Sahara Force India in 2012
 

Good news for the team and for F1. With the team being sponsored mostly by Mallya's brands this year I didn't think they were going anywhere soon.

Sahara Group becomes Force India co-owner - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com

Indian sports promoter Sahara India Pariwar has taken a 42.5 per cent shareholding in the Force India team, which will be renamed Sahara Force India.

The $100 million deal was announced at a press conference in New Delhi today. Team principal Vijay Mallya retains 42.5 per cent ownership, with the remaining 15 per cent share remaining in the hands of the Mol family, who became co-owners during the squad's Spyker era. Hopefully they will change that awful livery too! http://www.motorsportforums.com/imag...ies/tongue.gif

I'm hoping with more money, they might start mixing with the big boys soon.

I actually like the livery, not a lot of orange or green on the grid, but I think they might switch to India's national sporting colour (blue). That's what A1GP Team India used.

I also like the current livery. I think the team has been performing as well as possible given the resources, so further financial boost is welcome. I am not sure it is enough to start mixing it with the 'big boys' though, perhaps they can consolidate their position as a top6 team on the grid.

Is Sahara really going to invest money into the team? I thought 100 million was what they paid for a stake, not what they were investing on upgrading the team

I also like the Force India livery, lets hope they can really develop into a top 4 team one day.

The shade of orange FI has is awful.

This, on the other hand, was orange done properly on an F1 car:

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