Paul di Resta added six more points to Sahara Force India's kitty with a seventh-place finish at the Spanish Grand Prix of the Formula One Championship, while team-mate Adrian Sutil finished 13th on Monday.

Two-time champion Fernando Alonso thrilled a massive 95,000 flag-waving home crowd on Sunday when he drove his Ferrari to a dominant victory at the Spanish Grand Prix.

Felipe Massa topped the times for Ferrari in Saturday morning's final free practice session ahead of this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix.

Encouraged by its "best ever" start to season, Force India is determined to see its drivers on the podium soon as the side prepares "hard" to compete in Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix.

Reckless Formula One drivers have been warned that the introduction of a 'football-style' penalty points system may lead to them facing race bans in future.

Paul di Resta finished fourth with an impressive drive to give Sahara Force India Formula One team the best show so far this season at the incident-filled Bahrain Grand Prix.

Sahara Force India and Mercedes-Benz on Thursday signed a long-term agreement for the Silverstone-based team to use a full Mercedes-Benz powertrain from the 2014 season onwards.

Reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel snatched pole position for the Malaysian Grand Prix on Saturday in the dying seconds of a dramatic qualifying session which was thrown into chaos by rain.

Aiming a strong start in the new Formula One season, Sahara Force India unveiled its upgraded car VJM06 on Friday.

Lotus has become the first Formula 1 team to unveil its car for the 2013 season after curtains were drawn from the Renault powered  E21 in an online launch at the team's Enstone base here.