Paul Di Resta left unfazed by wheel glitch

Following a promising start in the opening grand prix in Australia, where Di Resta and team-mate Adrian Sutil finished eighth and seventh respectively, the wheels almost came off – quite literally – a week later in Sepang.

Problems with Force India’s new captive wheel-nut system forced both Di Resta and Sutil to retire when another double points finish was on the cards.

Ahead of the upcoming grands prix in China and Bahrain, Di Resta sees no reason why the Silverstone-based team cannot again force their way into the top ten in qualifying and then press the front-runners in both races.

“The next two races can’t come quick enough,” said Di Resta.

“Despite what happened in Malaysia, we took very good positives from the weekend through our performance, so I’m looking forward to China and Bahrain.

“I’d like to think we’d have some more knowledge on our car to make it quicker, although China is a different philosophy compared to what we have experienced so far this season. But we had a good car there two years ago, and there is no reason why we can’t go there and repeat that.”