For the second time in a month there’s a report about Tonio going back to his former team, Scuderia Toro Rosso. This time, the source is GrandPrix.com, a well known F1 website; in an article they wonder who should drive for Toro Rosso next year. A few drivers who might have a chance are current [...]

Although the silly season is well under way and Vijay Mallya’s has confirmed that the team will keep Fisichella and Sutil for next year, Tonio’s role for next year is still undecided. It seems logical for Force India to keep Tonio, because of all the new rules and changes for next year, like KERS, slick [...]

Tonio says that sitting on the sidelines of Formula One is more difficult than he expected and is eyeing a return to a race seat. The 27-year-old Italian drove for Red Bull and Toro Rosso, but he lost his drive this year and accepted the reserve role at Force India. He told Autosprint magazine: “I [...]

Ever wondered how a F1 factory looks and where all those team members work? Well, this is your chance! In a very exclusive photo shoot, the official Formula 1 website gives you a unique look behind the scenes at the factory of Tonio’s team. You can see the race bays, the machine shop, the composites [...]

F1 Racing magazine analysed the number of overtaking manoeuvres of 2007. First lap overtaking actions and places gained by pit stops from other drivers were excluded from the results, to measure only the real overtaking manoeuvres. Felipe Massa was the driver who did the most overtaking actions – 20 – while he was overtaken just [...]

ITV Sport’s intrepid pit lane reporter Ted Kravitz gives his view after every race in his notebook. In his latest notebook about the Spanish Grand Prix he suggests that Adrian Sutil is under pressure after three DNF’s and one 19th-place finish. Ted comments: “Given that the team have the very able and certainly very willing [...]

Tonio hailed Bridgestone’s slick tyres as “amazing” after testing with them for the first time at Barcelona yesterday. The Force India test driver was working with a 2009 aero configuration, with a lot less downforce in his car, but with the new slicks introduced by Bridgestone for this test. Tonio, who did not try the [...]

During the first three races of the season, we saw a continuously improving Force India F1 Team. The team will now return briefly to its Silverstone base before heading out to Barcelona for a three-day test, to improve the performance of the car even further. The test will take place from 14 – 16 April, [...]

Today GPWeek was launched, an all-new weekly ‘virtual’ magazine dedicated to the three biggest international motorsport formulae – Formula 1, MotoGP and the World Rally Championship. In this first issue, Tonio talks about his first experiences with the new VJM01 car and takes you through his list of who’s looking hot and who’s certainly not, [...]

Force India’s new car is due to run for the first time at Barcelona late next month, just a few weeks before the opening race of the season in Melbourne. With the team’s new livery and sponsorship package due to be unveiled at a press conference in Mumbai on February 7, the team are planning [...]