Force India are reportedly suing Lotus after claims that the Malaysian owned team copied the Silverstone based teams VJM03 wind tunnel model.
Legal action has, according to Motorsport Total, already begun in the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Force India are questioning pre-season wind tunnel designs which they left at the Aerolab wind-tunnel, also used by the Lotus team. Earlier this year, Lotus released images of their pre-production scaled model, which it’s believed, closely resembles Force India’s own.
Interestingly, Lotus’s current Chief Technical Officer is Mike Gascoyne, who previously worked with Force India in the same position but left in late 2008 when team owner, Vijay Mallya, took-over the role.
Force India’s legal attorney, Mark Buckley, suggests there is ‘significant evidence’ supporting FI’s claims. The damages are reportedly worth in the region of £25 million (€30m, $36m).
