Good show by Gincarole in Sepang

The Force India Formula One Team has finished the Sepang race with Gincarlo on 12th and Sutil DNF.

Sutil started very well and was upto 14th. He was looking good and looked as if he can compete with the Honda's. However an unwanted Hydraulic failure just spoiled the party for Force India F1. However Gencarlo had a good session with the car. After the 1st pit stop his laptimes improved and many times he was lapping faster than even the honda's and renaults. It was good performance by the Italian and he looked really the best recruits for Force India. And it seems Force India F1 has done all right in taking Gencarlo taking on board. The stylist racer finished at 12 ahead of Honda's Barrichllo and ahead of the Williams. It was good to see many Indian flags in the Paddlock.

Here are the comments after the race.


Adrian Sutil (car 20)

‘Very early on in the race I developed a mechanical problem and had to switch the engine off and pull off the track. I am very disappointed with this start to the season, especially after I had to stop so soon into the race in Australia too.’


Giancarlo Fisichella (car 21)

‘I think we honestly did our best here. At the start I had a lot of wheelspin and lost a lot of positions, I don’t know why but we have to look into it. On my first stint I was suffering a lot of understeer with graining on the soft tyres but then in my stop I adjusted the front flap and went onto the harder tyres and stayed on them for both stints. I am happy with the race pace later on though and it is promising for the rest of the season.’


Mike Gascoyne, chief technical officer

‘Some real positives from the weekend, but also some very bad luck for Adrian. He had had a difficult weekend until the race but then made a great start and his race pace was looking really strong, so it’s a real shame we had a hydraulic issue on his car very early on. Giancarlo made a bad start, but after the first stop he showed a really competitive race pace. Ultimately it was disappointing not to get two cars to the finish but overall I think we can look forward to a much better season than the team has had over the last few years.’


Dr Vijay Mallya, chairman and managing director

‘Overall we have shown a genuine improvement in pace in Malaysia from last season. In 2007 this team was at the back of the grid, this year we were just 0.05secs from getting into Q2. We have bettered our fastest lap by over two seconds, more than any other team on the grid, but more importantly we showed that we are now able to race and are no longer the team bringing up the rear of the field. Unfortunately Adrian once again went out in the early stages through no fault of his own, which sadly denied him the chance to show how he could do under race conditions, but Giancarlo drove an excellent race, setting some very promising times and was able to fight for position. I feel this is highly promising for the rest of the season.’

Fischi's fligh in 1st corner.

It is very stupid to those drivers who hit fischi from the side. The similar way David was out of the race as well.

Here is a nice link to watch Fisichella's flight

Although as a Force India team fan it is difficult to digest the way the car flown in the air. Well not so GOOD TIMES this in this ride.

Flying Force

Force India finally arrived on Friday Practice session

Force India believes its promising form in Friday practice at Melbourne proves how much progress it has made over the winter.

The revitalised team set some eye-catching times during pre-season testing, but remained cautious about its 2008 form.

However new signing Giancarlo Fisichella ended today's second session in a strong ninth place, having earlier been as high as sixth.

"It was a good challenge today and it looks quite promising," he said.

"We made a big step forward over the winter and, with the new development parts we have here, we are not looking too bad.

"I am happy with the job we are doing so far, both the team and myself are working well together, and although we know we still have a lot of work to do and it is going to be tough, it's a good start."

Force India's chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne is keen to maintain that form throughout the rest of the weekend.

"On the whole a very good day for the team that confirms the step forward we have made relative to the competition over the winter," he said.

"We now have to carry that forward through qualifying and into the race."

Fisichella's team-mate Adrian Sutil was only 17th in both sessions, but reckoned he could have been faster had he not hit traffic.

"I think today went quite well," he said.

"The track was slippery at the beginning, so it was difficult to find a good balance to start with, but after the first run I was happy and then we didn't change so much over the sessions - really just fine-tuned everything.

"We had a small hydraulic problem before lunch but it was soon solved and we could do several longer runs in the second free practice with some quite good lap times.

"At the end it was a little bit unlucky I had some traffic on my fastest lap so I couldn't do a good time with the new tyres, but tomorrow is another day and I think we should be much better than last year."

courtsey: ITV-F1