Is Force India's Future as an F1 Team in Jeopardy?

This is the discussion thread for a recent post on GTPlanet:

This article was published by Michael Leary (@Terronium-12) on July 29th, 2018 in the Formula One category.

 

I don't think the team will fold. Going into administration gives them time, and they seem to have a lot of interested buyers. Sure Force India will go but not the actual team itself.

 

I feel bad for Perez. He only did what was necessary to ensure the team keeps going, and the media are portraying him as the devil for doing so.

 

What media? I haven't looked into it too much yet

 

This to start with. Completely unwarranted and honestly not fair to the situation.

 

That looks like 30 million pounds to me.

 

Okay, you said media portraying him and that makes me think of news articles. This is just one of their sponsors being butthurt and putting it on social media. The word orchestrated is the bad choice of words there.

 

It’s one sponsor at that.

All the media coverage I’ve seen and all the journalists covering it seem to agree that what’s happened is for the best interests of the team.
I wonder if Rich Engery would have preferred a similar fate to the one that Lotus suffered before being bought by Renault...

 

I would believe 30 million pounds should be a large sum of money for a company that isn't world famous.

I also have to ask where that Vijay guy is?

 

Force India are in trouble.

AMuS "Force India needs the approval of all teams to retain the right to continue to participate in the distribution of F1 owners. At the moment, Renault, Williams and McLaren are reluctant. That could mean the end of a racing team."

 

That is freaking sad and pathetic for Williams and McLaren to not willing to agree. I don't think something like that would have happend under old real leadership.

 

Business though isn't it... you can thank the Concorde Agreement

 

Strange translation from German to Italian to English... I particularly liked "Williams and McLaren are not cucumbering because of lack of money at the end of the field", I think a better translation of gurken in that context would be "pushing back" or "knock the idea on the head" from the phrase "hit it on the nose with a cucumber".

Why shouldn't the teams who are financially viable to the end of the season be difficult about teams that aren't still being able to cash prize money that they're not eligible for under the rules? If questions like this are always agreed then it sets a precedent for more financially non-viable teams to try to get into the sport.

 

Yeah but a short-sighted one. It's just bad for F1 as a whole and lacks the racing spirit on which the teams were originally built. I don't know, I've probably grown frustrated with F1 and the rather extreme seperation in Formula A and B this year.

 

Force India have finished 4th in the constructor's championship the last two years, no mean feat. They have over 400 employees and several key, first rate people. Their loss would be deeply felt if they had to dissolve to pay off their debts. Hopefully it won't be like that. I think they are clearly worth saving. However, there is talk of malaise in F1, just as there is in other forms of motor sport. Some of it is undoubtedly true. Answers are few and problems are many.

 

The media covers Force India?

 

Yes, why wouldn't they?

 

Papa Stroll and a group investors 'saved' Force India

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/137906/strollbacked-consortium-saves-force-india

 

I will start saving for a Williams bid

 

Now Stroll will have a seat rest of his career no matter how bad he drives, talk about waste of money

 

Hot damn, looks like Bild actually got one of their "Exclusive Stories" right for once... I wonder what Williams is going to do because their primary backer is leaving.

 

Good news for all the FI employees. They seem like a crack group, given what they’ve been able to do with the resources they’ve had. It would have been a shame to see them out of F1.

So Lance has his permanent seat at FI, who do you pare with him?

 

At least some 400+ jobs saved..

 

The skin contains the most vitamins!

 

whoops, good job auto correct

 

This is good news, I like the Force India team and the fact they are performing this year so I am glad to see they will
continue in F1 and hopefully the Belgium GP will show some strong performance.

 

Glad to see them hang around. Though, I do feel they're way off pace considering how they've performed the past few years. Hope to see them back up there. For a while I would say they were a solid 3rd best team (even beating Red Bull efforts on occasion over the past few years).

So, does Perez get the boot for being "behind" some of this, or was Stroll, etc. communicating with him prior to it all happening? Ocon is no longer going to Renault, so I hope he doesn't end up at Williams. I think Ocon is the stronger, younger driver with a better future - I'd keep him over Perez (though Perez brings money).

 

This definitely means Lance Stroll gets a Force India Drive in the future. Must be a great feeling having a billionaire father, not taking a stab at Lance just saying it makes him a little more flexible. But he's still got to perform on the track.

 

Long story short:Apperently it is not certain if Force India will race at Spa this weekend.
It will probably be solved but because of regulations of FIA and the lawsuit of Perez agency against FI it is not allowed to race (yet)

source: https://www.racefans.net/2018/08/22...india-f1-team-from-racing-belgian-grand-prix/