But Scot expecting more of a challenge by Bahrain
Tuesday 2 April 2013 16:16, UK
Paul di Resta is optimistic Force India will be able to stay ahead of McLaren at next weekend's Chinese GP - although he admits maintaining position thereafter will be tough.
Although Force India experienced one of their least competitive weekends of the whole season in China last year, the year before saw di Resta qualify in eighth place. Now ahead of his third appearance at Shanghai circuit, the Scot is hopeful of a similar top-ten result this time round. "Despite what happened in Malaysia we took very good positives from the weekend through our performance, so I'm looking forward to China and Bahrain," he added. "I'd like to think we'd have some more knowledge on our car to make it quicker, although China is a different philosophy compared to what we have experienced so far this season. "But we had a good car there two years ago, and there is no reason why we can't go there and repeat that."
