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With the Spyker/Midland/Jordan team being bought out by the King of India (or whoever it is that Vijay Mallya claims to be) and in the process getting a billion new fans in the form of the entire Indian population, F1’s perennial backmarkers are getting more coverage than one would normally expect of a team that is glad to reach the end of the race on a good day.

Add to that the fact Adrian Sutil is rather good and Giancarlo Fisichella was rather good and thinks he still is and we have the potential for a garage-load of stories completely blown out of proportion.

Who is the number one driver at Force India? Giancarlo Fisichella? “Oh no he isn’t”, claims Sutil, who may as well pack his bags now if he is willing to let Mr Yesteryear beat him in 2008. “Oh yes I am” decrees Fisico himself, who has probably already bought his suitcases for the end of 2008, when he must surely retire.

Expect F1 commentators around the world to debate the delicate political balance at Force India and its potential implications for, ooh, minutes. We’re all looking forward to Force India’s Monaco team orders as Sutil is told to hold station in 18th place and not jeopardise a double finish for the sake of, well, nothing, the Hungary controversy as Fisichella holds up Sutil in a crucial race to qualify for Q2 and the dramatic three-way season battle for 14th place in the championship as the season’s in-fighting allows Takuma Sato to creep up and threaten to usurp them.

Editor’s note Just in case there are a billion Indian F1 fans reading an F1 news site for the first time and have taken that seriously, some words of wisdom from Fisichella to put it all in perspective - “don’t expect us to win races“, a realistic Fisico has told the eager press. Aw, really? Shame.

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