Sutil finishes seventh, Di Resta ninth

Adrian Sutil finished seventh after being in contention for a podium finish even as Paul Di Resta fought his way to ninth after starting last on the grid in the incident-filled and dramatic British Grand Prix on Sunday. Sutil was running third after beginning the race from sixth position but lost his way in the last six laps as Mark Webber, Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton all passed him.
Nico Rosberg won the race, marked by several tyre failures, while Webber and Alonso joined him on the podium in the second and third position respectively.

Nevertheless, it was third consecutive double points finish for Sahara Force India (59) as it collected eight points to increase its lead over sixth-placed McLaren (37) by 12 points. Di Resta, who had qualified impressive fifth, was forced to start last position after it was found that his car was underweight during Saturday’s qualifying. The stewards though allowed him to compete from last on the grid.

Sutil moved up two places to fourth in the very first lap when he passed Daniel Ricciardo and Webber suffered a front wing damage to his Red Bull and was pushed back. In lap 34 both Force India drivers pitted. Sutil re-joined in seventh position and Di Resta 14th. With just 10 laps left in the race, Vettel, the race and the championship leader, had to park his Red Bull after suffering a gearbox failure. Safety car was deployed again and with seven laps to go the race began with Sutil in third position. However, the others showed their mettle as they passed him by one to push him to seventh.

Di Resta battled up from 21st on the grid to to finish ninth and the Scot was relatively pleased. It was a bit up and down, he says. I didn’t have the cleanest race I would have to say. I’m satisfied at the finish,’ he said.