The Caterham F1 team unveiled its 2012 challenger to the public on Wednesday, one day ahead of the what was originally planned by the squad.
The team has revealed its car on the cover of the latest edition of F1 Racing magazine, subscribers of which received their copies today. But the team has now also released an image of the car through its official Twitter feed. It intends to publish more images and further details of its new car on Caterham's website tomorrow.
Caterham's CT01, as the car will be called, is the team's first open-wheel car to be built under the brand name of the British small-volume sports car maker, which takes over from Lotus as the name of the Tony Fernandes-owned team for its third season in Formula 1.
The car, which will be powered by Renault engines, features a platypus-like nose with front suspension mounts that raise above the nose line. Features such as these may prove to be quite common this year due to the new regulations covering the nose area.
It also appears to be more aggressive aerodynamically than its predecessors, which were deliberately conservative, and features tightly sculpted, low rear bodywork with slim and short sidepods to maximize the low drag effect in that area.
The CT01 is scheduled to make its track debut at Jerez next month, when testing kicks off.