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Szafnauer: No name change for Force India this season

After several months of speculation, it now appears that Force India will not be changing their name this year despite having a new one in mind, the Formula 1 team chief operating officer Otmar Szafnauer said at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. 'It’s not going to happen this year,” he told the official F1 website. “To change chassis name, from what I understand, you can’t do it in the middle of the season…' “We went around to find the best name, we had some discussion with partners, sponsors and employees. Then we went to the (governing) FIA and FOM and they said ‘well, you’re a bit out of time’.” Szafnauer had told reporters during testing in Barcelona...
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