Vijay Mallaya confirmed that they had applied to the FIA for a name change. The Spyker F1 team will be called Force India for 2008.
Talking about the name change Mallya said
I believe that there will be a huge surge of support for this team once we present it as the Force India team.
Having an Indian-owned Formula One team on the grid was something that was considered completely out of reach before…this reflects the new India and new ecomomic prosperity.