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Force India ready to debut F-duct in Turkey

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Force India will run an F-duct for the first time in Turkey © Sutton Images
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Force India will debut it's version of the F-duct at this weekend's Turkish Grand Prix.

The technology, pioneered by McLaren, stalls the rear wing in order to cut drag and increase the car's top speed. Tonio Liuzzi revealed to ESPNF1 two weeks ago that the team was working on a system but he has now confirmed it will be tested on track for the first time on Friday morning.

"We are really optimistic about it," Autosport reported Liuzzi as saying. "You can never know. It might change tomorrow, but the team has done a big work in the wind tunnel for the last two weeks to test it and it seemed to work pretty well. Tomorrow we'll get the confirmation because on track you never know, but we are pretty optimistic that it should be spot on."

He also said that the system had been designed to ensure the driver keeps both hands on the steering wheel at all times, unlike the version Ferrari used in Spain.

"We made a simple system with the wrist so we don't have to take the hand off the steering wheel," Liuzzi added. "We tried with many positions and I think that's the easiest one to make it work and also the most comfortable one."

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