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Force India Chief Operating Officer Otmar Szafnauer says his squad will run a new front wing for the Bahrain Grand Prix having debuted a raft of updates at the 2018 Formula 1 opener.

Sergio Perez insists he and Force India teammate Esteban Ocon have learnt from their past clashes in Formula 1 heading into the 2018 season.

Force India’s chief operating officer Otmar Szafnauer says the team’s rules of engagement between drivers Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon will continue to remain relaxed for the start of the 2018 season.

Sergio Perez has cast doubt on Force India’s ability to keep hold of fourth place for a third consecutive season in the Formula 1 world constructors’ championship.

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.

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.

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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.

Force India’s Sergio Perez says the new Halo cockpit protector will become a familiar sight on Formula 1 cars after three or four races in 2018 as the sport prepares for big changes.

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.

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.

Haas team principal Guenther Steiner says he agrees with Red Bull boss Christian Horner’s criticism of inconsist race stewards and feels his own team was a victim of the problem at the United States Grand Prix.

Sergio Perez says “it’s hard to know how things would have gone” had he been given the green light to overtake Esteban Ocon but was content to still pick up useful points Force India at the United States Grand Prix.

Sergio Perez will remain at Force India for the 2018 Formula 1 world championship to see an unchanged line-up at the team for next year.

Force India has got heads turning the Formula 1 paddock with its unique new shark fin design which includes 30 mini wings on top of the fin plus a larger T-wing as the hunt for downforce plays a key role at the Singapore Grand Prix.