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Force India F1 Team Stats & Info
Principal: Otmar Szafnauer
| Name | Force India |
| Country |  India |
| Season Entries | 11 |
| Total Drivers | 7 |
| First Race | 2008 Australian F1 GP |
| Last Race | 2018 Hungarian F1 GP |
| First Pole | 2009 Belgian F1 GP |
| Last Pole | 2009 Belgian F1 GP |
| Best Result | 2nd - 2009 Belgian F1 GP |
| First Podium | 2009 Belgian F1 GP |
| Last Podium | 2018 Azerbijan F1 GP |
Engines used by Force India: Ferrari (2008),
Mercedes (2009-2018)
Year Budget 2018: € 110 million
Amount of Staff: 400 people
Force India F1 Stats | |
| Grand Prix Entries | 203 |
| Grand Prix Starts | 203 |
| Total Points | 1046 |
| Avg. Points per GP | 5,15 |
| Grand Prix Wins | 0 |
| Pole Positions | 1 (0,5%) |
| GP Podiums | 6 (3,0%) |
| GP Fastest Laps | 5 (2,5%) |
| GP Retirements | 83 |
| GP DNF's | 70 |
| Total GP Laps | 21113 |
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Drivers
Force India F1 drivers
27. Sergio Pérez
Sergio Pérez F1 Stats | |
| Grand Prix Entries | 280 |
| Grand Prix Starts | 278 |
| Total Points | 1637.00 |
| Avg. Points per GP | 5.85 |
| Grand Prix Wins | 6 (2,1%) |
| Wins from pole | 1 (0,4%) |
| Pole Positions | 4 (1,4%) |
| Front Row Starts | 14 (5,0%) |
| Avg. GP Grid | 9.9 |
| GP Podiums | 39 (13,9%) |
| GP Fastest Laps | 12 (4,3%) |
| GP Points Finish | 187 (66,8%) |
| Avg. GP Position | 8.0 |
| GP Retirements | 37 (13,2%) |
| GP DNF's | 27 (9,6%) |
| Total GP Laps | 15.403 |
Helmet of Sergio Pérez
11. Esteban Ocon
Esteban Ocon F1 Stats | |
| Grand Prix Entries | 154 |
| Grand Prix Starts | 154 |
| Total Points | 445.00 |
| Avg. Points per GP | 2.89 |
| Grand Prix Wins | 1 (0,6%) |
| Pole Positions | 0 |
| Avg. GP Grid | 11.6 |
| GP Podiums | 4 (2,6%) |
| GP Fastest Laps | 1 (0,6%) |
| GP Points Finish | 86 (55,8%) |
| Avg. GP Position | 9.9 |
| GP Retirements | 24 (15,6%) |
| GP DNF's | 22 (14,3%) |
| Total GP Laps | 8.238 |
Helmet of Esteban Ocon
Achievements Force India F1 drivers
| Driver | GP | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Pod | Pole | Laps | FL | PTS |
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 Adrian Sutil | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4413 | 1 | 123 |
 Sergio Pérez | 90 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5164 | 2 | 368 |
| Nico Hülkenberg | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4054 | 2 | 289 |
 Paul di Resta | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3224 | 0 | 121 |
 Esteban Ocon | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1729 | 0 | 116 |
 Giancarlo Fisichella | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1435 | 0 | 8 |
| Vitantonio Liuzzi | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1094 | 0 | 21 |
Cars
Force India F1 cars
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- Sergio Pérez, Force India VJM11 on the grid 2018 Australian Grand Prix,. Albert Park, Melbourne
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- Sergio Pérez, Force India VJM10, 2017 Australian Grand Prix
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- Nico Hulkenberg, Force India VJM09, 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix 2016
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- Sergio Pérez, Force India VJM08, 2015 Chinese Grand Prix
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- Sergio Pérez Force India VJM07 (2014)
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- James Rossiter, Force India VJM06 (2013)
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- Paul di Resta, Force India VJM05, 2012 European GP
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- Adrian Sutil, Force India VJM04, 2011 German GP
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- Adrian Sutil, Force India VJM03, 2010 Hungarian GP
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- Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India VJM02, 2009 Japanese GP
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- Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India VJM01 (2008)
Management
Force India F1 Team Key Members
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Otmar Szafnauer
Team Principal and CEO
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Andrew Green
Technical Director
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Andy Stevenson
Sporting Director (right)
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Steve Curnow (left)
Commercial Director and Antonio Perez
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Tom McCullough
Chief Race Engineer
History
Force India History
Giancarlo Fisichella leading after Force India's first and only pole position in Belgium (2009)
Vijay Mallya’s team are much improved since their debut in 2008, and they have become one of the most popular teams on the grid.
So far their progress has been gradual, but they will be one of the teams to watch when the new rules and regulations come in for 2014 and beyond.
The team has a complicated history, as it went through several different guises from Jordan to Spyker to Midland before finally settling on Force India in 2008.
Scepticism, and recent history, led many to believe that they wouldn't last long, but then people really took notice in the 2009 Belgium GP.
Despite being the slowest car on the grid throughout the 2009 season, the conditions at Spa Francorchamps suited the car, and Giancarlo Fisichella remarkably landed the team’s first ever pole position.
Paul di Resta on back straight with his Force India VJM05.
The experienced Italian driver managed to finish second and take the team’s first podium as he finished behind Kimi Raikkonen in the Ferrari, in the race.
From there, the team have become consistent point scorers and have put faith in young drivers. Scotland’s Paul di Resta was widely tipped to become a future world champion, while Nico Hulkenberg has also driven for the team.
Nico Hulkenberg was brought back in 2014, along with Sergio Pérez in what is one of the midfield's best driver partnerships. Together with the strong Mercedes power unit, the team produced some impressive results.
Strong links with both Ferrari and Mercedes stand the team in good stead for young drivers in the future, but whether they can break out and become a leading team over the next few years, only time will tell.
Sergio Pérez, Force India VJM10.
2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
2016 was the most successful F1 season ever for Force India. The team started from the 10th place since 2008 and kept rising up to 4th place in the constructors championship and 2 podiums. A result that McLaren only can dream of these days.
The 2017 F1 season was for the Silverstone based team not better than the 2016 F1 season. Expectations were high with the talents of young driver Esteban Ocon, the experience of Sergio Pérez and the outstanding Mercedes power-unit.
The team did an amazing job by finishing 4th again in the 2017 constructors championship, but didn't score a podium. Perez was close with a 4th place finish in Spain, but Ferrari and Red Bull were to strong.
In 2018 the performance of the small team was again very good. Until the Grand Prix of Hungary they performed well and already had scored 59 points. During the race weekend in Budapest the team got into administration status and almost went bankrupt. 6 investors with one of them being the father of Lance Stroll bought the time from Vijay Mallya and the Dutch Mol family.
Because of an unknown reason the new owners could not get their hands on the official FIA documents to just keep racing and keep their points. The team had to subscribe to the championship as a new team, but was allowed to get the prize money that was won until Spa. The team lost all constructor championship points and had to start over from the Belgian GP. The name also changed from "Sahara Force India" into "Racing Point Force India".
Achievements
Force India F1 Achievements
Force India Finishing Positions
| 2nd | 1 Time |
| 3rd | 5 Times |
| 4th | 7 Times |
| 5th | 17 Times |
| 6th | 28 Times |
| 7th | 42 Times |
| 8th | 33 Times |
| 9th | 34 Times |
| 10th | 33 Times |
| 11th | 27 Times |
| 12th | 25 Times |
| 13th | 19 Times |
| 14th | 16 Times |
| 15th | 15 Times |
| 16th | 10 Times |
| 17th | 10 Times |
| 18th | 5 Times |
| 19th | 5 Times |
| 20th | 2 Times |
| 21st | 1 Time |
| DNF | 70 Times |
| DNS | 1 Time |
News
Latest Force India News
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Force India now 'Racing Point' for 2019
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Britain approves Mallya extradition
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Force India adding blue to 2019 livery
Force India could add the colour blue to its livery for 2019. Last week, the Silverstone based team - set to be officially renamed 'Racing Point' following the Lawrence Stroll..
Teams reject Liberty 'joint launch' idea
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Force India not confirming end of pink livery
Force India is not commenting on reports that it could drop its pink livery for 2019. SportsPro reports that the newly Lawrence Stroll-owned team has secured a $18 million deal..
Racing point announces new technology partnership
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Green: Cars to take 'huge' performance hit in 2019
F1 car performance has taken a "huge" hit with the advent of the new technical regulations for 2019, according to a current technical director. In a bid to improve overtaking, the..
Perez not worried about Lance Stroll as teammate
Sergio Pérez says he is not worried about becoming the number 2 driver at the team formerly known as Force India. The 28-year-old Mexican has been at the Silverstone based team..
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