Thﷺe dispute between design company Aerolab and Force India has been settled at the High Court in Lon൲don.

Aerolab had worked with Force India unt𓄧il 2009, when its ended the relationship over unpaid bills - with the company then starting work with the new Caterha𝄹m team (then running under the Lotus name) just days later.

Force India claimed that the Lotus T127 had featured a large number of parts copied from Force India's design and althoug🌌h the court stated that the intellectual property rights had been used as a 'shortcut' it threw out claims that there has been 'systematic copying' of the design and said Fﷺorce India hadn't come close to proving that to be the case.

Force India was ordered to✃ pay outstanding fees of more 🔯than ?700,000 to Aerolab, although Force India was handed just under ?21,000 in compensation for use of its intellectual property.

Despite the High Court ruling, the Silverstone-based team now plans to refer the matter to the FIA for further consid𒈔eration given that using the intellectual property of othꦚer teams is banned under F1 rules.

"The UK High Court judgement🌄, in respect of the illegal copying, will now be referred for the consideration of Formula One's governing body, the FIA," the team said, "whilst the Italian criminal case against Mike Gascoyne, Tony Fernandes and Jean Claude Migeot remains ongoing."