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Force India Confirm VJM03 Launch on February 10

After Red Bull Racing, Force India Mercedes has also announced their official car launch date for the 2010 season. According to a spokesman from the Silverstone-based team, the VJM03 will meet the public eye for the first time on February 10, the same day the second test of the off-season kicks off in Jerez.

The VJM03 has always been scheduled for a test debut on 10 February. This has been a long-standing plan and there is no deviation from this,” said the spokesman.

In recent days, some reports suggested that Vijay Mallya's team will actually reveal their 2010 challenger on February 12, the third day of testing at the Spanish circuit. The aforementioned testing session will last for 4 days, which would have given Force India the opportunity to use only 2 days for testing their new car.

With the launch date confirmed by the Force India spokesman, it now appears that both the Indian outfit and Red Bull Racing will unveil their car the same day. Earlier this week, the Milton Keynes based team also confirmed February 10 as their RB6 launch date.

As far as Force India goes, the team is yet to reveal the order in which drivers will take the VJM03 for a drive during the 4 days of Jerez testing. It is expected that both Adrian Sutil and Vitantonio Liuzzi will attend the event and test afterwards, with the test/reserve driver yet to be revealed by the team.

According to recent reports, it seems the tester for 2010 will likely be British driver Paul di Resta, currently competing for Mercedes' factory team in the DTM.
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