Force India VJM07 Mercedes

[Godius]

RW-endplate and lower flap details, the shape of the pylons has also changed a bit to my eyes but that could also be just the angle of the picture :

AMuS:
New, 17 april 2014:



Old, 3 april 2014:

[turbof1]

Ah, the triangular endplate slots. I believe a solution dating back from 2010, introduced by red bull.

[mantikos]

Ah, the triangular endplate slots. I believe a solution dating back from 2010, introduced by red bull.

Where?

[stefan_]

China 2014 - Thursday (17.04.2014)

[jagunx51]

interesting, how they put the cooling fan for HE



.....are they running with extreme rake ?

[gray41]

Any reason for the removal of the orange side pod paint?

Could it be weight related?

[Godius]

Any reason for the removal of the orange side pod paint?

Could it be weight related?

That's what I thought as well.

Also take note of that Nico is running the old spec RW.

[SamF1]

Any reason for the removal of the orange side pod paint?

Could it be weight related?

That's what I thought as well.

Also take note of that Nico is running the old spec RW.

Bob Fernley has said the orange paint would be back next grand prix.

[Sidhartha.techie]

Any reason for the removal of the orange side pod paint?

Could it be weight related?

That's what I thought as well.

Also take note of that Nico is running the old spec RW.

Bob Fernley said that some aero work was being done on the car, may be thats why hulk was driving with old spec RW and Perez was given the new one.

[SamF1]

Force India haven't made any significant changes in the body work of the car except the new sidepods. However, they had announced that the nose was just a testing spec. It would be interesting to see, what update they bring when the european leg starts.

[Godius]

Craig talking about the new VJM07 sidepod layout, starts around 1:19

[Blackout]

[Blackout]

The right hand intake manifold pipe above the 'O' of 'Claro' ?


Maybe it's fed by the big 'C' shaped channel coming from the intercoller placed in the left hand sidepod

[maheshvi]

The right hand intake manifold pipe above the 'O' of 'Claro' ?
http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.ph ... u=14795526

Maybe it's fed by the big 'C' shaped channel coming from the intercoller placed in the left hand sidepod

http://www.racecar-engineering.com/wp-c ... eejay2.jpg

There is such a huge space in between the gearbox oil cooling duct and the actual PU. I think they can easily have the same solution as Mercedes ( i.e. having the ducts lowered and come out on the side). This can easily make their rear wing work better.

[Godius]

Hülkenberg stated in a AMuS article that his brake locking related problems in Shanghai were related to the introduction of the FRIC-system, where the team still needs time to understand and adapt to this newly introduced system. He thinks that otherwise the Force India's could have had it easier against the Williams cars.

In an other article he is stating that there are more aero updates on schedule for Barcelona.

edit, picture: