SUTIL AND LIUZZI CONFIRMED FOR FORCE INDIA F1 TEAM 2010 LINE-UP
The Force India Formula One Team is pleased to confirm Adrian Sutil and
Vitantonio Liuzzi will remain with the team for the 2010 FIA Formula One
World Championship, thus giving complete consistency in its driver
line-up.
2010 will be Adrian's fourth season in Formula 1. The 26-year-old German
started his F1 career with Force India's predecessors, Midland, as a test
and reserve driver in 2006 before graduating to a race seat with Spyker
in 2007. In 2009 he recorded his best-ever F1 finish of fourth at the
Italian Grand Prix, also securing his first front row start.
Tonio retains his race seat following his move up from the team's test
and reserve driver role at Monza this year. The 28-year-old Italian made
his race debut in 2005 with Red Bull Racing and moved to Toro Rosso for
2006 and 2007. In 2008 he became Force India's third driver.
Dr Vijay Mallya, chairman and team principal, commented, 'We are very
pleased to retain the services of both Adrian and Tonio for another
season. We have always maintained that consistency is key at this stage
in the team's development and for the first time in many years we will
have the continuity of not only the same drivers, but also the same
engine and senior management. With this stability now in place I truly
believe we have an excellent platform to build on and move forward on our
strong 2009 performance. I am sure we have one of the most dynamic
line-ups on the grid and I hope this will stand us in good stead in what
we all hope will be a transitional year for the team.'
Adrian added, '2010 will be my fourth consecutive year with the team. I
feel good here, it feels like family, and when you feel at ease you can
focus your energy 100% on getting it right on track. Next season I want
to be in the points on a regular basis, maybe even challenging for the
podium, and the team has exactly the same goals. We are going massively
in the right direction so with our combined energies I'm confident we can
achieve even more than last season.'
Tonio said, 'It was always my goal to be back racing in 2010 and I've
finally achieved it. I feel the five races I did in 2009 were a bit of a
warm-up; get back racing, learn the car, get the feeling back. Now I've
done that I feel ready to really push next season. We were pretty strong
in the last part of the 2009 season so if we pick up where we stopped I
think we could be in for a good year. For sure points are the aim and
showing everyone what we can do.'
An announcement regarding the third driver will be made in the weeks
following the young driver test.
-credit: force india
