Bangkok: German driver Adrian Sutil is confident of returning to Sahara Force India for the 2013 Formula One season. Sutil was part of the Silverstone outfit from 2007-2012, including the year when the team raced under the Spyker banner, and is seen as the strongest candidate for Nico Hulkenberg's replacement. Paul di Resta is likely to retain his place.
"In five years I was in this team, they know how good I am and they know my qualities," Sutil was quoted as saying by Autosport on the sidelines of the Race of Champions here. "I am not the one going to this team saying, 'please, please give me the drive'. They should come to me and say, 'we want you.' I want to drive for this team but they should also want me as a driver. I am quite relaxed.
"I know how to handle the situation. I did the maximum I could do and now it is up to them to decide if I am in the seat or not," he said. Force India are expected to name the drivers' line-up this month and Sutil's competition is against the likes of Jules Bianchi, Kamui Kobayashi, Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari.
Sutil feels a one-year break from the sport will help him make a strong comeback. "It was a different year. I really enjoyed the year, it was one of the best ever, as I had time for different things in life," he said. "I am definitely
07:37 PM, Dec 17, 2012
Sao Paulo: Nico Hulkenberg ended his partnership with Sahara Force India on a high as he secured 10 points for the side at the season-closing Brazilian Grand Prix with a fifth place finish, here on Monday. History was beckoning the young German when he was locked in an intesne race-lead battle with Mercedes' bound Lewis Hamilton but an overtaking manoeuvre in lap 49 brought him a costly drive through penatly,...
12:24 AM, Nov 26, 2012
Sao Paulo: Sauber reserve driver Esteban Gutierrez of Mexico earned himself a race seat with the team for the 2013 Formula 1 season. The 21-year old Mexican will partner the recently-confirmed Nico Hulkenberg, who joins Sauber from Force India. Dutchman Robin Frijns will replace Gutirrez as the Swiss squad's new test and reserve driver, which leaves out current racer Kamui Kobayashi, who has been at Sauber since 2010, without a...
07:40 PM, Nov 23, 2012
Sao Paulo: Sahara Force India will get a boost of 50 million pounds for an improved showing in the next season, said team principal Vijay Mallya who does not rule out the possibility of Adrian Sutil returning to his team in place of outgoing Nico Hulkenberg. "We have shown that every year we get better, so we expect nothing less next season. But it is also time for us to...
10:06 PM, Nov 22, 2012
Abu Dhabi: Sahara Force India drivers missed out on Q3 for the second consecutive race as Nico Hulkenberg qualified 11th and Paul di Resta could secure only P13 for Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. McLaren's outgoing star Lewis Hamilton grabbed pole ahead of Red Bull's Mark Webber, who was just 0.348 seconds behind, and championship leader Sebastian Vettel. Hamilton's flying lap of 1:40.630 secured him his sixth pole position of...
10:08 PM, Nov 03, 2012
Abu Dhabi: Germany's Nico Hulkenberg has promised to do his best to help Force India beat Sauber in the Formula One constructors' championship even if it costs his future team millions of dollars. Swiss-based Sauber announced on Wednesday, ahead of Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, that Hulkenberg would be racing for them next season. Force India, whose other driver is Britain's Paul Di Resta, are seventh overall and 23 points...
11:56 PM, Nov 01, 2012
Abu Dhabi: Sahara Force India drivers say the Yas Marina cicruit suits them well and they are optimistic of carrying forward the good run into the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday. Force India had both of its cars in the points bracket in the 2011 season at the Yas Marina circuit with Adrian Sutil finishing eighth ahead of team-mate Paul di Resta. In the 2012 season, Force India are...
05:46 PM, Oct 31, 2012
New Delhi: Adrian Sutil could be in the frame for a return to Force India and Formula One if fellow-German Nico Hulkenberg moves to Sauber next season, according to team co-owner Vijay Mallya. The liquor baron told Reuters in an Indian Grand Prix interview that the driver line-up, and how best to invest the latest tranche of funds paid to the team by the Sahara Group, will be discussed at...
03:03 PM, Oct 29, 2012
Greater Noida: Amidst strong speculations that Nico Hulkenberg will leave Sahara Force India to join Sauber for the next season, Team Prinicpal Vijay Mallya on Sunday said he will reveal the drivers' line-up next month. Hulkenberg, who test drove for the Indian side in 2011, was elevated to the driving seat at the start of the current season and the German did a fantastic job for the team with consistent...
09:03 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Greater Noida: It would have been an ideal result for Sahara Force India had both its cars earned points in their home Grand Prix here on Sunday, but the team is still a happy unit with Nico Hulkenberg's eighth-place finish, considering the poor qualifying. Paul di Resta ended outside the points bracket, finishing the race in 12th position after starting from 16th. However, Hulkenberg gained four positions from his P12...
07:33 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Greater Noida: None of the Sahara Force India drivers could make the top 10 on the grid for their home race during the qualifying session of the Indian Grand Prix 2012 at the Buddh International Circuit here on Saturday. Meanwhile, Red Bull driver and defending champion Sebastian Vettel claimed his fifth pole position of the season, whose three consecutive wins have propelled him to the top of the table in...
04:37 PM, Oct 27, 2012
Greater Noida: In his maiden sojourn at the Buddh International Circuit here, Sahara Force India driver Nico Hulkenberg is satisfied with the free practice on Friday and said he was shaping up well for the qualifying session at the Indian Grand Prix on Friday. Hulkenberg, who ended eighth at the second practice session, said that he had achieved what he had wanted to do on Friday. "It was my first...
08:49 PM, Oct 26, 2012
New Delhi: Sahara Force India drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Paul di Resta on Monday said they will try to make their home Grand Prix "special" with a big result and won't "give up" on the sixth place in the championship for which they are fighting hard with Sauber. With four races to go, starting with Sunday's Indian Grand Prix, the Indian outfit is placed seventh currently, trailing the Swiss team...
06:19 PM, Oct 22, 2012
After the recent rumours linking Nico Hulkenberg to Sauber, Force India seem more determined to hold onto the other driver, Paul di Resta, for next season. "We don't expect any changes and we would like it to be business as usual, because we have two brilliant drivers," Robert Fernley, Force India's deputy team principal, was quoted as saying recently. The 26-year-old Scot had been linked with Ferrari to replace Felipe...
01:49 PM, Oct 17, 2012
Yeongam (South Korea): Sahara Force India's Nico Hulkenberg will be driving for Sauber in the 2013 Formula One season, BBC reported Sunday. The report said Mexican Esteban Gutierrez will be Hulkenberg's teammate next year, leaving Kamui Kobayashi without a seat. Kobayashi's current teammate at Sauber, Sergio Perez, will be shifting to McLaren in 2013. "Sauber have not yet officially confirmed Hulkenberg but the deal is understood already to be done,"...
06:58 PM, Oct 14, 2012
Yeongam: Nico Hulkenberg earned eight points for Sahara Force India with a sixth place finish while Paul Di Resta finished 12th in the Korean Grand Prix, here on Sunday. The result helped Force India reduce the gap with close rival and sixth-placed Sauber to 27 points as the none of the Swiss team's driver finished inside top-10. Sergio Perez was 11th while Kamuyi Kobayasahi retired after an accident. With four...
05:13 PM, Oct 14, 2012
Yeongnam: Sahara Force India driver Nico Hulkenberg will start eighth, while his team-mate will line up at 14th on the grid in Sunday's Korean Grand Prix here. Hulkenberg clocked 1:38.266 in Q3 after going through a bit of "struggle" in the Q1 and Q2. "It was not an easy qualifying session, but in the end everything went to plan. I did struggle in Q1 and Q2, and I've been fighting...
02:51 PM, Oct 13, 2012
Yeongam: Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time in Friday's practice for the Korean Grand Prix, edging Red Bull teammate Mark Webber and Formula One championship leader Fernando Alonso. Vettel, who has won the previous two races to move within four points of Ferrari's Alonso in the drivers' standings, was 0.032 seconds faster than Webber at the Yeongam circuit. Alonso was 0.328 seconds off the pace. McLaren driver Jenson Button was...
12:50 PM, Oct 12, 2012
New Delhi: The chase for that elusive podium finish continues but Sahara Force India driver Nico Hulkenberg on Thursday said that his team has the car and technology to achieve a top-3 finish in one of the remaining five races in this year's Formula One Championships. A peek into the drivers' and constructors' standings and one is convinced that the German was certainly not off the mark. "It's good (the...
06:23 PM, Oct 11, 2012
Suzuka: Sahara Force India's Nico Hulkenberg finished seventh in the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix to bag six points on Sunday. Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel won the race from second placed Felipe Massa in his Ferrari. Home favourite Kamui Kobayashi came third in his Sauber. Hulkenberg's teammate Paul di Resta finished 12th, exactly where he started from, and could not score points. Currently, British di Resta is 12th in the...
02:22 PM, Oct 07, 2012
