Force India 9th & 17th in Practice2

The 2008 season of Formula1 has begun with Practice 1 & 2. McLaren looked strong in the 2nd Practice session but it was a Ferrari 1,2 in the 1st Practice.

Our very own Force India had a decent debut with Fisichella finishing 9th fastest but Adrian Sutil could only manage the 17th fastest lap. Fisichella was almost 2 seconds behind Hamilton's McLaren. A difference of 2 seconds is a lot but for a new team on the circuit it couldn't be better. I think Mallya's objective of finishing in the 1st 10 places is reasonable.

Fisichella looks promising sporting the Indian colours and I will be backing him besides Kimi Raikonnen, the defending champion.

The qualifying for the 1st race of F1 2008 is all set for Saturday till then I will be watching NDTV 24x7 for updates just as the news channel was the 1st one to break this news to me.

NDTV 24x7 is available in the US only through DirecTV. I will watch the news channel after Sunday's race as the race will be analyzed with Force-India as the focus.