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Force India pair standing by for Spain
06 May 2009Pre-season, Vijay Mallya said that a failure to score points by Barcelona would be a disappointment, although his team will arrive in Spain this weekend as the only squad yet to score. Adrian Sutil almost did so in China, but a mistake six laps before the end of the Grand Prix resulted in no more than a trip into the tyre barriers.
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| Team owner Mallya is hoping to score points as quickly as possible |
"Barcelona is a track we all know really well, from the laps we do over the winter. This year I did nearly 1,000 kilometres there!" German Sutil said. "This means you can go to the circuit with a setup that's pretty much ready to go. I like the circuit, it flows quite well - apart from the chicane at the end, of course. The crowd is always huge as well, and it gives you a buzz when you drive round." Hoping that new parts in Bahrain would have improved performances more than they did, Adrian is now looking forward to the next batch of new components this weekend.
Experienced team-mate Fisichella, on the other hand, is preparing for his fourteenth Grand Prix in Barcelona. "I enjoy going to Barcelona as it's good to get back to Europe, with the tracks we know very well," he said, having finished 10th in Spain last year. "I also posted two fastest race laps there in 1997 and 2005, so I feel comfortable on the circuit. Barcelona is a nice track - we know it very well as we do a lot of days there in winter testing. There are a couple of interesting corners, such as 1 and 2, and a few quick corners like turns 3 and 9.
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| The team works the strategy from the pit wall in Malaysia |
This week the team has announced that KERS will not debut on the VJM02 until Germany, although aerodynamic updates will appear at most Grands Prix this season. "In Bahrain we showed we had a much better car than in previous races, but we still need another couple of steps and then we will be able to challenge for points," Fisichella continued. "Last year we had a good race but, as we've seen, reliability with everyone has been very good so we shouldn't make too many predictions. It's not going to be easy - as the others are improving as well - but I think a good result would be a top twelve."
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