Force India VJM07 Mercedes

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Crucial_Xtreme wrote:Fernley says the team pursued a wrong aero concept mid-season and that's the reason for their dip in pace & results. He says they just worked out what went wrong but would only say they took the wrong development path. I'm going to look back through their updates in hope maybe one can figure out where they went wrong.

Force India Corrects Aero Error Ahead of Abu Dhabi
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I will say, it's amazing how many teams at the end of a season, find the 'fix' for the suspension/aero/design path that they'd been using wrong all year, and how they'll hence be much faster next year Mr. Sponsor, just sign here.

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PhillipM wrote:I will say, it's amazing how many teams at the end of a season, find the 'fix' for the suspension/aero/design path that they'd been using wrong all year, and how they'll hence be much faster next year Mr. Sponsor, just sign here.
You're right but to the fair to FI their CFD upgrade planned for January only went live on stream in July time so they may have a very small point..

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Abu Dhabi 2014 - Thursday (20.11.2014)

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That new rear wing endplate looks very aggressive.

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did they just took old rear wing endplate from Ferrari and repainted it to match their car?

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The monkey seat seems a low profile one by the looks of it. For they not going for downforce to maximize their top on the two long straight?
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Airbox-Display test, via AMuS:

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adrianjordan wrote:What is the purpose of that display?
Its something that Anthony Hamilton came up with. the idea is it would display car information for fans (Number, driver name, tyre choice etc) I can't see it catching on though, it's not going to be that visible for TV watchers, let alone trackside.

It would be simpler and cheaper to just put the car number on the sides in a large font.

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i think it is aimed more at trackside than tv.

It's a nice idea, but if it will be visible enough is something else. I guess that is what is being tested. It doesn't look like its on in those pictures. Bright white LED's can be quiet good.

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The actual "wing" part seems redundent, why not just incorporated the thin LED display into the rear wing endplate or side of the engine cover. Strikes me as "Design for Designs Sake"

On a related note, how long before we see screens with live adverts running on F1 bodywork?
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Yeah, so much for the financial crisis sake
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In my opinion this is a stupid idea & adds nothing.
It's easy enough to spot which tyres are being used, they're colour coded!
At the track I would imagine that most people use their mobile phones to get the latest info. on the race.
Maybe this is just an exercise in massaging Mr. Hamiltons' big ego!!! I'm sure that he was thinking of something along these lines:
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dobbster71 wrote:In my opinion this is a stupid idea & adds nothing.
It's easy enough to spot which tyres are being used, they're colour coded!
At the track I would imagine that most people use their mobile phones to get the latest info. on the race.
Maybe this is just an exercise in massaging Mr. Hamiltons' big ego!!! I'm sure that he was thinking of something along these lines:
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well actually that is the whole point about this tech, people have to check their devices for info on drivers data thereby taking their eyes of the track action, it is definitely not for TV audience, although I don't think even trackside people will be able to spot it
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