Force India driver Adrian Sutil reckons a pit stop fumble cost him a couple of places in Sunday’s Turkish Grand Prix but for which it was a perfect race in Istanbul.
The Force India pit crew did a shoddy job when Sutil came to pit and even though the German went on to finish ninth, it could surely have been better.
“The pit stop slowed us down and I lost two positions,” Sutil said, recalling the race.
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The right front just didn’t go on, and they had to take it back off and put it back on, so we lost a few seconds. It’s a shame because I was really fighting hard in the opening laps,” he said.
“The field is so close at the moment that you have a penalty for every single problem, even if it’s very small,” said the lanky driver.
Otherwise, however, there was nothing to complain about, Sutil said.
“I did a really good race. I actually overtook Kamui Kobayashi three times altogether. Then (Vitaly) Petrov had trouble with (Fernando) Alonso and I passed him, and got my ninth position,” added the German. “Apart from the stop it was nearly a perfect race, so I am quite happy with it.” — PTI