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Force India confident of keeping motorhome

The Force India team is positive that it will retain possession of its motorhome after German police officers arrived at the Nürburgring on Friday afternoon. It is believed that the officers were looking to take possession of the team's hospitality unit, supposedly bought by former team owner Colin Kolles and not fully paid for by Force India.

With Force India having bought out the Spyker team ahead of last season, reports in the Nürburgring paddock suggest that the motorhome in question was purchased by the Futurecom company, a name also behind a current DTM team, owned by Colin Kolles who was head of Force India until last year.

Word at the circuit on Friday indicates that, despite numerous discussions having allegedly taken place between Futurecom and Force India, the motorhome is still officially owned by the former, which demanded possession under German law once the F1 fraternity arrived in the country.


An official statement from Force India reads as follows:


'The Force India Formula 1 team today received a visit from legal representatives accompanied by uniformed personnel who demanded that the team's motorhome be vacated as they wished to seize the team's property.

This dispute with the contractor has been ongoing since last season and pertains to the quality of construction of the motorhome and its functionality.

The contractor decided to take matters into their own hands without due notice and process and approached a local German court who were presented with highly disputable facts.

Force India will resolve matters during the weekend with the contractor but will fiercely contest the wrongful claims made by them before the local German Court if no amicable settlement is achieved.'

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