Force India VJM08 Speculation Thread

[Ferraripilot]

I think this is mostly a livery release as much of what will actually be the legaly 2015 car isn't even there.

[Polemik]

@ astracrazy : OK, but even the new livery and new nose looks much better from Williams for me

[Racer X]

Helmets i know this is car talk but here are the helmets mods move sorry.. Preview i guess..

[FrukostScones]

so it seems to be a 2014 car (air intake, side pods, illegally high front bulkhead) with a 2013 beam wing rear wing and a 2015 style fitted nose and new livery ...

[Bomber_Pilot]

I expected a similar livery on the Mclaren.

[Manoah2u]

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/u ... 21ja64.jpg

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/u ... 21ja35.jpg

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/u ... 21ja04.jpg

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/u ... 21ja03.jpg

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/u ... 21ja02.jpg

hands down the most beautifull car and livery for 2015, no doubt.
and indeed hoping for an unexpected beam wing in 2015 for force india where they'd found a loophole.
I don't think they will, i'd expect them to hide it untill the very last moment if they would.

Then again, they might incorporated the design alltogether and other teams might not be able to copy it,
without ruining their design / aero phylosophy.

Perhaps they won't be the sole beamwing participators though. lets see

here's hoping Force India is gonna score a Win or 2 this year [-o<

[kakogohrena]

pictures comparison vjm07 vs vjm08 http://mclarenf-1.com/index.php?page=srch&ch1=32&ch2=29

[Italiano]

Noice.

[Sevach]

Was thinking that too. Although I hope they found a magic loophole.

They wouldn't openly display their discovery in a show car if that was case.

With that said great livery =D>

[Pilatus]

Double post.


Please delete.

[Manoah2u]

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/u ... 21ja64.jpg

I hugely doubt they'd put that beam wing 'for show use only' if they weren't intending to have something similar for the actual race version. They could easily pick last year's rear wing, and knowing the rear wing needs adjustment to house the 2014+ monkeyseat which has been adapted to the central exhaust, i just can't imagine them doing all that work just for funs.
Even if it was an old spec rear wing of lets say pre-2013, then it still needed quite some work to fit this showmodel.

I think they're really gonna have this thing on the final product. Looks like the centre part of the beam wing 'stops' where the monkey seat is positioned. Could the beam wing be viewed as a part of the monkeyseat 'side walls' in a twist of rule loophole bending?

Mclaren made it possible to make their rear suspension a 'beamwing-imitating' part which was 'part' of the suspension structure so they got away with it.

Is it possible to maintain a similar philosohy in incorperating a 'beamwing' to the monkeyseat?

[Pilatus]

hands down the most beautifull car and livery for 2015, no doubt.

Sure it is.

For now, VJM08 is the only 2015 car.

the only 2015 thing on this car is the nose, and even that could just be an early version

More likely that even FW is completely last season, only nose cone and pe**s-like add-on are 2015 spec.







Cascades, endplates, main plane, wing flaps.... all identical to VJM07 spec.

[turbof1]

The rules are clear on that: no bodywork outside 100mm of either sidee of the centreline between the endplates of the RW. Suspension is an exception to that. However, it's clear this isn't suspension.

If they did found such a loopholes, they probably not even run it during testing and just introduce it right beforz qualifying in Melbourne. It would yield a very significant advantage which they would want to hide from the competition as long as possible

Maybe they are hoping the competition wastes time on researching the possibility.

[tomazy]

I think I figured out what rear wing this is, and the conclusion?

It is the 2012 VJM05 rear wing

here is a pic for comparison:



All the slots are the same, the DRS actuator is the same, even the monkey seat is the same (and not legal for this years rules, as it is in the way of the exhaust gasses), not to mention the beam wing.

EDIT: and I think that the nose is from last year, with a different vanelty pannel.

[kooleracer]

SFI's Andy Green stated the #VJM08 will have a new rear suspension with "hydro-mechanical system replacing the torsion springs" #TechF1 #F1

Hopefully it won't get banned like FRIC get banned during the season.


Andy Green also said that they will introduce a big upgrade for the race in Spain. But any F1 teams releases an big update in Spain so not surprise their.