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2015 Sahara Force India VJM08 Formula 1 Racing Single-Seater Chassis no. VJM08-02FootnotesOffered in show-car condition less engine and transmission. The Mexican racing driver Sergio Pérez has really come to the fore in recent Formula 1 World Championship road racing and here BONHAMS is delighted to offer direct from works preservation and storage the car in which he really began to confirm his longtime promise during the 2015 season. We understand that during the 2015 Formula 1 World Championship racing season, this Force India VJM08's racing career developed as follows, including as it does not only no fewer than twelve World Championship points-scoring finishes, amongst which are three fifth places, but also a hugely significant podium finish for driver and team in the year's Russian Grand Prix at Sochi: Australian GP, Adelaide – Sergio Pérez – q.15th – 10th points scoring Malaysian GP, Sepang – Sergio Pérez – q.14 – 13th Chinese GP, Shanghai - Sergio Pérez – q. 15 – 11th Bahrain GP, Sakhir - Sergio Pérez – q.11 – 8th points scoring Spanish GP, Barcelona - Sergio Pérez – q.18 – 13th Monaco GP, Monte Carlo - Sergio Pérez – q.7 – 7th points scoring Canadian GP, Montreal - Sergio Pérez – q.10 – 11th Austrian GP, Spielburg - Sergio Pérez – q.16 – 9th points scoring British GP, Silverstone - Sergio Pérez – q. 11 – 9th points scoring Hungarian GP, Hungaroring - Sergio Pérez – q. 13 – Rtd (brakes) Belgian GP, Spa-Francorchamps - Sergio Pérez – q. 5 – 5th points scoring Italian GP, Monza – Sergio Pérez - q.7 – 6th points scoring Singapore GP, Marina Bay – Sergio Pérez - q.13 – 7th points scoring Japanese GP, Suzuka – Sergio Pérez - q.9 – 12th Russian GP, Sochi – Sergio Pérez – q.7 – 3rd points scoring/podium finish United States GP, Austin – Sergio Pérez – q.6 – 5th points scoring Mexican GP, Mexico City – Sergio Pérez – q.9 – 8th points scoring Brazilian GP, Interlagos – Sergio Pérez – q.13 – 12th Abu Dhabi GP, Yas Marina - Sergio Pérez – q.4 – 5th points scoring 'Checo' Pérez was at that time works team driver with the Sahara Force India F1 team, alongside as his team-mate the long-promising German Nico Hulkenberg. The Silverstone-based team, retaining many of the immensely-experienced specialists who had worked there for the previous team entities of Jordan, Midland and Spyker before Indian businessman and airline and brewery magnate Vijay Mallya had bought the organisation in 2007, had gained a reputation as being one of the most effective and resilient of all mid-field Formula 1 forces. This certainly proved to be true during the 2015 season as Force India stepped up a place in the Formula 1 Constructors' Championship to finish fifth overall, its best finish ever, headed only by the relatively giant organisations of Mercedes-Benz-AMG, Ferrari, Williams Martini, and Red Bull Racing – and beating former Constructors' World Champions McLaren... Given a difficult beginning to the season, resulting from an enforcedly late start to the car-build programme for cash-flow reasons, this was a terrific result which paid enormous tribute to the team personnel and the core engineering group's technical competence. In fact, under executive team principal Robert Fearnley, chief operating officer Otmar Szafnauer and technical Director Andrew Green, Force India had experienced a season effectively of two halves. The first eight Championship qualifying races were contested using the VJM08 which essentially was the 2014 car adapted to match new nose regulations for 2015, while from the British GP forward the VJM08B specification was introduced which had been developed (after that late start) in the Toyota wind tunnel at Cologne, Germany. The team's previously-used wind tunnel in Brackley had accommodated 60 per cent full-size test models, whereas the Toyota tunnel had the volume to accommodate full size. Having missed pre-season testing, Force India began the season in the lower midfield of each race, despite which limitation in sheer performanc