Force India
FI out in Q1 again, team 'disappointed'
Sutil exits pits today
By Karl King
April 26 2008
Force India were bullish about their chances in the week leading up to the Spanish GP after a good showing at the test at the Barcelona track last week. The team were hoping to break through to Q2 for the first time this year after being tanatalisingly close on previous occasions. After a disappointing session, the team failed on their objective and will line up 19th and 20th.
On the day, the team were faster only than the troubled Super Aguri squad - Sutil's fastest lap under one tenth faster than that of Davidson. Fisichella fared slightly better, but was still more than four tenths slower than the man in front, Sebastian Vettel.
Fisi justified his unimpressive position, "I had some problems on my first run with reduced grip and understeer, so the obvious way to go was to do two timed laps on the first run, but it did not prove to be the best you solution in this case."
Adrian complained of problems on his second flyer, "On the second run the grip level was much better and I had a good feeling, but then into turn three there was a car coming out of the pits.
"I lost all the downforce and got some huge understeer and basically had to lift off and break up the lap as there was no point driving it after that."
And then, to add insult to injury: "On my final run, again I had a very good first sector, but then my brake disc seemed to develop a problem and it was quite difficult to get the car to slow down for corners."
Mike Gascoyne hinted that his team may have a long night tonight, "It is very difficult to understand why we have struggled so much with the tyres today, but we have to work on it tonight and look to have a better race tomorrow."
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