Sakhir: Karun Chadhok's F1 debut
didn't last even two laps but Vitantonio Liuzzi's ninth place
finish earned Force India two invaluable points from the
season opening Bahrain Grand Prix here on Sunday.
While the best Karun could have achieved was to complete
the race, Adrian Sutil's 10th place on the starting grid had
raised Force India hopes for a good finish.
The German driver, however, dropped out of point race
after an opening lap scramble to eventually finish 12th and it
was his Italian teammate Liuzzi who took the onus on himself
to ensure that the Vijay Mallya-owned outfit gained something
from the season opener.
In contrast, Hispania driver Karun's Formula One debut
was a bllink-and-miss affair with the Indian forced into an
early exit by a bump in the circuit.
"It was only my fifth lap of the circuit here and I found
a bump I didn't know was there before and it launched me off,"
rued the Indian.
The 2010 season opener got off to a chaotic start and
Sutil's VJM03 was among the cars that spun in the start,
pushing the Force India driver down to the second last
position.
Sutil tried to claw his way back and rose through the
cluttered mid-field but that was not enough to finish among
the points.
Liuzzi was more in control of the race as he drive to his
first points for the Silverstone-based squad.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, March 14, 2010, 20:50