Deepika padukone with Vijay Mallya

Vijay Mallya, chairman of Force India F1 team, has roped in actress Deepika Padukone to be the face of his team. Deepika padukone is one of the most popular new actresses in Indian film industry and claims to be a big fan of fast cars and formula-1 racing.

Deepika said, if she could manage time from her busy Bollywood schedule, she would love to be one of the team’s ’speed divas’ and travel around the world for the Formula One Grand Prix event 2009.

“I may make brief appearances during MTV’s reality show, ‘The Fast and the Gorgeous’ and I’m looking forward to it,” said Deepika as she sat on a McLaren-Mercedes-powered Formula One car to unveil MTV-Force India’s The Fast and the Gorgeous hunt for the ’speed divas’ here.