Szafnauer: "2018 was het meest stressvolle jaar door onzekerheid Force India"

  • Gepubliceerd op 30 dec 2018 09:41
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  • Door: Bjorn Smit

Het werd in 2018 duidelijk dat het financieel niet goed ging met Force India. In gesprek met PlanetF1.com legde teambaas Otmar Szafnauer uit hoe kritiek de situatie was en wat de gevolgen waren voor het team.

Tijdens de eerste helft van het jaar ging het financieel steeds slechter met Force India. De situatie escaleerde zelfs zo ver dat er een faillissementsprocedure gestart werd. Die werd afgebroken, nadat het consortium van Lawrence Stroll het team overnam. Szafnauer werd vervolgens tot nieuwe teambaas gepromoveerd. Hij legt uit dat het team aan het begin van 2018 onderdelen uit 2017 moest gebruiken, omdat het geld ontbrak om de ontwikkeling van de nieuwe bolide af te ronden.

"We begonnen 2018 niet met de auto die we wilden hebben, omdat we niet het geld hadden om de onderdelen te produceren. We maakten een auto voor de wintertests en die wilden we upgraden naar de eerste raceauto. Dat kon een tijdje niet. Daardoor begonnen we het seizoen moet de testauto en dat is nooit je beste auto. We konden hem tot een tijdje in het seizoen niet veranderen en dat lieten de prestaties wel zien."

"De prestaties waren in het begin niet wat het zijn moest", vervolgt Szafnauer. "We scoorden niet veel punten en het leek er nog niet op dat de financiën beter zouden worden. Voor mij persoonlijk was dit misschien wel het meest stressvolle jaar. De stress kwam vooral van de onzekerheid over wat er zou gaan gebeuren met het team door haar financiële status."

Het proces richting een faillissement werd uiteindelijk in gang gezet door Sergio Perez. Dat zorgde volgens Szafnauer voor een dieptepunt voor het team. "Toen de faillissementsknop eenmaal ingedrukt werd door Sergio, groeide de onzekerheid. Dat duurde gelukkig maar een paar weken. Daarna kwamen we aan de andere kant door het succesvol doorlopen van het proces, met nieuwe aandeelhouders en nieuw geld."

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