“After Timo's collision there was confusion between the cars and Jarno received the wrong message. We must analyse what happened and make sure we avoid this mistake in the future. In the next race we will do our best again and hope for a better result.”
Dr Vijay Mallya [Force India F1 – chairman and managing director]:
“I am so proud of this result today – a top ten finish in our fourth-ever race is quite some achievement, especially considering where this team was back at the end of last season. Giancarlo showed real star quality in the race, with a good start, pushing hard, keeping it together and actually being in a points-scoring position for several laps. Keeping the car that was leading the constructors' world championship behind us also put a big smile on my face!
“Unfortunately Adrian was not so lucky. He tried to move up – sadly it didn't work – but if you start close to the back you have to take risks. We now just have to work on qualifying and improve on this – if we start higher up the grid, who knows where we could go?”
Mike Gascoyne [Force India F1 – chief technical officer]:
“Good and bad. Both drivers had excellent starts, but unfortunately Adrian just lost the car on the first lap and was forced to retire. Giancarlo drove an excellent race, and was able to pick up several positions and run at the pace of the group in front as we expected. It was difficult at his first pit-stop when the safety car came out as we were just seconds away from coming in, but Giancarlo did a great job to conserve fuel so we could hang on until the pit-lane opened.
