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Lost court case costs Force India €1 million
Force India has been ordered to pay more than €1 million in damages to Italian wind-tunnel operator Aerolab.
The company filed a court case against the Formula One team claiming breach of contract and unpaid fees relating to services provided. After months of legal wrangling, Force India was ordered to pay €1,074,730 (£879,000) plus damages by the Queen's Bench Division in the High Court of Justice in London.
However, the dispute will continue with Force India counter suing Aerolab for suspected breach of intellectual property. Force India believes Lotus benefited from the use of its intellectual property while developing the T127 in the same Aerolab wind tunnel it used to develop its cars in previous years.
"As a result of the retaliatory action already taken by Force India, it is expected that Aerolab's director, Jean Claude Migeot, will soon be charged pursuant to a criminal complaint filed in Bologna," read an official statement from Aerolab. "Aerolab is confident in the positive outcome of all judicial matters in this affair. It appears that Force India's strategy will be to try and force Aerolab into a settlement that the company has no intention of accepting."

