, ▁as ▁was ▁also ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁Williams , ▁Lot us ▁and ▁Virgin ▁teams , ▁the ▁latter ▁two ▁of ▁which ▁were ▁also ▁F 1 ▁début ants . ▁It ▁also ▁featured ▁a ▁seven - speed ▁X t rac ▁g ear box , ▁again ▁in ▁common ▁with ▁Lot us . ▁After ▁the ▁car ' s ▁launch , ▁Gary ▁Anderson ▁described ▁the ▁ch ass is ▁as ▁" a ▁neat ▁and ▁tid y , ▁if ▁simple , ▁package ". ▁He ▁noted ▁the ▁precise ▁aer od ynamic ▁sculpt ing ▁around ▁the ▁side pod s ▁and ▁engine ▁air ▁int ake , ▁the ▁" V " ▁profile ▁of ▁the ▁nose ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁previous ▁year ' s ▁Red ▁Bull ▁R B 5 ▁ch ass is , ▁and ▁the ▁triple - plane ▁front ▁wing . ▁Craig ▁Sc ar borough ▁noted ▁the ▁F 1 1 0 ' s ▁similar ities ▁with ▁the ▁Virgin ▁V R - 0 1 ▁ch ass is , ▁and ▁D all ara ' s ▁own ▁Ind y Car ▁Series ▁ch ass is . ▁Geoff ▁Will is , ▁who ▁was ▁later ▁rec ru ited ▁as ▁the ▁team ' s ▁technical ▁consult ant , ▁said ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁" dis app oint ed ▁at ▁the ▁level ▁of ▁engineering ▁in ▁the ▁car " ▁and ▁that ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁think ▁that ▁it ▁" reflect s ▁current ▁F 1 ▁pract ise ▁by ▁quite ▁some ▁margin ", ▁even ▁allowing ▁for ▁the ▁dis rupted ▁construction ▁process . ▁The ▁team ' s ▁test ▁driver , ▁Christian ▁K li en , ▁also ▁described ▁the ▁F 1 1