Force India happy with four points
29 Oct 2012 6:40 AM IST
It would have been an ideal result for Sahara Force India had both its cars earned points in their home Grand Prix on Sunday, but the team is still a happy unit with Nico Hulkenberg’s eighth-place finish, considering the poor qualifying.
Paul di Resta ended outside the points bracket, finishing the race in 12th position after starting from 16th.
However, Hulkenberg gained four positions from his P12 from the grid to acquire four points for the side. Since none of the Sauber drivers could finish in top-10, Force India managed to reduce the gap with the Swiss team to 23 points.
‘It was a good team effort. All the cars in front were quite a bit ahead and quicker as well. That’s the maximum we could have achieved today. It was smooth race smooth weekend.
We had aimed to finish with points and we should be happy with it,’ said Hulkenberg.
On his overtaking move Hulkenberg said, ‘DRS did most of the job. I had a good exit on turn three then DRS got activated and it was quite easy to pass him (Perez).
Asked if Force India did a better job than Sauber throughout the weekend, his terse reply was, ‘Today yes, yesterday no.’ Force India will try to push Sauber till the last breath.
Paul di Resta ended outside the points bracket, finishing the race in 12th position after starting from 16th.
However, Hulkenberg gained four positions from his P12 from the grid to acquire four points for the side. Since none of the Sauber drivers could finish in top-10, Force India managed to reduce the gap with the Swiss team to 23 points.
‘It was a good team effort. All the cars in front were quite a bit ahead and quicker as well. That’s the maximum we could have achieved today. It was smooth race smooth weekend.
We had aimed to finish with points and we should be happy with it,’ said Hulkenberg.
On his overtaking move Hulkenberg said, ‘DRS did most of the job. I had a good exit on turn three then DRS got activated and it was quite easy to pass him (Perez).
Asked if Force India did a better job than Sauber throughout the weekend, his terse reply was, ‘Today yes, yesterday no.’ Force India will try to push Sauber till the last breath.
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