Force India’s Sutil 8th fastest in opening practice at Monaco GP
May 26th, 2011 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANSMonte Carlo (Monaco), May 26 (IANS) Force India’s Adrian Sutil showed promise ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix by finishing eighth in the opening practice session here Thursday.
Sutil recorded a time of 1 min 18.578 seconds, ahead of Renault’s Vitaly Petrov (1:18.733) and Mercedes’ Michael Schumacher (1:18.805). Force India’s second driver Paul di Resta (1:21.548) took it easy on the 3.6 km street circuit and finished 21st. The Vijay Mallya outfit has not earned a point in the last three races and are looking to make the most of the Saturday’s qualifying with overtaking being a tough proposition on the narrow track.
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel (1:16.619), who is on a roll winning four of the five races so far, pipped Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso(1:16.732) for the fastest time followed by Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg (1:17.139). Mark Webber, last year’s winner from pole position, stopped after three slow laps owing to gearbox problems.
India’s Narain Karthikeyan (1:23.885) in his Hispania recorded the slowest time, behind his team mate Vitantonio Liuzzi (1:22.840), who spun his car after water leaked on the track from the pit lane, resulting in a 10 minute interruption.
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