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Sutil content with Friday progress

Adrian Sutil was neither delighted not disappointed with Force India's performance at Interlagos as Practice sessions 1 and 2 commenced ahead of Brazilian Grand Prix. With the German ninth and team-mate Vitantonio Liuzzi sixteenth, potential remains for World Championship points this weekend.

With the entire field incredibly separated by less than a second in Brazil's 90-minute afternoon practice session on Friday, the smallest of mistakes will almost certainly see a driver lose considerable amounts of places. With Sutil ninth, however, the German lies just one place away from what would be a scoring position in the race.

"Today went okay with no major problems, just working through everything as usual with the tyre comparisons," Adrian explained. "We didn't make any real changes on the car over the course of the day as I was quite happy with the balance, so we just waited until the grip improved on track and worked through the programme.

"The weather was a bit crazy and, actually, I think everyone expected more rain but it was quite light. In free practice two, in particular, the track was wet in some places and dry in others so getting the right timing was important. I was quite pleased with the progress we made and I hope we can have a good day tomorrow in qualifying as well."

The Silverstone-based, Vijay Mallya-owned team currently lies ninth in the Constructors' Championship, 11 points behind BMW and 13 in arrears of Renault.

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