The Force India Formula One team confirmed their driver lineup for 2009 keeping both Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil as their 2 race drivers as well as retaining Vitantonio Luizzi as their official test and reserve driver.
The team released a statement that read:
The Force India Formula One Team is pleased to confirm an unchanged driver line-up for the 2009 FIA Formula One World Championship. Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil will continue as race drivers, with Vitantonio Liuzzi also retained as the official test and reserve driver to give complete driver continuity for Force India’s second season of competition.
Thirty-five year-old Fisichella returned to the Silverstone-based outfit for the 2008 season, while 25-year-old Sutil started his Formula 1 career with the team in 2006 as a test driver before stepping up to the race seat in 2007. Liuzzi, 27, fulfilled the test and reserve role in 2008.
Dr Vijay Mallya commented, ‘I firmly believe that next year will be a huge opportunity for this team. We have a new technical partnership with McLaren and Mercedes, a dynamic new management structure and now one of the most solid driver line-ups on the grid. We certainly welcomed the insight and advice of our new partners in this matter, however the choice was entirely ours based on the current talent available in the market today. In Giancarlo, Adrian and Tonio we have a wonderful balance between experience and ambition and now complete consistency.’
Force India confirms driver lineup for 2009
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