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Saturday ,13 February 2010

Jerez test report - day four of four

The Force India Formula One Team has finished the VJM03’s maiden test in Jerez on a positive note, with Adrian Sutil posting the second quickest time of the day, a 1:20.180 behind McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton. Conditions today remained dry from mid morning, allowing the team to run through systems checks, set-up evaluation and tyre comparisons. Adrian completed 84 laps of the Spanish track to bring the total test mileage to more than 1,200km.

 

Testing resumes next week, again at Jerez, from 17 – 20 February. New test and reserve driver Paul di Resta will get his first outing in the VJM03 on 17 February before Adrian and Tonio take over for the remainder of the test.


Adrian Sutil
In the end we did some really good runs, concentraing mainly on getting as much experience as we could with the new tyres. Set-up wise, we were pretty good already and the car balance is not so far away. We also tried a couple of longer runs and saving the tyres seems to be the key point as we could set some quick times on the early laps but then the tyres dropped off towards the end of the runs. We weren’t going for a time, just trying to get as much information as possible at this stage to feed back into the programme for next week.


Dominic Harlow, chief race engineer
We completed the final day of the test with a greater mileage than the previous days despite some poor weather to begin with and a planned period of downtime, which is positive. Overall our objectives today were completed, meaning some mechanical and bodywork test items and tyre comparisons. It’s been a good first test with the VJM3 confirming the base characteristics of the car and the most prominent effects of the regulation changes for 2010.


Testing data
Driver:     Adrian Sutil
Track:     Circuito de Jerez, Spain
Best lap time:     1:20.180
Laps completed:     84
Kilometres completed: 372km 
Air temperature:     High of 9 C
Track temperature:     High of 17 C
Weather:             Rain to start but dried mid morning,
                                    although remained overcast

 

 

 
 
 
1.
Posted by : bobby |  23 February 2010 at 9:04:53 PM
cant wait now sutil and toni keep it up this year dont want drama chak da force india good luck
   
2.
Posted by : shijojoey |  18 February 2010 at 1:23:36 AM
Go Go Sutil... Luizzi still needs some practise with the car. Gud luck.
   
3.
Posted by : satchu |  18 February 2010 at 12:11:55 AM
Well done guys; excellent job; I hope force india will rock this 2010
   
4.
Posted by : adithya |  17 February 2010 at 4:13:50 PM
GO FORCE INDIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
   
5.
Posted by : Sanjeev |  17 February 2010 at 12:31:06 PM
Great Job to everyone at Force India F1. Would like you guys to try & improve the downforce if possible... Would love to hear the Indian National Anthem at the podium
   
6.
Posted by : Yash |  16 February 2010 at 4:42:22 PM
Hello Force india Team....What a Perfect Start!!! Now the expectation from the team is really high aftr the succesive 4 days testing.I am sure if we carry the same momentum for the rest of the seaon we will be in the top 4 position in championship this year.I wish you all the best Force india:-)
   
7.
Posted by : J.Claude Justin-Bangalore |  15 February 2010 at 10:29:07 PM
Jerez testing is very much encouraging,but it is too early to conclude anything but I am pretty confident that Dr.Vijay Malya and his team is going in the right direction to repeat last years performance and even better.Comeon Force India we need consistant podium finished.All the best and Good luck.
   
8.
Posted by : Virendra Manjrekar |  15 February 2010 at 12:31:05 PM
Great Job! Looks like you guys are on course to make a deeper mark this season. Keep it up Adrian and "All The Best" for further testing!
   
9.
Posted by : Uday |  15 February 2010 at 12:18:05 PM
Very happy to hear this news. Well done VJM03 Team. I am sure we will be rocking this year. Wants to hear Indian name to be heard strongly in F1 too...... :)
   
10.
Posted by : Rohan |  15 February 2010 at 1:44:16 AM
Have been following the test runs closely and its great to see the nice start to the testing of the new car. Hopefully in the coming weeks we can see longer runs to see the behaviour of tyres. Go Force India!
   
11.
Posted by : NSP |  15 February 2010 at 12:27:41 AM
great work by Force india team ... and wishes from 1 billion people in India to carry momentum till the end ....all the best.
   
12.
Posted by : suparn sathe |  14 February 2010 at 11:01:47 PM
a good start for the team before the grueling season ahead. this year too the team will come up with some good surprises. all the good luck.
   
13.
Posted by : suparn sathe |  14 February 2010 at 10:59:32 PM
A good start for the grueling season ahead. this year as well force india will come up with some surprises and i think more n more people (in India) are now in support of this team.
   
14.
Posted by : Akhilesh |  14 February 2010 at 8:28:13 PM
i love fi and very about the jerez test result keep going ALL THE BEST!
   
15.
Posted by : Vikku |  14 February 2010 at 6:52:02 PM
According to the great Michael Schumi, in an autosport article (http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81492), other then the top 4 teams all other teams are suffering from tyre related problems in the long runs...so presumably he is mentioning even ForceIndia is suffering from these problems. Dunno if its true or not but I hope guys can give some clarity to it!
   
16.
Posted by : palash ghawde |  14 February 2010 at 6:38:38 PM
Awesum sutil....go force india go..... good performance!!!!!
   
17.
Posted by : santosh |  14 February 2010 at 5:47:54 PM
Its nice to see force india is doing good .. hope we can FI on podium...
   
18.
Posted by : onkar rs |  14 February 2010 at 2:47:35 PM
grt come back drive frm adrain ...vjm03 has got a grt potential this year...n it will be good for force india to score this season...
   
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Posted by : parminder |  14 February 2010 at 1:34:09 PM
Bravo Adrian and good work team.My best wishes specially to Mr.Smith and Mr.James Key for producing such a competitive car and ofcourse to Mr.Vijay Mallya to make it happen.Can't wait for Bahrin.
   
20.
Posted by : TarunV |  14 February 2010 at 1:32:40 PM
Can Bahrain handle the force of India? Thumbs Up for Mallya , Sutil , Liuzzi , paul & the complete team. Go VJM03 Go.
   
21.
Posted by : biswajeet |  14 February 2010 at 12:55:12 PM
Feeling the heat already! GO WIN!
   
22.
Posted by : Nakul Misra |  14 February 2010 at 11:34:22 AM
The car looks consistent if we look back on the Jerez's test results, & there looks a definite potential of being amongst the top seven teams this season. Good job done by the team and the drivers as it looks a better package all around. Go for a greater success in 2010........... Good Luck!!
   
23.
Posted by : Darshan Kadaiah |  14 February 2010 at 11:16:53 AM
Guys....u r doing a fantastic job....juss keep trying hard...nd u will surely b the winner!!!
   
24.
Posted by : robin hayes |  14 February 2010 at 4:03:14 AM
keep up the good work
   
25.
Posted by : Srini |  14 February 2010 at 3:28:51 AM
Awesome drive Adrian :) Go Force India!!... I cannot wait for Bahrain race!!
   
26.
Posted by : CASINOVA_MUMBAI |  14 February 2010 at 1:11:25 AM
i have been following the test and very happy that we are able to achieve what we wear trying to.just like you guys now even people back in india feel force india and our new car can do wonders in this session. good job done.. all the best.. keep it up. and happy valentine day to all force india team :)
   
 

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