Force India F1 - 2008 Australian Grand Prix Qualifying
Force India Formula One Team was close to acheiving the second segment of the qualifying of the Australian Grand Prix 2008. Both the drivers have performed strongly throughout the weekend and in the Qualifying of Austrlian Graind Prix 2008 Giancarlo Fisichella have finished up 17th and Adrian Sutil have ended up in 19th places. Both drivers completed three runs in the first segment but could not reproduce the strong laps of morning’s practice, which saw Giancarlo Fisichella record the 9th quickest time. Adrian spun on his final lap of the Qualifying session, which ultimately ended his hopes of getting into Q2 for the first time, while Giancarlo had to lift off due to the resulting yellow flag. The team is however optimistic of a picking up places in the midfield group, after demonstrating a strong pace over longer runs. The 58-lap race will start at 15.30 local time tomorrow.
Adrian Sutil (car 20, VJM01/03)
FP3: 17th 1:27.489 (18 laps)
Q1: 19th 1:27.859 (9 laps)
Giancarlo Fisichella (car 21, VJM01/05)
FP1: 9th 1:26.682 (18 laps)
Q1: 17th 1:27.207 (9 laps)
The Grid for Australian Grand Prix is as follows
1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:26.714
2 Robert Kubica BMW 1:26.869
3 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1:27.079
4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:27.178
5 Nick Heidfeld BMW 1:27.236
6 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:28.527
7 Nico Rosberg Williams 1:28.687
8 David Coulthard Red Bull 1:29.041
9 Timo Glock Toyota 1:29.593
10 Sebastien Vettel Toro Rosso 0:00.000
11 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:26.173
12 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:26.188
13 Jenson Button Honda 1:26.259
14 Kazuki Nakajima Williams 1:26.413
15 Mark Webber Red Bull 0:00.000
16 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 0:00.000
17 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 1:27.207
18 Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 1:27.446
19 Adrian Sutil Force India 1:27.859
20 Takuma Sato Super Aguri 1:28.208
21 Nelsinho Piquet Jr Renault 1:28.330
22 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri 1:29.059
[...] throughout the weekend with the two VJM-01 cars featuring regularly in the top 15 positions. In the Qualifying of Australian Grand Prix Force India F1 team drivers Giancarlo Fisichella managed 16th and Adrian Sutil started from the Pit [...]