Following a competitive double finish at last week's German Grand Prix and a productive three-day test last week in Jerez, Spain, the Force India Formula One Team now turns its attention to the 11th round of the FIA Formula One World Championship, the Hungarian Grand Prix.

During this test the team tried out their new seamless shift gearbox and were quite pleased with the results, however technical director Mike Gascoyne believes that they although they would dearly love to introduce it in Hungary, it would be better to have a little more mileage on the clock first, so therefore it will only run during practice, and not the actual race and it’s race debut will occur in Valencia instead…

“We had a very successful introduction of the seamless shift gearbox at the test last week in Jerez, with very positive comments from the drivers, and obviously we would like to introduce it as soon as possible,” he said. “We do however need to accrue more mileage before racing it, but we will run it on the Friday in Hungary.”

“As both gearboxes are three races into their four race cycle, we will use it on the Friday, but we'll race the standard box with the view to introducing the seamless version in Valencia. This solution is therefore a chance to gain more mileage without incurring the penalties of changing a box with one race left, and to make sure we are fully prepared for a race introduction after the summer break.”