We could have won, says Fisichella

Dreams of scoring the team's first points soon became dreams of collecting a first Grand Prix victory for Force India as Giancarlo Fisichella resolutely challenged Kimi Räikkönen for victory in the Belgian Grand Prix. The Italian eventually finished second from pole position but knows that victory was a real possibility.

Having retained his lead on the opening lap of the race, Fisichella lost the top position to the Finn at the restart but knows that the Ferrari's 80 horsepower KERS advantage was the reason for being unable to overtake.

"We should have won here but this is a great result," Giancarlo said after the race. "Obviously it was a great result for us, it was a great day and it's important to get the first points for the team but I was quicker than Räikkönen; he passed me because of his KERS - I'm a little bit sad for that because I was keeping his pace and we had exactly the same strategy - it's a great but we could have won the race."

Force India, which brought with it a smaller motorhome to Spa, is now ahead of Toro Rosso and ninth in the Constructors' Championship as Fisichella celebrates his 19th podium finish in Formula One and first since Japan 2006.

Source: GP Update