It had been an extraordinary tale of misfortune, podium, pole and bloopers for Force India and the born-again outfit now wants to sign off with some more points in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
|Last Updated: Oct 27, 2009, 04:46 PM IST|Source: Bureau
Abu Dhabi: It had been an extraordinary tale of misfortune, podium, pole and bloopers for Force India and the born-again outfit now wants to sign off with some more points in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Force India chairman Vijay Mallya`s assessment is the outfit has exceeded its own expectation in the second half of the 2009 FIA Formula One World Championship but he is candid enough to admit that things could have been even better.
Naturally, Mallya said, the idea would be to add some more points to the kitty on Sunday.
"Brazil was a missed opportunity to score points. Adrian (Sutil) was in a prime position to get some decent points, perhaps even a podium, but it was not to be," Mallya rued."But the Abu Dhabi aero configuration is roughly similar to Brazil and Valencia, and even though we cannot expect rain, we can expect a reasonable level of performance in qualifying that should put us in a good position for the race," he said.
"We could technically move up a position in the championship as we`re just 13 points behind Renault, but it will be tough so we need to consolidate what we have already.”"Toro Rosso have been looking very strong in recent races so it`s a matter of personal pride to keep them behind. Ninth place in the championship is one position higher than last year and we need that improvement to validate all the progress we`ve made this year," he added.
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