Force India Formula 1 racing team, is all set to start a talent hunt for Indian racing car drivers, starting at go-karting centres.

This decision was taken after Vijay Mallya, the chairman of Force India Formula 1 racing team, faced huge criticism from all quarters, for not having Indian drivers in the Force India team.

"The team is non resident Indians now but I am looking to indigenise it although there is more to an Indian team than merely having an Indian in the cockpit of a racing car. I intend to find young Indian drivers, invest in the search and train the talented youngster. We will start a series of programmes to locate talent at go-karting tracks in the next three-four months," he told reporters.

Mallya signed a three-year, multi-million dollar contract with Computation Research Laboratory (CRL), the high performance computer lab set up by Tata Sons at Pune.

CRL will work in the area of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for the F1 team to ensure a better performance by making the best use of the air flowing over the car to generate very high levels of downforce, forcing the car into the ground, increasing its grip level and creating the minimum aerodynamic drag.