5 things to watch out for at the Indian GP

Paul di Resta and Adrian Sutil would be under pressure to perform at their team’s home grand prix

Force India for pride and points at home

One of the teams to have suffered since the tyre fiasco, Force India, would be look to salvage pride and points in front of their home crowd. The season that began promisingly for driver Paul di Resta, with the British driver scoring bulk of the points including a fourth place finish in Bahrain, has gone awry after the British Grand Prix. Since then Di Resta managed to finish only two races out seven thanks to a combination of driver errors and tyres affecting the car setup.

At one point the team was looking to catch up and beat McLaren but that dream slowly faded away. Instead, they now find themselves being chased by Sauber (a difference of 17 points) after a recent resurgence from the Swiss team. Di Resta’s teammate Adrian Sutil, who was behind him in the first half of the calendar managed to get 3 points in the lacklustre second-half. Force India’s best finish at the Indian GP was an 8th place finish by Nico Hulkenberg last year improving on a 9th place finish by Sutil at the inaugural race event in 2011.

Even though both drivers managed to finish the race in Japan, they have their task cut-out in India considering they would have to beat Mclaren, Sauber and Toro Rosso to get a good home GP finish for a third consecutive time and racing in front of the home crowd could only add to the pressure.