Force India was one of the unexpected stars of the Australian Grand Prix, with Adrian Sutil marking his return to F1 duty by leading 11 laps of the race.
The 2013 F1 season is underway, and already there's a surprise: Kimi Raikkonen drove a text book race to calmly outwit Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel to win the first GP of the year.
Belgian race driver Jerome d'Ambrosio looks set to be Lotus' choice as their replacement driver for Monza, as the team comes to terms with Roman Grosjean's shock one-race ban.
Dr Vijay Mallya: "It will be an interesting race because we have seen that the tyre degradation here is not that severe, which means we need to think long and hard about how we will use the strategy."
After yet another points finish last time out at India, Force India look to clinch further points at Abu Dhabi in its quest for sixth position in the F1 constructors' championship.
Force India endured an unlucky race after the Safety Car period spoiled their strategy at Suzuka, costing Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta any chance of scoring points
Force India F1 star Adrian Sutil has confirmed that he was involved in a fracas in a Shanghai nightclub following last month's Chinese Grand Prix in which he 'unintentionally' injured Genii Capital's Eric Lux
Paul di Resta must beat his Force India team-mate Adrian Sutil during his rookie season on the grand prix grid in 2011 if he is to successfully stake his claim to a long-term F1 future, argues Anthony Davidson
It appears that F1 commercial rights supremo Bernie Ecclestone isn't only a fan of 2010 world champion Sebastian Vettel out on the racetrack - revealing he would quite happily countenance the German as his son-in-law, too...
As he endeavours to snare one of the two available Force India cockpits in 2011, newly-crowned DTM Champion Paul di Resta has been described as 'better' than F1 2010 World Champion Sebastian Vettel