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Force India VJM11
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johnmhinds
, Feb 26 2018 07:41
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 07:42
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A.Fant
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 07:43
Looks slow.
Will probably be deceptively fast as usual. 
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 07:44
Almost the rake of the red bull it seems
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 07:49
I like their solution for the nose - this one and Merc's are the only which don't ruin the looks IMO.
But the livery... Oh my, why so much white?
Pink could look good but with black or dark grey additions, not with white..
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 07:50
I like that car, easy to spot, I like the added white elements. Those sidepod intakes are tiny, but the car probably won't really get going until the Spanish GP, at which point it becomes best of the rest again. I hope this team continues to be so successful, they are fantastically well run.
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 07:51
Saw a couple of people saying the name change isn’t happening until tomorrow, still has the Force India logo on the nosecone.No name change?
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 08:04
Seems they lost a few sponsors. Felio Siby, Cartesian, Johnnie walker etc
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 08:06
The color scheme makes it look like a toy.
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 08:07
The color scheme makes it look like a toy.
I think that's what I like about it. it feels fresh, fun and not so corporate. I wish them all the best this year!
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 08:10
Where I used to like last year's car, this one looks quite cheap and chaotic. Hope the looks lie and it will be a fast car again 
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 08:12
Pretty in pink or not. I edited it a bit to bring out a detail or two from the more shadowy areas...
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 08:14
That shade of pink is great.
Quite a colourful and bright grid this year!
Quite a colourful and bright grid this year!
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 08:16
Almost the rake of the red bull it seems
Had to log-in just to comment on this.
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 08:20
No name change?
At this point they should just call the team ‘Dave’
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 08:24
At this point they should just call the team ‘Dave’
Which is a great name I must say, my personal favourite would be "Nigel"
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 09:43
Sweeeet.
Edited by Knowlesy, 26 February 2018 - 09:47.
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 09:44
Definitely an improvement livery-wise, not as monotone as the last year's one.
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 09:49
2018 is a good year for liveries.
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 09:51
Looks better than last year's livery to me, I prefer this shade of pink.
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 09:51
The colour is ok, but i thinik overall the car looks very messy. Like they just decided to stick their sponsors all over the place.
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 09:55
The colour is ok, but i thinik overall the car looks very messy. Like they just decided to stick their sponsors all over the place.
At least they have some. 
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 11:54
Lots of impressive looking aero detail all over the car.
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 12:33
I adore that livery.
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 12:35
Aero looks interesting. Drivers very promising. Livery is great. Overalls are terrible though.
Favourite team now I have turned my back on Williams.
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 13:03
I hope it's as fast as it is pink.
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 13:31
New Team Name Likely by Melbourne
26 February 2018
"There's a high probability that it will happen before the first race of this year," chief operating officer Otmar Szafnauer told Autosport.
"We're still working on it, we still haven't quite pinpointed what the name change will be, but we always said there will be a name change coming.
"The deadline is coming close, and like anything, the closer you get to a deadline the harder you work to make sure it happens."
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 13:33
I imagine the name might be "LateForce".
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 14:15
As a masculine man, I do like this colour scheme.
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 14:54
They could be a team in trouble. Not only because McLaren and Renault are expected to make heavy gains, but I read Force India had to build an entirely new chassis to make the halo fit. They also haven’t been as innovative with the side pods.
It’s set them back and they don’t have a limitless budget.
It’s set them back and they don’t have a limitless budget.
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 17:59
They could be a team in trouble. Not only because McLaren and Renault are expected to make heavy gains, but I read Force India had to build an entirely new chassis to make the halo fit. They also haven’t been as innovative with the side pods.
It’s set them back and they don’t have a limitless budget.
The structural/design issues like that, are the ones responsible for really hurting the smallest teams...
Hopefully they can battle this season with Renault, McLaren and Williams!
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 18:08
As a masculine man, I do like this colour scheme.
Vegeta approves
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 18:08
They could be a team in trouble. Not only because McLaren and Renault are expected to make heavy gains, but I read Force India had to build an entirely new chassis to make the halo fit. They also haven’t been as innovative with the side pods.
It’s set them back and they don’t have a limitless budget.
We've been saying this for the last 2 years and they still beat those teams. They have a Merc engine, as long as the chassis is decent they'll be ok
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 18:33
The car looks hideous on track!
It screams for black wings and halo...
http://www.theweek.c...-video-pictures
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 18:35
I love it. It looks like an ice cream. You can't miss it, and after all, real men wear pink.
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Posted 27 February 2018 - 05:44
Needs a touch of brown to make neapolitan spumoni. Yum.
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Posted 27 February 2018 - 05:52
I imagine the name might be "LateForce".
Not "LatteForce"?
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Posted 27 February 2018 - 11:06
I wish they would make the pink a real metallic like the helmets, to really pop out.
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Posted 27 February 2018 - 22:00
Oh Lord... it looks like a toilet seat.
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Posted 04 March 2018 - 17:52
We've been saying this for the last 2 years and they still beat those teams. They have a Merc engine, as long as the chassis is decent they'll be ok
The bodywork currently is from last year.
The first iteration of 2018 bodywork will come at Melbourne.
It's not ideal but we have to remember that is a privateer team.
They decided not to rush 2018 bodywork parts, it is better to do this rather than have correlation problem.
Also the temperatures from this tests make look any analysis unrelevent.
So just doing aero runs , racking up miles will be enough for now.
According to AMuS , drivers were told to cruise as they were short on parts. So lap times are quite unrelevent.
Edited by Viryfan, 04 March 2018 - 18:41.
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Posted 04 March 2018 - 21:01
One of the most efficient teams on the grid. Never write them off.
