Force India on schedule for Jerez debut

Force India are hopeful of making the first pre-season test with their new chassis, the VJM05, following successful FIA crash tests which must now be passed prior to on-track testing.

Force India’s technical director Andrew Green, confirmed the tests had been passed in December, giving the outfit plenty of time to prepare themselve for the first test in Jerez on February 7th.

“We’re on schedule, that’s the good news,” he iss quoted as saying by Autosport. “It’s been a little bit tougher this year, having to homologate the chassis prior to testing. So there was a little bit of extra planning involved to get that sorted. The chassis has been homologated since December.

“There were a lot of fingers crossed! You’re hoping everything does what all the analysis says it should have done. It’s always nice when you reel off the tests one-by-one without any dramas at all. It’s a real credit to everybody,” he added.