Force India F1 is named.


I suppose force sounds a little more intentional than team, a going places name. but also aggressive? perhaps vallya is just a star wars fan?

or is it more simply just bernie's new business plan?

Force India F1



Who came up with that name! No offence to India, it's the 'Force' part which is way too cheesy.

Good luck getting sponsors lads.

The list of F1 teams with ridiculous... (ehm, untraditional) names is getting bigger. Squadra Toro Rosso, Super Aguri, Force India... What's next? Some African baron buying a team and renaming it into 'Zulu Revenge'?

Nicely split mr moderator.

You should lock the other thread too probably to stop confusion.

They're not called Squadra Toro Rosso, for a start, they changed their plans for the very reason that it was untraditional.

Super Aguri is a great name, and it doesn't matter what Spyker end up being called, 'cause they'll be at the back of the grid anyhow. Zulu Revenge, presumably bankrolled by Tony Teixeira, would be a bloody awesome name for a team, though...

It's Scuderia ...

i'd totally support a f1 team named "zulu revenge"

It's probably a bit in your face, ram it down your throat for the majority in here. For example an equivalent "Force Britannia" sounds a bit pompous, so I guess this one does too.

At least it is a flag for developing nations to jump on the band wagon in similar fashion, which is not a bad thing for a sport with global asiprations to rival football.

Regards

Andy

for some reason it reminds me of sex panther, from anchorman. i wonder if they considered that as a team name. sex panther - 60 per cent of the time, it works every time. i hear they've already got kimi on board.

Dear god what a name...

Me too, but only if Gugu was driving for them!

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i wonder if they'll run in india flag colours?



yes i am a photoshop god

With that name they had better have at least one Indian driver next season or it's going to look a bit ridiculous.

brilliant!!!!

I remember someone here recently saying something along the lines... "these new F1 teams sound like a bunch of posers: Super Aguri.... Pro Drive .... now we're probably going to have King Fisher ..."

But FORCE INDIA?! FORCE?!

Might just as well name it "Best F1 Team Ever For The Benefit Of The Glorious Nation Of India".

True, but this is F1, not A1GP

Gosh, Force India is awful....Hard to support a team with such a name.

Imagine if Europe followed suit. Next ones:

British Empire Attacks! F1 team

Germany Uber Alles F1

Allez Allez Team France F1




Team Force India F1 ...this is beyond cheesy...

Brilliant!

Not at first it wasn't.

Lamest.Name.Ever.

And I thought Super Aguri was bad. This is Champ Car territory!

Aguri is his first name, Suzuki the surname, not used for obvious reasons. But you knew that anyway!

So... what will it be called in 2009?

When I typed that... I'd forgotten that. (the fact it wasn't his surname... obviously I can see why Suzuki F1 would have raised an eyebrow)

Force India to do what?

Change the name of their F1 team with any luck.

Force India sounds a bit like bad english to me, is it usual to call a sports team like that anywhere.

James Allen says it's even worse. He says it'll be Force 1ndia.

Oh god.

lets call it fifo.

fido might be better though...

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Quite a few to test for Force India / Spyker:

http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns19805.html

Ralf Schumacher, Trulli, Luizzi etc...?

More like Farce India F1, amirite?

Horrible name. It'll be something else by '09.

Doug

Not the greatest name..

But hey... It would be good if India get some success.

I thought Carl Haas owned the FORCE name for F1??

A few years ago, there was a F-3000 team called "Brazilian Blood".
In formula One, we had "Scuderia Italia", and Eddie's new venture would be called "Jordan Ireland"

So, nothing new. Odd, but nothing new

Mallya explains the reasoning behind the name.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/63477

It's obvious to me were he's coming from and interesting to compare his take on the Netherlands. It's what I expect an Indian to do. Odd for Westerners maybe..

LIFO

A name like this revives my worst fears.

Like these: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA1NoOOoaNw

Force India
nice nice. We are a force to be reckoned with. 1.1 billion woo hooo. This is awesome. I have been waiting for this for so so long. Now we need a good Indian driver.

Well, it looks like the team has gone full circle. First named after a country, then named after a bank, then a character in Star Wars, now it is back to being named after a country again......

I'll get my coat.

Ah, ffs, that's a rip-off. Someone before did a video of that with the subtitles in portuguese, and it's the most hilarious thing I've ever seen in the internet.

Mallya is a very very astute business man. He is oging ot give India and alternative to cricket. You need to understand what Cricket is in India. If his gig pulls off he is going to be very very rich and popular.

Was there? Wow. I thought Il Barone Rampante was a mad team name.

Go further back and you have lots of good nationalistic team names...All/Anglo-American Racers...British Racing Motors...Ecurie Galloise...Ecurie Nationale Belge...and the unforgettable IRA (Irish Racing Automobile)...

BRP as well (British Racing Partnership).

Personally, I've never understood Écurie Écosse. Why have the name be French?

It's not just because I'm Dutch, but I find this a farce. If this gipsy-like guy wants to promote India, fine....
Let him run in A1 Grand Prix

Hell no

Yeah I guess that was what's meant... :\

Force Majeure India sounds way better.