A quick background....
Force India Formula One Team Limited, what we have come to know as
Force India, was formed in October 2007 when a consortium led by
Indian businessman Vijay Mallya and Michiel Mol bought the Spyker F1
team for € 88 million. The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
confirmed the change in name from Spyker to Force India on 24 October
2007. Yet they did not launch the inaugural chassis, the VJM01 until
2008.
All it took was two complete seasons for the team to fight from the
very end of the grid up to seventh. Something that fantastic and
astounding when you think back to the 2008 and even the 2009 season.
Whenever there was a car go off track or a collision, many of the fans
knew that it most presumably involved a Force India car. The team had
retired 18 out of 32 times in their 2008 premier season.
Jump ahead a few years to 2010....
15 out of 38 point positions were obtained in the 2010 season landing
the team in 7th position for the World Constructor's Title.
Race after race, the coverage would somehow involve Force India but in
a different way. It seemed that it would only take two years before
the team that we all shake our heads at would have a driver
challenging driver's such as Barrichello, Schumacher and even Hamilton
in Malaysia by finishing a full 2 seconds ahead of him.
Malaysia, case in point, lap 34 of 56, Hamilton had closed the gap out
of pits and was, for 12 laps, attempting to pass Sutil. Sutil held off
Hamilton and scored the highest rank in Force India history. Three
races into the season and the team had set a new standard. Followed
shortly after by the team's first double points finish is Monaco of
all places!
Watching the team progress and develop has been a treat to us all and
to the sport. I think that what we witnessed in the 2010 season is
just the beginning. The beginning to a whole new ear for Force India.
With so much still to come.
By Samantha Kurcsis
Sunday, 30 January 2011
Thursday, 6 January 2011
Complete List of The Songs of F1 Race Edits
Here is the complete list of the F1 race edits sound tracks..
2008 Race Edits sound tracks:
1. Australia: Aisha (Death in Vegas); When the Bomb Drops (Primal Scream)
2. Malaysia: Oh My God (Ida Maria)
3. Bahrain: Esfahan - Rahavandi (Sima Bina/Hossein Omoumi); Munich (Editors)
4. Spain: Club Foot (Kasabian)
5. Turkey: Tick Tick Boom (The Hives)
6. Monaco: The Girls (Calvin Harris); Keep Loving Me (Draytones)
7. Canada: Bank Holiday Monday (Stereophonics)
8. France: Hate to Say I Told You So (The Hives)
9. Britain: Can't Go Back (Primal Scream)
10. Germany: Monster (The Automatic)
11. Hungary: Sun Rise Light Flies (Kasabian)
12. Europe: She Sells Sanctuary (The Cult)
13. Belgium: Propane Nightmares (Pendulum)
14. Italy: Steve McQueen (The Automatic)
15. Singapore: You Shook Me All Night Long (AC/DC)
16. Japan: Never Miss a Beat (Kaiser Chiefs)
17. China: This Is an Emergency (The Pigeon Detectives)
18. Brazil: Knights of Cydonia (Muse); When I Grow Up (The Pussycat Dolls)
Season Mini-Review: Rock Star [Nevins Classic Club Blaster] (N.E.R.D)
2009 Race Edits sound tracks:
1. Australia: Hysteria (Muse)
2. Malaysia: The Beginning of the Twist (The Futureheads); It's Raining Men (The Weather Girls)
3. China: Living For The Weekend (Hard-Fi)
4. Bahrain: Good Luck (Basement Jaxx/Lisa Kekaula)
5. Spain: The Bartender and the Thief (Stereophonics)
6. Monaco: A Sunday Kind Of Love (Etta James); Action (Def Leppard)
7. Turkey: Ride (The Vines)
8. Britain: Fire -(Kasabian)
9. Germany: Rock 'n' Roll Star (Oasis)
10. Hungary: Wake Me Up (Girls Aloud)
11. Europe: Underdog (Kasabian)
12. Belgium: Buck Rogers (Feeder)
13. Italy: Pumping on Your Stereo (Supergrass)
14. Singapore: Sharp Dressed Man (ZZ Top); Still of the Night (Whitesnake)
15. Japan: Big in Japan (Guano Apes)
16. Brazil: Firestarter (The Prodigy
17. Abu Dhabi: New Moon Rising (Wolfmother)
2010 Race Edits sound tracks:
1. Bahrain: Bohemian Like You (The Dandy Warhols)
2. Australia: Burn It to the Ground (Nickelback)
3. Malaysia: Live 'n' Love (Stereophonics)
4. China: Umbrella (Manic Street Preachers)
5. Spain: My Own Worst Enemy (Stereophonics)
6. Monaco: Hot N' Fun N.E.R.D and Nelly Furtado / Thnks Fr Th Mmrs (Fall Out Boy)
7. Turkey: Watercolour (Pendulum)
8. Canada: Champagne (Cavo)
9. Europe: Hard to Beat (Hard-Fi)
10. Britain: The Shock of the Lightning (Oasis)
11. Germany: Sound of Madness (Shinedown)
12. Hungary: We Don't Celebrate Sundays (Hardcore Superstar)
13. Belgium: Witchcraft - (Pendulum)
14. Italy: This Is War (30 Seconds to Mars)
15. Singapore: Everybody Knows (Attack! Attack!)
16. Japan: Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves) (The Wombats)
17. Korea: Rain on Your Parade (Duffy; Let You Go: Chase & Status/Mali)
18. Brazil: Trophy Eyes (You Me at Six)
19. Abu Dhabi: Ellie Goulding (Starry Eye)
2008 Race Edits sound tracks:
1. Australia: Aisha (Death in Vegas); When the Bomb Drops (Primal Scream)
2. Malaysia: Oh My God (Ida Maria)
3. Bahrain: Esfahan - Rahavandi (Sima Bina/Hossein Omoumi); Munich (Editors)
4. Spain: Club Foot (Kasabian)
5. Turkey: Tick Tick Boom (The Hives)
6. Monaco: The Girls (Calvin Harris); Keep Loving Me (Draytones)
7. Canada: Bank Holiday Monday (Stereophonics)
8. France: Hate to Say I Told You So (The Hives)
9. Britain: Can't Go Back (Primal Scream)
10. Germany: Monster (The Automatic)
11. Hungary: Sun Rise Light Flies (Kasabian)
12. Europe: She Sells Sanctuary (The Cult)
13. Belgium: Propane Nightmares (Pendulum)
14. Italy: Steve McQueen (The Automatic)
15. Singapore: You Shook Me All Night Long (AC/DC)
16. Japan: Never Miss a Beat (Kaiser Chiefs)
17. China: This Is an Emergency (The Pigeon Detectives)
18. Brazil: Knights of Cydonia (Muse); When I Grow Up (The Pussycat Dolls)
Season Mini-Review: Rock Star [Nevins Classic Club Blaster] (N.E.R.D)
2009 Race Edits sound tracks:
1. Australia: Hysteria (Muse)
2. Malaysia: The Beginning of the Twist (The Futureheads); It's Raining Men (The Weather Girls)
3. China: Living For The Weekend (Hard-Fi)
4. Bahrain: Good Luck (Basement Jaxx/Lisa Kekaula)
5. Spain: The Bartender and the Thief (Stereophonics)
6. Monaco: A Sunday Kind Of Love (Etta James); Action (Def Leppard)
7. Turkey: Ride (The Vines)
8. Britain: Fire -(Kasabian)
9. Germany: Rock 'n' Roll Star (Oasis)
10. Hungary: Wake Me Up (Girls Aloud)
11. Europe: Underdog (Kasabian)
12. Belgium: Buck Rogers (Feeder)
13. Italy: Pumping on Your Stereo (Supergrass)
14. Singapore: Sharp Dressed Man (ZZ Top); Still of the Night (Whitesnake)
15. Japan: Big in Japan (Guano Apes)
16. Brazil: Firestarter (The Prodigy
17. Abu Dhabi: New Moon Rising (Wolfmother)
2010 Race Edits sound tracks:
1. Bahrain: Bohemian Like You (The Dandy Warhols)
2. Australia: Burn It to the Ground (Nickelback)
3. Malaysia: Live 'n' Love (Stereophonics)
4. China: Umbrella (Manic Street Preachers)
5. Spain: My Own Worst Enemy (Stereophonics)
6. Monaco: Hot N' Fun N.E.R.D and Nelly Furtado / Thnks Fr Th Mmrs (Fall Out Boy)
7. Turkey: Watercolour (Pendulum)
8. Canada: Champagne (Cavo)
9. Europe: Hard to Beat (Hard-Fi)
10. Britain: The Shock of the Lightning (Oasis)
11. Germany: Sound of Madness (Shinedown)
12. Hungary: We Don't Celebrate Sundays (Hardcore Superstar)
13. Belgium: Witchcraft - (Pendulum)
14. Italy: This Is War (30 Seconds to Mars)
15. Singapore: Everybody Knows (Attack! Attack!)
16. Japan: Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves) (The Wombats)
17. Korea: Rain on Your Parade (Duffy; Let You Go: Chase & Status/Mali)
18. Brazil: Trophy Eyes (You Me at Six)
19. Abu Dhabi: Ellie Goulding (Starry Eye)
Tuesday, 4 January 2011
Three for the Future
We have chose a three drivers, who we think are the big stars of the future.
Jaime Alguersuari- Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari
2010 Championship Position: 19th
Best Finish (2010): 9th (x2)
A suprise choice you probably think, he doesn't get much notice but Jaime is developing into a better F1 driver after every race. He came into F1 after replacing out of favour French man Sebastien Bourdais. He failed to impress people after making many mistakes in his few races in 2009. After securing his 2010 seat, Jaime came back a different man, In Australia, he battled Mercedes and seven time world champion to tenth place which eventually Jaime lost. But Alguersuari said after, it taught him how to look after his tyres and his overtaking skills must of improved. Possibly his best race performance of the season at Sepang, saw him finish 9th, most notably doing some great overtakes past Nico Hulkenburg and Vitaly Petrov. Many thought now he was becoming the real-deal. At his home race, he scored a point after finishing 10th place, is position could of been higher, but he received a driver-through penalty for colliding with back-marker Karun Chandhok which forced the Indian to retire. He did not score again until the final race of the season, many people questions his mental toughness. One thing he did do which was he consistently beat more experienced team-mate Sebastien Buemi. Another solid performance by Jaime, finishing 9th place after keeping Ferrari driver Felipe Massa behind him for majority of the race. If he keeps his drive at Toro Rosso for 2011 he will be able to show if he is good enough to step up and take a drive at Red Bull alongside Sebastian Vettel.
Kamui Kobayashi- Sauber-Ferrari
2010 Championship Position: 12th
Best Finish (2010): 6th (x1)
One of the big stars of the future, after taking over from Timo Glock at Toyota for the remaining two races of the 2009 campaign, many people expected Kamui to have a very strong full season in Formula One. Four consecutive retirements saw many people think 'where is the Kobayashi of 2009 gone?' Sauber's car reliability let the team down, with regular retirments, things changed and so did Kamui's performance levels, first point at Turkey and then a clever strategy saw him stay on the prime tyres for majority of the race in Valencia and change to fresh tyres when everyone else on used ones. His best finish of the season came at Silverstone finishing 6th, with a few front runners down the field (Alonso, Massa and Vettel). He took advantage of this opportunity. He went on too score points many more times. Most notably his performance at his home race at Suzuka, showing some of best overtaking skills seen in a while many putting him on the level with Lewis Hamilton (overtaking wise). For 2011, he will driving at Sauber alongside rookie Sergio Perez as the team's main number one driver, he will have to lead the team and try to beat the likes of Toro Rosso, Williams and Force India. Kamui is one of the stars of the future, he has great race pace and great overtaking ability. Looking over his qualifying performances, they are not the greatest, if Kobayashi improves on that he will surely be fighting for regular points finishes. Like Alguersuari, Kamui has a possible big drive in 2012, Felipe Massa will probably get the boot unless he beats teammate Alonso, so there is a seat there. Why Kobayashi? Sauber and Ferrari have connections (engines), Massa started off at Sauber and then went on to drive for Ferrari, so that's a real possibility. But it depends on how he does next year, if he improves enough to be the next big star.
Nico Hulkenburg- Williams-Cosworth
2010 Championship Position: 14th
Best Finish (2010): 6th (x1)
Many expected a lot from the young German, who has a similar record to 2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton. He scored his first points at Malaysia after qualifying a brilliant fifth place and finishing tenth. Six races down the line he scored again at Silverstone where Williams seemed to find its feet bringing more and more upgrades to the FW32. He went on to score more points at Hungary where he secured 6th (his best finish to date) and Italy keeping Mark Webber behind him for majority of the race. At Brazil he then went on to score his first pole position as the track was drying out quickly also he was one of the first to change from the intermediates to the soft slicks. He finished 8th that race with the front runners passing him at the first third of the race. Overall a pretty solid year for a rookie didn't make mistakes too often and showed good pace. Seemed to get the better of teammate Rubens Barrichello which boosted the German's confidence for sure. Many were upset how he wasn't retained by Williams for the 2011 season, mainly because he had not as much sponsorship as Pastor Maldonado. If he secures a drive as a test drive or a full drive, he will definantly be one to watch.
We chose three, but obviously there are more depending on your different views, Who do you think?
Jaime Alguersuari- Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari
2010 Championship Position: 19th
Best Finish (2010): 9th (x2)
A suprise choice you probably think, he doesn't get much notice but Jaime is developing into a better F1 driver after every race. He came into F1 after replacing out of favour French man Sebastien Bourdais. He failed to impress people after making many mistakes in his few races in 2009. After securing his 2010 seat, Jaime came back a different man, In Australia, he battled Mercedes and seven time world champion to tenth place which eventually Jaime lost. But Alguersuari said after, it taught him how to look after his tyres and his overtaking skills must of improved. Possibly his best race performance of the season at Sepang, saw him finish 9th, most notably doing some great overtakes past Nico Hulkenburg and Vitaly Petrov. Many thought now he was becoming the real-deal. At his home race, he scored a point after finishing 10th place, is position could of been higher, but he received a driver-through penalty for colliding with back-marker Karun Chandhok which forced the Indian to retire. He did not score again until the final race of the season, many people questions his mental toughness. One thing he did do which was he consistently beat more experienced team-mate Sebastien Buemi. Another solid performance by Jaime, finishing 9th place after keeping Ferrari driver Felipe Massa behind him for majority of the race. If he keeps his drive at Toro Rosso for 2011 he will be able to show if he is good enough to step up and take a drive at Red Bull alongside Sebastian Vettel.
Kamui Kobayashi- Sauber-Ferrari
2010 Championship Position: 12th
Best Finish (2010): 6th (x1)
One of the big stars of the future, after taking over from Timo Glock at Toyota for the remaining two races of the 2009 campaign, many people expected Kamui to have a very strong full season in Formula One. Four consecutive retirements saw many people think 'where is the Kobayashi of 2009 gone?' Sauber's car reliability let the team down, with regular retirments, things changed and so did Kamui's performance levels, first point at Turkey and then a clever strategy saw him stay on the prime tyres for majority of the race in Valencia and change to fresh tyres when everyone else on used ones. His best finish of the season came at Silverstone finishing 6th, with a few front runners down the field (Alonso, Massa and Vettel). He took advantage of this opportunity. He went on too score points many more times. Most notably his performance at his home race at Suzuka, showing some of best overtaking skills seen in a while many putting him on the level with Lewis Hamilton (overtaking wise). For 2011, he will driving at Sauber alongside rookie Sergio Perez as the team's main number one driver, he will have to lead the team and try to beat the likes of Toro Rosso, Williams and Force India. Kamui is one of the stars of the future, he has great race pace and great overtaking ability. Looking over his qualifying performances, they are not the greatest, if Kobayashi improves on that he will surely be fighting for regular points finishes. Like Alguersuari, Kamui has a possible big drive in 2012, Felipe Massa will probably get the boot unless he beats teammate Alonso, so there is a seat there. Why Kobayashi? Sauber and Ferrari have connections (engines), Massa started off at Sauber and then went on to drive for Ferrari, so that's a real possibility. But it depends on how he does next year, if he improves enough to be the next big star.
Nico Hulkenburg- Williams-Cosworth
2010 Championship Position: 14th
Best Finish (2010): 6th (x1)
Many expected a lot from the young German, who has a similar record to 2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton. He scored his first points at Malaysia after qualifying a brilliant fifth place and finishing tenth. Six races down the line he scored again at Silverstone where Williams seemed to find its feet bringing more and more upgrades to the FW32. He went on to score more points at Hungary where he secured 6th (his best finish to date) and Italy keeping Mark Webber behind him for majority of the race. At Brazil he then went on to score his first pole position as the track was drying out quickly also he was one of the first to change from the intermediates to the soft slicks. He finished 8th that race with the front runners passing him at the first third of the race. Overall a pretty solid year for a rookie didn't make mistakes too often and showed good pace. Seemed to get the better of teammate Rubens Barrichello which boosted the German's confidence for sure. Many were upset how he wasn't retained by Williams for the 2011 season, mainly because he had not as much sponsorship as Pastor Maldonado. If he secures a drive as a test drive or a full drive, he will definantly be one to watch.
We chose three, but obviously there are more depending on your different views, Who do you think?
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