Force India takes the shark fin route

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Adrian Sutil today rounded off Force India 's pre-British Grand Prix test at the Silverstone Grand PrixCircuit.
Sutil continued the team's programme of testing the complete newaero and mechanical package that will be introduced in next week'srace, including the new 'shark fin' engine cover, wheel covers,bargeboards, diffuser and inerter damper.
Sutil covered 71 laps over the day, recording a best lap of1:21.331 - seventh fastest - despite the increasingly windyconditions.
However, a brake disc failure just before the lunch time break ledto an excursion into the gravel trap at turn 11, however the carwas back out again for further running in the afternoon.
Adrian Sutil
"I think it was a useful day. We did some good running and could doa lot of testing with the inerter damper, which was the main targetof the day. It will take a little while to feel completely happywith it, but I definitely think there is potential there, we justneed to understand how to get the most out of it as all day we hadsome problems with understeer that we just couldn't seem to get ridof. Aero-wise, I think we did a good step, the engine cover seemsto work well and also the front wing. We've got more downforce now,so we need to put it all together, both mechanically andaerodynamically, and I think we will have a step forward forSilverstone next week."
Mike Gascoyne, Chief Technical Officer
"A fairly productive final day of testing with Adrian. We again hada useful morning that confirmed some of the gains from the previousdays' running. Unfortunately we had a brake disc failure thatcaused some down time in the garage, but overall we were able toget through our programme and evaluate the new parts, which seem tobe working well. We can now look forward to the Grand Prix nextweekend."