Force India achieved their first ever podium finish today with Giancarlo Fisichella finishing the race less than 1 second behind the race leader Kimi Raikkonen in his Ferrari at the Spa Francorchamps F1 circuit in Belgium. On Saturday Fisi stunned everyone when he took the pole postion during the qualification round. Nobody gave Force India a chance, and probably laughed off at the pole result as a fluke....the team surely did prove everyone wrong on race day. Even the Ferrari's were lacking speed and Kimi was struggling to keep the Force India behind him. The Finn won only because of his KERS system which gave him the 6 second boost in every lap to keep Fisi from overtaking.
Fisichella could have easily won this race, if he had a different pit-stop strategy. But it was not to be... and a second position was enough for millions of Indians around to world to be proud of Force India. The result was good enough to hand Force India their first points and straight away go ahead of team Toro Rosso in the constructors championship points table. Force India is slowly growing into one of the best teams in F1 and they will surely fight another day for the top place on the podium. I can't wait for that day to come and to hear the Indian National Anthem play at a F1 ciruit when Force India clinches their first ever race win.
