Feliz año nuevo a todos! I meant to say "happy new year to all" in Spanish. I hope Google did that simple translation right. If it did not, you know who to blame. ;p But yes, I had to say it because Force India is the first F1 team to finally (after forty minutes of Spanish ramblings on my laptop speakers) uncover a... Wait, a McLaren? Oh right, since when did McLaren have Kingfisher and Claro as their sponsors?
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I love to be frank with everyone and I will do now. Frankly (I did warn you :p), the VJM08 is like a mix between a McLaren and Marussia. You take the base colour of McLaren-Mercedes (chrome) and the nose of a Marussia MR03 (the tip and the orange streaks), add in splashes of black and you get Force India's 2015 contender. It is a grand sight to look at. It was so much so of a drastic restyle, just like last year when we saw the FW36 revealed on the front cover of F1 Racing magazine! :O
Opting chrome over white did make the car sleeker and it does create a more aggressive impression. By giving the car a complete new look, it has however given up the colours of its origin of the green and white. The orange may be present but it was not emphasised on the livery. Team principal Vijay Mallya believes that the addition of silver "reflects the growth of the team and the global brands" they are working with and at the same time appeal to the fans.
One has to take note that what we saw two hours ago was just the exterior look of the VJM08 on the old VJM07. Most of the interior and some minor changes to the exterior are yet to be completed. Having postponed the actual car launch to the first Barcelona testing on 19th February, changes will involve the sidepods, cooling intakes, rear suspension and etc.
Before all this Spanish conversation took place at Mexico City, F1 Racing gave us again another Williams contender tease on its February issue. Lotus has taken this opportunity to show us some tongues of some creatures in the animal kingdom and I personally think #F1Deer comes the closest to describe the nose of the FW37! :p However, I beg to differ on Lotus' tongue references. In my eyes, it looked more like a puzzle piece. Yes, it does look way better than the FW36 (bless them for getting rid of the anteater nose) but it did not have any eye-catching trait to it. It looked like it was done in a haste. Comparing the FW36 and FW37, the FW37 just seem to have a shorter and chubbier nose. Did they just reuse the nose of the FW36 and just add fillings to the side of the nose cone? It does look cute like a pacifier but I thought they could have done better... Never mind that, as the saying goes, "don't judge a book by its cover". I am certain Williams will have another dominant season like Mercedes.
We can now strike out Force India from our list of 2015 car launches. Williams will still remain on the list for their first images of the FW37 did not involve any unveiling of the real car to the world. In addition to the latest STR10 launch date from Toro Rosso (31/1/15), we will have four back-to-back car launches starting next Thursday. We have yet to hear any official dates from Red Bull, Lotus, Sauber, Caterham (?) and Marussia (?).
Force India:
Sergio Perez 11 Nico Hulkenberg 27
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