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Sutil holding out for better luck

Adrian Sutil has struggled in the first two rounds of the season with luck not on his side. The German racer is keeping his fingers crossed that his fortunes will change in Bahrain and he will be able to make it to the finish and show what he is capable of with the new Force India car.

"I think we will be close to reaching second qualifying again," Sutil said. "We saw in both Melbourne and Malaysia that Giancarlo was close, and it will be similar again I hope. I feel I've been unlucky in qualifying, and then of course in the race, but I am confident that we won't have the same problem again. I just need to have the opportunity to finish to show what we can really do. We saw in Melbourne that my first lap was very good and the car is more competitive than last year, for sure. I'm looking forward to racing again and getting my first finish of the year."

"In Bahrain you need to be quite quick in a straight line, and the teams will be quite close together, but I think with the new upgrades we have in Bahrain we will be much closer than ever to the other teams," he added. "It's mainly a hairpin circuit, a few quick chicanes but mainly second gear corners, so it should suit us a bit better."

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