Yeongam, South Korea: Sahara Force India continued its run of Q3 appearances as Nico Hulkenberg qualified in eighth place for tomorrow’s Korean Grand Prix. Teammate Paul Di Resta will line up in P14. Australian Mark Webber seized pole position for the South Korean Formula One Grand Prix yesterday with title-chasing Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel having to settle for second place on the starting grid.
Ferrari's championship leader Fernando Alonso qualified fourth and will share the second row with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton.
Speaking about Saturday’s race Nico said, “It was not an easy qualifying session, but in the end everything went to plan. I did struggle in Q1 and Q2, and I’ve been fighting some understeer in the car all weekend, especially through the first sector. We never really managed to dial it out of the car, but it didn’t hurt us too much because I was able to pull together two good laps and that was enough to get me up to eighth. The times were very close and I think it will be the same tomorrow, but our long-run performance looks competitive so I think we can definitely race the people around us and come away with points.”
Meanwhile Paul Di Resta said, “The car was capable of Q3 today but once again my lap in Q2 was compromised by traffic. There were some cars backing off in the last three corners and that cost me those crucial tenths I needed to make Q3. So I’m a little bit disappointed because I didn’t get the most from the session. We are out of position on the grid, but there’s still all to play for in the race because the car was very strong yesterday during the long runs and we can be confident going into the race.”
By Indian Sports News Network
