric Boullier was leaving – possibly for a new job at McLaren.
The car now carries the logos of Pastor Maldonado’s sponsor PDVSA, while a new deal with Yotaphone was announced today.
Adam Cooper F1 
Is that nose is not only two-pronged, but asymmetric? The nearer prong certainly appears longer than the other.
It does look a bit odd, but this is a rendered image so not a photo of the real thing…
My colleague Scarbs reports that yes, they are unequal lengths…
This looks really ridiculous. How will is perform in an accident? I guess with Maldonado driving we’ll soon find out!
Not horrorshow.
I’d rather drink moloko with knives than look at F1 cars circa 2014.
I rather like this approach as compared to the Williams. When it comes to collisions, think of it as a two pronged fork flipping cars like burgers!