Force India announces technical restructure for 2010 F1 championship

The Force India Formula One Team has announced a restructure to its technical department ahead of the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship season, due to James Key, technical director, leaving the team to pursue new opportunities. Mark Smith, formerly design director, will now become technical director and will assume responsibility for the entire mechanical and aerodynamic design of the team’s challengers.
James has been a long-standing member of the team, first joining Jordan Grand Prix in 1998 as a data engineer before progressing to test engineer and later senior race engineer for Takuma Sato. In 2003, James joined the aerodynamic group and was then promoted to head of vehicle science towards the end of that year before becoming technical director in 2005.
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Adrian Sutil takes over for Force India in Jerez

Force India's Adrian Sutil took over the VJM03 for the penultimate day of testing at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit today. In hugely improved weather conditions, Adrian completed 69 laps of the Spanish track as he worked through a programme of long and short runs, weight distribution and race preparation.Tonio Liuzzi will resume driving duties tomorrow for the final day of the four day test.
Adrian Sutil said, "Today was our first proper shot at dry running this test and it went pretty well. In the morning we did a few short runs and some set-up work and then in the afternoon moved on to longer runs and getting more information on the new tyres.
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Force India's Paul Di Resta and Tony Liuzzi at VJM03 testing in Spain

Inclement weather conditions again played a starring role in testing at the Circuito de Jerez, Spain. With the heavy rain showers and high winds that have so far characterised the testing showing no signs of abating, Force India was obliged to modify its testing schedule slightly to allow the race drivers the best chance of the forecasted better weather later this week, with Paul di Resta getting another half day testing in the VJM03 before Tonio Liuzzi took over in the afternoon.
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Force India testing resumes in Jerez

The Force India Formula One Team resumed its VJM03 testing programme at the Circuito de Jerez today as the first of a four day programme got underway. New test and reserve driver Paul di Resta got his first taste of the 2010 challenger in the morning before Adrian Sutil took over for the afternoon's running.
As was the case for last week's test, running was punctuated by heavy rain storms and cloudy skies with high wind also a disrupting factor. However in a productive day working through set-up and control systems checks, Paul completed over 300km while Adrian covered 120km, bringing the day's mileage to more than 450km.
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Interview : Dr. Vijay Mallya, Adrian Sutil, Tonio Liuzzi on Singapore Grand Prix

The Singapore Grand Prix from 25 - 27 September will be the next stop on the F1 calendar for the Force India Formula One Team and the first in a sequence of four flyaway races that culminates with the season finale in Abu Dhabi.

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Force India F1 to test Chandok and Jani

Force India Formula one, India’s team at the pinnacle of motorsports- Formula One, may consider putting Karun Chandhok and Neel Jani in McLaren's Formula One simulator in the next few weeks to assess them.
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Interview : Tonio Liuzzi on his comeback at home turf - Italian GP

The sudden exit of Giancarlo Fisichella from Force India’s driver seat has given Tonio Liuzzi the much sought after place beginning this weekend at the Italian GP. Some of his thoughts on his return...

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Fisichella quits Force India F1 team to join Ferrari with immediate effect

Following extensive discussions over the past 24 hours, the Force India Formula One Team, on 3rd September’09, has announced that it has agreed to release Giancarlo Fisichella from his contract to join the Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro team for the remainder of the 2009 season, with immediate effect.
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Fisichella of Force India makes history, wins 2nd position at 2009 Belgian Grand Prix

It was a moment Force India's owner Dr Vijay Mallya would never forget in his lifetime. Giancarlo Fisichella finished a nail-biting Belgian Grand Prix at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in second position - just one second away from the first place - marking the Force India Formula One Team's first-ever World Championship points.

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Force India announces selection of four Speed Divas in Mumbai

Force India and MTV, which had recently rolled out its reality show jointly ‘The Fast & The Gorgeous’, had announced their winners on 19th July’09 at the Sarai Lounge in Khar, Mumbai. Post the screening of the final show, the names of the girls were announced.

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Force India to continue with 2010 season while eight majors threaten a divorce

According to the latest reports, nearly eight manufacturers (Ferrari, McLaren, BMW, Renault, Red Bull, Toro Rosso, Toyota and BrawnGP) have decided to form a separate setup by breaking away from the present organization. It has been learnt the eight teams have disagreed with the way the FIA has decided in what direction the Formula One should go, and thus feeling the need to create a own championship. The reason cited by the teams for this drastic move is Max Mosley's (Formula one motor racing chief) plan to introduce a voluntary £40 million budget cap in order to make it easier for new teams to enter & smaller ones like Force India and Wlliams to continue.
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Mid-size cars now to have CNG and LPG kits

Discerning the burgeoning demand for cars that run on alternate fuel like Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), a number of car companies like GM, Hyundai, etc, Toyota, Maruti, M&M are in the process of launching an array of models in such segments shortly, especially in the models of their C and D segment, reports The Economic Times exclusively.
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Force India's new package ready for Silverstone race - Interview with Dominic Harlow

As Force India gears up for its home race at Silverstone we talked to race and test engineering boss Dominic Harlow about preparations for the race and the new aero update package that will be on the VJM02.
What do you need from a car at Silverstone?‘It’s a typical medium/high downforce track. You need aero efficiency and good platform stability, as it’s quite bumpy, and it’s important to be able to deal with that. Balance is very critical. There’s always the compromise between the three sectors, you need to get a quick sector one and then the second and third are increasingly geared around your downforce and your medium speed corner performance.’

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