Di Resta faces anxious wait after failing to finish with Force India future at stake



Paul Di Resta has admitted he faces 'a long week' after holding his hands up to making another mistake.

A fortnight ago in the Singapore Grand Prix, Di Resta ploughed his Force India into a wall when a high points finish was on cards.

Two weeks on, and in the middle of the race in Korea, Di Resta spun out and slid sideways into a tyre barrier.

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It is now four successive races the 26-year-old Scot has failed to see the chequered flag, and the last six overall in which he has failed to score a point.

With his future with the team on the line, these are worrying times for Di Resta who said: 'It looks like I've upset somebody in the world!'

He added: 'The car is very much on edge to get it to where it is.

'It took a mighty effort over a lap to get it to the performance of the cars we were racing.

Down and out: Marshals help Di Resta under a fence by the side of the circuit

Hitching a lift: Di Resta looks rather solemn as he is led away from the track

'Unfortunately, it caught me out. I'll hold my hands up, it's me who has made the mistake and gone off. I apologise to the team.

'But the way we are running the car is massively different to the way we were running it before - on edge and pushing to get what we can out of it.'

At first glance, Di Resta's incident appeared innocuous enough, with the suggestion it was something other than driver error.

Di Resta was certainly perplexed, adding: 'It was just a spin, but it didn't slow up and hit the wall.

'It was odd the way the car spun one way, but then shifted the other, and I've watched the replay and I don't see anything I've done wrong.

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'There was a bit of inside wheel lift, the car bounced and set it off.

'I admit I was pushing hard, but it's not like I ran over a big kerb and sent the car flying.

'But it's so on edge to get it to where it is at the moment, and little things like that are making things happen.

'It will be a long week, but when I get back in the car in Suzuka (for next Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix) I am sure I'll be doing something slightly different to get more speed out of what we have.'

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