Force India are hopeful of launching an attack of nearest rival McLaren at the final race of the season after discovering an aerodynamic error which has now been corrected.
The team sits sixth in the standings, 34 points behind the Woking outfit after McLaren looked to have pulled clear in the last few races. In fact, McLaren outscored Force India by 40 points in the last five events.
It had been much more evenly matched before then, and Force India believe they’ve discovered the reason for the drop in performance.
“We took a wrong direction mid-season, and we only worked that out a race or so ago,” explained deputy team principal Bob Fernley to Autosport.
“We have moved in the right direction now and although it has helped us move forward with the 2015 car, it lost us some ground just after the halfway point of this year.
“So our tail off was the result of that step in the wrong direction.”
Fernley refused to confirm exactly what the ‘error’ was, but it has now been corrected with some upgrades which the team will introduce at the last race of the season.
With double points on offer, Force India stand a slim chance of regaining fifth in the standings if McLaren suffers from a poor race.
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