Sahara Force India ended the 2011 Formula One season on a high as Adrian Sutil finished sixth and Paul di Resta eighth to earn 12 points for the team in the Brazilian Grand Prix,which Red Bull's Mark Webber won to record his first victory of the calender. Webber pipped teammate and world champion Sebastian Vettel,who started from pole but encountered a gearbox problem mid-way. McLaren's Jenson Button was third,followed by Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa in two Ferrari cars. It was fourth time in the season that both the Force India cars finished in the points bracket. Force India claimed the sixth position in the constructors' championship with 69 points,15 more than Sauber. In the last season Force India had finished seventh after being pipped by Williams by just one point. Sutil matched his best finish of the season and finished ninth in the drivers' competition with 42 points,bettering his 11th position last season. However,Sutil had earned 68 points in the 2010 season. Paul di Resta,in his rookie season,finished 13th in the drivers' standings with 27 points.
