Adrian Sutil is sure that he can manage more than 14th in qualifying at Hockenheim on Saturday; although the German eventually finished in what would translate to a Row 7 grid position in second practice, the Force India man had topped the timesheets on Friday morning.
With a best effort of 1:17.701 today, Sutil’s leading afternoon time left him trailing the top-of-the-timesheets Fernando Alonso by one and a half seconds although Adrian is confident that more speed can be found on Saturday.
“The first session was obviously very good,” he said. “We went out on the extremes (Wets) first of all and I could set some quick times and felt very confident in the conditions.
“When a drier line came out later on, we then switched to the Intermediate tyres and, again, the car behaved very well and I came out P1, which was a nice feeling in front of my home crowd.
“In the afternoon I think we had a good balance on the car but we put new sets on just when the rain came, so I couldn't do a good lap time - the position is not really representative of where we are here and we know we can be much stronger. The long run pace was good and I have a positive feeling for tomorrow.”
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