Bob Fernley, team principal, Sahara Force India and Paul Di Resta with the VJM06. ...
05:48 PM, Feb 01, 2013
The Sahara Force India driver is surprised that the team is yet to name his teammate for the 2013 season beginning in March. ...
08:37 PM, Jan 12, 2013
Bangkok: German driver Adrian Sutil is confident of returning to Sahara Force India for the 2013 Formula One season. Sutil was part of the Silverstone outfit from 2007-2012, including the year when the team raced under the Spyker banner, and is seen as the strongest candidate for Nico Hulkenberg's replacement. Paul di Resta is likely to retain his place. "In five years I was in this team, they know how...
07:37 PM, Dec 17, 2012
Sao Paulo: Sahara Force India drivers Paul di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg had good outings as they finished sixth and seventh respectively in the third free practice for the Brazilian Grand Prix, here on Saturday. Great Britain's Di Resta took 1:13.486 to complete 21 laps while Hulkenberg of Germany needed 1:13.602 to finish 22 laps at the Interlagos Racing Circuit. Hulkenberg should have fond memories of this circuit as it...
10:23 PM, Nov 24, 2012
Abu Dhabi: Nico Hulkenberg had to endure a crash in the first lap of the race but Paul di Resta earned two points for Sahara Force India from the incident-filled Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, where Narain Karthikeyan survived a big accident, here today. Di Resta finished ninth after starting 12th from the grid but Hulkenberg's race lasted less than a lap as he damaged his car due to...
10:16 PM, Nov 04, 2012
Abu Dhabi: Sahara Force India drivers missed out on Q3 for the second consecutive race as Nico Hulkenberg qualified 11th and Paul di Resta could secure only P13 for Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. McLaren's outgoing star Lewis Hamilton grabbed pole ahead of Red Bull's Mark Webber, who was just 0.348 seconds behind, and championship leader Sebastian Vettel. Hamilton's flying lap of 1:40.630 secured him his sixth pole position of...
10:08 PM, Nov 03, 2012
Abu Dhabi: Sahara Force India drivers say the Yas Marina cicruit suits them well and they are optimistic of carrying forward the good run into the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday. Force India had both of its cars in the points bracket in the 2011 season at the Yas Marina circuit with Adrian Sutil finishing eighth ahead of team-mate Paul di Resta. In the 2012 season, Force India are...
05:46 PM, Oct 31, 2012
Greater Noida: Amidst strong speculations that Nico Hulkenberg will leave Sahara Force India to join Sauber for the next season, Team Prinicpal Vijay Mallya on Sunday said he will reveal the drivers' line-up next month. Hulkenberg, who test drove for the Indian side in 2011, was elevated to the driving seat at the start of the current season and the German did a fantastic job for the team with consistent...
09:03 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Greater Noida: It would have been an ideal result for Sahara Force India had both its cars earned points in their home Grand Prix here on Sunday, but the team is still a happy unit with Nico Hulkenberg's eighth-place finish, considering the poor qualifying. Paul di Resta ended outside the points bracket, finishing the race in 12th position after starting from 16th. However, Hulkenberg gained four positions from his P12...
07:33 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Greater Noida: Vijay Mallya, Force India's team prinicpal, was unhappy that even one of his cars couldn't finish among the top-10 in the qualifying session Saturday for the home-race at the Buddh International Circuit. Nico Hulkenburg will start from the 12th place ans Paul Di Resta from the 16th place during Sunday's race. Mallya said Saturday's was a very close session, but ultimately his cars didn't have the performance level...
08:53 PM, Oct 27, 2012
Greater Noida: None of the Sahara Force India drivers could make the top 10 on the grid for their home race during the qualifying session of the Indian Grand Prix 2012 at the Buddh International Circuit here on Saturday. Meanwhile, Red Bull driver and defending champion Sebastian Vettel claimed his fifth pole position of the season, whose three consecutive wins have propelled him to the top of the table in...
04:37 PM, Oct 27, 2012
New Delhi: Sahara Force India drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Paul di Resta on Monday said they will try to make their home Grand Prix "special" with a big result and won't "give up" on the sixth place in the championship for which they are fighting hard with Sauber. With four races to go, starting with Sunday's Indian Grand Prix, the Indian outfit is placed seventh currently, trailing the Swiss team...
06:19 PM, Oct 22, 2012
After the recent rumours linking Nico Hulkenberg to Sauber, Force India seem more determined to hold onto the other driver, Paul di Resta, for next season. "We don't expect any changes and we would like it to be business as usual, because we have two brilliant drivers," Robert Fernley, Force India's deputy team principal, was quoted as saying recently. The 26-year-old Scot had been linked with Ferrari to replace Felipe...
01:49 PM, Oct 17, 2012
Yeongam: Nico Hulkenberg earned eight points for Sahara Force India with a sixth place finish while Paul Di Resta finished 12th in the Korean Grand Prix, here on Sunday. The result helped Force India reduce the gap with close rival and sixth-placed Sauber to 27 points as the none of the Swiss team's driver finished inside top-10. Sergio Perez was 11th while Kamuyi Kobayasahi retired after an accident. With four...
05:13 PM, Oct 14, 2012
Yeongnam: Sahara Force India driver Nico Hulkenberg will start eighth, while his team-mate will line up at 14th on the grid in Sunday's Korean Grand Prix here. Hulkenberg clocked 1:38.266 in Q3 after going through a bit of "struggle" in the Q1 and Q2. "It was not an easy qualifying session, but in the end everything went to plan. I did struggle in Q1 and Q2, and I've been fighting...
02:51 PM, Oct 13, 2012
New Delhi: The chase for that elusive podium finish continues but Sahara Force India driver Nico Hulkenberg on Thursday said that his team has the car and technology to achieve a top-3 finish in one of the remaining five races in this year's Formula One Championships. A peek into the drivers' and constructors' standings and one is convinced that the German was certainly not off the mark. "It's good (the...
06:23 PM, Oct 11, 2012
Suzuka: Nico Hulkenberg was fourth fastest in the second practice session for Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix while his Sahara Force India teammate Paul Di Resta was eighth in FP1, here on Friday. Hulkenberg timed his fastest lap in 1:32.987 in the second session, in which he completed 30 laps. He stood ninth in FP1 with a timing of 1:35.474. Di Resta's fastest lap in FP1 came 1:35.229, which was good...
05:57 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Singapore: Paul di Resta recorded his career-best result as he picked up 12 points for Sahara Force India with a fourth-place finish even as his teammate Nico Hulkenberg returned empty-handed from the incident-filled Singapore Grand Prix, here today. Di Resta, for whom a sixth place result was best so far, was helped by Lewis Hamilton's retirement, whose MacLaren had a mechanical failure in lap 23. Hulkenberg finished 14th after starting...
08:46 PM, Sep 23, 2012
Singapore: Sahara Force India's Paul di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg finished in the top 10 in both opening practice sessions for the Singapore Grand Prix, here on Friday. Hulkenberg was seventh in the first free practice with a timing of 1:51.658 while Di Resta finished a place behind after clocking 1:51.943, two days ahead of Sunday's floodlit race. The German pair of Resta and Hulkenberg were sixth and seventh fastest...
10:24 PM, Sep 21, 2012
