Sebastian Vettel’s historic win in the Italian Grand Prix would boost independent teams and Vijay Mallya wants his Force India drivers to take a leaf out of the rookie German’s book.
“It is very satisfying to see an independent team winning and this is a source of inspiration for us,” said the Force India boss.
Force India had a forgettable outing here with Giancarlo Fisichella failing to make the most of his 12th place on the starting grid and Adrian Sutil finishing a lowly 19th. Mallya said they could not read the race well.
“We would have liked to convert the strong qualifying into something more, but as with all other teams in the field, the tricky conditions were difficult to read and we could not move up.
“What we have learnt however is that we are competitive in full wet conditions, which could be very useful in the next race in Singapore, which we need to focus on now,” he said.
Chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne also did not hide his disappointment and said, “Giancarlo had a good fight in the first few laps with the quicker cars behind him but unfortunately when Coulthard passed him he lost his front wing on the back straight.
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