Force India F1 2008

Finally Spyker is Force India. The World Motor Sport Council has approved the name change.

So that puts paid to all the confusion over the name too. It officially is Force India.

Whether we all go around calling it Team Force India or Force India f1 or whatever. Just letting everyone know. Media starts calling everything  Team India these days, as you know…

Karun Chandok has already said that he would stick to GP2 for the 2008 season. So that increases chances of Narain Karthikeyan coming back to his former team.

There is a small problem though. Williams has been doing reasonably well this year - and Narain knows time is passing him by. He would ideally like to be in a middle-of-the-grid car like Williams. Right now, he doesn’t seem to have any other option. And Williams has a seat to fill, I don’t think they have yet confirmed their driver lineup for 2008.

So what will happen? Narain will try as hard as he can to get a race seat in Williams. He is a racer, and he would want to be in a car that gives him a fighting chance.

Force India is not that car, unfortunately. True, they are bound to improve in 2008. But not by that much.

And that puts Force India in a bit of trouble. Vijay Mallya has said that this car will sport India colours and all. And what will he do without an Indian driver? Trust him to pull every possible string to get Narain Karthikeyan. Adrian Sutil will be there, and Mallya needs an Indian driver. Karthikeyan wants Williams, I guess, but if that does not work out he would be in a Force India seat.

That’s it for now. Hope you all enjoyed Kimi’s win.

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