Force india have a task ahead of them

Timings suggests that it’s going to be a battle between middle-rung teams — Lotus, Sahara Force India, Williams, Torro Rosso and Sauber — to get in to points for the rest of the 19 races.

One look at the timings of the Australian Grand Prix suggests that it’s going to be a battle between middle-rung teams — Lotus, Sahara Force India, Williams, Torro Rosso and Sauber — to get

in to points for the rest of the 19 races. With McLaren, Red Bull and Mercedes showing their early pace at Albert Park, and with Ferrari expected to gather momentum in the next couple of

races, the middle-rung teams have a task on their hands. Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg feels good preparation will put his team among points on a regular basis. “It’s a very competitive

field. We really have to put everything together, prepare ourselves well and make sure we can be right up. It’s not going to be easy but we have to keep pushing and keep developing the car

to make sure we can beat them,” Hulkunberg told _DNA _from Sepang, Malaysia. The second race of the season — the Malaysian Grand Prix — will be held at the weekend. Hulkenberg had

out-qualified teammate Paul di Resta in Melbourne but unfortunately his race didn’t even last a lap. The 24-year-old German hopes to continue with his good showing at Sepang. “Last weekend

started okay for us. Personally, I had a good qualifying, getting in to top-10. Here, I will just try to repeat the performance I delivered in Australia during qualifying. I terms of race

result, we always try pushing for points, whether it’s possible or not we will see during the weekend. Williams, Sauber, Torro Rosso and we are all bunched up, so it’s going to be a

challenge,” Hulkenberg said. On the other hand, Di Resta is not worried about being out-qualified by his teammate. “I ran into some traffic on the out lap at the end of Q2 because of which

my tyres were not up to temperature at the start of qualifying lap and that cost me a place in Q3.” Di Resta felt that the car is not up to the mark to challenge the top team but is still

good enough to finish on points.