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FIA nod for Force India

PARIS: The Spyker team will be renamed Force India in the next Formula One season.

The FIA World Motor Sport Council allowed the name change at a meeting on Wednesday.

The team, based in Silverstone, England, was bought by Indian businessman Vijay Mallya and Dutch entrepreneur Michiel Mol earlier this month.

Mallya and Mol are the third owners in two years for the former Jordan team. The Midland group took over in 2005, before selling to Spyker in September 2006.

Adrian Sutil was the most successful driver for Spyker this season with one point for the team to finish last in the constructors’ championship.

The other Spyker drivers — Sakon Yamamoto, Christian Albers and Markus Winkelhock — finished in the final three places in the standings.

Meanwhile, the World Motor Sport Council released the 2008 F-1 schedule, and Singapore, which will host its first F-1 race, was listed as the 15th event on the 18-race calendar. It will be the sport’s first at night and will be held on a street circuit in the city-State on September 28.

The 2008 season will begin in Melbourne on March 13. The calendar also includes 10 races in Europe, along with others in Malaysia, Bahrain, Canada, Japan, China and Brazil. — AP

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