The car was driven by long-time Force India driver Adrian Sutil and 2010 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters champion Paul di Resta.

However, on lap 72, contact with Pastor Maldonado and the wall triggered an incident in which Jaime Alguersuari and Vitaly Petrov crashed and the race was red-flagged.

After the restart, Sutil eventually finished seventh, while di Resta had to settle for 12th after receiving a drive-through penalty for a mistimed pass on Toro Rosso's Jaime Alguersuari.

[11] The team went scoreless in the British Grand Prix, Sutil missed out with 11th while di Resta finished his home race in a distant 15th.

[12] Sutil took his joint-best result of the season with a sixth-place finish in front of the home crowd in the German Grand Prix.

[13] At the Hungarian Grand Prix, di Resta finally scored points for the first time since Malaysia with a strong seventh-place finish.

[18] Both cars made it into Q3 in Singapore, with Sutil starting from ninth and di Resta from tenth due to the team being content enough not to send the drivers out for the final shootout.

[19] The team went on to score their first double points-finish of the season with di Resta achieving career-best sixth and Sutil in eighth.

[26][27] Force India entered the penultimate round in Yas Marina with a good form after both drivers made it into Q3.

Retaining sponsors including Whyte & Mackay, Kingfisher, Reebok, Doublemint and Medion; until Sutil departed from the team.