Force India VJM08 Mercedes

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NAPI10 wrote:FI is not running Nostrils at Hungarian GP?
Both noses are there

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Hungaroring - Friday

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Jef Patat wrote:
Silent Storm wrote:The car does not look to be lifted here.. If you enlarge these pictures the gap still looks small.
https://twitter.com/albertfabrega/statu ... 3007662080
Maybe I stand corrected but that gap looks too small to be true. If it's not touching it almost looks like millimeters. A wet tire is +1cm in diameter, so that wouldn't work. Unless suspension geometry is adjusted I cannot imagine that car hitting a curb, moving off the ground and the suspension pushing the wheel down. If I remember correctly rear suspension travels around 5cm. There doesn't seem to be any room at all.
I think they just run a high ride height when they push the car around. During the sessions they lower it back.
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Splitter design detail

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Force India Coloured Tyres. Vijay is a clever man.
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If FI wants to topple Redbull for 4th then next 3 tracks is their best chance. They have to produce couple of podiums finishes and B-specs seems to be capable of it.

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https://twitter.com/charlieagu/status/6 ... 9174348801 Hey guys, long time lurkerer

wanted to point out Hulk was running a new version of the nose, check out the S duct exit compared to Perez car

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According to Perez the b-spec car is quite an overall improvement but the downside of that is that it suffers from high tire degradation.

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Godius wrote:According to Perez the b-spec car is quite an overall improvement but the downside of that is that it suffers from high tire degradation.
Could this be a case of the type of tracks the car has raced on since its B spec introduction or also that they have not completely mastered their setup for the B-Spec package

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Old noses.... Probably less draggy..
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Nah they always take them to the races, I think its because they dont have enough spares.

Also for precaution for what happened in Hungary