DOUBLE POINTS: JOB DONE
Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi: Sunday, November 13, 2011
Paul returned to point-scoring form when he drove his Sahara Force India VJM04 to ninth-place on his first appearance in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
And with his team-mate Adrian Sutil also finishing in the points, it means the team heads to the final race in Brazil in a fortnight having extended its lead in the fight to finish sixth in the constructors' championship.
"I think as a team we can be pleased to have come away with a double points finish having run different strategies with both cars.
"With hindsight, my one-stop race was not the optimum strategy, but we felt it was worth a try. As it turned out the performance of the medium compound tyre was not great to begin with, so the first 30 laps were quite hard work.
"I had a good fight with the Toro Rosso of Sebastian Buemi in the early laps and I think we were quite lucky that he retired, which made my race a bit easier.
"When I switched to the softs, the speed of the car was very strong. To do a one-stop race and come away with two points is as much as we could really hope for.
"It’s what we need for our fight in the championship and hopefully we can arrive in Brazil and carry on where we left off.”
Paul
Credit: Paul Di Resta (www.pauldiresta.com)
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