Force India starts partnership with CRL

The Force India team has acquired a new partnership with Computational Research Laboratories, a High Peformance Computing company which will focus on the teams Computational Fluid Dynamics. The deal is set for three years and is expected to give a big boost in the performance of the upcoming Force India machinery.

Force India owner and Team Principal Vijay Mallya commented, "CFD simulations are a critical part of Force India's car design process to continually improve the team's aerodynamic performance. The tie-up with CRL will significantly accelerate Force India's computational simulations to drive better on-track results. It gives us an immediate 200 percent increase in our CFD processing capability, which will rise to almost 800 percent by the end of 2010."

Mr. S Ramodarai, Chairman, CRL, said: “With this partnership, CRL reconfirms its commitment to develop technology that will aid in design activities and make it seamless for the companies to take advantage of HPC. We are really proud to be associated with a brand such as Force India Formula One Team which has showcased India as a team to watch in the global motor racing arena. This deal demonstrates the value that an organization can get by leveraging ‘eka’, and the complete HPC support ecosystem we have set up at CRL.”