Force India’s 2008 car, the VJM01, debuted at the Circuit de Catalunya here with Adrian Sutil finishing ninth in a field of 19 in the final pre-season Formula One test at the Spanish track.

The VJM01, named in tribute to the team’s owners — Indian liquor-baron Vijay Mallya and Jan and Michiel Mol — is an evolution of the B-spec F8-VII that Force India’s predecessor Spyker launched at the 2007 Italian Grand Prix.

Sutil clocked 1:23.091 to complete 62 laps in the testing in which British Lewis Hamilton was fastest clocking 1:22.276 for his 78 laps on Monday. “I think the car ran without any problems and the balance we got in the end was quite OK,” Sutil said. Force India’s Test driver Vitantonio Liuzzi finished 12th with a timing of 1:23.239 for his 43 laps.