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Sutil hopes for lady luck to smile

Shanghai: Force India is still without a point with the Formula One season just a couple of races away from winding up, but driver Adrian Sutil feels the team can get on the points table in the Chinese Grand Prix if a little bit of luck goes its way.

The Chinese GP this weekend is the penultimate race of the season and Sutil said Force India is determined to finish it on a high.

“It’s a little bit different style of circuit, with long corners. You need quite a lot of downforce, but also there are long straights. It could be good for our car. Anyway, I want to try to get some good luck back,” Sutil said after a disappointing weekend at the Japanese GP, where he could not finish due to a rear tyre failure.

Last year, Sutil scored his only point of the season in the Japanese GP, and even this year he looked set to challenge for another top eight finish after a great opening few laps.

But he was stopped by the tyre failure.

“It was exciting. I didn’t have such a great start, so I was last at the first corner. I could see everybody was braking in so late, so I took it easy. I just went to the inside to avoid any crashes, and I took six places!”

“I know at this particular corner it’s very hard to measure the braking point on the first lap after the start.

“I learned from my mistakes earlier in the season, when I was trying to brake as late as possible! I took it a bit easier, and I gained lots of positions,” Sutil said, describing how the race went for him. — PTI

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