Monaco: Adrian Sutil appeared reluctant to forgive and forget on Wednesday after Lewis Hamilton had hoped for a thaw in their frozen friendship. The two Formula One drivers, team mates in junior series and the best of friends until Sutil was involved in a nightclub fracas in China two years ago, were asked about their damaged relationship at a Monaco Grand Prix news conference.
"Things are definitely different," said Hamilton, the 2008 world champion, sitting on the front row with Sutil looking down from behind. We've spoken a couple of times, and we plan to get together at some stage, just have a chat basically. We've been great friends for a long, long time and had some of the best times together along the way, especially in Formula Three.
"You can generally only count your good friends on one hand, some people say, as good friends are hard to come by," added the Briton. "I want to make sure we get things right".
Sutil, who has returned to Formula One this season after being dropped by his Force India team in 2012, appeared far from conciliatory....
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10:47 PM, May 22, 2013
Monte Carlo: Adrian Sutil says the VJM06, launched for the 2013 season, is the best car he has driven for Sahara Force India and it would suit the street circuit for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix, here. Asked if the current car is the best Force India has come up so far, he replied, "I think so, yes. Wherever we have gone so far the car has looked competitive and that...
07:01 PM, May 20, 2013
Barcelona: Paul di Resta added six more points to Sahara Force India's kitty with a seventh-place finish at the Spanish Grand Prix of the Formula One Championship, while team-mate Adrian Sutil finished 13th here on Sunday. Starting from 10th place on the grid, the Scot raced brilliantly as he had an exciting tussle with pole sitter Nico Roseberg for the sixth place but eventually settled for seventh. He had moved...
11:44 PM, May 12, 2013
Barcelona: Force India's Paul di Resta qualified 10th for Spanish Grand Prix while his teammate Adrian Sutil will start the race at the 13th position, here Sunday. Di Resta clocked 1:22.233 to finish last in Q3 while Sutil came up with a timing of 1:22.346 in Q2. The top-10 grid position gives the British driver a chance to earn some points for the team at Circuit de Catalunya. Meanwhile, di...
08:43 PM, May 11, 2013
Barcelona: Pirelli are reviewing the construction of their Formula One tyres after a series of spectacular debris-related failures but have assured drivers they need not worry about safety. Concern was expressed at the Spanish Grand Prix when the tread came off the still-inflated left rear tyre of Paul Di Resta's Force India during Friday's second practice. Ferrari's Felipe Massa suffered two failures during the Bahrain Grand Prix last month and...
08:05 PM, May 11, 2013
Barcelona<>: Pirelli expressed concern on Friday at an alarming tyre failure suffered by Force India's Paul Di Resta in Spanish Grand Prix practice. The tread came off the Scot's still inflated left rear tyre in second practice but Di Resta was able to bring the car safely to a halt. With drivers expressing safety concerns, Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery said the Italian company would investigate the issue. "It obviously...
11:57 PM, May 10, 2013
Barcelona: Encouraged by their "best ever" start to season, Force India are determined to see their drivers on the podium soon as the side prepares "hard" to compete in Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix. Paul di Resta came close to getting the team their first podium of the season but had to be content with a fourth-place finish in the last race in Bahrain. Team Principal Vijay Mallya said the team...
06:48 PM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: Sahara Force India might have narrowly missed out on a podium finish in last weekend's Bahrain GP, but its drivers Paul di Resta and Adrian Sutil feel the Silverstone-based outfit should be content with what it has achieved so far this season as the car requires some updates. Force India's British driver Di Resta finished fourth to bring home Sahara Force India's best result of the season at...
05:24 PM, Apr 23, 2013
London: Paul Di Resta has urged his Force India team to go the extra mile to help him secure his first Formula One podium after another near-miss in Bahrain on Sunday. The Briton equalled his career best with fourth place at Sakhir, leading the race for three laps and tantalisingly close to a top three finish before being caught by Lotus's Romain Grosjean in the closing laps. "We've got to...
01:19 AM, Apr 23, 2013
Bahrain: Paul di Resta finished fourth with an impressive drive to give Sahara Force India Formula One team the best show so far this season at the incident-filled Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday. Di Resta, who started the race in fifth place, missed the podium by 2.2 seconds at the Bahrain International Circuit. The Briton also led the race for a few laps before ending 2.2 seconds behind third-place finisher...
10:07 PM, Apr 21, 2013
Manama: Sahara Force India recorded their best qualifying performance this season at the Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix here Saturday. Paul di Resta and Adrian Sutil set the seventh and eighth fastest times but will start the race fifth and sixth on the grid after penalties for Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton. The Red Bull and Mercedes drivers were third and fourth in qualifying. Hamilton qualified behind Ferrari's Fernando Alonso...
06:44 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Shanghai: Adrian Sutil and Paul Di Resta will be reprimanded by Force India for their opening lap collision at the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix here. Both Sutil and Di Resta blamed each other for the incident, without which the Scot could have finished the race higher than eighth. Sutil had to retire after he was assaulted by Sauber's Esteban Gutierrez on Lap 4. Deputy team principal Robert Fernley said...
10:11 AM, Apr 16, 2013
Shanghai: Paul di Resta brought his Force India back home in eighth place at the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix here Sunday, getting his team's first points at the Shanghai International Circuit. Fernando Alonso won the race in his Ferrari ahead of Lotus's Kimi Raikkonen and Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton, who finished second and third. Di Resta, who started 11th on the grid, bagged four points from his effort and is...
05:19 PM, Apr 14, 2013
Shanghai: Protests in Bahrain ahead of next week's Formula One Grand Prix are giving Force India no sleepless nights despite the scare team members had last year when they were caught in a petrol bomb incident. "Lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place ... I am not expecting any issues at all," the team's deputy principal Bob Fernley said at the Chinese Grand Prix with a broad smile. "But...
09:37 AM, Apr 13, 2013
Shanghai: Adrian Sutil wasted no time dwelling on the past on his return to China on Thursday for the first time since a 2011 nightclub brawl left him with a criminal record and almost ended his Formula One career. "No worries, no emotions. The past, for me, is done and I'm concentrating on my future," was the Force India driver's clipped reply on being asked how he felt to be...
11:23 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Shanghai: Sahara Force India do not depend now just on wet weather conditions to upset the big teams as the car is competitive enough in all conditions, team principal Vijay Mallya asserted Monday. Going into Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix, Force India are fifth in the constructors standings, behind Mercedes and ahead of Sauber and McLaren. Mallya said his team's assessment in comparison with the rivals can be done better after...
04:50 PM, Apr 08, 2013
The agreement will see Mercedes-Benz supply Force India with a complete Power Unit, transmission and all associated ancillary systems. ...
04:14 PM, Mar 28, 2013
Sutil was optimist, saying it's early time in the season and they have plenty of time to recover from the disappointing result on Sunday. ...
05:20 PM, Mar 24, 2013
The 2013 season kicks off this weekend at the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park. ...
01:06 AM, Mar 15, 2013
"I'm mentally more stronger...more energized," said Adrian Sutil hoping for a better show than 2012. ...
09:25 PM, Mar 14, 2013
