Callum wrote:IS it just me or does it look like the nose will create some posative lift?
I guess thats right but they probably take the loss to get a cleaner airflow under the nose wich is directed to the cooling inlets. The TF109 seems to take a similar aproach.
This picture i found very interesting.
Compared to its competitors, the FI has sidepods less undercut at the front but relatively strong undercut at the back. Look at the rb5 or the mcmerc to see the opposite. But there is more interesting on the VJM02s sidepots. First of all, there is this conection of the sidepod deflectors. Me and my knowledge of aerodynamics do not understand their role in guiding air somewhere. Perhaps someone has an explanation for them but the traditional solotion seems much more elegant to me (rb5 or F60 for example). The FI lacks traditional barge boards but has small (turning?) fins mounted to the lower side of the monocoque.
Further on the mid part of the sidepot rearward the location of the radiator attracted my attention. It keeps a very low profile there and raises up again at the inner part for the cover of the exaust pipe.
Moreover the splitter reminded me of the mclaren (i think its mostly because of the uplink to the monocoque) as did the airbox inlet and the front suspension. From what i have seen so far the front suspension might have the same geometry but that is difficult to determine on a basis of pictures. As you should know a change of a few millimetres in suspension geometry can change suspension parametres radically and it is even more difficult to exclude that the geometry does not differ from the mclarens.
What is easy to see is that the tie rods profile is very slim. Lastly the mount of the mirrors is a homage to last years pre-cockpit fins.