Force India VJM07 Mercedes

[vas_04614]

Lot of confidence with these upgrades could be up to a second if the data is correct..

Source?

[adityah353]

New sidepod airflow conditioners for austria too. Good upgrades by force india. Hope it delivers on track.

[multisync]

Lot of confidence with these upgrades could be up to a second if the data is correct..

Source?

From the factory

[Morteza]

https://twitter.com/techF1LES/status/479379024851255296

[stefan_]

Austria 2014 - Wednesday (18.06.2014)

[Owen.C93]

Austria 2014 - Wednesday (18.06.2014)

http://img2.auto-motor-und-sport.de/Mar ... 787570.jpg

Marussia

[stefan_]

Haha. Fail. Sorry.

[marcush.]

either FI have decided to elongate the wheelbase by moving the front wheels Forward >this would make a front wing move Forward mandatory ...
or they have a new front wing as well ,which seems what they did > if you look closely the mounting bolts spacing for the wing on those two nose assemblies is different ,the new ones are spaced further apart ..

you cannot just move the wing forward - there is a Dimension specified in the rulebook how far forward the wing can reach .

[Morteza]

https://twitter.com/techF1LES/status/479628687898574848

[Matt Somers]

They seem to have flattened out the lower portion of the turning vanes similar to Red Bull
https://twitter.com/SomersF1/status/479641433780273153

[emmepi27]

I think they have a new engine cover (different venting)

[Godius]

FP1 Austria

https://twitter.com/clubforce







Mario Keszeli
https://twitter.com/techF1LES/status/479900544514146305 Tobias Grüner
https://twitter.com/tgruener/status/479890152429731841

[Morteza]

https://twitter.com/techF1LES/status/479974703529218048 I've been really looking forward to see this on Force India's car

[F1T]

Force India tweaks front wing design - Development blog

Sahara Force India have introduced a considerably aerodynamic upgrade for its VJM07 at Austria, including several front wing tweaks. As indicated in the image comparison, the front wing endplates now have one additional separate turning vane in an attempt to get more airflow outboard of the front wheels. The underside of the endplates have also slightly changed, dropping an edgy curve in favour or a nicely rounded profile.

Interestingly, the team have also opted to move the attachment points of the front wing forward, requiring a modification of the front wing pillars. It's no secret that the pillars are important to manage airflow underneath the nose, but in this case it looks like the mounting points have been redesigned for additional stability of the front wing. The wing is fixed by two titanium screws on each pillar, and imagery has shown the screws are now farther away from the other as well, reducing the possibility for the wing to rotate - albeit marginally - under load. Contrary to what it may look like, the team did not modify the nose cone and only the pillars were redesigned to connect to the front wing about 5cm more forward.

Note that the team also added a winglet above the front wheel brake ducts, most likely to create a vortex that will influence airflow onto and around the sidepod further downstream.

[NAPI10]

I don’t see any visible improvement in performance (based on qualifying at least); it seems, early days to get max out of upgrade.