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Force India will not be 'Force One' in 2018

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Force India chiefs abandon plans to rename the team 'Force One' for 2018.

Force India chiefs have abandoned plans to rename the team 'Force One' for 2018.

Earlier, the Silverstone-based team said that they wanted to drop the 'India' from their name in order to attract a more international profile.

However, Force One has been ruled out, ostensibly by Formula 1 commercial rights holder Liberty Media.

"The new name must be able to last and it cannot be Force One," sporting boss Otmar Szafnauer is quoted as saying by France's Auto Hebdo.

"The F1 guys think it could be too easily shortened to F1."

Team owner Vijay Mallya was this week in a UK court as a date was set for his extradition hearing in December.

Yet the former Indian billionaire nonetheless told the Gulf News that Force India's plan is to once again finish a laudable fourth in the championship next year.

"We can't compete with the huge budgets of manufacturer teams," he said, "but we make the most of what we do have.

"Maintaining fourth place will be a challenge, but we have stability in all areas of the technical team and a very strong driver lineup so we are up for it."

Force India go into the final race weekend of 2017 with 177 points.

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