Otmar Szafnauer admits Force India is under pressure to change its name.
Owner Vijay Mallya is locked in a bitter legal battle with the Indian government, but he insists that deliberations about dropping ‘India’ from the name is more about internationalising the team for global sponsors.
The name ‘Force One’ was considered, but Liberty Media blocked that on the basis that it could be shortened to ‘F1’.
And other names have been ruled out because third parties registered them.
Nonetheless, sporting boss Szafnauer admits sponsors are pushing for the word ‘India’ to be dropped.