Monaco GP: Paul 7th, Nico 8th; Force India picks 10 points

It was the second double finish of the season for Force India since both its cars got into the top 10 at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia in March.

Force India thus picked up 10 points after Resta and Hulkenberg started in the 11th and 12th position on the grid. The team has so far recorded eight points twice in Malaysia and Bahrain.

India's Narain karthikeyan of HRT, meanwhile, finished at the 15th place in the 78-lap race, which was won by Red Bull's Mark Webber. This is the first time in the history of the Formula One world championship that six different drivers have won the opening six races of this season.

 

Ecstatic to secure six points, di Resta said their aggressive strategy paid off today.

"A great result today and I'm very happy to make up so much ground on my starting position. We went aggressive with the strategy and I have to say the team really optimised it," Paul Di Resta said after the race.

"The secret was managing the tyres and trying to find clean air when we could. The car felt really good, much stronger than yesterday, and that allowed me to push when we needed to.

"Fortunately the rain held off at the end because that could have had a big impact on the end of the race. It's great that we managed to get both cars in the points and we can celebrate tonight," he added. MORE