Hello,
The Bahrain GP is going to start in a short while from now. Adrian Sutil is in 10th place and a disappointed Vitantonio Liuzzi is 12th. Adrian got in Q3 and it is a good start. Now counted amongst the best teams by none other than Lewis Hamilton the expectations are high and the guys seem to be ready.
The post qualification comments are as under:
Adrian Sutil (10th, Q3 - 1m 56.309s)
“I'm very happy. I think it was a great achievement to go into Q3 at the first race: our best start to the season for a long time. The team should be very proud of it, I am very proud of this, so let's see how it goes tomorrow. Our goal is now to finish in the points. At the moment I'm in tenth and hopefully we can make one or two positions up as I'm the only car on the hard tyre so it may be an advantage. I'm surprised that the others were on the soft tyres so our decision could pay off tomorrow. We are strong under heavy fuel loads but we were very fast in Q1 and Q2 when everyone was on soft tyres so there are a few more positions we could gain. We worked very hard over the winter and over the last four years and it's nice to see it giving dividends now.”
Vitantonio Liuzzi (12th, Q2 - 1m 55.653s)
“I am a bit disappointed as we didn't know what had happened to the car since free practice. In the morning it seemed to have a pretty good balance and we didn't change very much but then we went into qualifying and we had a problem with the traction. That was the main reason we couldn't go through to Q3. Now we have to work on this and understand what happened but we believe in the race that we should be really strong as yesterday we were quick on the longer runs.”
Dr Vijay Mallya, Force India chairman and team principal
“I think the whole team can be very proud of this result; it's a great start to the season and a mark of how much progress we have made over the winter. Last season we didn't get through to Q2 in this race and this year we've got both cars in the top 12. Of course that's not a precursor to getting points, which is what really matters, but it does give us a much better chance. Particularly positive is that Adrian is starting the race on the harder tyre, unlike the rest of the top ten, so should be well-placed to capitalise as the softer tyre degrades in the warm conditions. I can't wait for tomorrow's race now!”
The harder tyres of the Force India cars can really make a difference and I eagerly await for the race to begin.
The other India connection in the race is Karun Chandok. Can you believe that he went for the qualifying without a test run. Amazing.
His comments:
Karun Chandhok (24th, Q1 - 2m 04.904s)
“I still can't believe that we will be on the grid tomorrow. It was not looking good in the morning and I was not sure if we would make it to the qualifying session as well. I didn't expect to be driving the car for the first time in qualifying but as I have always said these are the circumstances and we made the best of it. For me it was just a string of installation laps and to finish just a second slower than Bruno is definitely a huge achievement. I think I might be the only driver in the history of F1 to go straight into a qualifying session of a race without even having done a shakedown of the car! Once again I think the team have done a brilliant job so am very grateful to them.”
Let's watch the Indian connection at F1 Bahrain.
Best wishes to Force India and Karun,
Manoj
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