Adrian Sutil: Force India can be happy with two points in 2011 Indian Grand Prix – Formula 1 news
Force India driver Adrian Sutil has said that his team can be happy with two points in the 2011 Indian Grand Prix held on Sunday, October 30 at the recently unveiled Buddh International Circuit.
Sutil had a good race weekend in India recently, where he took a positive start and after fighting for his best possible finish, he ended up in the ninth spot in the end.
The team driver talked to the media and added that he had a quite good raceday on Sunday and that he thinks his team can be happy with two points at the end of the race weekend.
Talking to reporters, the German commented, “In the early laps I struggled with the rear of the car, with a bit of oversteer, and could not hold off the Toro Rossos who were a bit quicker today. But in the second and third stint the car balance improved
and I was able to keep the Sauber [of Sergio Perez] behind me in the closing laps. We were also fortunate that [Sebastien] Buemi retired, which gave me another position.”
The 28-year-old driver further stated that he thinks his ninth position was probably the maximum for Sunday’s race and he hopes his team boss Vijay Mallya will have a smile on his face now, as his team driver impressed the Indian Grand Prix by scoring points
during that.
After starting the race from the eighth place at the Buddh International Circuit, he came at the ninth position ahead of Sauber’s Sergio Perez in the final Grand Prix classifications.
On the other hand, his teammate Paul di Resta came in the 13th position after starting from the 12th place on the grid in India.
He mentioned, “We went for a fairly aggressive strategy today - starting on the hard tyre - and it was always the plan to come in early with the hope of a safety car.”
After taking part in 17 rounds of the 2011 Formula 1 season so far, the team Force India is sitting at the sixth place ahead of Sauber with 51 points in the standings.
Let’s see how both of the drivers Sutil and di Resta perform in the last two rounds of the ongoing season following their Indian race.
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