A tricky qualifying session for Force India today, which didn’t really go to plan. A brake problem held back Esteban Ocon and seriously compromised his qualifying session, especially towards the end when the track was improving. “It’s disappointing to be out in Q1, but we had an issue with the brakes that held us back. I pitted for slicks when the track was improving and my brake pedal went long. We tried to optimise the situation as much as we could, cooling down the brakes, […]

The race at the Hockenheimring returns to the calendar and it's a favourite - for many reasons - for the Force India drivers. Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon talk about their experience at the German Grand Prix ahead of this weekend race in the video below.  

Force India will start the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday from 6th and 9th position after both drivers managed to graduate into Q3 during qualifying. Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez delivered clean and tidy laps, building up their speed with each run. "I'm feeling very happy. Today we showed our strength as a team and we are sixth on the grid in Monaco. It's the most important qualifying session of the year and we have a great opportunity to score good points tomorrow. The team has done a lot […]

Sahara Force India’s third driver, Nicholas Latifi, made his debut in the VJM11 in the first day of testing in Barcelona, while George Russell worked with Pirelli to help develop its range of F1 tyres. “I was really looking forward to my first outing, especially after the disappointment of missing out on pre-season testing [due to illness]. It was a very good first day on track with the team and I finally had the chance to put to practice a lot of the procedures and […]

Sahara Force India scored two points in today’s Spanish Grand Prix as Sergio Perez raced to ninth place. Esteban Ocon’s day ended early with an oil pressure problem forcing his retirement. “It was a tough afternoon but to score two points in these conditions is not a bad result and a decent reward after a difficult race. I made a good start but I had to go wide to avoid the accident with Grosjean and I lost a lot of positions", says Perez. "It really […]

Sahara Force India showed good performance at Suzuka today with Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez qualifying in seventh and eighth places for tomorrow’s Japanese Grand Prix. “I’m feeling very happy after qualifying. The car has been fantastic since the beginning of the weekend, just as it was in Malaysia, and our result today shows the progress we have made recently developing the car, says Ocon. "Whether it’s been wet or dry, the car has been quick, and we’ve only had to make small adjustments to […]

Sahara Force India scored six points in today’s Hungarian Grand Prix with Sergio Perez racing to eighth place ahead of Esteban Ocon in ninth. This result edges the team over the 100 points mark, which is a positive way to head into the summer break. A very aggressive first lap brought both drivers up into the top ten, from where it was mostly a routine afternoon with both cars executing one-stop strategies.  “I’m very pleased to come away with eighth place today. It hasn’t been an […]

Sahara Force India will test the Russian Formula 3 driver Nikita Mazepin, and Austrian DTM racer Lucas Auer during the upcoming Budapest test session this month. The youngsters will share driving duties in the VJM10 across the test with each driver scheduled to run for half a day on the Tuesday as well as the Wednesday. For Nikita, the test will be another chance to continue his development programme following a successful test with the team at Silverstone in 2016 and drive the cars built to […]

Esteban Ocon enjoyed his first Q3 appearance in a Formula One qualifying session but reckons he could have been higher on the grid if he was not making mistakes during his final run. The Frenchman will start tomorrow's Russian Grand Prix from tenth place, with his team-mate Sergio Perez alongside him in ninth. “It’s the first Q3 appearance of my career and I’m pretty happy with our performance today", Ocon says. "The team has done an awesome job to improve the car during each session and I […]

Sahara Force India moved up to fourth place in the Constructors' Championship after Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon finished in points in today's Bahrain Grand Prix. It is a solid start to their season and gives the team a good base to build on over the coming races. After a challenging qualifying session yesterday, the team made all the right calls in the race while none of its drivers put a wheel out of place. Only one of the cars was fortunate with the timing of the safety car, but […]

Force India's Esteban Ocon scored his first point in Formula One after a strong drive to tenth place at the Australian GP on Sunday. The Frenchman delivered a fantastic performance starting from P14 and his race-long fight with McLaren's Fernando Alonso was one of the big stories of the race. Ocon overtook Alonso with just six laps to go. “Scoring my first point in Melbourne is a very nice reward after what has been quite a tough weekend," reckons Ocon. "I spent almost the entire race fighting […]

The first day of the season saw the VJM10 emerge in its new pink livery at Albert Park as Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon Clocked up a total of 124 laps between them. It was a fairly routine start to the 2017 season for Force India, with a brake system problem on Ocon’s car the only significant issue at the start of FP1. Fortunately the team resolved that quite quickly allowing the Frenchman to get on with learning the track. “I didn’t have the best […]