Sahara Force India F1 Team
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| Year of Foundation: | 2007 |
| Founder: | Vijay Mallya, Michiel Mol |
| Debut: | Grand Prix of Australia 2008 |
| Grand Prix: | 73 |
| World Champions: | 0 |
| Constructor Titles: | 0 |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Pole Positions: | 1 |
| Fastest Laps: | 1 |
| Points: | 150 |
| Managing Director: | Vijay Mallya |
| Designers: | Mark Smith (2008-2010) Andy Green (2011-2012) |
| 2012 Test Driver(s): | |
| Address: | Force India F1, Dadford Road Silverstone, NN12 8TJ England |
| Internet: | www.forceindiaf1.com |
| DRIVERS |
| Paul di Resta (bio) |
| Date of Birth | April 16, 1986 |
| Place of Birth | Uphall, Scotland |
| Height | 78 kg |
| Weight | 1.85 m |
| Nationality | British |
| Residence | Bathgate, West Lothian, UK |
| Marital status | Single |
| Internet: | www.pauldiresta.com |
| Paul di Resta (career) |
| 1994 | Cadet Karting Championship |
| 1995 | Super One Cadet Karting Championship 2nd. Scottish Karting Championship 1st. Larkhall Karting Club Championship 1st. |
| 1996 | British Super One Karting Championship 3rd. Summerlee Karting Championship 1st. NKRA British Karting Championship 1st. Scottish Karting Championship 1st. Larkhall Karting Club Championship 1st. |
| 1997 | RAC MSA British Karting Championship 1st. ABKC British Karting Championship 1st. British Super One Karting Championship 2nd. TV Kart Master Championship 1st. Larkhall Karting Club Championship 1st. |
| 1998 | Yamaha Karting Series 3rd. ABKC British Karting Championship 2nd. Scottish Open Karting Championship 1st. TV Kart Master Championship 2nd. |
| 1999 | JICA European Kart Series 2nd. |
| 2000 | ABKC British Karting Championship 1st. RAC MSA British Championship 2nd. Winter Cup Garda European Karting Championship 10th. |
| 2001 | RAC MSA British Karting Championship 1st. |
| 2002 | British Formula Renault Winter Series British Karting Championship European Karting Championships |
| 2003 | British Formula Renault (Team JVA) 7th. One win (Oulton Park). One 2nd (Oulton Park). |
| 2004 | British Formula Renault (Manor Motorsport) 3rd. 415 points. Four wins (Knockhill, Brands Hatch - two times, Donington). Two 2nd (Silverstone, Croft). Three 3rd (Thruxton, Knockhill, Snetterton). Bahrain F3 Superprix (Manor Motorsport) 5th. |
| 2005 | Formula 3 Euroseries (Manor Motorsport) 10th. 32 points. One 3rd (Norisring). |
| 2006 | Formula 3 Euroseries (ASM Formule 3) Champion. 86 points. Four win (Oschersleben, Brands Hatch, Norisring, Zandvoort, Le Mans Bugatti). Two 2nd (Lausitzring, Nurburgring). Two 3rd (Hockenheim, Lausitzring). |
| 2007 | DTM (JAWA4U.de AMG Mercedes) 5th. 32 points. Two 2nd (Oschersleben, Lausitzring). Two 3rd (Mugello, Barcelona). |
| 2008 | DTM (AMG Mercedes) Two wins (Lausitzring, Barcelona). Five 2nd (Mugello, Nurburgring, Brands Hatch, Le Mans Bugatti, Hockenheim). |
| 2009 | DTM (AMG Mercedes) 3rd. 45 points. One win (Brands Hatch). One 2nd (Dijon). One 3rd (Hockenheim). |
| 2010 | DTM (AMG Mercedes) Champion. 71 points. Three wins (Brands Hatch, Oschersleben, Hockenheim). Four wins (Lausitzring, Nurburgring, Zandvoort, Shanghai). |
| 2011 | Formula One ((Force India Formula One Team)) 13th. 27 points. |
| Nico Hulkenberg (bio) |
| Date of Birth | August 19, 1987 |
| Place of Birth | Emmerich, Germany |
| Height | 1.84 m |
| Weight | 74 kg |
| Nationality | German |
| Residence | Germany |
| Hobbies | Tennis, Rock climbing |
| Internet | www.nico-huelkenberg.com |
| Nico Hulkenberg (career) |
| 1997-2000 Kart. | |
| 2001 | Green Helmet Trophy Cadets (Kart) (CRG Netherland Racing Team) 2nd. Italian Open Masters ICA Junior (Kart) (CRG Netherland Racing Team) Champion. |
| 2002 | German Junior Kart (CRG Netherland Racing Team) Champion. Italian Open Masters ICA Junior (Kart) (CRG Netherland Racing Team) Champion. |
| 2003 | German Kart Championship (CRG Netherland Racing Team) Champion. |
| 2004 | German Kart Championship (CRG Netherland Racing Team) 2nd. |
| 2005 | BMW ADAC Rookie Cup (Josef Kaufmann Racing) Champion. ADAC Formula BMW Championship (Josef Kaufmann Racing) Champion. 287 points. Formula BMW World Final (Josef Kaufmann Racing) 3rd. |
| 2006-2007 A1 Grand Prix (A1 Team Germany) Champion. | |
| 2006 | German F3 Recaro Cup (JK Racing) 5th. 78 points. One win (Hockenheim). Four 2nd (Oschersleben, Lausitzring, Assen - two times). One 3rd (Assen). |
| 2007 | Formula 3 Euroseries (ASM) 3rd. 72 points. Four wins (Norisring, Zandvoort, Nurburgring, Hockenheim). Two 2nd (Hockenheim, Barcelona). Two 3rd (Nogaro - two times). Zandvoort Masters of Formula 3 (ASM) Winner. |
| 2008 | Formula 3 Euroseries (ART Grand Prix). Champion. 85 points. Six wins (Mugello, Norisring, Nurburgring, Brands Hatch, Barcelona, Hockenheim). One 3rd (Hockenheim). Masters of Formula 3 (ART Grand Prix) 2nd. |
| 2009 | GP2 Series (ART Grand Prix) Champion. 100 points. Five wins (Portimao, Nurburgring - two times, Hungaroring, Valencia). Two 2nd (Valencia, Spa). Three 3rd (Monaco, Silverstone, Monza). |
| 2010 | Formula One (AT&T Williams) 14th. 22 points. |
| 2011 | Formula One (Force India F1 Team) Test driver. |
| TEAM HISTORY |
| Names, titles, points... |
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| TEAM's HISTORY |
| Cars, years, engines... |
 Model: VJM01 Year: 2008 Engine: Ferrari 056 Wins: 0 Pole positions: 0 Fastest Laps: 0 |
 Model: VJM02 Year: 2009 Engine: Mercedes FO 108W Wins: 0 Pole positions: 1 Fastest Laps: 1 |
 Model: VJM03 Year: 2010 Engine: Mercedes FO 108X Wins: 0 Pole positions: 1 Fastest Laps: 0 |
 Model: VJM04 Year: 2011 Engine: Mercedes FO 108X Wins: 0 Pole positions: 0 Fastest Laps: 0 |
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| DRIVERS |
| Names and results |
 Adrian Sutil  Years: 2008-2011 Wins: 0 Pole positions: 0 Fastest Laps: 0 Points: 94 |
 Giancarlo Fisichella  Years: 2008-2009 Wins: 0 Pole positions: 1 Fastest Laps: 0 Points: 8 |
 Vitantonio Liuzzi Years: 2009-2010 Wins: 0 Pole positions: 0 Fastest Laps: 0 Points: 19 |
Paul di Resta  Years: 2011-2012 Wins: 0 Pole positions: 0 Fastest Laps: 0 Points: 27 |
Nico Hulkenberg Years: 2011 Wins: 0 Pole positions: 0 Fastest Laps: 0 Points: 0 |
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