Melbourne, Australia: Sunday, March 27, 2011
Paul made his point today with an impressive and solid Formula One race debut in the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. The 24-year-old, who started 14th on the grid, took the chequered flag in his Mercedes-powered Force India in 12th position, one place behind his team-mate Adrian Sutil.
But following the disqualification of the two Sauber-Ferraris a few hours later, both Force India cars were promoted to ninth and 10th, meaning Paul had scored his first Formula One World Championship point on his debut.
"Scoring a world championship point on my race debut is fantastic. We had quite a good start and fight with Kobayashi, but that allowed one of the Toro Rosso's by and from there we lost a bit of momentum," Paul, who had eased himself up to 10th by the need of the opening lap, explained.
"Our pace was just a little bit behind today, but hopefully by Malaysia we will be able to understand why and, when the upgrades come, perform at bit better.
"Adrian and I were on different strategies and we had to fuel conserve toward the end that's why the gap opened up. I am going into Malaysia to try to do a better job than I did here today, but overall I am relatively happy."
"Our pace was just a little bit behind today, but hopefully by Malaysia we will be able to understand why and, when the upgrades come, perform at bit better.
"Adrian and I were on different strategies and we had to fuel conserve toward the end that's why the gap opened up. I am going into Malaysia to try to do a better job than I did here today, but overall I am relatively happy."
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