It was a tough afternoon for Force India as Adrian and Paul battled hard but missed out on points at Istanbul Park. Adrian enjoyed exciting battles with Barrichello's Wiliams and the Sauber of Perez in the closing stages. Adrian finished 13th just a few metres ahead of Sergio Perez.

Adrian: "My start to the race was not too bad: I kept my position and had some good battles with the cars around me. The three-stop strategy was the right choice today and the soft tyres felt like the better race tyre so I stayed on them as much as possible. In the final laps I was fighting hard with Perez and that was a lot of fun. Ultimately we didn't have the pace to race with the cars ahead of us and I think we got as much from the race as we could. The team is working hard to introduce a new aero package at the next few races, which will hopefully bring us a bit closer to the front.

Robert Fernley, Deputy Team Principal
It was a tough race for us today. We always knew it would be difficult to match the pace of the topfive teams, but in race trim the Toro Rosso of Buemi and the Sauber of Kobayashi were a little bit
quicker than us. Adrian raced hard and in particular he had some good battles, especially with Perez in the closing laps. I think he got the maximum from his race and the strategy was spot on.

After four races I'm quite upbeat about our start to the season. We were always on damage limitation until the new 2011 aero concept comes on stream in the next few races, but we're just
four points behind Sauber and two points behind Toro Rosso. I'm hopeful we can haul them back in over the next few races.