Paul di Resta says the team wants to maintain the momentum they gained at Valencia – Formula 1
Paul di Resta said that he wanted to maintain the momentum from the Force India’s performance at the recently concluded European Grand Prix.
The team was able score some vital points at Valencia where most teams struggled with issues related to high temperatures, tyre strategies and managing the compounds.
Di Resta was the only driver to finish the race with a one stop strategy. He drove well to manage his tyres but even though he was placed 5th at one point in the race he dropped down as other cars with fresher tyres started to move past him.
Nico Hulkenberg was able to finish fifth and showed good potential of the car. Di Resta said that there were a few upgrades planned for Silverstone. He hopes that the upgrades may help the team to remain in the top ten at the high-speed circuit.
Force India has not been able to perform as well as they would have liked. The team managed to finish sixth in the last season but at the moment is placed at 9th. The team has had its ups and downs in the season, but recently have gotten somewhat of a momentum
of getting results of their favour.
“We've some minor upgrades coming that should give us performance,” di Resta said. “So if we can carry on from where we are we should be going into it thinking positively. We've still work to do because the problem with Silverstone is that it will show up
any struggle you have.”
Di Resta also admitted that poor luck some decisions he took in the races have had a negative impact on the overall results of the team but hopes that it will turn around for the team in the coming races.
“Unfortunately that's two races now where I've been in a great position, but where things I can't control have made a difference to the result. I'm not going to jump up and down, though, because I held my hand up on Saturday (in qualifying) to the mistake
I made. So you take the positives, the car was quick, but the finish did not reflect what we could have achieved,” he added.
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