Allan McNish thinks Paul di Resta can fight for title – Formula 1 news
Former Formula 1 driver, Allan McNish has admired the performance of Force India’s Paul di Resta in the 2013 Bahrain Grand Prix and believes he can fight for the
title in the future.
Di Resta took a convincing start to this season and managed to secure 8th place finish in the Australian GP after taking a start from 9th
grid position. Conversely, he failed to score even a single point in the Malaysian GP as he was retired, but delivered a reasonably good performance in the third race in China where he came 8th after setting off from 11th grid slot.
The British driver performed incredibly well in the fourth round at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir and secured fourth place finish after qualifying
for 5th grid slot.
McNish said that Di Resta drove like ex-F1 driver, Sir Jackie Stewart and praised his performance in the preceding race.
“Paul was driving like the old Jackie Stewart,” McNish said to BBC Sport. “It was the 'looking as if you're driving slow but actually driving very fast' approach.”
In addition, he stated that Force India can surely fight for the championship as they have a very good and matured driver on their side. Besides, he said that the
27-year-old faced some difficulties during the winter as he had no teammate and had to give his input in the development process alone.
“If someone puts him in right car he can fight for the World title. I think he has developed and grown up. He had a difficult winter because he had no team-mate
and so he was the one the team looked to for the lead on development, so he had to grow up,” he said.
Additionally, he said that the Briton will be feeling more confident and comfortable behind the wheel of his car after attaining competitive result in the last
race.
“That result in Bahrain will give him a lot of confidence and belief in what he can do inside car,” he added.
At present, Di Resta is standing at 8th place in the drivers’ championship ahead of Nico Rosberg of Mercedes. Let’s see how he performs in the season
ahead and whether he will be able to come up to the expectations of his team or not.
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