फोर्स इंडिया

सहारा फोर्स इंडिया एफ१ हा फॉर्मुला १ मोटार रेसिंग संघ आहे. संघाची स्थापना ऑक्टोबर २००७ मध्ये विजय मल्ल्या आणि मिखाईल मोल यांनी स्पायकर एफ१ संघ ८८ मिलियन युरोला विकत घेतल्या नंतर झाली.

फोर्स इंडिया एफ१ ने २०११ मध्ये दिल्लीत होणाऱ्या पहिल्या भारतीय ग्रांप्री मधील भारताचा फॉर्म्युला वन मधील सहभाग वाढवला. फेडरेशन इंटरनॅशनल डीला अटोमोबाईल ने संघाचे नाव स्पायकर एवेजी फोर्स इंडिया ठेवण्यास २४ ऑक्टोबर २००७ मध्ये परवानगी दिली.

२९ शर्यती गुण न मिळता गेल्या नंतर फोर्स इंडिया ने फॉर्म्युला वन मधील पहिले गुण व टॉप थ्री फिनिश २००९ बेल्जियम ग्रांप्री मध्ये मिळवले जेव्हा जियानकार्लो फिसिकेलाने दुसऱ्या नंबरवर शर्यत संपवली.

पार्श्वभूमी 
फोर्स इंडिया संघ २००७ मध्ये अस्तित्वात आला तरी त्याची सुरुवात १९९१ मध्ये झाली जॉर्डन ग्रांप्री नावाने झाली. १९९९ मध्ये संघाचा मालक इडी जॉर्डनयाने संघ विकायचे ठरवले. सिल्वरस्टोन येथिल संघ व इतर सुविधा मिडलॅंड समूहाने २००५ मध्ये विकत घेउन संघाचे नाव मिडलॅंड एफ१ रेसिंग असे ठेवले. २००६ च्या हंगामात संघाचे नाव स्पायकर कार्स असे ठेवन्यात आले. आर्थिक अडचणीमुळे हा संघ विजय मल्ल्या आणि मिखेल मोल यांच्या ऑरेंज इंडिया होल्डिंग्ज समुहाने यांनी २००७ मध्ये विकत घेतला.

2008 and onwards 

Colin Kolles remained as team principal in 2008, with Michiel Mol as director of F1 racing, and Mike Gascoyne as the Chief Technology Officer.

Force India used the VJM-01 chassis, an updated version of the previous year's Spyker car, for the first part of the  season.  The team used customer Ferrari engines in 2008, with the team's existing deal with Ferrari originally running to 2010. The team also used the Indian flag in its team logo from 2008. Former Spyker sponsor Etihad Airways have a contract with the team until 2009, and have yet to announce any changes to this arrangement. Force India will construct their own cars as Spyker did, rather than using customer chassis.
Force India has a contract with Adrian Sutil for 2008. In November 2007 the team invited Vitantonio Liuzzi, Christian Klien, Giancarlo Fisichella, Ralf Schumacher, Franck Montagny and former Spyker test drivers Giedo van der Garde and Roldan Rodriguez to take part in winter tests along with Sutil. Giancarlo Fisichella took the second seat at Force India after being replaced at Renault by Fernando Alonso. On January 10, 2008, Force India confirmed Fisichella as first driver and Vitantonio Liuzzi as a test driver. Adrian Sutil had already been confirmed and took the second driver Role. Former Spyker test drivers Roldan Rodriguez and Giedo van der Garde were confirmed as test drivers for Force India F1.

At Monaco 2008 it looked like Force India was near to scoring their first point as Adrian Sutil had moved up to fourth place until Kimi Räikkönen collided with him 10 minutes before the end of the race. However, it was judged that Sutil was in wrong position because he had overtaken under yellow flags. More points were lost in Singapore because the safety car period that ensued after Sutil's accident ruined Fisichella's strategy. He had run as high as third earlier in the race.

Force India retained the same drivers for the for the 2009 season. At the wet 2009 Chinese Grand Prix, Sutil almost secured Force India's first points, holding sixth place in front of Lewis Hamilton and Timo Glock with six laps remaining when aquaplaning led to the Force India car skidding off the road and crashing out of the race. At the German GP, Sutil qualified in the 7th place and battled for the points, reaching second at one point, before crashing with Kimi Räikkönen after leaving the pitlane and being forced to pit again to change a broken front wing. He finished 15th. 

Force India gained their first pole position in Formula One on August 29, 2009 at the Belgian GP in Spa with Fisichella posting a time of 1:46.308.. Fisichella finished the race in second position earning Force India's first ever points. 

On September 3 2009, Force India announced that they were releasing  Fisichella to allow him to race for Ferrari for the remainder of the season. It was announced four days later that test driver Vitantonio Liuzzi would replace Fisichella for the remainder of the season.

At the qualifying race of the 2009 Italian Grand Prix in Monza, Sutil finished at P2 and Liuzzi, on debut for the team, finished at P7. On race day, Sutil finished in the 4th position and clocked the fastest lap of the race. While running at P4 in the race, Liuzzi had to retire due to a gear box failure.

VJM01 

The VJM-01 was launched with a white, gold and tungsten colored livery at the Gateway of India, in  मुंबई, India,  on February 7 2008. The car was named after Force India F1's owners Dr. Vijay Mallya, Jan Mol and Michel Mol. The car was fitted with new aerodynamic updates after almost every race.

VJM02 

The VJM-02 is powered by Mercedes-Benz engines from the 2009 season after signing a five year deal on 10 November 2008. The deal also includes supply of McLaren-Mercedes gearboxes, hydraulic systems and Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS). The car was revealed on March 1 2009.

Sponsorship 
Kingfisher, a brand owned by Vijay Mallya, is the primary sponsor. Other sponsors for 2008 included ICICI Bank, Medion, Kanyan Capital and Reliance Industries Limited. Kingfisher also sponsored FMS International, a GP2 team partly-owned by Fisichella. The above sponsors, except ICICI Bank and Kanyan Capital, continue to sponsor the team in 2009. New sponsors include AVG, Airbus and Whyte & Mackay.

Partners 
Force India F1 has tied up with Airbus and EADS for technological support, and has a technical partnership with McLaren.

ऑक्टोबर २०११, सहारा इंडिया परिवार ने फोर्स इंडिया मध्ये १० कोटी डॉलर्सची गुंतवणूक करताना ४२.५ % समभाग विकत घेतले. विजय मल्ल्या यांच्याकडे ४२.५% समभाग राहतील आणि उरलेले १५% समभाग मोल परिवाराकडे राहतील. यामुळे संघाचे नाव बदलून सहारा फोर्स इंडिया करण्यात आले.

Complete Formula One results 
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References 

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