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Sutil carries the mantle for Force India

Adrian Sutil was already heading for a top five result even before Lewis Hamilton crashed out of the Italian Grand Prix although the Force India driver's fourth place finally picked up his first points for the team to strengthen its position in the Constructors' Championship.

Ironically, Sutil finally achieved the fourth position he was heading towards in last year's Monaco Grand Prix by following Kimi Räikkönen - the driver who took him out of contention in the Principality - over the Monza finish line on Sunday.

"It was a great race and the car was performing really well," a delighted Sutil commented. "At the start, we knew it would be really difficult to defend our position against Kimi and his KERS button and then I was stuck behind him for the whole race - I was really quick but I just couldn't find a way past him as the KERS had such a big effect on the circuit."

Adrian did have to make an apology, however, for making a mistake at his second and final pit-stop. "I think I have to say sorry to the mechanics for going a bit wide!" he continued, having caused one of them to break the car's wing mirror whilst falling. "They still did a great job there, and the race pace overall was very good, but finally the one-stop strategy worked better than the two-stop."

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