Malaysian Grand Prix: Adrian Sutil to begin in 9th position,Paul Di Resta 15th at Sepang

The German is now praying for a dry race since he is not at all comfortable with intermediate tyres in slippery conditions.

8220;It8217;s a shame that the rain arrived for Q3 because our pace in the dry had been very strong. I8217;m still not totally confident with these tyres in the wet and the car was sliding around in the corners with too much oversteer.

8220;I will hope for a dry race because we have a competitive car and I8217;m happy with the balance. The target is to try and push to the front tomorrow with a good strategy and come away with points or maybe more,8221; Sutil said.

Di Resta,whose fastest lap in Q2 came in 1:44.509,was also keeping his fingers crossed.

8220;Quite a frustrating day because we got caught out by the weather. We8217;ve looked strong this weekend so felt quite confident heading into qualifying,but the rain arrived earlier than the team expected. Now we need to see what the weather does tomorrow,but I will certainly come back fighting,8221; the Scot said.

Deputy Team Principal Robert Fernley said some strategic mistakes cost them a good qualifying result.

8220;In Q2 we misjudged the weather with the rain coming in earlier than anticipated,which proved very costly for Paul who didn8217;t have time to complete his quick lap in the dry. Adrian progressed to Q3 but struggled in the wet conditions and didn8217;t feel comfortable on the intermediates.8221;