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Sutil hopes to repeat least year's result

Force India F1 driver has great memories of the Fuji Speedway. The German scored his first and only point in Formula 1 at the Speedway and hopes to repeat his result this weekend in Japan. Sutil does realise though that it won't be easy.

"For sure this is what you have to hope for, but it's more difficult than ever this year," Sutil said about his wish to score a point at Fuji again this weekend. "We had a tough event in Singapore, but we are so close to the pace that it only takes for one team to have a difficult time and we could be up there. Of course you can't rely on other teams, you have to make sure you are on top form yourself, so let's see."

The Fuji Speedway is a track Sutil has raced at many times during his F3 period in Japan. He explained: "I have raced in Fuji a lot, perhaps more than any other driver in F1 as I spent a year doing Japanese Formula 3 in 2006. I had so many races there that year that it feels like my home track!

"It's not an easy circuit, there are some particular corners where you have to be smooth and not push too hard and of course there is that long, long straight. This means you'll have to have a compromise set-up to make sure that you don't lose time on the straight, but you need to have a higher level through the slower middle and last sector. Another factor you need to watch is the weather, although after last year I don't think I need to tell anyone about that one!"

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