Silverstone based Force India launch new car at Northamptonshire circuit
THE Force India Formula 1 team has launched its new car at Silverstone.
The team’s 2012 challenger, the VJM05, was unveiled by drivers Paul di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg at the Silverstone Wing on Friday.
They were joined at the event by the team’s newly-signed reserve driver Jules Bianchi.
After the unveiling, the car took to the track with Di Resta at the wheel for its first public test.
The VJM05 is the second car to be created under the watch of team technical director Andrew Green, and the team hope it will help it build on its sixth place finish in the 2011 constructors’ championship in the coming season.
Vijay Mallya, team principal, said: “We have set our sights on challenging for fifth place. To do so we will need to begin the new campaign by delivering the kind of form we showed in the second half of 2011.
“I believe this is a realistic goal and that we have the talent and determination to realise these ambitions.”
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