Mahindra Racing might be slightly disappointed with how the season has gone for them so far. However, its not a disappointment in terms of developing the car and the speed of the car; Mahindra have shown great potential this season but have failed to deliver their promise.

The Indian team have a very strong driver line up with Bruno Senna and Karun Chandhok, and both have shown that over one lap that their Mahindra car is capable with competing with the front runners.

This was evident in Beijing when Bruno Senna was fastest in the second practice session and looked comfortable in his car. However, in qualifying Senna was in qualifying group four, which is supposed to be the best group to be in for qualifying, as the track will be at its best. But Senna was unable to put a lap together in qualifying, which meant that the Brazilian driver started the race in 17th place.

The race only lasted a few corners for Bruno Senna, as he was caught up in an incident in turn three. Chandhok had a solid race for Mahindra by coming home in fifth place.

Yet again in Putrajaya the team showed in practice that they can be running at the top end of the grid with the likes of E.Dams and Audi Sport ABT, but Senna and Chandhok did not get the best laps in qualifying leaving them 7th and 10th.

Senna drove exceptional well to get his car up to fourth position, but whilst Senna was attacking Buemi for third place the Brazilian driver lost the rear end of his car on the final lap of the race, which through away 12 points. Chandhok put in another solid performance to bring his car home in sixth place.

In Punta Del Este the team struggled to show any pace throughout the event. Mahindra were unable to set any purple sectors in practice which they had done in Beijing and Putrajaya. Senna finished in the points in a solid sixth position but Chandhok had a tough race finishing in 13th.

There poor luck in qualifying continued in Buenos Aires for Senna as he was unable to to get in a clean lap in his qualifying group, which meant that the Brazilian driver was in for another recovery drive in Argentina. Chandhok has an ok qualifying session by putting his car in 1oth place.

Sadly for Chandhok the race ended with a retirement in Buenos Aires after a rear suspension failure took the Indian driver out of the race. On the other hand, Senna produced another great recovery drive to finish in 5th position.

This shows that Mahindra do have a great race car, but they need to improve in qualifying so they can fight at the front of the grid rather than fighting through the pack to get to the front.