Zoom A troubled start to the season for Sutil as the team show well with Fisichella

Force India Ferrari heads east for round five of the championship, the Turkish Grand Prix, held at the Istanbul Park. Fresh from its first top ten finish at the last event in Spain courtesy of Giancarlo Fisichella, the team has high hopes of sustaining this momentum for the remainder of the season while Adrian Sutil is looking for a clean event.

Giancarlo Fisichella
"We are doing better than we expected at the moment, as apart from Australia, we have finished every race in the top 12. We are still a young team but everyone is getting more confident with every race and getting in the top ten in Spain was our best finishing position of the year so far."

"The car balance was good and our second stint in the race was particularly encouraging. We need to improve in qualifying now as we had some problems with reduced grip and had to do two flying laps, which isn't ideal. We have spent a lot of time analysing why the performance drops from practice to qualifying and I am hopeful we will not have the same problems again in Turkey. Of course at the moment the field is so close that one tenth of a second can mean the difference between Q2 and just missing out, so we have to make sure we are completely on top of the game."

"I enjoy Istanbul and have had some good results there, including a 4th in 2005. It's a very challenging track with some nice high-speed sections that are difficult to get right. It is going to be a tough race but once again we need to keep pushing. The car is very reliable and, if we get qualifying right, we could be up there again in the top 10 and ready to take advantage and pick up points if anything happens in front."

Adrian Sutil
"The goal for the Turkish Grand Prix has got to be to get a strong finish and to be able to say we had a good weekend at the end of the event, that is, we had a good race, a good qualifying - I want the complete package. There have been problems in the races until now, with a couple of mechanical failures and accidents. I said in Barcelona that this is where the season should start, and from the performance side I was very happy as I was where I really should be, but then I had some bad luck again at the start."

"Last year Turkey was an okay race but I had to retire on the last lap. It was a bit frustrating as it had been a good race until that point. It is a great track with good corners and now this year we go a little bit earlier to the race so it should not be as big a problem with the heat. I look forward to this race and hopefully it will go without any problems. I think the rest of the season should be much better than it has been and hopefully it really starts in Turkey now."