Latifi joins Force India as reserve driver
Force India has announced that Nicholas Latifi will be joining the team as a reserve and test driver for the 2018 season.
Force India has announced that Nicholas Latifi will be joining the team as a reserve and test driver for the 2018 season.
Force India are ready to let Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon go wheel-to-wheel again after being forced to introduce team orders during the 2017 season.
Esteban Ocon is determined to remain focused on his job at Force India during the 2018 season despite receiving a good progress report from Mercedes.
Esteban Ocon has revealed that he asked Mercedes for advice on how to deal with his team-mate Sergio Perez.
Sergio Perez believes Force India cannot afford to bring team orders into effect again next season with the threat of a resurgence from both Renault and McLaren.
Force India chief operating officer Otmar Szafnauer says the continuous development of the VJM10 played a major part in the team's success this year.
Esteban Ocon does not agree with Sergio Perez's comments that he will be under "more pressure" to succeed next season.
Toto Wolff has admitted that Esteban Ocon is in the Mercedes "picture", but has dismissed suggestions that the Force India driver is being lined up to replace Valtteri Bottas.
Esteban Ocon is preparing himself for a key campaign in 2018 as he is expecting a lot of opportunities to open up in the driver market for 2019.
Next under the spotlight at the end of the season are the teams who battled it out in the midfield: Force India, Williams, Renault and Toro Rosso.
Force India are incensed over Nico Hulkenberg's lack of penalty, at least as they see it, in Abu Dhabi, saying he was "rewarded" for passing Sergio Perez off the track.
Force India's chief operating officer Otmar Szafnauer was incensed with the five-second penalty given to Nico Hulkenberg, saying it "makes a mockery of the sport".
Sergio Perez has said Nico Hulkenberg "should have given the position back" after an illegal overtake was punished by just a five-second penalty.
Nico Hulkenberg clinched P6 in controversial circumstances, while Felipe Massa secured the final point on offer in his last-ever Formula 1 race.
Esteban Ocon refused to reveal the source of his annoyance after missing out on what he felt was an achievable P7 in qualifying at Abu Dhabi.
Nico Hulkenberg beats Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon to P7; Felipe Massa knocks out Fernando Alonso in Q2.
Force India's Sergio Perez tops the midfield in FP2 as Nico Hulkenberg gets above both McLaren and Williams.
Force India have had to take Force One off their list of possible name changes as it can "easy be abbreviated F1."
Force India are determined to wrap up their 2017 campaign with a "strong result" at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Esteban Ocon believes Force India could spring a "surprise" if a budget cap was introduced to Formula 1.
Force India could sign George Russell as their third driver for 2018 with Bob Fernley saying they want a long-term relationship with the Mercedes protégé.
Esteban Ocon's run of 27 races without a retirement to start his Formula 1 career ended in Brazil on Sunday when he was taken out by Romain Grosjean.
Felipe Massa finished best of the rest in his final race in Brazil, holding off Fernando Alonso and Sergio Perez in the dying stages.
Force India's plan to change their name to Force One is unlikely to get off the ground, according to deputy team boss Bob Fernley.
Sergio Perez and Fernando Alonso catch the eye in P5 and P6 respectively after penalties are applied; Felipe Massa accuses Carlos Sainz of deliberately ruining his qualifying.
Sergio Perez believes he is "now free" to race his Force India team-mate, however, Bob Fernley says it will be looked at on a race by race basis.
There were top ten times in practice at for the Brazilian Grand Prix for Esteban Ocon, Felipe Massa, Nico Hulkenberg and Fernando Alonso.
Kimi Raikkonen is his usual self in Brazil, and is joined at the table by Esteban Ocon and Brendon Hartley.
GP3 champion and young Mercedes test driver George Russell will be driving for Force India in the final FP1 sessions of the season in Brazil and Abu Dhabi.
Having secured fourth place in the Constructors' Championship, Force India have more "freedom" to take risks in the final two grands prix of this season.