News Details

Force India: The Halo cost us a huge amount

Formula 1’s mandatory new ‘halo’ head-protection device has cost Force India a fortune, team technical director Andrew Green said on Monday. The British-based team have had to design a new chassis to incorporate the device rather than saving money by carrying over much of last year’s car. “For a team like us, we’d always look to try and get two years out of the chassis if possible,” Green told reporters on the first day of testing the new VJM11 car at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya. “In that respect, it cost us a huge amount to redevelop and redesign a new chassis – it’s in the hundreds of thousands if not million-dollar mark.” Green said the device, which...
Full Story »
8y ago from GrandPrix247.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Force India say halo has cost them a fortune

Formula One's mandatory new 'halo' head-protection device has cost Force...
8y ago from SuperSport.com

Halo deployment 'cost Force India $1 million'

Force India believes that the FIA's decision to implement the Halo...
8y ago from F1i.com

Halo pushed up Force India costs

Speaking on the first day of testing, just hours after his team's 2018...
8y ago from Pitpass.com

Force India reportedly sold to energy drinks company

British energy drinks company Rich Energy is now rumoured to buy Formula...
8y ago from F1Technical.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Andretti confirmed to field just three cars for Indy...

Andretti Global has confirmed that the team will only run three cars in...

Toby Sowery joins AJ Foyt Racing in IndyCar reserve...

AJ Foyt Racing has appointed Toby Sowery as the team’s reserve driver...

Feature: RLL’s split fortunes in Barber highlight...

At the most recent IndyCar race from Barber Motorsports Park, Graham...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Thierry on top in Croatia

Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe are on track to claim Hyundai’s...

Oliver Solberg out of Croatia Rally (for now)

Friday: Oliver Solberg crashed out of Rally Croatia about four km into...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'Big punch in the face' - Mikel Arteta reacts after...

Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta broke his silence after the Gunners' 2-1 loss...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Bournemouth expose Schrödinger’s Arsenal, a team...

el Arteta urged fans to bring ‘your lunch, bring your dinner’ but when...
2h ago from TheGuardian.com

‘A big punch in the face’: Mikel Arteta apologises...

t;li>Arsenal manager says players must show characterIraola hails...
2h ago from TheGuardian.com

Arsenal suffer huge title blow in home defeat to...

FREE TO WATCH: Highlights from Arsenal's match against Bournemouth in the...
2h ago from SkySports.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.