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Mar 26
Force India has accused rivals Caterham of saving millions and then reaping even more millions by stealing their secret technical data.
A British court last week awarded Vijay Mallya’s team EUR 25,000 when Caterham and wind tunnel company Aerolab were found to have based models of the 2010 Team Lotus car on computer files owned by former Aerolab client Force India.
Mar 25
Years after F1′s ‘spygate’ sagas, the issue could be set to return to the very top of the governing body’s agenda.
Force India claims Caterham and their common former wind tunnel partner Aerolab were this week “found liable” by a British court of using Force India data for the Team Lotus car of early 2010.
Mar 21
The case was heard at the High Court, London during January 2012
Following the publication of Team Lotus wind tunnel model pictures in November 2009, Force India Formula One Team lodged a complaint with the Criminal Court in Italy and subsequently commenced civil proceedings in the UK High Court, citing concerns in respect of Team Lotus, Aerolab and Mike Gascoyne illegally copying Force India Formula One Team design intellectual property accessed from secure files held at Aerolab.
Jun 13
Team Lotus expands wind tunnel program
Team Lotus has confirmed today that it is expanding its wind tunnel operations having confirmed a deal with Williams F1 to use one of the Grove based team’s two wind tunnels from September 2011. Team Lotus will now be running a two tunnel programme, with the Aerolab facility in Italy working in conjunction with the Williams F1 site in the UK while work continues on the team’s own wind tunnel at Hingham. When that facility is operational all activity will be transferred to the team’s own site.
Mar 08
Aerolab has also said it is pursuing Force India
London’s high court will not hear a civil espionage case involving the Force India and Team Lotus teams until early next year. Last year, Force India launched legal action against Lotus, its technical boss Mike Gascoyne and Italian wind tunnel Aerolab.
Jun 02
Force India confirms legal action against Lotus, Gascoyne
The Force India F1 Team confirms it has instigated UK civil proceedings against 1Malaysia Racing Team SDN BHD (a Malaysian company), 1Malaysia Racing Team (UK) Limited (Lotus Racing’s parent companies), Michael Gascoyne and Aerolab SRL. Force India also confirms that a complaint for disclosure of confidential information was filed in December 2009 with the competent authorities in Italy and that investigations are being conducted.
Nov 12
It is also believed that the car design of the rejected 2010 entrant Lola is for sale
Toyota’s completed 2010 formula one car design, codenamed the TF110, is reportedly available for purchase by other teams. The French newspaper Le Parisien said that despite the Japanese manufacturer deciding to pull out of F1 immediately, its Cologne based team had designed a car for next season.
Nov 09
Mike Gascoyne, now working with Lotus, has denied any wrongdoing
The new Lotus F1 team has moved to distance itself from claims its 2010 car is improperly based on Force India’s design of this season. It has been reported that the wind tunnel model being used by the Italian Aerolab facility to design the aerodynamic shape of the 2010 Lotus is the same as the 2009 Force India.
