Force India’s new challenger, the VJM01 made it’s debut today at Circuit the Catalunya in Spain. Tonio was the first to drive the car around the 4.655 km long track, setting a fastest lap time of 1:23.270, less than a second slower than the fastest man of the day: Lewis Hamilton.Tonio focussed on understanding the [...]

For the fourth consecutive time this year, Tonio was able to minimize the gap towards the front runners during a test day. Almost a month ago the gap was 3,5 seconds, today it was less than 2,5 seconds, when the Italian set a fastest lap time of 1:21.553. During this sunny test day at the [...]

Tonio today continued Force India’s test programme on the second day of the three-day test at the Circuit de Catalunya, Spain. Compared to Fisichella’s performance yesterday, he had a more difficult session today as, after running reliably on Friday, the car suffered from some mechanical issues today. Tonio focussed on set-up work and engine installation [...]

For the second time this year Tonio kicked off a testing week for Force India. At Valencia’s Ricardo Tormo circuit in Spain, he focussed on putting in some longer runs in preparation for the start of the season on 16 March. Tonio drove 64 laps and set a fastest lap time of 1:15.095, 2.913 seconds [...]

Today Tonio kicked off Force India’s 2008 season with a three day test session in at the Jerez circuit in Spain. On the 4.423 long track he completed 44 laps and set a fastest lap time of 1:23.035, while Ferrari’s Felipe Massa was the fastest today with his lap of 1:19.846. Tonio focussed on the [...]

The Force India F1 Team completed the second test of its winter development programme at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit in southern Spain today. A total of seven drivers, including Tonio, covered over 2,600km as they worked through an extensive programme of chassis development, evaluation of the new 2008 electronics and testing the 2009 [...]

During the 3rd day of testing in Jerez, Tonio was back behind the wheel of the Force India F1 car. He lapped the Jerez circuit in southern Spain with a best time of 1:21.194, ahead of Ralf Schumacher in the same car. Tonio worked on gathering more information on the 2008 control systems, general set-up [...]

Tonio will be back in action at the Circuit de Jerez, in southern Spain, for his second test with The Force India F1 Team, on Thursday 6 December. He commented: “I was pleased with how Barcelona went and I’m happy to be invited back to participate in another test with the team. Everyone is very [...]

On the third and last day of testing in Barcelona, Tonio drove a massive 92 laps for Force India. His best lap time was 1:23.206, 1.349 seconds quicker than his fastest lap yesterday. Ferrari was the quickest team of the day again, with a lap time of 1:21.044. Tonio focussed today on gathering data on [...]

Today, Tonio had his first test day with the Force India F1 Team. In the afternoon he took over the wheel from Klien and was able to do 55 laps. On the Catalunya Circuit he set a fastest lap time of 1:24.555, just 0.018 seconds slower than regular Force India driver, Adrian Sutil! Tonio will [...]