Force India is more likely than not to change name before the start of the new Formula 1 season in Australia, according to chief operating officer Otmar Szafnauer.
Force India reserve driver Nicholas Latifi will miss this week's Formula 1 pre-season test in Barcelona after being hospitalised by a serious infection.
Force India are the last Formula 1 team to launch its 2018 car, the VJM11, in the pit lane at Circuit de Catalunya on the morning of the start of pre-season testing.
Recent Force India Formula 1 reserve driver Alfonso Celis Jr. has made the switch across to Indy Lights for the 2018 season, signing a deal with Juncos Racing.
Force India development driver Nikita Mazepin has been handed the honour of running the VJM11’s Formula 1 test debut on the opening day of pre-season testing at Circuit de Catalunya.
Nicholas Latifi will take part in the opening pre-season Formula 1 test at Circuit de Catalunya plus an FP1 outing at his home race in Canada next June for Force India alongside his second season in the FIA Formula 2 championship in 2018.
Force India and Alfa Romeo Sauber have withdrawn their joint complaint to the European Commission from 2015 raising issues on anti-competitive practices in Formula 1.
- Force India will go ahead with plans to rebrand for 2018, with its new name set to be revealed at the launch of its new car on February 25 in Barcelona ( Auto Motor und Sport )
Nicholas Latifi has been named as Force India's new Formula 1 reserve and test driver ahead of the 2018 season. Latifi, 22, raced full-time in Formula 2 last year, taking a sprint race victory at Silverstone, and has enjoyed ties to Renault in the past as part of its junior programme.
Mercedes is considering a link-up with a smaller Formula 1 team after being impressed by the approach taken by Ferrari via its relationships with Haas and Sauber, according to team boss Toto Wolff.
Force India’s chief operating officer Otmar Szafnauer says the dramatic Azerbaijan Grand Prix acted as a positive and a negative turning point to the team’s 2017 campaign having clinched back-to-back fourth places in the Formula 1 World Constructors’ championship.
Esteban Ocon has dismissed Force India Formula 1 teammate Sergio Perez's claim that he will be under more pressure to perform in 2018, saying he is happy to have people taking notice of his strong on-track performances.
Sergio Perez believes the pressure will be on Force India Formula 1 teammate Esteban Ocon next year to replicate his impressive first season with the team, saying the paddock will “expect big things”.
Red Bull has maximised its testing time with the 2018 Pirelli tyres by notching up the highest number of kilometres ahead of the next Formula 1 season.
Sergio Perez has faith Formula 1 will adjust to life with the Halo cockpit protector after the opening few rounds and feels it’s a safety move which has been a long time coming.
Sergio Perez says it hasn’t been his best season in Formula 1 despite bagging back-to-back fourth places in the World Constructors’ championship for Force India and consecutive seventh places in the drivers’ standings due to the lack of silverware in 2017.
Force India’s Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez both resisted debuting Pirelli’s new pink-banded HyperSoft tyre during the post-season Abu Dhabi tyre test but were content with the progress made on the 2018 compounds.
Force India’s chief operating officer Otmar Szafnauer has blasted the latest Formula 1 race steward ‘inconsistent’ call on race incidents after Renault’s Nico Hulkenberg was handed a five-second time penalty for passing Sergio Perez off track.
Force India has confirmed Nikita Mazepin will take part in next weekend's Formula 1 tyre test in Abu Dhabi, splitting running with full-time drivers Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon at the Yas Marina Circuit.
Esteban Ocon has praised the underdog story of Force India and feels his team could produce even bigger surprises with an equal budget compared to its manufacturer rivals in Formula 1.