Where it all began for Force India

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Force India first raced in F1 in 2008 following the takeover of the Spyker F1 Team, and has made steady progress ever since. The first race was in Australia, with both Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo Fisichella (picture on lap one) retiring. The team finished 10th without scoring in its first season, moving up to ninth in 2009, with its first point-scoring finish being Fisichella's remarkable second place at Spa. Since then its final finishing position has been: 7th, 6th 7th, 6th, 6th, 5th, 4th.

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.