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Force India's Paul di Resta will start a career best fifth in tomorrow's Bahrain Grand Prix following grid penalties for Lewis Hamilton and Mark Webber.
The Scot originally qualified seventh, but following Hamilton's five-place grid drop after a gearbox change and Webber's three-place penalty as a result of his collision with Jean-Eric Vergne in the Chinese Grand Prix, the Scot will line up fifth for tomorrow's race, a career best result and Force India's best result of the 2013 season.
“We looked strong throughout all the sessions,” he said after qualifying. “As the tracked gripped up we didn't quite have the speed we expected, but I'm still pretty happy with what we've achieved, especially as I will move up to fifth with the grid penalties.”
Di Resta also believes there is every chance for Force India to score a good haul of points, given teammate Adrian Sutil - following Hamilton's and Webber's penalties - will line up one position behind in sixth.
“We're in a great position for tomorrow; the car is strong and our long run performance yesterday gives us every reason to be hopeful of challenging for some good points,” he concluded.
Sutil echoed his teammate's comments and believes both cars can move forward in tomorrow's race.
“The track suits us, we like the warm weather and things look promising for tomorrow,” he said.
“It's a good starting position to have both cars on the third row and we will be looking to move forward in the race.”
The Scot originally qualified seventh, but following Hamilton's five-place grid drop after a gearbox change and Webber's three-place penalty as a result of his collision with Jean-Eric Vergne in the Chinese Grand Prix, the Scot will line up fifth for tomorrow's race, a career best result and Force India's best result of the 2013 season.
“We looked strong throughout all the sessions,” he said after qualifying. “As the tracked gripped up we didn't quite have the speed we expected, but I'm still pretty happy with what we've achieved, especially as I will move up to fifth with the grid penalties.”
Di Resta also believes there is every chance for Force India to score a good haul of points, given teammate Adrian Sutil - following Hamilton's and Webber's penalties - will line up one position behind in sixth.
“We're in a great position for tomorrow; the car is strong and our long run performance yesterday gives us every reason to be hopeful of challenging for some good points,” he concluded.
Sutil echoed his teammate's comments and believes both cars can move forward in tomorrow's race.
“The track suits us, we like the warm weather and things look promising for tomorrow,” he said.
“It's a good starting position to have both cars on the third row and we will be looking to move forward in the race.”