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Starting a new naming system for their cars, Lotus (formerly Renault) have announced that their 2012 machine will be called the E20, commemorating the 20th chassis to be designed at their Enstone factory in the UK.
最近，莲花（原名RENAULT）为他们的车系启用了新的命名系统。为了纪念该公司在英国恩斯通（ENSTONE）工厂设计制造的第20代底盘，2012年的新赛车将称为E20。
Enstone has been a Formula One team base since 1992, when Benetton moved there from their previous Oxfordshire facility. Benetton had started life as Toleman in 1981, before becoming Renault in 2002 and then Lotus for 2012.
1992年，贝纳通车队将他们在牛津郡OXFORDDSHIRE 的工厂迁师至恩斯通ENSTONE之后，此地就称为一级方程式赛车的基地。
贝纳通车队（BENETTON）的前身叫杜文车队（TOLEMAN），成立于1981年，2002年更名为雷诺车队（RENAULT），2012正式命名为莲花车队（LOTUS）。
“Our naming of the chassis to recognise Enstone’s importance to the team’s evolution highlights our recognition of the contribution of the facility and the personnel who work tirelessly every year to produce the very best car possible,” said team principal Eric Boullier.
“We certainly hope that this is the case with the E20 and we are looking forward to revealing the car to the world and seeing it out on track for the first time.”
车队的负责人ERIC BOULLIER 说：“以一款底盘来命名一部车是为了确认ENSTONE对于车队发展的重要性，同时强调工厂在硬件设施方面和人力资源方面的贡献。技术人员夜以继日地工作确保我们生产的每辆车都是最好的。我们希望E20将是一个契机，向世界展示该车，并见证它首次驰骋在赛道上。”
The E20 will be unveiled online on February 5 and shown to the world’s media the following day in Jerez, Spain when it will briefly take to the track for filming. On February 7 Lotus’s new lead driver, returning former world champion Kimi Raikkonen, will start the team’s pre-season test programme at Jerez, with new team mate Romain Grosjean due to take over on February 9.
E20将于2月5日在网络发布消息，并于次日在西班牙南部城市赫雷斯（JEREZ）以电影的方式和媒体见面。2月7日，莲花车队的新车手，复出的前世界冠军吉米·莱科宁将和队友罗曼·格罗斯在该城开始赛季前测试。
“There are a number of technical changes from last year and we have an exciting new driver line-up to extract the maximum from the E20 through the 20 Grands Prix of the 2012 season, including the 500th race for this team through its different incarnations,” added Boullier. “We hope that the E20 proves to be a performing Enstone design.”
BOULLIER表示：“从去年开始我们进行了大量的技术改造，同时我们拥有了一个令人激动的车手阵容，从而保证了E20的性能在第20届国际汽车大奖赛2012赛季中得到最大限度上的发挥。我们希望E20将被证明是ENSTONE的一款杰出的具代表性的设计。”