Sepang( Malaysia): Paul di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg of Sahara Force India finished eighth and 10th respectively at the practice in the Sepang International Circuit ahead of Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix here today.
Resta finished eighth with a time of 1:39.298s in the first practice and finished with a timing of 1:39:625s in the second season while his teammate was Hulkenberg was the 10th fastest in the morning session 1:39.440s and 12th in the afternoon session and registered a timing of 1:39.464s.
Talking about the practice, Paul said, “A very hot day in the car, but we got through most of the programme and have enough information going into tomorrow. There was an issue with one of the brake discs in the afternoon session, which probably looked more dramatic from outside the car, so the team made some changes before I started my long runs on the medium tyre. It’s always difficult to read too much performance-wise from a Friday, but I would expect the midfield to be very competitive once again this weekend.”
Meanwhile Nico said there was nothing much to say and it was a normal Friday, where they focused on top of the tyres and getting the car in good shape for tomorrow’s qualification.
“I think we learned quite a lot and the car feels totally different compared to Melbourne because of the track characteristics and the hotter conditions. The set-up work we did is promising for tomorrow and the long runs have given us lots of useful data, which was something we missed out on doing in Melbourne,” he said.
By Indian Sports News Network
