Force India have revealed that rival teams, both “bigger and smaller”, made approaches for some of their key staff after yet another stellar campaign.

Last year, for the second season running, Force India finished fourth in the Constructors’ Championship.

It was another incredible result for the Silverstone team, who operate on less than half the budget of some of the sport’s biggest teams.

“We’ve had bigger and smaller teams approach us and try to usurp some of our key personnel,” chief operating officer Otmar Szafnauer told RACER. “But I’m happy to report that going into the new season we’ll have the same and we’ve added a few in some key areas as well.