Force India

The Formula One fraternity got their first glimpse of Force India’s new motorhome on Thursday. The team unveiled their brand new trackside venue, which they plan to bring to all of this season’s European races, in the paddock at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya ahead of this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix.
With a glamorous glass-fronted facade and […]

Force India remain confident that they are on course to achieve their first target of reaching Q2 sooner rather than later, despite having missed out in the first three races of the year.
A host of improvements to the team`s car have left Giancarlo Fisichella on the verge of breaking the team out of Q3.
And, […]

Giancarlo Fisichella: “The VJM01 for sure seems to be moving forward with each race, and the Barcelona test confirmed this very clearly. It has more grip overall, but especially under braking, so it is more stable and we are able to push. We`ve gone from a 1min 22.2 lap round Barcelona in February to a […]

After three long haul races in four weeks, the Force India Formula One Team now returns to the relative comfort of the European season, with regular intervals and shorter distances between races and the benefit of its own fully-equipped trucks and motorhome.
The Spanish Grand Prix, held at the 4.655km Circuit de Catalunya on the outskirts […]

Adrian Sutil has brought the Force India Ferrari`s pre-Spanish Grand Prix to a close today at the Circuit de Catalunya. The team once more finished high up the classifications, with Sutil recording the third quickest time of the day.The German`s best lap, a 1:19.424s, was set on slick tyres with 2008 aero. As with Tonio […]

Force India`s Giancarlo Fisichella has finished the team`s second day of testing at the Circuit de Catalunya, Spain, with the second fastest time of the nine-man field. The Italian recorded a 1:19.721 lap, which placed him fastest for the majority of the day, however he was bettered in the final part of the test session […]

Barcelona - Force India Ferrari - Test day 1 Tonio Liuzzi today completed testing duties for the Force India Formula One Team on the first day of its three-day test at the Circuit de Catalunya, Spain…
 

When former Renault driver Giancarlo Fisichella signed for Force India in January many in Formula One circles sniffed at his decision and phrases like ‘a clear relegation’ and ‘better off retired’ made the rounds.
Now three races into the season, those naysayers are eating their words, with Fisichella pushing his comparatively disadvantaged car into the spotlight […]

Force India looks set to step up its relationship with Ferrari for 2009. Not only will the Silverstone based team continue to use a customer engine built by the famous Italian marque next year, Force India is reportedly planning to run a KERS energy-recovery system that is also developed by Maranello-based Ferrari. “We will run […]

The Force India Formula One Team has achieved its first double finish of the season at today`s Bahrain Grand Prix. Giancarlo Fisichella drove a strong race to finish a fighting 12th position while Adrian Sutil brought the second VJM01 home in 19th position after a collision on the first lap dropped him one lap behind […]

Force India were celebrating in Bahrain on Sunday. Lead driver Giancarlo Fisichella may have finished a lap down in 12th, but after an intriguing battle with Honda’s Rubens Barrichello he set the 11th fastest race lap. And with Adrian Sutil coming home 19th the team recorded their first double finish of the year.
Fisichella made a […]

Force India`s technical chief Mike Gascoyne was encouraged after the Silverstone-based squad enjoyed a “great” race in Bahrain.
Giancarlo Fisichella showed strong form after a disappointing qualifying, the Italian taking full advantage of a good start to move into 11th position on the early laps.
The Roman went on to finish in 12th, the team`s best result […]

Adrian Sutil - 19th: “An unlucky race for us. After quite a good start I had an accident in the first corner and lost my front wing and punctured my left tyre so I had to go into the pits. I managed to get back and change the nose and tyres so at least I […]

The Force India Formula One Team will start tomorrow`s Bahrain Grand Prix with Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil in 18th and 20th positions. Once more the team was within 0.1 secs of the second qualifying session and just over one second from the top 10 as it continued its progress with the new aerodynamic parts […]

Adrian Sutil - 20th: “The circumstances were quite difficult today and we just had four minutes left when the session restarted after the red flag so everybody went out to do a fast lap. It was very difficult to judge the traffic on the out lap and to find the space, but overall it was […]

The Force India Formula One Team will start tomorrow`s Bahrain Grand Prix with Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil in 18th and 20th positions. Once more the team was within 0.1s of the second qualifying session and just over one second from the top ten as it continued its progress with the new aerodynamic parts introduced […]

The Force India Formula One Team today reacclimatised to the unique challenges of the Bahrain International Circuit on the opening day of practice for this weekend`s Bahrain Grand Prix.
Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo Fisichella completed a programme of evaluating the tyre options available this weekend and fine-tuning their race set-ups. After a solid morning performance […]

Adrian Sutil - 19th: “The morning session was not great as the harder tyre was very hard and with the green track conditions it was difficult to get a balance. In the afternoon it was much better with the softer tyre and for the first time I could feel a real difference between the two […]

Force India Ferrari today reacclimatised to the unique challenges of the Bahrain International Circuit on the opening day of practice for this weekend`s Bahrain Grand Prix. Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil completed a programme of evaluating the tyre options available this weekend and fine-tuning their race set-ups. After a solid morning performance the duo put […]

Promising young Belgian driver Frederic Vervisch will make his Formula One test debut later this year.Thanks to an agreement between the Asian F3 engine supplier TOM`S (Toyota) and the F1 team Force India, the 21-year-old has secured a November winter test as a reward for winning the title.It is believed that other promising drivers will […]

Force India are hoping that aerodynamic developments and new brake ducts will allow at least one of their drivers to make it through to Q2 in Bahrain this weekend.
The team have made progress in moving off the back of the grid since last year and, having come close to making it through to Q2 in […]

Vijay Mallya, chairman and managing director: “When Force India came into the sport just a few months ago, some observers expected us to stay in the same position and just be happy to be on the grid. These last two races have resolutely shown that we are not just in it for the taking part: […]

After a gruelling Far Eastern double header in Australia and Malaysia, the Force India Formula One Team now travels to the Middle East for the third event of the FIA Formula One World Championship, the Bahrain Grand Prix.
The 5.412km Bahrain International Circuit is located in the Sakhir desert area south of Manama, the capital city […]

The Force India team has played down reports that former owner Eddie Jordan restricted access to its Silverstone factory.It emerged this week that, in trying to force the team`s new owners to buy surrounding lands, founder Eddie Jordan placed concrete blocks on an access road to the facility in rural Northamptonshire.But a spokesman insists that […]

In what is clearly as move to appease Force India (formerly Spyker) in the long running customer car row, the Italian team is said to have made a financial offer to its Indian rival.
Germany`s Auto Motor und Sport reports that Toro Rosso has offered Force India half of its 2008 prize money with the sole […]