Force India team principle Vijay Mallya insists that his team need a little luck to secure their first podium of the season, according to Planet-F1.
In what has been an unpredictable season, the midfield teams have enjoying a great deal of success, with Williams’ Pastor Maldonado winning in Spain, and Sauber claiming a few podium finishes.
Force India have been unable to break into the upper echelons of the points so far, but both of their drivers, Nico Hulkenberg and Paul di Resta, have been frequent points scorers.
Mallya believes that his team just needs a little good fortune to secure a top-three finish.
“It’s satisfying to see that we are consistent top ten performers,” he said.
“We need that little bit of extra luck to get on the podium. Having said that, our immediate competitors didn’t have too much luck either, Perez and Maldonado were both going well, but they didn’t score (at Silverstone).
“Sauber didn’t get any more points to increase their lead over us. We are still only three points adrift of Williams and 16 behind Sauber, so we have reasons to be optimistic going forward.”
Di Resta’s early retirement and a mistake late on from Hulkenberg, meant that Force India failed to secure any points during the British Grand Prix, an outcome that annoyed Mallya.
“It was certainly frustrating that we didn’t score points at Silverstone,
“We were really hoping to put on a good performance and were targeting a double points finish. The weather definitely played its part on Friday and Saturday, so we really couldn’t predict accurately what to expect for Sunday. One car was set up for the wet and the other for the dry.”
Force India’s last podium came way back in 2009, as Giancarlo Fisichella secured 2nd position in Belgium.
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