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Korean GP qualifying quotes: Force India

Adrian Sutil - 15th: "In the end I was very close to making Q3 - just one a half tenths away, so that shows how close things were today. We have been working very hard on the set-up all weekend and I was quite happy with the balance, but my lap was right on the limit. P14 still gives us the possibility to score points tomorrow, just as we did in Singapore. A lot of cars seem to have similar pace so maybe we need to try and do something different with the strategy to try and open us some options in the race."

Paul di Resta - 15th: "The last few races have shown that our low-fuel running is where we are struggling at the moment. We were not fully optimised for qualifying because we've been focussing more on our race pace - as we did in Singapore. Hopefully that will pay off for us tomorrow because our long run performance and tyre wear yesterday appeared to be very good. So I think we've got a good race car, possibly better than some of the cars around us, and points will be the target. I will be starting on the cleaner side of the grid too, which always makes a big difference here, so if we can get a good launch we can hopefully be in a good position to make the strategy work."

Robert Fernley, Deputy Team Principal: "We've put a lot of effort into trying to improve our one-lap speed so it's disappointing not to have made the top ten this weekend. Adrian's effort in Q2 was not too far away, but the midfield fight is so competitive at the moment and we had to settle for the seventh row of the grid. Even so, we remain positive for the race because the work we did yesterday suggests we have a car that is competitive over long runs. Hopefully we can demonstrate that pace tomorrow to try and get both cars in contention for points."

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