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British GP: Force India qualifying report
Adrian Sutil (car 14, VJM03/03): FP3: 15th 1:31.994 (13 laps) Q1: 4th 1:31.109 (7 laps) Q2: 11th 1:31.399 (8 laps) Tonio Liuzzi (car 15, VJM03/01): FP3: 18th 1:32.723 (18 laps) Q1: 17th 1:32.226 (7 laps) Q2: 15th 1:31.708 (7 laps) 10 July ...
Published: Jul 13, 2010, 6:56 AM
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Adrian Sutil (car 14, VJM03/03):
FP3: 15th 1:31.994 (13 laps)
Q1: 4th 1:31.109 (7 laps)
Q2: 11th 1:31.399 (8 laps)
Tonio Liuzzi (car 15, VJM03/01):
FP3: 18th 1:32.723 (18 laps)
Q1: 17th 1:32.226 (7 laps)
Q2: 15th 1:31.708 (7 laps)
10 July 2010 - The Force India F1 Team will start tomorrow's British Grand Prix from 11th and 20th* positions with Adrian Sutil and Tonio Liuzzi respectively following a tough qualifying session round the modified Silverstone Circuit.
Adrian and Tonio eased into Q2, with Adrian posting a promising fourth quickest time in Q1. In the second segment however both struggled to replicate the grip on the softer tyre compound and missed the cut for Q3 by only a couple of tenths.
* After the session Tonio was however handed a five place grid penalty for impeding Nico Hulkenberg and will start 20th.
Adrian Sutil (car 14)
We have had a good car the whole weekend but we struggled a bit with the tyre grip today so the result is a little bit disappointing in the end. In Q1 I could set a good time on the hard tyre and it looked really good for a Q3 slot but then in Q2 I just couldn't get a good lap any more and couldn't go any quicker. We need to investigate why we couldn't go faster on the softer tyre but it's not the end of the world and P11 is a good position to start. The top 10 is of course the goal for the weekend, so it's important to finish the race, then anything is possible.
Tonio Liuzzi (car 15)
We need to work to understand why we were not so fast this session as we believed a Q3 position was possible with both cars based on the performance in practice. In Q1 it went OK and the balance in both the high and slow speed corners was quite good. Unfortunately I only got one flying lap on my first run and then on the second couldn't improve. I think P12 or higher was there, but it can happen. We'll now start 20th because of the penalty - we thought that we had to keep Nico [Hulkenberg] behind and I didn't realise he was on a hot lap. From there it's not going to be easy but there are overtaking spots here at least, plus the incentive of racing in front of our home crowd.
Dr Vijay Mallya, chairman and team principal
It's a shame we couldn't produce a better qualifying result at our home race this weekend, but we shouldn't be too downcast by the starting positions. As we saw in Valencia, a lot is still possible from these positions and we could still yet get a good haul of points. Both drivers couldn't quite get the optimum lap but our performance in the earlier part of the weekend shows that the pace is there. We've gone well at Silverstone before and the drivers feel confident round here so we've got to keep focussed right till the end.
-source: force india
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