Sizzling Sutil 5th, Force India continues point-scoring spree
Force India`s point-scoring spree
continued unabated as Adrian Sutil drove a flawless race,
keeping 2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton at bay, for a fifth
place finish to earn 10 invaluable points.
|Last Updated: Apr 04, 2010, 06:17 PM IST|Source: Bureau
Sepang: Force India`s point-scoring spree
continued unabated as Adrian Sutil drove a flawless race,
keeping 2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton at bay, for a fifth
place finish to earn 10 invaluable points from today`s
Malaysian Grand Prix.
Teammate Vitantonio Liuzzi, who scored points in both the
previous races this season, was less fortunate as the Italian
retired on lap 12 with a suspected throttle problem.
Indian Formula One driver Karun Chandhok finished the
race 15th, ahead of Hispania teammate Bruno Senna.
Sebastian Vettel won the race and it was a Red Bull
one-two with Mark Webber following him to the chequered flag.
After failing to score point in the first two races this
year, Sutil started the race fourth on the grid and drove a
faultless race to open his account.
Force India chairman Vijay Mallya said ideally both the
cars should have scored points but he had no complaints.
"Three races and three times in the points, I am
absolutely delighted," Mallya said.
"Adrian had a strong race, keeping a cool head under
pressure when a charging Lewis Hamilton was right on his tail.
Once again we`ve proved the pace of our car and our ability to
really mix it in the midfield. It was disappointing not to
have two cars in the points, but it is overall very positive
that we can race hard and score points entirely on merit," he
added.
Sutil, on his part, said he was happy to stave off pal
Hamilton`s challenge to finish fifth.
"The race was exciting and fifth place in the end was a
great achievement.
"It was always very close with Lewis just behind in the
closing stages but I knew that if I didn`t make any mistakes I
wouldn`t have any problems, so it was just trying to
concentrate," he said.
"I had to push, of course, but it was under control. I
think we can now carry this forward to China. We are still a
good top 10 competitor and we need to continue like this - Q3
and a few points each race would be great at this stage in the
season," added the German.
Meanwhile, Karun was pleased having finished the second
race on the trot.
"I am very, very happy to have finished my second race
today after our difficult debut in Bahrain," Karun said.
"I kept out of trouble and pitted on lap 17. On lap 45, I
had a tricky moment, passing Jarno Trulli`s Lotus. A great
thank to the team who did a fantastic job. To finish was very
difficult today but I am happy to have done it," said the
Chennai lad.
PTI
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