Saturday 1st September 2007
Indian billionaire Vijay Mallya vowed to do his best to bring India into Formula One after teaming up with Spyker’s director of Formula One Michiel Mol to make an 80 million euro bid for the cash-strapped team. “Team India is on the F1 grid,” declared Mallya in a press conference. Mallya’s dream became reality when his Force India team took the grid for the 2008 Australian Grand Prix.