Adrian Sutil was pleased to bring in yet more World Championship points for Force India, not least in the team's home Grand Prix on Sunday, although the German has expressed his disappointment over the forceful move pulled off by Sebastian Vettel on the penultimate lap of the race at Silverstone.
Having defended successfully from the charging and recovering Red Bull driver, Sutil was forced to concede at the new Arena section of track at his compatriot barged through – resulting in contact between the two cars – on Lap 51 of 52.
“It was fun and quite an interesting race,” said Adrian, who proceeded to hold off other fellow countrymen Schumacher and Hûlkenberg and hold onto eighth. “We started on the Hard tyre, as we wanted to try a long stint at the start, but it was not really possible as the tyres didn't behave well at the beginning.
“I didn't have enough grip in the car, so we came in to do an early stop and go on the Soft tyre – so, really, the opposite strategy to everyone else; it worked well, although the last ten laps were tough, but we managed it and there were some really good fights with Schumacher and then Vettel.
“It was good racing and I defended my position well against Vettel until the final lap, but then he just seemed to drive into me and I lost the racing line and had to move over - otherwise I don't think he would have got past me.
“All the same, eighth position was a good result in the end, it's more points and it keeps that momentum going. I'm really looking forward to my home Grand Prix in Germany next.”
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