A very big weekend for us - Mallya
The 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship reaches its halfway point at the British Grand Prix, round ten of the series. For the Force India F1 Team the British Grand Prix always has a special resonance, with its factory based just metres from the gates to Silverstone circuit.
With new upgrades scheduled to debut this race and a British driver in its line-up for the first time since 2003 the team is even more eager to see the 2010 edition get underway.
Dr Vijay Mallya, chairman and team principal
Were you pleased to see the team get another good helping of points in Valencia?
"Very pleased, as that's now five consecutive races in the points for us, two of which as double points finishes. The grid positions on Saturday were unfortunate, but the safety car played into our hands for Adrian. All the same I wouldn't say we were lucky. We had called Adrian in for a pit stop before Webber's crash, but the rest of the race was clearly on merit. Adrian overtook Buemi and didn't make any mistakes so we were able to finish sixth on the road. It was bad luck for Tonio as we believe he was held up by Petrov in the stops, because he couldn't get out of the pit box. But all in all, eight points was good and it certainly reinforces my confidence in the car. We should be regularly in the points, and if we miss, we need to investigate why, because the car is always capable of scoring."
Silverstone is the team's home race, and obviously a big weekend. How do you feel about it? "It's a very big weekend, and obviously Silverstone is where we really want to perform well. It's the home race for us now and there's a lot of involvement from the guys in the factory, and the whole team enjoys the race weekend. We've got a little update coming, over and above what we had in Valencia, and hopefully we can bring both cars home well into the points. Clearly this car is better than anything we've had at Silverstone in many years."
Silverstone is the half way part of the season. Are you happy with the way things have gone so far? "I've said before that the objective of 2010 was to regularly score points, and I think we're meeting that objective. Spa and Monza are tracks that will suit the car better, and if we can get a podium, that would be the icing on the cake. But if not, at least we're demonstrating that we're scoring points. We're up to 43 now, and this team hasn't done as well in a long while."
Source Force India
