Lotus 98T

(lotus_98t) Default
Lotus 98T, skin 0_delonghi_11
Lotus 98T, skin 0_delonghi_11
Lotus 98T, skin DeLonghi_12
Lotus 98T, skin Mullberry_17
Lotus 98T, skin Mullberry_18
Lotus 98T, skin brokmans_13
Lotus 98T, skin brokmans_14
Lotus 98T, skin craft_03
Lotus 98T, skin craft_04
Lotus 98T, skin dline_01
Lotus 98T, skin dline_02
Lotus 98T, skin dome_15
Lotus 98T, skin dome_16
Lotus 98T, skin eastern_07
Lotus 98T, skin eastern_08
Lotus 98T, skin epoxo_09
Lotus 98T, skin epoxo_10
Lotus 98T, skin race_trim_19
Lotus 98T, skin race_trim_20
Lotus 98T, skin wilson_05
Lotus 98T, skin wilson_06

The Lotus 98T was a development of the Lotus 97T of 1985.
Of the four chassis built three were assigned to Ayrton Senna, now in his second year with Team Lotus, and one to team mate Johnny Dumfries.

Designed by Gérard Ducarouge and Martin Ogilvie the chassis featured a lower monocoque than the 97T as a result of a regulation change stipulating a reduction in fuel capacity to 195 litres. The powertrain consisted of the new Renault EF15B turbo V6 engine driving through a six speed Hewland gearbox.

The EF15B was to appear in two forms, the standard engine and the D.P. engine which featured pneumatic valve springs for the first time. At the end of the season Renault introduced the revised EF15C which in addition to the D.P. valve gear also boasted common rail fuel injection and much revised water cooling through the cylinder head reducing the likelihood of pre-ignition (detonation). Power figures for this period of F1 history are largely speculative as most engine manufactures freely admitted that their test beds would not have a sufficient power rating to measure the 1.5 litre turbos output at above 4 bar boost. It is generally accepted that the Renault EF15 produced between 1,200 bhp (890 kW) and 1,300 bhp (970 kW) at 5.5 absolute bar boost.

Setups

There are no setups for this car.

Sessions

This car has been used in 5 sessions.

Tyres

  • Hard GP86 (H)
  • Medium GP86 (M)
  • Qualifying GP86 (Q)
  • Soft GP86 (S)

Specs

  • Acceleration: --s 0-100
  • BHP: 1000+bhp
  • Power Ratio: --kg/hp
  • Top Speed: 330+km/h
  • Torque: 800+Nm
  • Weight: 523kg

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