Comments on: Force India getting closer to first points

By: scunnyman

scunnyman — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:18:31 +0000

Thanks mp4 good year and the season opener was Phoenix i believe, which is good as that is where i live now.
And of course I ma a hug Mansell fan and he won British grand Prix that year. I think it’s the year he gave Senna a ride on his Williams.

So that’s one dvd to watch. will i get anymore recommendations before th end of the weekend?

By: mp4-19b

mp4-19b — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:01:04 +0000

1991 the best according to me

By: scunnyman

scunnyman — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:16:42 +0000

having read these articles about goodwood and overtaking it has got me wanting to watch some season reviews over the weekend, while not doing the july 4th thing. Only i can’t work out what seasons to watch from 1975 to say 2006.

can anyone suggest some years for me please?

By: Alianora La Canta

Alianora La Canta — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:29:23 +0000

So I’m not the only one who sees Force India at least as much as the latest iteration of Jordan Grand Prix as I see it as its own entity

By: Alianora La Canta

Alianora La Canta — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:28:19 +0000

Vijay is trying to change Indian people’s loyalties, which is part of the reason the team name is Force India. Incidentally, there is a Force India VJM01 car on tour – it has recently been seen at the Techedin conference and a 50km Sunworld run, both in India (albeit both with fairly targeted audiences rather than mass appeal).

By: Mouse_Nightshirt

Mouse_Nightshirt — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:44:13 +0000

If I Recall Correctly

By: wasiF1

wasiF1 — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:50:20 +0000

They deserve a point hopefully they earn it rather than get it.

By: David A

David A — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:28:08 +0000

i would like to know how is the team linked to india?

After reading this, I didn’t want to read on.

By: manatcna

manatcna — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:29:55 +0000

IIRC ?

By: Obster

Obster — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:07:08 +0000

Yes, they are getting closer every race, it seems. I root for them to get points soon-altho the “plucky” factor seems to have shifted to the Brawn guys for this season.

By: Sush Meerkat

Sush Meerkat — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:24:31 +0000

You dont half argue alot MP4-19b, even with a name.

What about Red Bull?, do their cars run on the stuff?, are the engineers previous bartenders?.

By: ed

ed — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:04:46 +0000

Vijay Mallya is their team principle, thats enough reason no?

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:01:23 +0000

Don’t forget that India will be getting its own race in 2011. I think naming the team like this is trying to get Indian viewers more interested in the sport so when the race comes, there will be more knowledgeable fans there to support the team/F1 in general.

By: Steve_P

Steve_P — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:58:02 +0000

I think VJ can name his team whatever he wants. His is Indian and the main sponsor (Kingfisher) is Indian. I’ve read before in the past that VJ wants to get an Indian driver into one of the cars, but he doesn’t think Karun Chandhoek is ready for it. Besides, an F1 team based outside of Europe is highly unlikely. We’ll see how well Team USF1 does next season. If Team USF1 is successful, maybe other teams will base their operations outside of Europe.

I really want to see Force India score soon. They really do deserve it.

By: ComeBackMontoya

ComeBackMontoya — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:39:45 +0000

Montoya was a great driver, not scared of putting moves on people in corners others wouldn’t dream of and personality wise was a welcome departure from the corporate monkeys every team boss wishes for.

So while I know he aint coming back (like the mp4-19b), I can still ‘plea’!

By: mp4-19b

mp4-19b — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:33:54 +0000

first of all i don’t like the name FORCE INDIA. i would like to know how is the team linked to india? is the team based in india? are there any indian engineers onboad? is the manufacturing done in india? or has any indian test driven it? no! infact there isn’t even a life scale model of force india’s car on display in any of the major indian cities! just because vijay mallya owns 50% stake & the livery is based on indian flag,which i find very cool ) we cannot justify it being named after a country, there isn’t much there you can associate with india. i would suggest naming it as KINGFISHER-MERCEDES. That sounds better to me. i have many indian friends, in spite of having a team named after their nation, most of them still support either mclaren or ferrari. either mallya must change the name or shift base from silverstone to bombay )

By: mp4-19b

mp4-19b — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:14:50 +0000

why do you still use that name or i must say plea, when we all pretty well know that he’s never going to come back. infact i saw one of his interviews to speed,where he said that he would go back to Columbia & graze cattle’s than return to f1. he was a great fighter & a nutter at the same time. f1 doesn’t suite such characters. maybe he should have tried out WWE. he resembles carlito a lot & he’s not bad at abusing either!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFnnwdlerJM

By: Arun.India

Arun.India — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:16:41 +0000

I hope so they get it.They have been trying really hard for their first point.Even though i am not a big force india fan.I like Dr.Mallya.Go Dr.Mallya!!!!:).

By: hollus

hollus — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:23:06 +0000

Go Jordan!

By: ukk

ukk — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:21:18 +0000

That said, they’ve done very well to still be in the middle of the table despite all that.

Yup, the difference between the winning team (one that knows how to fight effectively) and the also-ran’s.

Toyota and Williams are suffering exactly in this department a lot – reasonable car, but poorly utilised by the team.