Di Resta not sure Force India sale to affect future
"At this point I don’t know how the structure will work within the team"
Paul di Resta is not sure if the news of Force India’s part-sale will affect his future.
Boss Vijay Mallya - who now owns an equal 42.5 per cent share in the Silverstone based team rather than a majority, controlling stake - announced recently that he will not decide the 2012 driver lineup until mid December.
The fact the decision will be taken so late had raised eyebrows within the F1 paddock, so whether the deadline still stands now that Sahara’s Subrato Roy is now also in charge is not known.
"At this point I don’t know how the structure will work within the team," rookie Scot di Resta is quoted as saying in Korea by the AFP news agency.
He said he knows Mallya remains team principal for now.
"The team have said they’re going to do it (the driver decision) in December. Whenever they want to do it, they will do it," he added.
Rumours say Mallya may exit Force India
Some in the F1 paddock reacted "with cynicism" to Vijay Mallya’s sale of almost half of the Force India team.
Just last week, the Indian billionaire said he was "shocked" to read the media speculation about his negotiations with Sahara’s Subrato Roy.
But on Wednesday, the $100 million deal was announced in Delhi.
"Some in the F1 press are (therefore) unimpressed with him, with rumours persisting that this is merely the first phase in a gradual exit," wrote Daily Telegraph correspondent Tom Cary in a blog from Korea.