Giancarlo FisichellaIt’s officially unofficial. Giancarlo Fisichella will drive for Force India. Formula 1’s worst kept secret is out. The signing was confirmed today and also confirms Vitantonio Liuzzi as test and reserve driver. Giancarlo will drive along side Adrian Sutil as Force India’s 2008 drivers lineup.

The choice of Giancarlo over Karun Chandhok and Narain Karthikeyan was experience. What could be brought to the team. Karthikeyan is very green having only won onw A1GP race and he feels Karun Chandhok needs another year in GP2.

“I am looking forward to joining Force India for the coming season,” said the 34 year-old. “At the test in Jerez, I was very impressed with the team’s professionalism and commitment to move forward and I hope that my experience will help them achieve these goals.

“Contrary to what people may think, this was not my only opportunity, it was the best one - with new owners and a competitive budget, I really think we can shake things up next year. I feel motivated and ready to help Force India get points on a regular basis.”

Vijay Mallya said:

“We will not produce any miracles in 2008 but we will demonstrate that we are going in the right direction - up the grid,” he continued. “By 2010 when India hosts its first GP, Force India will rightfully occupy a place on the podium. “I think we will be quicker than we were in 2007, but then so will other teams…”

Now we can safely say that the 2008 Formula 1 drivers lineup is finally complete.

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