Nico Hulkenberg has played down Force India's chances of finishing on the podium in the British Grand Prix.
Force India was very competitive in Valencia as Hulkenberg finished in
fifth place and Paul di Resta seventh having both qualified in the top
ten. Neither driver was completely happy with their qualifying
performance either, suggesting the car was capable of more, and the
VJM05 will receive another set of updates ahead of the race at
Silverstone. Hulkenberg, however, believes the circuit characteristics
won't play to Force India's strengths as much as the Valencia street
circuit did.
"I think it's a bit more difficult (to score a podium), the nature of
this circuit maybe is not 100% suited to our car," Hulkenberg told Sky Sports.
"But we have new parts here, new development parts and now we need to
find out what they do to our car and make them work in the right way for
us. Then I think we can have another strong result."
With Force India's headquarters just outside the circuit boundary at
Silverstone, Hulkenberg said he was looking forward to one of the team's
home grands prix.
"I love it; it's our home race, our factory is right here - only a
couple of hundred metres away from us. I love Silverstone, it's a great
track; Copse, Maggotts, Becketts, all these great corners which bring a
big smile to my face, certainly. So I look forward to it. It's high
speed, it's got a good flow and I think that's all you need.
"It's not extra pressure. It's a bit more busy, if you look at the
schedule there's more stuff to do - there's more people and more guests -
but for me on the circuit and my work with the engineers, it's not
affected. We try hard every weekend and so will we here again this
weekend."
Source: En.espnf1.com
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