Paul di Resta will return to DTM with Mercedes in 2014 after losing his seat in Formula 1. Di Resta joined Force India as their reserve driver in 2010 and stepped up to a race seat for 2011 but the Silverstone based team opted to sign Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez for the forthcoming campaign. "It feels really good to be back in the DTM and to see so many familiar faces again," he said. "The DTM is a fantastic racing series with three strong […]

Paul di Resta has thanked Force India for his time in Formula 1 after it was confirmed on Thursday that the Brit would not remain with the team into 2014. Force India announced that Sergio Perez will partner Nico Hulkenberg next season, leaving di Resta and team-mate Adrian Sutil without a seat. Di Resta joined the team at the start of 2010 and spent he year as their reserve driver, alongside his duties in DTM. He stepped up to a race seat in 2011, registering […]

Paul di Resta has admitted that he is unlikely to remain with Force India in 2014. The Brit joined the squad as their reserve driver in 2010 and stepped up to a race seat for 2011. Di Resta enjoyed his best season in the sport in 2013 as he scored 48 points and finished in 12th place in the championship, which included a fourth place finish in Bahrain. Di Resta was speaking at the High Court in London as part of a trial against Anthony […]

Paul di Resta has admitted he might consider a move to America's premier Indycar series for 2014. We reported last week that the retirement of the Scot's famous cousin, Dario Franchitti, could have opened up the top Ganassi seat for di Resta in 2014. After three years in F1 with the Silverstone based team, 27-year-old di Resta is struggling to hang onto his Force India seat. The highly rated Nico Hulkenberg, the team incumbent Adrian Sutil, and also the possibly Carlos Slim-backed McLaren refugee Sergio […]

Paul di Resta hailed his Force India team after securing sixth place at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Di Resta started from 11th place but pulled off a one stop strategy to finish in the top six for the first time since the Bahrain Grand Prix. "It’s a great feeling to finish sixth and make the one-stop strategy work," he said. "I said yesterday that we had opted to set the car up more for the race and it really paid off today." "There were […]

Paul di Resta expressed his delight after securing a top 10 finish at the Indian Grand Prix. Di Resta finished his team's home event in eighth place, registering his first points since the British Grand Prix in June. "It’s great to score points here in India – the team’s home Grand Prix and a really important race for us," he said. "We took an aggressive strategy by pitting at the end of the first lap to change from softs to medium tyres – which was […]

Paul di Resta and Adrian Sutil say they are satisfied with their qualifying performance at the Indian Grand Prix. Di Resta qualified in 12th place, one position ahead of Sutil. "I think we can be satisfied with the job we’ve done today," said di Resta. "My lap in Q2 was very good, although I made a small mistake in the second to last corner, so I was maybe a couple of tenths away from the perfect lap. It definitely feels like we’ve made some progress […]

Force India drivers Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta expressed their positivity after a productive day of running ahead of the Indian Grand Prix. Sutil was 12th fastest in second practice, with di Resta down in 15th. "It has been quite a positive day with a more consistent car than in the previous few races," said Sutil. "We made small adjustments, rather than big ones, and I think that was a sensible approach because the balance of the car felt quite good. There’s still some […]

Force India reserve driver James Calado will participate in the opening practice session for the Indian Grand Prix. Calado will replace regular driver Paul di Resta, due to illness. Di Resta was able to undertake his media duties on Thursday but will sit out the morning session in order to recover. Calado is currently an outside contender for this year's GP2 crown and joined Force India earlier in the year. He also took part in the opening practice session for the team at Monza and […]

Paul di Resta expressed his satisfaction after qualifying in 12th place for the Japanese Grand Prix. Di Resta has not scored a point since the British Grand Prix in June but believes he is in a good position to end his barren run at Suzuka. "Given where we started yesterday, I think we should be pretty happy with P12," he said. "Slowly but surely we’ve made the car more drivable and in qualifying it felt quite good. The overnight efforts of everyone at the track […]

Force India drivers Paul di Resta and Adrian Sutil say that the VJM06 proved tricky to drive during practice for the Japanese Grand Prix. Di Resta was fourteenth fastest during a second practice session that included a spin under braking at the Casio triangle. "The car was quite difficult to drive today, but we’ve worked hard to try and optimise the balance," said di Resta. "After each run, we changed some things and I think we’ve learned a lot as a result. The long run […]

Force India co-owner Vijay Mallya says that there is no rush for the team to decide on their 2014 driver line-up. Paul di Resta and Adrian Sutil have raced for the team this season but Force India has only once retained a driver line-up in two successive seasons. Di Resta has raced for the team since the start of 2011, while Sutil returned to Force India this season after spending 2012 out of Formula 1. GP2 racer James Calado is currently the team's reserve driver. […]