A look at Force India’s VJM02 F1 Car

Team Force India was one of the last Formula One constructor to unveil their F1 car.

It was unveiled last month on February 28th at Silverstone Circuit and a public test at the Circuito de Jerez in Spain the next day.

Indian businessman Vijay Mallya and team has made signifigant changes to their car.

Firstly the colors have changed from its red/gold to white/green of the Indian national flag.

On the inside Force India favors and opting for a Mercedes-Benz engine this season, their previous engine deal was with Ferrari.

Plus the other small minor redesign such as the suspension, side-pods and the rear aerodynamics are all made for F1 season 2009.

Technical Specs

Chassis Carbon fiber and honeycomb composite monocoque
Suspension (front) TBA
Suspension (rear) TBA
Engine Mercedes-Benz FO 108W 2.4L V8, naturally-aspirated, mid-mounted
Transmission McLaren, 7 forward gears + 1 reverse, semi-automatic
Tyres Bridgestone

Posted March 12th, 2009 in Constructors by unclesha.

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Season 2011

Sebastian Vettel (German) RBR-Renault / 392 pts
Jenson Button (British) McLaren-Mercedes / 270 pts
Mark Webber (Australian) RBR-Renault / 258 pts
Fernando Alonso (Spanish) Ferrari / 257 pts
Lewis Hamilton (British) McLaren-Mercedes / 227 pts
Felipe Massa (Brazilian) Ferrari / 118 pts
Nico Rosberg (German) Mercedes GP / 89 pts
Michael Schumacher (German) Mercedes GP / 76 pts
Adrian Sutil (German) Force India-Mercedes / 42 pts
Vitaly Petrov (Russian) Renault / 37 pts
Nick Heidfeld (German) Renault / 34 pts
Kamui Kobayashi (Japanese) Sauber-Ferrari / 30 pts
Paul di Resta (British) Force India-Mercedes / 27 pts
Jaime Alguersuari (Spanish) STR-Ferrari / 26 pts
Sebastien Buemi (Swiss) STR-Ferrari / 15 pts
Sergio Perez (Mexican) Sauber-Ferrari / 14 pts
Rubens Barrichello (Brazilian) Williams-Cosworth / 4 pts
Bruno Senna (Brazilian) Renault / 2 pts
Pastor Maldonado (Venezuelan) Williams-Cosworth / 1 pts
Jarno Trulli (Italian) Lotus-Renault / 0 pts
Jerome d'Ambrosio (Belgian) Virgin-Cosworth / 0 pts
Timo Glock (German) Virgin-Cosworth / 0 pts
Heikki Kovalainen (Finnish) Lotus-Renault / 0 pts

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