Force India

Location: Silverstone, England
Years in F1: 2008 - 2018
Team championships: 0
Drivers Championships: 0
Grand Prix victories: 0
Races started: 203
Pole positions: 1

Force India team history

Force India was formed out of the old Spyker team and ran until 2018 when team owner Vijay Mallya ran into financial problems and the team was bought by Lawrence Stroll to become Racing Point. During the time the team competed it had a best result of one 2nd place and one pole position.

2018

Position: Excluded
Points: 59
Race wins: 0
Sergio Perez 7th 100 points
Esteban Ocon 12th 49 points
Part way through the 2018 season the team went into receivership and the assets bought out by a consortium run by business man Lawrence stroll and became Racing Point Force India and it was under this name that the team finished the season. As they did not complete the season the team could not keep the points but the drivers could.

2017

Position: 4
Points: 187
Race wins: 0
Sergio Perez 7th 100 points
Esteban Ocon 8th 87 points
The final full season for the team again saw them finish 4th in the constructors championship but with a best result of 4th.

2016

Position: 4
Points: 173
Race wins: 0
Nico Hulkenberg 10th 58 points
Sergio Perez 7th 101 points
This was one of the team's best seasons finishing 4th in the constructors championship and with two podium finishes.

2015

Position: 5
Points: 136
Race wins: 0
Nico Hulkenberg 10th 58 points
Sergio Perez 9th 78 points
The results this season were similar to the previous season with again one podium finish.

2014

Position: 6
Points: 155
Race wins: 0
Nico Hulkenberg 9th 96 points
Sergio Perez 10th 59 points
For 2014 Force India had 2 new drivers, with Nico Hulkenberg returning and Sergio Perez joining after being dropped by McLaren. Nico Hulkenberg had a consistent season finishing in the top 10 in 14 races, but it was Sergio Perez who who scored the teams second podium finish.

2013

Position: 6
Points: 77
Race wins: 0
Paul Di Resta 12th 48 points
Adrian Sutil 13th 29 points
Paul Di Resta was dropped at the end of 2013 after never quite fulfilling his potential.

2012

Position: 7
Points: 109
Race wins: 0
Paul Di Resta 14th 46 points
Nico Hulkenberg 11th 63 points
The team were generally running in the mid field but did have a best result of 4th.

2011

Position: 6
Points: 69
Race wins: 0
Paul Di Resta 13th 27 points
Adrian Sutil 9th 42 points
In late 2011 a significant stake in the team was sold to the Sahara group.

2010

Position: 7
Points: 68
Race wins: 0
Adrian Sutil 10th 47 points
Tonio Liuzzzi 15th 21 points
This was a much better season with the team scoring points in most races.

2009

Position: 9
Points: 13
Race wins: 0
Adrian Sutil 17th 5 points
Giancarlo Fisichella 15th 8 points
During 2009 significant improvements were made to the car and at Spa, Giancarlo Fisichella put the car on pole position and then scored the teams first points with a second second place.

2008

Position: 10
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Adrian Sutil 0 points
Giancarlo Fisichella 0
Force India took over the Spyker team for the start of the 2008 season and it struggled at the back of the grid.