
As a result, the team took fourth place in the Constructors' Championship from Williams, their highest ever finishing position in the team's history.*Includes 59 points scored during the 2018 season before being excluded prior to the 2018 Belgian Grand Prix.įorce India were an Indian Formula One team which competed in the Formula One World Championship from 2008 until the 2018 Hungarian Grand Prix, having taken over the Spyker team in 2008. At the Belgian Grand Prix the team managed to get their first double-finish within the top-five since the 2014 Bahrain Grand Prix with Hülkenberg finishing fourth and Pérez finishing in fifth. Pérez finished third again two races later in Baku at the European Grand Prix. It was the first time the team had scored a podium at Monaco in any guise (i.e. The VJM09 scored a notable podium at the Monaco Grand Prix where Pérez finished third and Hülkenberg sixth. The car was driven by Le Mans winner Nico Hülkenberg and Sergio Pérez, and used the Mercedes PU106C Hybrid power unit. The Force India VJM09 is a Formula One racing car designed by Force India to compete in the 2016 Formula One season. Sequential shift gearbox with eight forward and one reverse gears Mercedes PU106C Hybrid Motor Generator Unit–Heat (MGU-H) Mercedes PU106C Hybrid Motor Generator Unit–Kinetic (MGU-K) Mercedes PU106C Hybrid 1.6 L (98 cu in) direct injection V6 turbocharged engine, limited to 15,000 rpm in a mid-mounted, rear-wheel drive layout Jonathan Marshall (Head of Vehicle Science) The Force India VJM09, driven by Sergio Pérez, during the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix.īruce Eddington (Chief Engineer, Composites)ĭan Carpenter (Chief Engineer, Mechanical Design)
