Force India technical director Andy Green believes next year's cars will remind Fomula 1 fans of the cars from the '80s and '90s and he is happy with the way they look.
Next year will see the introduction of wider tyres and more aggressive looking cars thanks to lower, wider wings and a wider chassis which team bosses hope will produce more spectacular and quicker racing.
Green is so far pleased with the way they look with Force India pushing ahead full steam with its 2017 design as it bids to get a jump on its rivals.
"Definitely," he replied when asked whether the cars look aggressive. "Wider, flatter, fatter tyres. You will remember the cars of the '80s and '90s. Visually, it is a good step. I like the look of these cars," he told Auto Motor und Sport.
Green fully expects the cars to produce significantly quicker laptimes, though not through higher top speeds which will actually drop because of the increase in downforce from the new aerodynamics and drag from the wider tyres.
"An increase of 20 to 25 per cent [of downforce] early in the season, and at the end of season it will be even more," he explained. "I guess around 30 to 35 per cent. It's the biggest step I've ever experienced.
"The air resistance will increase, but mainly because of the wider tyres. I expect five to ten per cent more air resistance," he added, confirming the drop in top speed: "On the straights where cars today reach 330km/h, they will be about 20km/h slower."
The area the cars will be quicker is through corners which aren't currently flat-out according to Green, as Pirelli's new wider tyres produce more mechanical grip.
"Eau Rouge is already full throttle. Due to the higher air resistance, we will arrive [at the corner] slower and then it will still be full throttle, but on average it is slower because Eau Rouge is a straight line already.
"Then there is Turn 3 in Barcelona. This is almost full throttle now. Next year it will be without a problem because the downforce increase on the car is immense.
"The sequence of turns in sector two in Hungary will be much faster. Also the very tight corners [will be quicker], because of the wider tyres and the wider track giving more mechanical grip and reduces the weight transfer.
"I guess the lap times in Hungary will fall by around three to four seconds."
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