Defiant Mallya takes Force India to dizzying heights
IT’S ABOUT BEING SMART WITH THE WAY WE GO RACING, TYCOON SAYS
Sergio Perez:
I enjoy driving at Yas Marina. It’s a track where we’ve been strong for the last few years and I would love to end the year on a high with a strong result. The final race is always a strange feeling because it’s your last opportunity to drive the VJM10 and you don’t know what next year will bring. We don’t have any pressure because fourth place in the championship is confirmed so I can focus on simply enjoying the experience and getting the best result possible.
The Abu Dhabi weekend is always special and racing at night creates such a nice atmosphere. This season went by so quickly — it’s unbelievable to think we’re already at the final race of because it feels like yesterday that we were in Australia. It’s been a successful season and I hope we can finish it in style with a big result.
Esteban Ocon:
talented people in the company.”
The long-standing partnership with Mercedes has also been a huge plus and another right choice that they made, asserted Mallya.
“Mercedes has given us stability. The decision to use the wind tunnel in Cologne has provided access to a fantastic resource. We’ve also understood the importance of tyres by employing excellent tyre engineers. We allocate our resources effectively,” said Mallya, accepting the only way they could have matched the heavy spending Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bulls was by being wise.
“It’s about being smart with the way we go racing. We can’t compete with the huge budgets of manufacturer teams, but we make the most of what we do have,” says Mallya, who was confident that his team can keep building on the success in the next season as well.
“The challenge for 2018 is to keep improving and narrowing the gap to the teams ahead of us. Maintaining fourth place will be a challenge, but we have stability in all areas of the technical team and a very strong driver line-up so we are up for it.” all areas of