"There's obviously the potential of teams running three cars instead of two, which is not out of the realms of imagination. There are teams out there who want F1 to continue and be as successful as it has been before, but what we need to do is cut the coat to suit the cloth, and I that is why I welcome Max Mosley's initiatives to make sure the costs of running a team in F1 and competing in the world championship are brought down considerably.

"It's not that I write all the cheques to bridge the gap, my companies are sponsoring the team as well. We have an independent measurement of the exposure and the value of that exposure in relation to what we spend and I have to say that the results have been very encouraging so, even though we are not a front-running team yet, we have got value for money.

"When we started as Force India at the beginning of the season, I had to say that we were quite pleased with the progress we made. We were midfield until we got to Europe and then, suddenly, it looked as if other people had progressed more than we had. We have had some midfield finishes, we didn't finish the race on occasions but, all in all, I think it was a great learning experience and sets us up properly for 2009.

"I certainly hope to be up to a midfield [position] in 2009 given all that we are doing and I would be disappointed if we are not, so that is a major step forward to begin with."