Sepang, Malaysia: Sunday, April 10, 2011
Paul continued his successful entry into Formula One racing by scoring his second successive world championship point after finishing 10th in the Malaysian Grand Prix. His Force India team-mate Adrian Sutil finished 11th.
Paul, who only lost ninth position two laps from the end of the race when he was overtaken by the Mercedes of Michael Schumacher — whose car had fresher Pirelli tyres — was delighted with his performance. After the race he spoke with Jim McGill.
Paul, who only lost ninth position two laps from the end of the race when he was overtaken by the Mercedes of Michael Schumacher — whose car had fresher Pirelli tyres — was delighted with his performance. After the race he spoke with Jim McGill.
"I have to say, I'm happy with that. To score my second word championship point in my second race is brilliant for me.
"I have to say big thanks to the team because they did a wonderful job on race strategy. But it was disappointing not to be able to hold off Michael at the end; he had fresher tyres because we had stopped a bit earlier for my third stop than predicted.
"I have to say big thanks to the team because they did a wonderful job on race strategy. But it was disappointing not to be able to hold off Michael at the end; he had fresher tyres because we had stopped a bit earlier for my third stop than predicted.
"But I'll be honest; I also didn't want to risk the championship point we'd all worked so hard for throughout the weekend.
"I think the DRS showed some good racing today, so maybe we can be confident that in China our race pace may even be a little bit better. We were battling with cars that were a little bit quicker than us today, so overall I think we had a great race."
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