Formula One: Force India to take legal action against Lotus F1 for copying their Wind Tunnel System

Vijay Mallya’s formula one team Force India is all set to unleash hell against the Lotus F1 team for copying their Wind tunnel system.
Force India has already started their legal proceedings against Lotus F1, Mike Gascoyne and Aerolab, an Wind tunnel lab allegedly accusing them of stealing their 2009 Wind tunnel model that they left in the Aerolab facility last year before shifting their gears from this season.
Mike Gascoyne who was Force India’s former technical director now works for Lotus F1 and the officials in the Force India camp believes that their former technical cheif along with the Aerolab personnel’s have helped the Lotus team in securing the blue print of their VJM3 model.
Lotus F1 is already having a bad 2010 season will have to go through all the legal hassles now and have only Mike Gascoyne and co to blame for this scandal. Meanwhile Lotus authorities that includes the consortium of Malaysian Entrepreneurs and the Malaysian Government has rubbished all the claims from their Indian Counterparts stating: “The as yet undesignated model is the product of the recent collaboration between Lotus F1 Racing Chief Technical Officer Mike Gascoyne and the team’s technical partners, and represents an important step in the team’s preparations for next season.”

Sutil's 9th place finish keeps Force India among points

Adrian Sutil's ninth place finish earned Force India a couple of precious points from the eventful Turkish Grand Prix while Hispania driver Karun Chandhok was classified 20th though he could not finish the race.

In a chaotic race where Sebastian Vettel crashed out after a collision that also cost his Red Bull teammate Mark Webber a probable victory, Sutil's teammate Vitantonio Liuzzi finished 13th.

Vettel's misadventure not only paved way for a McLaren one-two led by Lewis Hamilton but also benefited Sutil.

The two points Sutil earned swelled Force India's tally to 32 points and cemented the Silverstone-based outfit's sixth place in the constructor's championship.

Sutil, however, could have finished better but for the nervous pit crew and Force India chairman Vijay Mallya also conceded it was a slipshod show.

"We did not qualify well but considering we started 11th and 18th, I'm pleased we finished ninth and 13th," Mallya said after the race.

"In fact we messed up both pit-stops. Otherwise, Sutil could easily have finished eighth in front of (Ferrari's) Fernando Alonso," rued Mallya, also the team principal

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