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Sutil optimistic about qualifying pace

Adrian Sutil believes that Force India could finish the season on a high by qualifying well in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Having come within one place of his career-best to start on the better side of the second row in Brazil, the German's race lasted for just six corners before colliding with Jarno Trulli.

With the Toyota's rear wheel having touched the grass at Ferradura corner before side-swiping the Force India out of the Grand Prix at Interlagos, Sutil is not keen on repeating such a manoeuvre at Yas Marina.

"Saturday was a good day for us in Brazil but I would have been happier to get that result in the race," the German commented. "I was hoping a lot for that, so it's a bit disappointing but I'm happy because at least something worked out during the weekend - we showed our performance really well in qualifying.

"We have to take that and carry it to the next race. Whether we can repeat it in Abu Dhabi, we will have to see, but it's a relatively low-downforce track and we have performed well in these conditions before, so I am optimistic." Adrian's best result of his career thus far came at Monza, when finishing just one place off the podium.

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