Paul di Resta has brushed aside the view that the importance of qualifying in Formula 1 has dwindled, with the Scot stating that Force India aimed for as high a spot it could get. Red Bull driver Mark Webber had said recently that Saturdays on the track today was unlike in the past when “qualifying was almost everything”, asserting the value of grid position had dropped significantly. “I disagree,” di Resta told F1Pulse.com. “I think it’s very important. “If you qualify, as we did in China, and you get stuck in traffic in the first part of the race, it can influence your tyre wear quite a lot,” he said referring to the 11th place on the...
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