Paul di Resta was happy to be back in the Force India cockpit as he subbed for Adrian Sutil in Valencia’s first practice session on Friday. The Scot last made appearance in Barcelona in May before the team focussed closely on its race drivers in Monaco, Turkey and Canada.
With the three tracks prior to Valencia on the calendar requiring highly-specific car setups, Force India elected not to run West Lothian’s di Resta although the Mercedes DTM driver was pleased to return in Spain.
“It felt good to be back in the car after a while watching from the garage,” he said. “Valencia was again a completely new track for me but it was relatively easy to learn as there's not so many corners - it's straights, then turn in.
“The grip was very low at the start and the track was dusty so we found, as I think a lot of the other drivers did as well, that the tyres grained up very quickly. I could get up to speed quickly though and completed the programme we wanted.
“I feel I know the car behaviour a lot more so I'm going forward with the schedule and coming back with results that can be fed back into the weekend, so I'm pretty happy with how it went.”
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