Sir Jackie Stewart has tipped fellow Scot Paul di Resta to make his formula one debut in 2011.<\/p>\n
24-year-old di Resta, the new DTM champion, was Force India’s reserve and Friday driver in 2010 and is being considered for a race seat with the Silverstone based team next season.<\/p>\n
Adrian Sutil, Vitantonio Liuzzi, Nico Hulkenberg and others are also linked with the two Force India drives, but triple world champion Stewart insisted: “I don’t see any reason why Paul shouldn’t be on the grid next year.<\/p>\n
“He’s impressed everyone with what he’s achieved during his Friday test sessions with Force India this year, and he’s fast,” the 71-year-old told Edinburgh Evening News.<\/p>\n
He continued: “He’s also very clever, astute and – from what I’ve heard – very good with his technical feedback.\u00a0 I definitely think he’d help strengthen the grid even more.”<\/p>\n
Stewart said the 2011 grid of drivers is shaping up as the best in F1 history.<\/p>\n
“In my mind, definitely, I think it’s the best field ever assembled in formula one,” he said.<\/p>\n
“If 2010 was a great year, 2011 – because the same people are there with even more experience – is going to be another great year,” added Stewart.<\/p>\n
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