Japan Sunday quotes: Force India

Paul di Resta - 12th: "I made an awesome start to the race, going to the outside and jumping up four places - ahead of both the Renaults and Kobayashi. I settled into a good rhythm but the safety car spoilt our strategy because that was our fastest part of the race and it was important to try and pull a gap. It helped the cars making two stops because they caught us in the final laps and it was very hard to defend. Going into the final four races we know it's going to be a close battle with the teams around us. Sauber seemed to be quite competitive here and Renault look to be back on form, but we will try and fight back in Korea."

Robert Fernley, Deputy Team Principal: "We went into today's race believing we could fight for points, but ultimately the circumstances of the race just denied us in the final stages. In terms of strategy we definitely had our bases covered and the excellent starts for both cars played into our hands nicely. We knew we were on the limit with tyre wear, but we were showing good race pace and pulling a gap to the cars running on the medium tyres at the start of the race. Our undoing proved to be the safety car, which negated all our advantage and brought the two-stopping cars right into contention. We tried to hold on for some points, but it was impossible to defend against cars running soft tyres in the final laps. So we leave Suzuka a little disappointed, but we will focus on the positives and look to realise our potential in Korea."