Published date: 02-09-2010 06:13 AM

Force India's design director Mark Smith discusses the team's 2010 car, reflects on how this year's rule changes have influenced the VJM03's design, and contemplates the challenges ahead?

Q: Last winter Force India had to deal with a relatively late change of engine supplier and the switch to a McLaren gearbox. How much smoother have things been this time around?
Mark Smith: It's been a lot smoother. From the very beginning we designed the VJM03 in full knowledge of the engine and gearbox that we would be using for 2010, which gave us a significant advantage by comparison with respect to the same point in design time for VJM02. Fundamentally,

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