Two Weeks Before The Action Starts
By Alianora La Canta
February 14 2009
In two weeks on Monday, February turns to March and the anticipation of the VJM02 turns into the reality of testing times and the inevitable comparisons between it and the other 2009 cars. In the meantime, there still hasn't been much news - apart from Mike Gascoyne considering suing Force India for being dismissed, all there's been is a glamour model TV show.
So far, the only clues as to what the VJM02 might look like are some shadowy photographs of scale models in the February 2009 edition of F1 Racing, none of which said much about what the car would eventually look like (apart from really obvious stuff like it will definitely have four wheels!)
Those expecting a major launch a la last year will be disappointed because, in tune with many other teams, the "launch" looks like being a simple roll-out at a test track (in this case Jerez).
It's looking increasingly likely that Honda will be on the grid, at least in the beginning, but that its preparation time will be minimal. So Force India is unlikely to be last unless a complete disaster happens to it.
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so, while that's an advantage to Ferrari, i feel teams testing in cooler conditions are at disadvantage considering the yet uncertain behaviour of KERS and problems related to it.