Force India F1 Team

Giancarlo Fisichella will reach a milestone in his career when he participates in the upcoming Monaco Grand Prix. The upcoming race will be Fisichella’s 200th Grand prix start, the 9th driver in the formula1 history to pass this milestone.

Giancarlo Fisichella is now in his 13th season in F1 will have climbed to fifth on the all-time list by the end of this season who is now in 9th on the all-time list.

Ginacarlo Fisichella said “I still feel young, I still feel happy to work in F1, to be an F1 driver. The only problem is travelling around the world all the time, but apart from that I still enjoy it. I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t.

“I don’t think I’ve changed much, but I hope I’m a better driver than when I started. I’ve learned quite a lot. How to manage the race, how to manage the qualifying session, and to put more attention on testing and talking with the engineers.”

Fisichella also said that he is happy to be part of Force India team, following his move from former champion team Renault at the end of 2007.

“It was a good but difficult decision,” he added. “I was moving from a top team to a new team, which in the last couple of seasons had been on the last rows.

“But so far we’ve done a fantastic job, we’ve made a big step forward, and I’m really enjoying it. It’s really encouraging. We’ve still got a lot of work to do, but we are getting closer.”

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Force India Formula 1 Team 2008 Austrlian Grand Prix opener was disappointing for the team with both the cars retiring early in the GP. Force India F1 Team has performed well throughout the weekend with the two VJM-01 cars featuring regularly in the top 15 positions. In the Qualifying of Australian Grand Prix Force India F1 team drivers Giancarlo Fisichella managed 16th and Adrian Sutil started from the Pit lane.

Fisichella, starting from 16th on the grid, was a victim of a first-corner accident involving Glock and Piquet, with the resulting damage ending his Force India debut. Other driver Adrian Sutil started from the pit lane and had slowly progressed to the 13th position by lap eight where his car developed a hydraulic pressure problem and bought his race to an early end.

However the team is pretty optimistic and will  now move from Australia to Malaysia for the second race of the year, with high hopes of improvements on this race result.

Drivers Quotes after the Australian Grand Prix

Adrian Sutil (car 20)
‘A big disappointment, especially when I watched the race afterwards, but it was good while it lasted. In the opening laps I could stay with the guys in front of me and could overtake to get up to 13th position, but then I had a hydraulic pressure problem. I had to go back to the pits, so at that point my race was over. We have to hope for more in Malaysia, but I think we showed an improvement over last year, particularly over the longer runs in practice, so I am confident we can really do better there.’

Giancarlo Fisichella (car 21) 
‘I am very disappointed as I lost the race at the first corner because another driver came in like a kamikaze into my car and it was very frustrating, especially considering a race like this where there was a possibility to score lots of points. It was a good opportunity and I am really disappointed. Let’s hope for more in Malaysia.’

Dr Vijay Mallya, Chairman and Managing Director 
‘I have been very pleased with this weekend, despite the frustration of going out early in this astonishing race. I was however very encouraged with the pace we showed in the practice sessions. Although qualifying was ultimately disappointing, last year in Australia this team was well off the pace, this year we were up with the midfield.

‘It was a shame we missed a point-scoring opportunity here. Overall it was an encouraging weekend and the positive is that we have another event in just one week’s time where we can try again.’

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Force India Formula One Team was close to acheiving the second segment of the qualifying of the Australian Grand Prix 2008. Both the drivers have performed strongly throughout the weekend and in the Qualifying of Austrlian Graind Prix 2008 Giancarlo Fisichella have finished up 17th and Adrian Sutil have ended up in 19th places. Both drivers completed three runs in the first segment but could not reproduce the strong laps of morning’s practice, which saw Giancarlo Fisichella record the 9th quickest time. Adrian spun on his final lap of the Qualifying session, which ultimately ended his hopes of getting into Q2 for the first time, while Giancarlo had to lift off due to the resulting yellow flag. The team is however optimistic of a picking up places in the midfield group, after demonstrating a strong pace over longer runs. The 58-lap race will start at 15.30 local time tomorrow.

Adrian Sutil (car 20, VJM01/03)
FP3: 17th 1:27.489 (18 laps)
Q1: 19th 1:27.859 (9 laps)

Giancarlo Fisichella (car 21, VJM01/05)
FP1: 9th 1:26.682 (18 laps)
Q1: 17th 1:27.207 (9 laps)

The Grid for Australian Grand Prix is as follows

1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:26.714
2 Robert Kubica BMW 1:26.869
3 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1:27.079
4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:27.178
5 Nick Heidfeld BMW 1:27.236
6 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:28.527
7 Nico Rosberg Williams 1:28.687
8 David Coulthard Red Bull 1:29.041
9 Timo Glock Toyota 1:29.593
10 Sebastien Vettel Toro Rosso 0:00.000
11 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:26.173
12 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:26.188
13 Jenson Button Honda 1:26.259
14 Kazuki Nakajima Williams 1:26.413
15 Mark Webber Red Bull 0:00.000
16 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 0:00.000
17 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 1:27.207
18 Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 1:27.446
19 Adrian Sutil Force India 1:27.859
20 Takuma Sato Super Aguri 1:28.208
21 Nelsinho Piquet Jr Renault 1:28.330
22 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri 1:29.059

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Australian Grand Prix opener on March 16th, 2008 will be a landmark in the history of Indian Auto Racing as the race will debut India’s first-ever Formula1 Team. When the Force India Formula One Team’s distinctive red, white and gold cars complete their first-ever laps of the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne, it will be the first time an Indian-registered team has ever competed at the highest tier of motorsport.

The team’s journey started back in October 2007 when Dr. Vijay Mallya and Jan and Michiel Mol bought the team from Spyker Cars N.V. The Australian Grand Prix will mark the race debut of the first Force India car, the new VJM01. The car, which is based on the Spyker F8-VII B-spec chassis, has completed over 6,000km in its pre-season testing programme with an average 368km per day – more than one race distance - without any major problems. (more…)

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Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed that after much waiting and speculation a contract has been signed this week with JPSK Sports Private Limited, to stage the first ever F1 race in India which is to be held in New Delhi in 2010.

Bernie Ecclestone said: “India has always been known for its love of cricket, but F1 has been growing hugely in popularity in recent years as the viewing figures would suggest. Now with Vijay Mallya’s team, Force India, and the news that Karun Chandhok could soon be driving in F1, the announcement of the future Grand Prix in India will spark an explosion of further interest to rival that of the traditional sport.”

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Force India Formula-1 Team Driver Lineup for 2008 season is expected to be revealed in Monaco according to the media sources.

Vijay Mallya will address the Motor Sport Business Forum in Monte Carlo which precedes the FIA awards on December 5th,2007 where Mallya is due to annouce his future plans for the Force India team and the driver lineup also.

Adrian Sutil is under contract to the former Spyker team for 2008, but the rookie German is also linked with a switch to replace Fernando Alonso at McLaren.

The second seat, meanwhile, is hotly contested, with established names including Ralf Schumacher, Giancarlo Fisichella, Vitantonio Liuzzi and Christian Klien among those vying to race for the Silverstone-based team.

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Force India Team Boss and the UB Group Chairman Mr. Vijay Mallya has started campaigning about his newly acquired Spyker team which is now renamed as Force India F1 Team. Mallya would be attending the 2007 Motor Sport Business Forum in Monaco.

“A great many top executives from the world of global motorsport will be in Monaco and, from a business point of view, the Forum is the ideal place and time to introduce the Force India F1 concept to the great and good of the industry,” Mallya, who will reveal his F1 business plans, explained.

Mallya will join the likes of FIA president Max Mosley and fellow team bosses Mario Theissen, John Howett, Nick Fry and Christian Horner, and WilliamsF1’s head of marketing Scott Garrett on the list of speakers.

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Force India F1 team testing took place at Barcelona under a completely changed fresh with burgundy livery and the completely new Force India F1 Team Logo on the front of the car.

More Photos of the Force India F1 2008 racer will be updated here.

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Formula 1 Track in India, a dream come true for the Indian Racing fans who can now watch the Formula1 races live at the track while will be ready by the year 2010. Formula One administration authority has signed a deal with JP Associates an Indian Construction company to build a racetrack in time for the F1 2010 season.

Greater Noida, which is around 30 miles west of the Indian Capital Delhi has been selected as site where the Indian Formula 1 track will be developed . Indian Race promoters, the Indian Olympic Association, has been hoping to stage a Grand Prix since Narain Karthikeyan became the first Indian F1 driver in 2005.

The news comes good for the India F1 racing fans after leading Indian businessman Vijay Mallya recently acquired the Spyker team and renamed it Force India.

More information regarding the track location and pictures of the Indian F1 racing track will be updated here.

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 Force India F1 Logo

Logo of Force India F1 Team, which is seen on the Force India F1 racing car at the Barcelona Testing track . The color of the car was in burgundry and the Kingfisher logos all over it. We will update the Photos of the Force India Formula1 car soon.

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