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Force India - Adrian Sutil 2009

The Force India team have confirmed that their drivers Adrian Sutil and Tonio Liuzzi, will be remaining with them for the 2010 season.

Team Principle Vijay Mallya said;

“We are very pleased to retain the services of both Adrian and Tonio for another season.  We have always maintained that consistency is key at this stage in the team’s development and for the first time in many years we will have the continuity of not only the same drivers, but also the same engine and senior management.

With this stability now in place I truly believe we have an excellent platform to build on and move forward on our strong 2009 performance.  I am sure we have one of the most dynamic line-ups on the grid and I hope this will stand us in good stead in what we all hope will be a transitional year for the team.”

Sutil said;

“2010 will be my fourth consecutive year with the team.  I feel good here, it feels like family, and when you feel at ease you can focus your energy 100% on getting it right on track. Next season I want to be in the points on a regular basis, maybe even challenging for the podium, and the team has exactly the same goals.  We are going massively in the right direction so with our combined energies I’m confident we can achieve even more than last season.”

Liuzzi said;

“It was always my goal to be back racing in 2010 and I’ve finally achieved it.  I feel the five races I did in 2009 were a bit of a warm-up; get back racing, learn the car, get the feeling back. Now I’ve done that I feel ready to really push next season. We were pretty strong in the last part of the 2009 season so if we pick up where we stopped I think we could be in for a good year. For sure points are the aim and showing everyone what we can do.”

There is still no announcement on who the team are likely to offer the reserve and test driver placement to but it is expected this will be decided after the testing session of the young drivers takes place.