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Force India: Misfortunes continue

Vijay Mallya’s team is finding it increasingly hard to score points in the aftermath of the try-changes

A season that started off promisingly seems to be going exactly the opposite way towards the end for Force India. Paul Di Resta, who was the star during the first half of the season, is suddenly finding it difficult to get the car to finish leave alone ending the race in the points.

His teammate too has had a difficult comeback year. The story was no different in Korea with both the drivers unable to survive the race distance. While Di Resta went out crashing into the barriers on lap 25, Sutil, after a turn 3 nose damage on the first lap, survived longer but eventually ended up causing a safety car incident and took out Mark Webber before finally stalling his car in the pits.

Much of Force India’s misfortunes have been attributed to the mid-season tyre change among other problems. Things look unlikely to change with the hopes of catching a similarly stricken Mclaren-Mercedes in the constructors’ table diminishing with every race.