May 16, 2012
- GP3 racer Conor Daly will enjoy his first taste of Formula One power this week courtesy of Force India. Daly will carry out an aero test for the Silverstone-based team at the wheel of the VJM05 in the UK on Thursday at Cotswold Airport in Gloucestershire. The American, fresh from his win at GP3's opening round in Barcelona last weekend, visited the Force India factory on Tuesday for a seat fitting and to familiarize himself with the systems on the car. He also got the chance to meet the...
May 10, 2012
- A glance at the 2012 driver standings shows that in terms of points at least, just like Nico Rosberg at Mercedes, Paul di Resta is the man currently delivering for Force India. Fresh from his eight-point haul in Bahrain - but a less satisfactory Mugello test - Di Resta is looking to continue his upward trajectory in Barcelona this weekend
- Drivers - Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber), Nico Hulkenberg (Force India), Pedro de la Rosa (HRT), Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus), Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull). Q: Kamui, so far this season a couple of good races and a couple not so good. What's been the difference between them? Kamui Kobayashi: Of course it's definitely the car
May 4, 2012
- The 2012 Formula 1 Airtel Indian Grand Prix takes place on October 26-28 and tickets are now available on Formula1.com. Making its second appearance on the F1 calendar, India provides a race-going experience like no other
April 26, 2012
- Red Bull may have bounced back to their winning ways in Bahrain but there was another success story from Sakhir, courtesy of Force India's Paul di Resta. Despite high tyre wear at the circuit, Di Resta excelled after brilliantly exploiting his brave two-stop strategy to record the team's highest finish so far this year with sixth place. The young Scot was the only driver to resist the call of a third pit stop and, although he started to struggle on his final set of rubber with over 10 laps to...
- Force India's third driver Jules Bianchi will be behind the wheel for the team on the opening day of next week's Mugello test. Bianchi will run in the car on Tuesday before handing it over to Paul di Resta on Wednesday. The 22 year-old Frenchman, who is also a member of Ferrari's Driver Academy, has already sampled the VJM05, after testing for the team ahead of the season. The former Formula Three Euro champion also took part in a Friday practice session at the Chinese event, and is expected...
April 24, 2012
- You'll know Force India's Nico Hulkenberg as the driver who stole the limelight during qualifying for the 2010 Brazilian Grand Prix by scoring his maiden pole position for Williams, before moving to Force India, first as 2011 reserve and then a full-time racer again in 2012. You may not know that Hulkenberg is plagued by a sweet tooth, could happily spend the rest of his life in Sydney, and is a post-race couch potato. Find out more about the young German here
April 20, 2012
- Team Representatives - Bob Fernley (Force India), Stefano Domenicali (Ferrari), Eric Boullier (Lotus), Martin Whitmarsh (McLaren), Norbert Haug (Mercedes), Christian Horner (Red Bull). Q: Gentlemen a subject we can't escape, unfortunately: This Grand Prix is definitely one of the best organised, the drivers all say that
- Practice One for this weekend's 2012 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix got off to a relatively low-key start in Sakhir on Friday morning, with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton shading Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel by three-tenths of a second on a track that was still very green and slippery. Hamilton lapped in 1m 33.572s, beating Vettel's 1m 33.877s. Third, after a soft-tyre run for Force India, was Paul di Resta on 1m 34.150s, with Chinese winner Nico Rosberg fourth on 1m 34.249s for Mercedes from...
April 19, 2012
- McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari's Felipe Massa are among the six drivers facing the media on Thursday, whilst team management from Lotus, Ferrari, Force India, Mercedes, Red Bull and McLaren take to the stage on Friday. The line-up in full