Shanghai, China: Sunday, April 17, 2011
For the first time this season, Paul took the chequered flag outside the top 10; he finished the Chinese Grand Prix in 11th place after struggling for grip over the closing laps as his car's tyres deteriorated.
But Paul, who started from eighth on the grid and finished four places ahead of his Force India team-mate Adrian Sutil, explained toJim McGill he was satisfied with his weekend's performance:
But Paul, who started from eighth on the grid and finished four places ahead of his Force India team-mate Adrian Sutil, explained toJim McGill he was satisfied with his weekend's performance:
"Of course I would have preferred to have scored points for the third race in a row. But I knew it was always going to be quite a tough race, starting from where we were. We came very close to scoring points, but just missed out at the end when the tyres had gone off."The weekend was compromised by the loss of a whole practice session due to a fuel pressure problem on Friday.
"Having gone into the race without heavy fuel runs may have compromised us a bit. We didn't quite get the aero balance right at the start, but the second and third stints I think were pretty good.
"Maybe a three-stop strategy would have suited us better, but only time will tell in the simulations.
"Overall I am still very happy on how the weekend went considering we qualified into Q3 and came close to scoring points once again. We came here with relatively strong performance and I think we have to be very thankful for that."
Source :pauldiresta,com
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