Embattled business tycoon Vijay Mallya has stood down from his role as director of Force India but will remain a shareholder and (absentee) team principal of the Formula 1 team.
Mallya was part of a consortium that bought the Spyker team in 2007 and subsequently renamed it to Force India.
Since then, the team have gone from strength to strength, peaking with fourth place in the Formula 1 constructors’ world championship in the last two seasons.
On Thursday, it emerged in a UK Companies House Termination of Director Appointment document that Mallya stepped down from his role on the board but remains at the helm of the team and co-owner, along with Subrata Roy and the Mol family.
After six rounds this season, Force India lie sixth in the F1 constructors’ championship on 26 points, with Sergio Perez podium in Azerbaijan the team’s 2018 highlight so far.
Their second driver Esteban Ocon is the team's younger driver who is closely associated to Mercedes who supply power units to the Silverstone based team.
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