Force India promised change in 2017, as the Silverstone-based outfit aims to break into the illustrious constructors’ top three for the first time, but few could have foreseen this.
Gone is the team’s iconic Indian tricolour-based design, replaced by a striking pink livery that marks the arrival of partner BWT to the team.
Drivers Sergio Pérez and Esteban Ocon will also sport pink helmets in 2017, as the Austrian-based water technology company becomes involved in Formula 1 for the first time.
BWT are not new to the sport however – they ran a pink livery on Lucas Auer’s DTM racer in 2015 – and it’s certainly not the first time pink has featured on a motor racing grid…
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