Test report on the new Force India VJM01 in Barcelona

In this week's tests on the Barcelona track, Force India debuted the two new VJM01s, which, as stated by technical manager Mike Gascoyne, were equipped on Tuesday with 60% of the aerodynamic updates that will be brought to the first race of the world championship in Australia.

On the first day of testing, the wet track and an unexpected engine change for Liuzzi partially slowed down the work of Force India, which was also characterized by understeer problems for both cars, which were understood and resolved at the end of the day. On Tuesday, Giancarlo Fisichella and Tonio Liuzzi had the satisfaction of recording some very competitive chronometric results, with Fisichella rising to sixth place in the time table and both cars not registering any problems. mechanical. On the last day of testing conducted yesterday, Adrian Sutil joined the other starter Giancarlo Fisichella, bringing the new complete aerodynamic package to the track and testing set-ups and qualifying in the morning and long distances in the afternoon.

Mike Gascoyne, chief technical officer:
“A reasonable conclusion to the tests, although we had a bit more problems than the other two days. Our greatest hope was to complete a race distance with both cars, an objective achieved despite the 'red flags' and an exhaust problem for Fisichella's car. Overall the pace was good, especially for Giancarlo and this was true for all three days. It was a step forward and we have something else in store for the Melbourne race."

Monday 25
best laps: 1min 23.091 (Adrian) / 1min 23.239 (Tonio)
laps: 100 (59 Adrian, 41 Tonio)

Tuesday 26
best laps: 1min 22.516 (Giancarlo) / 1min 22.942 (Tonio)
laps: 191 (102 Giancarlo, 89 Tonio)

Wednesday 27
best laps: 1min 22.233 (Giancarlo) / 1min 22.521 (Adrian)
laps: 209 (102 Giancarlo, 107 Adrian)

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