Force India

Force India

FIA Entry: Force India F1 Team
Car 14: Adrian Sutil
Car 15: Paul di Resta
Engine: MercedesV8
Team Principal: Vijay Mallya
Technical Director: Andrew Green
Race Engineer Car 14: Brad Joyce
Race Engineer Car 15:Gianpiero Lambiano

Stats as of end 2010

First Entered 2008
Races Entered 55
Race Wins 0
Pole Positions 1
Fastest Laps 1
Driver World Championships 0
Constructor World Championships 0

Team History

In 1991 Eddie Jordan made the leap from the lower formulae to F1 with the Jordan Grand Prix Team. Jordan Grand Prix raced with varying degrees of success until 2005, taking part in 250 Grand Prix, winning 4.

In 2006 Jordan was sold to Canadian businessman Alex Shnaider and was rebadged as Midland F1 – entered as the first Russian Grand Prix team. Midland had little success and by the end of 2006 the team was sold to Dutch car sports car makers Spyker and the entry changed to Spyker MF1. Spyker were as unsuccessful as Midland and at the end of 2007 the team was sold again, this time to Vijay Mallya, and Force India was born

Force India

For the 2008 season Force India used an updated version of the Spyker car, designated the VJM01, married to Ferrari engines. Adrian Sutil and Ginacarlo Fisichella were the drivers with Vitantonio Luizzi as the tester. The season wasn’t massively successful, Sutil missed out on potentially scoring points at Monaco when Kimi Raikkonen crashed into him, otherwise the highest placing they managed was 10th for Fisichella in Spain.

Mercedes Power

For 2009 Force India moved from Ferrari power to Mercedes engines. With the same drivers as 2008 the early part of the season showed that Force India VJM02 had made steps forward in performance. Sutil ran 6th in China, before aquaplaning off the circuit, and was as high as 2nd in Germany before another coming together with Raikkonen as he exited the pits. The Belgian Grand Prix at Spa proved to be the high point of Force India’s season. Fisichella, to the amazement of many on the grid, put his car on pole and brought the car home 2nd only to leave the team to substitute for Felipe Massa at Ferrari for the remainder of the season. Sutil followed up Fisichella’s points scoring exploits with a 4th in Italy now partnered by test driver Luizzi.

For 2010 Mercedes engines were retained, as was the driver line up the team ended 2009 with. The VJM03 was another step forward for the 2009 model and Force India scored points regularly in the mid-field. Sutil managed the teams highest race finish with a 5th in Malaysia and the team ended the season 7th in the Constructors Championship

2011

Test driver Paul di Resta replaces Luizzi for 2011 in the VJM04 chassis. With continuing support from Mercedes High Performance Engines and McLaren Applied Technologies Force India are looking to head the mid-field in 2011.
 
Wasn't it always thus? All the teams are interested in is themselves, whoever came up with the idea of them having any involvement in the management of the sport needs their bumps felt.
 
Suggestion is a Mercedes B team will be formed from Force India 's situation . Force India have always fought for the smaller team's corner and the balance of power will shift to Merc possibly which needs to be avoided at all costs

Incidentally the team will stop car development until a buyer is found which means that the team will fall backwards in the midfield battle.. so Mclaren could overtake them as well
 
Well if its a Mercedes B team Lawrence Stroll wants lets see how he copes if either Ocon or Russell wipes the floor off Lance Stroll
 
Ok, so who would Lance want as a team mate at TFKAFI (team formerly know as Force India)? Certainly not Ocon, maybe they should try to get Vandoorn, he's kinda slow and available
 
Well, the latest is a strategical move on how to become No. 1 driver. Just have papa to buy you a team, and lobby at a dinner table at home. Success rate could be very high. I feel sorry for his teammate already.
 
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Stroll-backed consortium saves Force India F1 team

Confirmation on Autosport. I expect a name change and a similar deal with Merc that Haas have with Ferrari.


Can they afford to change the name though? Doesn't that then lose them any prize money they've already won this year? Or is that only the case if they change it between seasons? I don't know the exact rules on that, but I do know it can affect what prize money they get depending in when they do it and if the other teams agree to it or something. Anyone know the exact rules on this?

Izumi I agree, I feel sorry for his team mate already as well. I am guessing it's likely to be Perez?
 
I think the name can (and probably will) be changed only for 2019.
Food for thought - when drivers of caliber Ocon and Perez are might end up without a drive in 2019, then something is seriously wrong. Haas might through a life line, maybe RBR...
 
I think the name can (and probably will) be changed only for 2019.
Food for thought - when drivers of caliber Ocon and Perez are might end up without a drive in 2019, then something is seriously wrong. Haas might throw a life line, maybe RBR...
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There are concerns that Force India might be a Mercedes B team or junior team swinging the shift from the private and smaller teams in favour of the big 3 in the power struggle

Apparently Ocon is a friend of Lance Stroll plus he is a Mercedes backed driver so you would think Toto would put his influence there because he also wants to make sure George Russell is in F1 next season

So to me Perez has to leave Force India . His opportunities to drive for a top team has gone and his sponsorship connections would mean he would be a good fit for Haas or Sauber
 
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