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Sutil hopes to match Fisichella

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Adrian Sutil.

New Delhi: Force India’s young German driver Adrian Sutil reckons having Giancarlo Fisichella as teammate raises the bar for him and believes the challenge would be to match up to the Italian.

Sutil, who drove for the team in its previous Spyker avatar as well, felt roping in the vastly experienced Fisichella has brightened the prospects of the Formula One team.

Recalling his last season’s experience with the Silverstone-based outfit, Sutil said, “Christijan (Albers) was a good driver, but he had some problems in the middle of the season. He was under pressure and he made mistakes. But at the beginning he was pushing me quite a lot and that was a nice situation. “Now, I have it again, with an even stronger teammate, and people know that he is strong. He comes out of Renault, he has won Grands Prix, so he is one of the best guys in F-1,” said the German.

“For me, I think it’s very important to be at his level. If I am there, that should be good for my future,” he added.

There was not an iota of pretension as Sutil made it clear that his priority was to win an F-1 race as early as possible. — PTI

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