Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez are hoping that they will begin to recover their start of the season in China after having a difficult start to 2016.
Despite Hulkenberg scoring points with a seventh place finish in Australia, Perez only finished 13th in Melbourne, and the two drivers could only finish 15th and 16th in Bahrain after both drivers needed front wing changes.
“My expectations for this weekend are high and, after the disappointment of Bahrain, I hope we can have a clean race in China,” said Hulkenberg.
“There’s good pace in the car and reaching Q3 in Bahrain was proof of that. We had to work very hard with the car set-up to find the sweet spot, but we learned a lot of things that will carry over into this weekend.”
Perez is also looking to improve and advance on his current championship position of 17th.
“After two disappointing races I want to get my season started properly in Shanghai,” the Mexican said. “The results in Australia and Bahrain could have been so much better, but things just didn’t work out for me. That’s part of racing and I know things will turn around soon.
“It was a similar situation at the start of last year before my luck started to change. The atmosphere in the team is still upbeat and everyone is pushing to get more performance from the car. We made a good step in Bahrain with the upgrades so we are definitely moving in the right direction.”
