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Force India VJM11 text by tw
(This page was written on February 26, 2018 and translated into English on March 21, 2018.)

On February 26, 2018, Force India 's 2018 machine [VJM11] was released.
For photos of the machine, see F1-Gate.com.
I write my opinion below from the overview of the car body.


Compared with their last year's machine, the biggest difference is that they wear [halo].
The next big difference is that we adopted a trend to lower the side pod upper side to the outside in the middle section between the side pods.
But besides that, this is innovative! Or, this is a big evolution! Or, this is very different! The thing in the area called 'I have not found it in the picture I got.
Are they conservative machines this year? Or is the inside significantly different?

The team's identity, [nose hole Ver.2] is inherited.
Front wing A small curled vane was added to the outside of the wing tip plate. This may be the result of repeated experiments with CFD.

The front suspension does not adopt the Mercedes style High Mount Wishbone, it looks conservative.

I mind that the longitudinal vanes in front of the side pods are very small.
Should they have brought the area more boldly?

The stay of the white collar rearview mirror positively holds the airflow which the front wing bounced up.
This will stabilize the flow behind.
Perhaps two vertical mini-vanes (black color) at the front of the side pod upper surface are each supposed to be an auxiliary stay of the mirror.

Unless you update the aerodynamics significantly, you may be beaten by Williams, who is the same power unit user of Mercedes.
Since there are no photos of the rear end yet, let's wait for a picture of the test run in the meantime.

The driver is a pair of Sergio Perez and Esteban Okon.

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