LOTUS’S TWO PRONGED ATTACK! (Literally): The Story of the Lotus E22 (2014) 

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Lotus having the two most crash prone drivers in F1 driving for them was also a problem.

Take a drink every time Aidan says "problem"

Anybody remember the GIF of the 2014 McLaren F1 car sticking it's nose in the 2014 Lotus F1 car's (double) nose? One of the funniest F1 GIFs I've ever seen.

I loved that livery, and the fact Kimi … well destroyed that team by being too good.

I am the walrus car... Coo coo ka-chow!!! 😂😂😂

Drink every time Aidan says "problem"

Lotus and Torro Rosso were simply showing us how baby F1's are formed

I'll just leave a recommendation here for the Ratzenberger video. It's every bit as high quality as we've come to expect from Aidan, and I'm very happy Ratzenbergers story is being told.

I do not miss the Jonathan Legard days. He was a footie commentator for F1

Can't remember exactly which year it was, but in this period Lotus-Enstone were hit with a questionable FIA decision. They were developing their front-rear suspension interconnect system openly, keeping the FIA fully informed (as teams were 'strongly advised' to) and the guidance they received was that they considered it legal. Then at the last moment before the season began the FIA did a u-turn and declared it illegal. Quite apart from the fact their entire car is now compromised, developed around something which was banned at the last moment. For a cash strapped team, that's a hell of a lot of budget which could have been used elsewhere gone down the drain.

Thank you for not being cliché and doing a Senna video like everyone else. There are already so many Senna videos out there.

Well played on leaving any Newey reference to the very end. The original Storytime episode on him was spot on.

And the reason for Lotus having no money was.....Kimi being paid per point

i genuinely feel sometimes that im the only one who really liked the design of this car, it was so much better looking than most of the 2014 grid imo

That Lotus had a strong case of diphallia.

I'll have to watch this one before bed. When I saw the Williams Walrus, I thought it was weird, but looked interesting. But the Enstone Walrus just looked wrong, but at least it wasn't a 2014 Caterham.

back in the day they said if a Toro Rosso and a Lotus crashed head on it might give birth to small kart

6:14 so you have a head of Aero and a chief Aero, a chief designer and a project leader. And some other blokes. That must’ve been some fun board meetings… they’re all hierarchical bosses! Pulling rank was a disaster area

Love the topics of late. Carry on!

I take it you were aware you said "They were ahead of Mclaren who were behind them."

Curses! I had forgotten about Jonathan Legard commentating F1 back then "There he goes, round the corner, up the hill"

I liked when F1 was still the mad scientist’s fieldlab. That’s exactly why I’m into F1 and not Indy or some such. But for that, testing needs to be reinstated. Without, experimenting is too dangerous. That being said, if I was ceo at Lotus and saw this, I’d veto it on grounds of taste alone. A big nose is bad enough, this one’s split and asymmetrical. There’s no pulling birds with a sniffer like this.

Woah, that car was 10 years ago! Im getting old

Fun fact about the Lotus cars getting impounded, it was actually televised on the show (called in the Netherlands idk the English name) Deurwaarders UK.

Conrats to exactly 100k! 🍻

These are the stories I love to hear about Aidan the ones where There's no rule in the rule book that says they can't do it. Like Dale Earnhardt says it's not really cheating.It's just being innovative

I finally see the nose for what it was. Thought my eyes were deceiving me but yes one prong was longer. I always thought the long one was hiding another shorter one on the left, meaning 3 prongs.

keep up the good work Aidan!

awesome video again looking forward to the next one

Crash Test Boffins sounds like an Alan Partridge straight to bargin bin video.

Thanks Aidan . That was a good problem to laugh at 😅

I went to the 2014 Silverstone grand prix and got to walk down the pitlane, some of those cars so ugly that lotus was one of the few i didn't mind i remember seeing a woman averting her sons eyes from the front nose cone on the caterham car. It was incredibly phallic.

Jonathan Legard's 2009 commentary was most definitely "a problem"

As always, excellent.

Ooh, theres a problem there!

I remember the Caterham meme at the time. People photoshopped it's 'finger' to look like the 2nd mouth of a xenomorth.

Maldonado joined. So the old joke, 'loose nut behind the wheel' was a pro- er, issue, as well. I am reminded of Legard when watching the archives on F1TV and switch through the commentary languages to hear the international 'reaction' to moments. Everything is 'ein problem' in the German commentary, even to this day. Those first 2 seasons 'back' at the BBC in '09 and '10... Dear Jesus. Stuck with Jonathan "Problems there!" Legard and Martin Brundle in commentary and the coverage presented by a charisma free robot named Jake Humphrey. I *really* missed ITV. I didn't think the stepped noses were ugly except for the Ferrari. It was so blocky that it looked to me that they'd screwed up the concept, so it wasn't even giving the desired performance, while the Red Bull was more to the point, and the other teams elegantly sculpted theirs with rounded edges. The Lotus was one of the best, creating an iconic image of the throwback gold livery with Kimi Raikkonen behind the wheel. He knew what to do... These tusks irritated me because they're not bloody symmetrical! It was easy to joke that they had so little money they couldn't afford tusks the same length. How that provided any kind of aero benefit never made any sense to me. It was like a floor device that wasn't on the floor.

100k 🎉😊

Would love your take on Adrian Newey leaving Red Bull. Plus the potential of him joining Hamilton at Ferrari next year.

Legard made James Allen look competent and well informed and that's saying something.

Great video Aiden, clearly already prepared for release. But now I figure you're rapidly putting together a Newey follow-up video now that his departure is official.

It is still my strong belief, that the nose designs of the Lotus and the Caterham have their origins in discussions being held in the forum at F1Technical. I can remenber there were sketches shown long before there where any rumors on how the cars will look like.

Really knocking out the content lately. Keep up the great work. Thanks for another great video.

You should do a story about Tommy Byrne!!!

The number of problems mentioned is something of... ...an issue!

Does anyone else remember saying this car had a lot of potencial during pre season and then being one of the biggest flops? Something like the W13 with the no sidepods concept. It didn't work

Glad your feeling better. Your last video I believe you said you had something going on so was no face to face

May as well call this video the Lotus Problem

Tbh that would be a good video “when the factory Renault team ditched the Renault engine”

Issue. Drawback. Complication. Snag. Hitch. Trouble. Difficulty. Just for next time :D

2011 Lotus Renault GP entered by Renault ie the black car Team Lotus entered by Lotus Renault (sans GP) ie the green car No relations

Is the problem the new Moreno?

I don't have a problem with the amount of times you said "problem" in this video

I am the walrus.

lotus used lotus 123 while williams was still using excel

Not sure what was the bigger issue, the tusks or the fact they had Maldonaldo in the car

Problem there

Christian Horner complaining to the FIA? Some mistake surely?

Problem = Bother. As per Latte boy.

For a man who loves Tim Hortons and the Blue Jays, the Bruins hat is a surprise. As a Senators fan; top notch troll Aidan.

Uh-oh. This accidental new meme might be a problem.

Problem

Gary Anderson doesn't have a degree in anything, afaik!

What if the "fingered" drivers put the front of their cars into the front on this Lotus-Renault? 🤔 😆

Ah yes, the “phallus” noses. Don’t know why everyone didn’t just copy the way Williams had done it, tbh. But seriously, this was such a bad look for F1: the cars were quiet, ugly and slow…. Like what the hell were the FIA thinking?

That double-nosed front on that Lotus-Renault looked ugly. Looked like a pig, and the car performed like a dog.

"Tusky boi"? That is unsub-worthy cringiness.

6:16 😂so lotus saw all the other cars penis nose design and they said let's try balls.

Hey Aidan! I think this video has a problem! 🪷