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A closer look at the Force India VJM09
With Force India coming off its best season to date, F1i technical expert Nicolas Carpentiers is not surprised to notice that the VJM09 shares many similarities with its late 2015-spec predecessor. Despite its delayed introduction, last year’s VJM08-B quickly proved to be a competitive machine and helped propel Force India to an unprecedented fifth in the Constructors’ championship, nothing short of a miracle given the team’s limited financial resources. It was then only logical for Force India’s 2016 challenger to be an evolution of the concept, even more so when there is a costly technical revolution looming ahead. Like its predecessor, the VJM09 was designed inside Toyota’s...
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