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Monday, 25th February 2008

Silverstone team's 'first' car ready to take on rivals at Circuit de Catalunya.

Force India F1 will finally run the car it hopes will make an immediate impact on the Formula One world, unloading the VJM01 from its transporters ahead of the final pre-season group test at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona.

The car, named after the team's co-owners - Dr Vijay Mallya and Jan and Michiel Mol - is based on the B-spec F8-VII that Force India's predecessor, Spyker, introduced at last year's Italian Grand Prix.

Developed throughout the year at its Silverstone base and wind tunnels in both Brackley and at Aerolab in Italy, the B-spec represented a significant step forward for the small team, with optimised mechanical and aerodynamic packages. This year's challenger is a further evolution of that development.

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"The 2008 car is based on the B-spec car we introduced at the end of last year," Mike Gascoyne confirmed, "We have carried the chassis over from 2007 to 2008, but the car we run at the Australian Grand Prix will have numerous aerodynamic and mechanical updates, which we will be testing at Barcelona [this week]."

For more images of the VJM01, click here.

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