Force India VJM07 Mercedes

[Nflux]

Should Force India paint the nose of the VJM07? White on top and orange on the sides?

[Hail22]

Bahrain Grand Prix April 2nd

[stefan_]

Bahrain 2014 - Thursday (03.04.2014)

[Godius]

Bahrain 2014 - Thursday (03.04.2014)

http://i.imgur.com/8UBOvCg.jpg

It kind of looks like they have placed a partial gurney flap on top of the upper element of the front wing.

[Blackout]

Neat

[Godius]

Too bad that there isn't a HD photo of the FW but it does seems like small Gurney strips on upper elements of the FW, but it could also just be a protection strip for the mechanics:

AMuS:

[PlatinumZealot]

Pretty much the nose with the best air flow on the grid. Teams are gonna start converging to this pencil design very soon if the regs stay as they are.

[Michiba]

Neat
http://img4.auto-motor-und-sport.de/For ... 769346.jpg

http://img2.auto-motor-und-sport.de/For ... 756601.jpg

Interesting. Does this mean that FI are using the secondary inlet to supply air to the engine? What are they using the traditional main inlet for?

[Owen.C93]

Upper inlet goes to radiators above the gearbox, the main inlet goes down between the engine and fuel tank where the compressor is. You can see the small expansion box where the air filter is housed.

[Michiba]

I see. Forgot it was the Merc engine.

[Godius]

I still have not seen a HQ photo from that FW element but I saw that they used the black strip in both FP1 and FP2, so it has got to be a Gurney strip.

Edit: found a good picture and it conforms the suspicion:

[Cuky]

Pretty much the nose with the best air flow on the grid. Teams are gonna start converging to this pencil design very soon if the regs stay as they are.

just me being curious: do you have any evidence to support that statement?

[Godius]

In-season Bahrain test, day 1

[jagunx51]

Neat
http://img4.auto-motor-und-sport.de/For ... 769346.jpg

under the cover ....

[vas_04614]

[quote="Godius"]In-season Bahrain test, day 1



Are they testing new sidepods with more undercut or it's just illusion due to the absence of sahara logo?