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Force India gears up for Singapore night race

Singapore: Force India drivers — Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo Fisichella — say the idea to race under floodlights is exciting and to prepare well for the Singapore Grand Prix, they would remain at the track when the lights will be switched on for the first time.

Gearing up for the first night race of the Formula One Championship, Sutil said it will be an interesting experience.

“For sure having a race in the dark will be very interesting, the lights are going to be very bright, so for us it might seem like we are racing during the day, perhaps even brighter.

Sutil finished a lowly 19th in the wet Italian Grand Prix but the German says he is confident of putting up a good show here under the floodlights.

“I’m feeling confident going to Singapore now after a good event in Monza. Throughout the weekend we were strong and it was a nice feeling to finally make it to Q2.

“I hope we can get a good result here in Singapore. I was disappointed in Italy, firstly not to have qualified better and then I couldn’t push during the race, so I really hope for more at the next race,” said Sutil.

His Italian teammate Giancarlo Fisichella also has his task cut out and hopes to adapt to the circumstances soon.

“It will be interesting to race under lights too. I think it will be different, but we will soon adapt we will do our track walk when it gets dark so we will have an idea of how it will be and how the track will look with the glare from the floodlights,” Fisichella said.

Fisichella, who helped Force India to make it to the second qualifying session at the Italian Grand Prix before crashing out in a tragic manner, said he would like to stay positive.

“I was disappointed we couldn’t make more of the race as I think we could have finished well, but we were competitive throughout the weekend so we have to be positive from this point of view. — PTI

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