"Like [technical chief] Mike Gascoyne has said, our focus is really on 2009, and we really want to spend our resources on that car, but we still have to be competitive in 2008, and we have found a lot already. We will make progress for sure."
Asked whether he had found problems adapting to an
F1 car shorn of its driver aids, Sutil admitted that there was the possibility that spectators could see more mistakes during races.
"It will be different now without the traction control," he admitted, "and everybody is struggling a bit. A grand prix is a one-and-a-half hour race and, by the end, you're a bit tired and you're not perfectly concentrated any more. I think it will be very important to be physically in top condition, as you need to always have the same amount of feeling in the feet.
"The tyres go off as well and, at the end of a stint, you can feel the car is nervous, and very difficult to drive. It's harder to control the car so, again, that's a new situation for me. But every test day, it's getting better, and I'm getting more used to it. I will be ready for Melbourne!"
![Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil. Force India F1 launch. Mumbai. February 7 2008 [PIC CREDIT: Force India F1 team]](http://pix.crash.net/thumbs/405479.jpg)
