Mallya: ?No Indian good enough?

Vijay Mallya, the director of Force India, responded to Bernie Ecclestone who indicated before the Italian Grand Prix that he would have liked to see Karun Chandhok, the Indian GP2 Series driver, in the seat of the VJM02 to replace Giancarlo Fisichella .

« My job is to make sure the team wins. For this, I want someone who can convince me. The fact is that at the moment, no Indian driver is good enough to come to F1 ", Mallya told PTI after opting to replace Giancarlo Fisichella with Vitantonio Liuzzi at Monza. “ Force India carries the hopes of a billion people and I would also have liked to see an Indian driver but he must be up to standard. »

Karun Chandhok, who competes in the GP2 Series championship with the Ocean Racing Technology team, finished 19th in Race 1 at Monza before taking 12th position at the finish of the sprint race.