Montreal: Sahara Force India celebrated their 100th race in style, scoring seven points with Paul Di Resta and Adrian Sutil finishing in seventh and 10th position respectively at the Canadian Grand Prix here.
Starting 17th on the grid, Di Resta drove a magnificent race and climbed to 7th position which he managed to maintain to pocket six points at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve on Sunday. His team-mate Sutil, who started 8th, was lucky to get away with a spin in Turn 2 early on while fighting Valtteri Bottas of Williams for sixth and lost his chance of finishing eighth when he was given a drive-through penalty for ignoring blue flags for the Lewis Hamilton/Fernando Alonso fight.
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel won the Canadian Grand Prix for the first time to claim the 29th victory of his record-breaking career. Starting from the pole position, the defending triple world champion finished 14.408 seconds clear ahead of second-placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari who fought from sixth spot on the grid to finish on the podium.
Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton finished third, while Australian Mark Webber came fourth in the second Red Bull ahead of Monaco winner Nico Rosberg of Mercedes. Jean-Eric Vergne of Toro Rosso came up with his best-ever sixth-place finish ahead of Force India's Di Resta....
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11:19 AM, Jun 10, 2013
Montreal: Mark Webber of Red Bull posted the quickest lap in an abbreviated and wet final practice session at the Canadian Grand Prix on Saturday. Webber's best lap at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve was 1 minute, 17.895 seconds. Adrian Sutil of Force India was second fastest at 1:18.248, followed by defending race champion Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes at 1:18.732. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was fourth, Formula One leader Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull...
09:22 PM, Jun 08, 2013
Montreal: Encouraged by consistent results, Sahara Force India is hoping to break the podium jinx at Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix, which will be the 100th race for the side. The Indian side is placed fifth in the Constructors' Championship with 44 points, seven ahead of formidable McLaren. Paul di Resta has been impressive right from the start of the season and Adrian Sutil has also shown his pace with a...
06:05 PM, Jun 04, 2013
London: Sahara Force India team principal Vijay Mallya feels that rising costs vis-a-vis the new regulations in 2014 may squeeze smaller teams out of Formula 1. Budget of teams will rise substantially with the introduction of 1.6 litre V6 engines next season. There is no cost control mechanism in the sport as 11 teams are unable to agree on the amount of budget cap. Mallya said he was concerned about...
05:11 PM, May 29, 2013
Monte Carlo: Force India driver Adrian Sutil drove a superb race to come home in fifth position and bagging 10 points in the prestigious Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix held here at the Circuit de Monaco on Sunday. Team-mate Paul di Resta, who started in 17th, finished ninth to bag two points, bringing home a total of twelve points for Force India. Mercedes' Nico Rosberg won the race from the...
08:59 PM, May 26, 2013
Monaco: Some Formula One teams face a fight for survival next season when engine costs more than double, Force India deputy principal Bob Fernley said on Saturday. "You shouldn't underestimate the resolve of Formula One teams, they are incredibly resilient and probably will come through," the Briton said at the Monaco Grand Prix. "But to add to the level of costs to the teams at this time in an economic...
05:09 PM, May 25, 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
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: 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: 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
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
"I'm mentally more stronger...more energized," said Adrian Sutil hoping for a better show than 2012. ...
09:25 PM, Mar 14, 2013
In all, the Scot did 89 laps and his fastest lap came in one minute 20.343 seconds. ...
06:02 PM, Feb 06, 2013
Bob Fernley, team principal, Sahara Force India and Paul Di Resta with the VJM06. ...
05:48 PM, Feb 01, 2013
Sahara Force India are confident of maintaining the impressive form they showed in the second half of 2012 when the new Formula One season kicks off in March. ...
05:24 PM, Dec 21, 2012
Hulkenberg finished 11th in the drivers standing with 63 points. ...
12:24 AM, Nov 26, 2012
Great Britain's Di Resta took 1:13.486 to complete 21 laps while Hulkenberg of Germany needed 1:13.602 to finish 22 laps. ...
10:23 PM, Nov 24, 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
Austin: Outgoing driver Nico Hulkenburg continued his consistent run with Sahara Force Indian Formula One team, picking up four points for the outfit with an eighth-place finish at the United States Grand Prix. The result means the team has scored points in the last eight races. Force India's other driver, Paul Di Resta, came home in the 15th spot. "Another tough race but very satisfying to have so many good...
01:29 PM, Nov 19, 2012
