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High downforce rear wing on Thursday, no monkey seat:

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Formula1.com wrote:After more than half a decade of running with their front calipers ahead of the front axle (inset), Force India have moved to the more conventional positioning to the rear of the axle (main drawing). The only obvious potential benefit of the team’s old layout was weight distribution. The major plus of the new one is better cooling of the caliper. This solution was tested in Barcelona recently and then raced on both cars in Monaco.
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Canadian GP:

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They will definetly score points in this race. Their car is like a Saturnus rocket in power based tracks and in Canada overtaking is possible mostly on the straights. Last year they were on the main straight as fast as other cars with opened DRS.
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Austria test - Day 1

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Via AMuS
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Are they introducing the b-spec at this test?
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Nathanael F1 wrote:Are they introducing the b-spec at this test?
Force India to test final part of F1 upgrade in Austria
Autosport wrote:Force India will continue introducing B-spec parts to its current Formula 1 car, and run the final elements in the post-Austrian GP test before its debut at Silverstone.

A switch of windtunnels to Toyota's facility in Cologne and issues with suppliers meant the team chose to have a launch car for Australia and then introduce a heavily-revised model later in the F1 season.

The initial plan was to run the B-spec for the first time in this week's test at the Red Bull Ring, but the team has opted to gradually introduce parts over a number of races since May's Monaco Grand Prix, which has coincided with its improved form.

Nico Hulkenberg's sixth place in the Austrian GP moved the team up to fifth place in the constructors' championship.

"We've been steadily introducing new parts from the [B-spec] car since Monaco," Force India deputy team principal Bob Fernley told AUTOSPORT.

"We have introduced some of the mechanical elements already, they're well-tested now because we wanted to get reliability onto those as well and they've delivered performances that we were looking at.

"At the Austria test we now want to do the aero verification and correlation, so there will be some key bodywork processes to be done."

The plan now is to have two complete B-spec cars ready for the upcoming British Grand Prix at Silverstone, the team's home race.

"We want to have two chassis'; one for each driver so they've both got equal equipment for Silverstone," added Fernley.

"We're on target for everything that we want to do. If anything, we're probably slightly ahead of target because we've brought these components in early.

"The chassis has got to be modified so there's some work there. We've got one new chassis that's in process now, that's just coming through, and another one got to be done."

Esteban Ocon will test for the team on Tuesday with Pascal Wehrlein taking over on Wednesday.
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The ones with the least to say always want to be heard the most…

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Silent Storm wrote:https://twitter.com/tgruener/status/613386390949220352
New nose!! Now that's interesting.
Really the nose... with nostrils !!!

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What's going on there?!

They stole some left-over front wings from Red Bull as well, it seems
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That front wing looks very RBR-esque indeed. I guess that rumours of the RBR Guru-guy within FIF1 are true after all.

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