Force India Left Fighting for Survival

Bob Fernley has admitted his Force India team are in a battle for survival as dependant owner Vijay Mallya’s legal troubles grow.

Deputy team boss Fernley said: “The next four weeks will decide if we survive. I will have to raise a lot of money in a short amount of time.”

A complete marketing change was rumoured in Winter which included a name change.

In the past, the team have relied on an advance of its official F1 income.

“For that, we always need the approval of other teams, and this time Williams have put in the veto.

“I have a plan that could work in the next two to three weeks.

Force India have entered 192 races since their debut 10 years ago. The Silverstone based team are just 13 points shy of a commutative 1,000 points total.