2018 Force India F1 Team - Mercedes

[IamLegend]

The first lap curse, one of the reasons for the poor results so far.

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/13543 ... look-worse

[roon]

Removing the bubbles helped the livery. I think it's the best one on the grid, compared to the single-color designs. Super GT esque.

[NAPI10]

Must be tempting for FI -
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/head ... cedes.html

It will suit FI more than Williams. They are already supporting Merc junior drivers. This model will give them some long term stability & better use of resources. What you think?

[IamLegend]

Must be tempting for FI -
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/head ... cedes.html

It will suit FI more than Williams. They are already supporting Merc junior drivers. This model will give them some long term stability & better use of resources. What you think?

Ask yourself how many times have Torro Rosso beaten the sister team to win a grandprix or be on the podium? Being a lackey to someone comes with restrictions and conditions so I don't think this is the way to go. SFi are already a great unit for their size in terms of performance, I'd rather have the sport introduce spending cap and then we can see these smaller efficient teams outperform the big 3.

[IamLegend]

The building blocks of creating a successful driver program. Way to go SFi!

"Bumper weekend for the Force India Development Squad"

https://www.forceindiaf1.com/news/bumpe ... ment-squad

[NAPI10]

Rumor mill started again -
http://www.euronews.com/2018/05/24/excl ... nge-owners

[Manjhi]

Rumor mill started again -
http://www.euronews.com/2018/05/24/excl ... nge-owners

This time it looks confirmed to me. We could miss the brand of Force India within 1 or 2 weeks. Vijay & Roy has no brands of their own to promote via F1 plus F1 is not coming back to India soon. So it was better for them to sell the team to get some cash out of it.

After all they both are struggling with liquidity.

[NAPI10]

Vijay needs to continue; he has taken team to new heights
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/13641 ... orce-india

[IamLegend]

Vijay needs to continue; he has taken team to new heights
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/13641 ... orce-india

He is still the team principal, Siddharth Mallya is just heading the outfit for legal purposes. Nothing to be worried about, oh and what's Rich energy again?

[dren]

AMUS reporting FI is in trouble financially and has been bailed out by F1 management. There are 5 interested buyers. Andretti Motorsports is one of them.

[FrukostScones]

AMUS reporting FI is in trouble financially and has been bailed out by F1 management. There are 5 interested buyers. Andretti Motorsports is one of them.

Andretti? Sounds sound. Bring it on!

[Manjhi]

SFI can't be sold easily.

* It is very expensive to buy.
* The company not only has financial troubles but legal too, back in India.

[RAF]

https://companycheck.co.uk/search?term=Force+india

[adrianjordan]

SFI can't be sold easily.

* It is very expensive to buy.
* The company not only has financial troubles but legal too, back in India.

No more expensive than other teams have been in the past. Anyone looking at buying an F1 team should have deep pockets anyway.

As far as I'm aware, the legal troubles all stem from the current owners, there would certainly be a way to sell the team without those being a problem.

Maybe Eddie Jordan should buy it back...

[IamLegend]

Yawn! Can we talk about something else more productive around this team? It seems like most of the people here want the team to be sold, for what joy? So that another nincompoop can buy it and drag it down the drains? Andretti has enough troubles financing his Austin F1 track already, once the Miami street circuit comes up, he'll have to start selling popcorn and soda by the stands.


"Nothing is happening - no sale or anything of Force India. F1 is notorious for people wanting to buy teams. I would take it with a pinch of salt," the Mallya 'aide' told India's Business Standard.

https://www.planetf1.com/news/mallya-de ... r-rumours/