Thursday: Force India believes: it’s Monaco or never!

The Force India drivers have demonstrated some changes in the hierarchy. Sutil and Fisichella are no longer last in the standings, and here in Monaco, with reliability on their side, hopes may be present.

The Indian team, however, suffered from a slight but significant lack of grip, with a lot of graining at the rear of the VJM02. The engineers will work on this tonight and tomorrow, and Fisichella is certain: the performances will be better in qualifying.

Adrian Sutil – 18th and 13th:

« Today is a regular test day. The track was very slippery this morning, and it took some time to be able to set good lap times; The car was behaving quite well, but we are suffering too much from rear graining. The softs and supersofts do not seem to perform well here, and even after a long stint, the graining continues to affect the balance… I am convinced that we will find a good solution for qualifying. Tomorrow’s day will help us with that. »

Giancarlo Fisichella – 15th and 19th:

« The weekend didn’t start off too badly. We used the first session to study the behavior of the car and the second one, once there was more grip, to study the tires. Like Adrian [Sutil], I had some graining issues, especially on the five-lap stints. As a result, the car was moving, even on the straights… I don’t think I’ve gotten the best out of the car, we can do much better starting Saturday. »

Dominic Harlow – Chief Engineer:

« The day was typical at the Monaco Grand Prix. Grip only came during the second practice session. As for the drivers, the day went pretty well even though they suffered from traffic. In terms of performance, Sutil had a good lap time and we are not too far off. We need to analyze our data to improve our performance and avoid graining on the rear tires. With the circuit opening to the public tomorrow, it’s almost like going back to square one on Saturday morning, but the qualifying will be completely different. »