Sutil finishes 12th at Brazilian GP,Liuzzi crashes out

Sutil had qualified for P18 but a five-place penalty,he carried into the race from Korea,pushed him to almost to the rear on the grid.

Sutil,who had failed to finish the previous two races,faced stiff competition from Mercedes’ legendary driver Michael Schumacher and Robert Kubica while in the top-10.

It was important for Sutil to get some points after surrendering his 10th position in the drivers’ championship to Ruben Barichello of Williams.

Sutil remained in 11th position as Barichello also failed to get any points after finishing 14th.

Liuzzi though had a disappointing result as he crashed out in lap 51 after ramming his car into the tyre wall.

The Italian driver,who came into the race after a good result in Korea where he finished sixth,has failed to finish a race for the fifth time in the season and third time in the last four races.

Sutil sneaked into top-10 by the lap number 16 and strengthened his position lap after lap.

By the half-way mark in the 71-lap race,Sutil was in eighth position. It was tight from thereon as Schumacher and Kubica put a lot of pressure on Sutil.

Sutil had delayed his first pit stop and after coming to pit lane he dropped to 15th.

However,he kept pushing hard,gradually cleared the field and overtook Torro Rosso’s Sebastian Buemi in lap 61 to get to 12th position.

Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel won the race and was followed by his teammate Mark Webber and championship leader Fernando Alonso of Ferrari.

Williams’ Nico Hulkenberg finished sixth after starting from Pole position.