Breaking news
Formula 1 Monaco GP
Force India says T-wings unlikely to get more extreme
Force India thinks it unlikely that Formula 1 teams will go any more extreme than the triple-decker T-wings that have appeared at the Monaco Grand Prix.
Jonathan Noble
Edited: May 29, 2017, 7:09 PM
Copy link
Share on Viber
The design of T-wings has evolved quickly throughout 2017, with first single and then double wings appearing, before new oval solutions came in to play.
However, for the Monaco GP, Force India and Renault took things to a new level with a triple decker oval solution.
Asked by Motorsport.com whether he felt there was scope for even more aggressive solutions in the future, Force India's technical director Andy Green said he was doubtful.
For he reckoned having a triple layer was only suitable at circuits where drag was not important – as there was a straightline-speed penalty from the solution run in Monaco.
"For us, the triple decker is quite Monaco-specific," said Green. "Maybe we will have a variant of that in Singapore or possibly Hungary, but at the other tracks we will see a reduced version of it.
"Track efficiency dictates, really, what you can put on the car."
Green went on to explain that the use of the oval ends to the T-wing was to minimise aerodynamic losses that would come from having actual wing tips.
Rear end progress
The debut of the T-wing on the Force India car has come at a time when the team is chasing improvement to the rear end of its VJM10.
Although an update package introduced at the Spanish Grand Prix has improved matters, Green said the outfit was not yet fully on top of the situation.
"I think we are making progress," he said. "It is taking time, we can see that. We are chipping away at it, and everything we bring to the car, we learn from it, and we understand a new direction to go in.
"It is a multi-faceted problem, so we are coming at it from lots of angles. It takes a long time to come together, but we do know a lot more about it now than the race before, and the race before that. So we are definitely making progress, but we are nowhere near solving the problem."
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article Video analysis: How Mercedes overhauled its 2017 F1 car
Next article Tyre warm-up set to cause bigger traffic headaches
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Jonathan Noble
Brundle awarded OBE in King’s New Year’s honours
Formula 1
Formula 1
Brundle awarded OBE in King’s New Year’s honours
The new rules dilemma that will define the 2025 F1 season
Formula 1
Formula 1
The new rules dilemma that will define the 2025 F1 season
Verstappen issues Red Bull title warning in push for RB21 progress
Formula 1
Formula 1
Australian GP
Verstappen issues Red Bull title warning in push for RB21 progress
More from
Force India
Otmar Szafnauer reveals failed Kimi Raikkonen bid involving "Angry Birds" founders
Formula 1
Formula 1
Canadian GP
Otmar Szafnauer reveals failed Kimi Raikkonen bid involving "Angry Birds" founders
Esteban Ocon explains why he collided with Sergio Perez so often at Force India
Formula 1
Formula 1
Esteban Ocon explains why he collided with Sergio Perez so often at Force India
Former Force India F1 boss Fernley dies aged 70
Formula 1
Formula 1
Austrian GP
Former Force India F1 boss Fernley dies aged 70
Latest news
Ross Chastain and Shane van Gisbergen to race for JR Motorsports again in 2027
NASCAR O'Reilly
NOAP NASCAR O'Reilly
Phoenix II
38 min
Ross Chastain and Shane van Gisbergen to race for JR Motorsports again in 2027
NASCAR legend Fred Lorenzen first driver diagnosed with CTE after donating brain
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup 54 min
NASCAR legend Fred Lorenzen first driver diagnosed with CTE after donating brain
Max Verstappen defends Chris Lulham after online abuse
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance
WCEE GT World Challenge Europe Endurance 59 min
Max Verstappen defends Chris Lulham after online abuse
Mercedes: “We had people who hadn’t done a live pitstop for 15 years” in Singapore GP
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
Singapore GP
1 h
Mercedes: “We had people who hadn’t done a live pitstop for 15 years” in Singapore GP
Feature
Discover prime content
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe