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Sutil more confident at wheel

F1 rookie Adrian Sutil heads to the French Grand Prix feeling more confident at the wheel of his Spyker car after two back to back races in North America and seven GPs under his belt.

"The season has been so far very good," Sutil insisted. "We have of course had some problems in some of the races, but I finally had a great race in Indy. Indy was better than Canada, but even in first 20 laps I was competitive and racing the Toyota and Aguri in front. It could have been a good race, it was a shame not to finish. I hope then in Magny-Cours we are able to do a really great race. I have my experience now, I know the track so I am really confident I can do a good race."

"I don't feel any extra pressure at all," he added. "I try to enjoy my racing and when I have fun I am normally very quick. There is no additional pressure, I feel quite calm. The car is really reliable and also from the times you can see we are getting better. The gap to the front is not that bad - it's a long track at Silverstone with long straights like Barcelona and we are only 1.8secs behind. Hopefully will be in this region for the French and British Grands Prix too."

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