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Two points-paying finishes bolster Force India spirits
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Edited: Jun 1, 2018, 1:52 PM
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Sahara Force India raced to a strong double points finish in the Monaco Grand Prix as Paul Di Resta finished in seventh just ahead of Nico Hulkenberg in eighth, earning the team ten valuable championship points.
P7 Paul Di Resta (VJM05/02) Tyre strategy: New soft, new supersoft
Paul: “A great result today and I’m very happy to make up so much ground on my starting position. We went aggressive with the strategy and I have to say the team really optimized it. The secret was managing the tires and trying to find clean air when we could. The car felt really good, much stronger than yesterday, and that allowed me to push when we needed to. Fortunately the rain held off at the end because that could have had a big impact on the end of the race. It’s great that we managed to get both cars in the points and we can celebrate tonight.”
Paul di Resta, Sahara Force India Formula One Team
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P8 Nico Hulkenberg (VJM05/03) Tyre strategy: New supersoft, new soft
Nico: “It was a pretty messy start with lots of cars touching and I was lucky to make it through because I had to avoid Grosjean, who was in the middle of the track. For the first few laps I was running with Michael [Schumacher] and we were stuck behind Kimi [Raikkonen] who was struggling on the supersofts, but it was difficult to get by. Unfortunately Kimi stopped on the same lap as me so I remained behind him and we came out in a lot of traffic, which is when Paul jumped ahead of me. The rest of the race was quite uneventful and I just focused on looking after the tires. It’s a great result for the team and we should be happy with the result.”
Dr Vijay Mallya, Team Principal & Managing Director “A very enjoyable Monaco Grand Prix and I am delighted to see both Sahara Force Indias well inside the points. Paul drove a very strong race, making up seven places on his grid position and managing the tires perfectly. Nico was running the reverse strategy to Paul, which also worked out well, and means we leave here with ten important points. Now we look forward to the next race in Canada where we hope to continue our run of points finishes.”
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