Force India determined to keep pursuing Aerolab case

The Silverstone-based team was awarded £21,000 recently after a court ruled that Aerolab had used some of Force Indias parts in the design process for a car it helped prepare for Lotus Racing - now Caterham - in 2010.

Force India believes that the level of damages that was awarded was not high enough, which is why it has asked the judge to reconsider.

A hearing last week, where Force India was ordered to pay costs to now Caterham technical chief Mike Gascoyne and the Hingham-based team, ran out of time to discuss the damages issue - which is why another hearing will take place soon.

When asked whether Force India would pursue the matter further through legal channels if more damages were not awarded, Force India deputy team principal Bob Fernley said: "Yes, we will then take it onwards."

Fernley also said that the £650,000 costs awarded against it was no surprise - as the money for that had already been lodged.

"The Lotus and Mike Gascoyne costs are the ones we already knew about from the hearing so that is accepted and done," he explained. "The appeal [decision] could be not heard, as there was not enough time in court. But that will go ahead in the next few weeks."