Saturday: Force India not really in the right rhythm

Paul Di Resta – 14th

« Once again, I think that the 14th position reflects our pace since the beginning of the weekend. Everyone knows that qualifying is very important here, so I pushed hard to get the best possible grip. The race is long and anything can happen. I will do my best to stay out of trouble tomorrow afternoon and try to make progress with the strategy. This is my first race weekend in Monaco, I have a lot to learn but I am really looking forward to tomorrow ».

Adrian Sutil – 15th

It’s disappointing not to be able to fight for Q3, but our pace wasn’t good today. I was unlucky on my last run in Q2: Petrov didn’t look in his mirrors and I had to abort my effort. I did another lap, but the tires weren’t at their best. I could have been better positioned nonetheless. For tomorrow, we know overtaking won’t be frequent and the strategy will be difficult to develop, but we’ll be ready to seize any opportunities that arise.

Robert Fernley

« The Monaco qualifying session is undoubtedly the most important of the year because we know how difficult it is to overtake here. We arrived on the track today to position the cars as high as possible on the starting grid and we hoped to reach Q3. Ultimately, we just missed it, the times were incredibly close with only a few tenths of a difference.

For tomorrow’s race, we will try to carry out our strategy successfully and take Paul and Adrian as far as possible. This Grand Prix is traditionally marked by numerous incidents, and we will need to capitalize on a few race accidents to move forward and get into the points.