Sahara Force India Posts Fastest Time During Day 3 Testing!
Modified On Feb 25, 2016 06:51 PM By Nabeel
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Team Sahara Force India is preparing hard for the 2016 edition of the Formula 1 championship. Their driver, Nico Hülkenberg posted the fastest time at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya during test 1- day 3 on Wednesday, February 24, 2016. He completed 99 laps in testing and posted the fastest time of 1:23:110 (SS).
We Indians, as a group, are emotional people. We relate ourselves closely to anything related to our nation or things which represent our nation on an international podium. And when we perform well at those events, it becomes an icing on top of the cake. This is exactly what happened with the iconic Indian team, tearing asphalt with other international teams on the F1 circuits. Let's have a closer look at the at the Force India Team of the 2016 season.
THE CAR
The 2016 Force India Formula 1 car is called VJM09. Painted in Black and Silver, with hints of our tricolor, it is definitely the best looking car in the series. The car has a Carbon fibre composite, monocoque chassis with Zylon side anti-intrusion panels. Suspension orientation is upright and the car runs on Motegi Racing forged wheels wrapped under Pirelli rubber. Power is provided by a Mercedes AMG High Performance V6 Turbo 1.6-litre engine. This V6 is mated to a Mercedes AMG F1 8-speed, semi-automatic seamless shift transmission.
THE DRIVERS
Nico Hülkenberg
Date of birth : 19 August 1987 (28)
Born: Emmerich, Germany
Lives: Switzerland
Weight: 74kg
Height: 1.84m
Marital Status: Single
| 2001 – 2004 | Vice European Champion Kart Cadets (2001) Italian Junior Champion (2001/2002) German Junior Champion (2002) 8th, European Championship (2002) German Champion (2003) German Vice Champion (2004) |
| 2005 | Formula BMW-ADAC, Champion, champion Rookie-Cup, nine wins Winner, Speed Academy 3rd, Formula-BMW World Final Bahrain |
| 2006 | 5th, German F3, one win, three poles |
| 2006 – 2007 | A1GP, Champion, nine wins Winner, Masters in Zolder (2007) |
| 2008 | F3 Euroseries, Champion 2nd, Masters in Zolder |
| 2009 | GP2, champion F1, test driver, Williams F1 |
| 2010 | F1, Williams F1, 14th place |
| 2011 | F1, Sahara Force India Formula One Team reserve driver |
| 2012 | F1, Sahara Force India Formula One Team, 11th place |
| 2013 | F1, Sauber F1, 10th place |
| 2014 | F1, Sahara Force India Formula One Team, 9th place |
| 2015 | F1, Sahara Force India Formula One Team, 10th place |
Sergio Perez
Date of birth: 26 January 1990 (26)
Born: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Lives: Monaco
Weight: 64kg
Height: 1.73m
Marital Status: Single
| 2004 | 11th, Skip Barber National Championship, 77 points |
| 2005 - 2006 | Formula BMW ADAC, three podiums |
| 2006 - 2007 | A1GP, Team Mexico, two races |
| 2007 | 1st, British Formula Three – National Class, 14 wins, 14 poles, 19 podiums |
| 2008 | 4th, British Formula Three, four wins, seven podiums |
| 2009 | 12th, GP2 Series, two podiums (GP2 Asia Series 2009-2010: four races) |
| 2010 | 2nd, GP2 Series, five wins, one pole, seven podiums |
| 2011 | F1, Sauber F1, 16th place |
| 2012 | F1, Sauber F1, three podiums, 10th place |
| 2013 | F1, McLaren, 11th place |
| 2014 | F1, Sahara Force India Formula One Team, one podium, 10th place |
| 2015 | F1, Sahara Force India Formula One Team, one podium, 9th place |
Alfonso Celis
Date of birth: 18 September 1996 (19)
Born: Mexico City, DF, Mexico
Lives: Barcelona, Spain
Height: 1.83m
Marital Status: Single
| 2011 | Campeonato Turismos de Velocidad 1800cc, Champion, five wins |
| 2012 | 6th, Formula BMW Talent Cup, 2 podiums |
| 2013 | 14th, Formula Renault 2.0 NEC, 1 podium |
| 2014 | 21st, GP3 Series |
| 2015 | 12th, GP3 Series, 1 podium 15th Formula Renault 3.5 |
With high expectations from the 2016 season, Mr. Vijay Mallya, team principal and managing director said, “Off the back of our best season ever I want us to begin 2016 in the same way that we ended 2015. If you think back to the last race in Abu Dhabi, we were the third fastest team that weekend and took the fight to Ferrari in qualifying and the race. I’m not saying we can do that in Melbourne, but we set the bar high in 2015 and we should try and push it higher in 2016. At the very least our target must be to maintain fifth place and target fourth place as a stretch objective.”
We wish Team Sahara Force India all the best for the 2016 season. For more updates on Formula 1 teams, rankings and races, stay tuned!
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