The Racing Point boss has said new regulations must equalise prize payments, not risk F1 becoming a spec series, to improve racing.
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Force India plans to add 125 staff in two years
2018 F1 season
Posted onForce India is planning a rapid expansion of its workforce over the next two years as it aims to close the gap to F1’s top three teams.
Force India planning new name for 2019 season
2019 F1 season
Posted onForce India is planning to change its name for the 2019 F1 season, team principal Otmar Szafnauer has confirmed.
Saving Force India: How team pink came back from the brink
RacingLines
Posted onHow close did the team come to going under before being pulled back from the brink? And what challenges does the salvaged ‘Racing Point’ squad still face?
Force India administrators expect Uralkali lawsuit to be dismissed
2018 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onFRP Advisory, the administrators who handled the sale of Force India, expect legal proceedings brought by a rival bidder to be “dismissed at the earliest opportunity”.
Force India administrators to be sued by Mazepin company over team’s sale
2018 F1 season
Posted onForce India’s sale to a consortium headed by Lawrence Stroll is to be challenged in the High Court in London by failed rival bidder Uralkali.
Todt casts doubt on Force India’s prize money share
2018 F1 season
Posted onFIA president Jean Todt says there is not unanimous agreement between Force India’s rival teams for it to receive the prize money it earned before it was rescued from administration.
Haas has not agreed for Force India to receive prize money
2018 Italian Grand Prix
Posted onForce India may not receive its full share of Formula 1’s prize money as at least one team has not approved the latest version of the proposed agreement for it to do so.
Force India will consider further change of name for 2019
2019 F1 season
Posted onForce India could adopt a new identity for the 2019 F1 season following its change of ownership ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix.
Perez insists it’s “business as usual” for Force India at Spa
2018 Belgian Grand Prix
Posted onSergio Perez insists it will be “business as usual” for Force India at this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix, though the team has been unable to give assurances it will take part in the race.
Force India seeking urgent solution to allow team to race at Spa
2018 Belgian Grand Prix
Posted onUrgent attempts are being made to permit Force India to enter this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix despite the team’s ongoing legal problems.
Legal problems may stop Force India from racing in Belgian Grand Prix
2018 Belgian Grand Prix
Posted onForce India may be denied entry for this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix unless the team’s legal status is clarified, RaceFans has learned.
Mazepin still pursuing Force India takeover despite Stroll deal
2018 F1 season
Posted onDmitry Mazepin has not given up his efforts to purchase the Force India Formula 1 team despite administrators agreeing a rescue package with a consortium backed by Lawrence Stroll.
Mazepin company challenges Stroll’s Force India rescue deal
2018 F1 season
Posted onUralkali, the Russian chemical giant run by the father of Force India’s development driver Nikita Mazepin, has claimed the team’s administrators did not act in its best interests in handling the sale which was agreed earlier this month.
Three into two can’t go at Force India
2019 F1 season
Posted onThree Formula 1 drivers all have strong claims to a drive at Force India next year. And according to some, one seat could even change hands before the next race.
Stroll deal to bring Force India out of administration
2018 F1 season
Posted onThe Force India team is to be rescued from administration following the announcement of an investment package involving Lawrence Stroll, father of Williams driver Lance Stroll.
Potential Force India buyers “have deep pockets” – Wolff
2018 Hungarian Grand Prix
Posted onThe Force India Formula 1 team, which was placed in administration on Friday, has interest from several potential buyers with “deep pockets”, according to Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff.
GP3 driver Mazepin’s billionaire father in talks over Force India buy-in
2018 Hungarian Grand Prix
Posted onDmitry Mazepin, the Belarus-born Russian billionaire and father of GP3 driver Nikita Mazepin, is considering buying into the Force India Formula 1 team, RaceFans has learned from sources.
Mallya wants to keep Ocon and Perez for 2019
2019 F1 season
Posted onForce India co-owner Vijay Mallya says he wants to keep Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez as the team’s driver line-up next year.
Force India “disappointed” at need for another new F1 chassis in 2019
2019 F1 season
Posted onForce India technical director Andrew Green says the team is disappointed that rules changes for 2019 mean they will not be able to carry over their VJM11 chassis to next year.
