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Tricky times for Fisichella

Ironically and frustratingly for Giancarlo Fisichella, the Italian has endured a tough time at Ferrari since performing brilliantly for Force India to chase current team-mate Kimi Räikkönen to the chequered flag and achieve an eventual second place in Belgium. The Roman's Singapore weekend started in difficult fashion with 16th place on Friday.

After a superb run at Spa, a Practice 3 crash and then no points at Monza signalled a bad start to the Ferrari career of 'Fisico' although onlookers in Singapore were left surprised to see the experienced driver near the back of the field again.

"It was a rather difficult day," he admitted. "The car is very nervous and I have yet to find the ideal setup. Now I must sit down with the team to try and prepare as well as possible for qualifying and the race. My aim is to improve on my result from Monza but I know that won't be easy.

"The track was very slippery and sometimes I had a bit of graining on the tyres. Unfortunately, I never managed to do a long run with the soft tyres because of the red flags following Webber's accident; this compound is definitely quicker by three to four tenths but there is a question mark over the consistency of its performance."

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