In a clear sign he is leaving the Silverstone based team, Adrian Sutil has described this year’s orange Force India car as a “carrot”.<\/p>\n
It is believed that, with Force India expected to shortly announce Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez as its all-new drivers for 2014, German Sutil is headed to Sauber.<\/p>\n
In an interview with Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport, Sutil sounded critical of Force India’s 2013 season, but not his own performance.<\/p>\n
“I think I did a good job,” he said.<\/p>\n
“Maybe a slight error here and there, but overall fine.<\/p>\n
“As far as the results, we threw away many good results by bad luck, because of other drivers, or botched pitstops.\u00a0 This is something I’ve never experienced.<\/p>\n
“So much slipped through our fingers.\u00a0 The car was really strong in the beginning, but this is a common problem with small teams — when they suddenly have a chance, you have to be able to cope with it,” he added.<\/p>\n
Indeed, Force India had a strong start to 2013, but it was believed Pirelli’s mid-season construction change particularly hurt the team’s performance.<\/p>\n
Actually, Sutil claims, “The car was not particularly good.<\/p>\n
“We had every problem you can have — oversteer, understeer, in slow corners, fast corners.\u00a0 There was not much you could do about it as a driver.<\/p>\n
“Ultimately, the car was a carrot.\u00a0 Simply nothing worked,” said the 30-year-old, apparently comparing the orange and green-liveried car with the orange and green vegetable.<\/p>\n
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