Force India expected to announce second driver before Jerez

Would the suspense soon come to an end? Force India is expected to reveal the name of its second driver before pre-season testing in Jerez, which will take place on February 5. On the other hand, the Indian team would not take advantage of the official presentation of their car, scheduled for February 1, to make this announcement. It is Bob Fernley, number 2 of the Indian team, who announced to Autosport. According to the latter, the event organized to present the news car, the VJ06, will not be used for anything else. “The presentation will be the presentation of the VJ06”. Point.

Without specifying whether the announcement will take place before or after the launch of their F1, Bob Fernley indicated that Force India did not intend to take advantage of pre-season testing to test drivers and that the name of the future driver will be " most likely " known before the start of these tests. As a reminder, Force India is the last team with Caterham not yet to have announced its second driver. The choice should be made between Adrian Sutil, member of the team for 4 years, and Jules Bianchi, third driver in 2012.