Abu Dhabi: With two races left in the 2010 Formula One championship, Force India's team principal Dr Vijay Mallya feels the eight points collected at the Korean GP have given them a good cushion for a 6th place finish in the Constructors' Championship.

Force India, who came in 9th out of ten teams in 2009, are currently on 6th place with 68 points — three more than Williams-Cosworth and 25 more than BMW-Sauber-Ferrari.

"We came away from Korea pretty pleased with the result, particularly after a tough couple of races. Tonio [Liuzzi] did a great job over the race and to get eight more points was a brilliant effort," Mallya said.

"Adrian [Sutil] of course had a more difficult time but we managed to extend the gap over Williams by a point and regain our confidence levels."

"We can of course still optimise our performance but to come away with a slightly larger cushion for sixth in the championship is a satisfying step at this stage in the game," he added.

"We felt that we didn't get the maximum potential from the car in qualifying in Korea, so we'll try to improve on that in Brazil to set us up for a better race," said the Indian owner of the IPL cricket team Royal Challengers.

"It's really the final push so we're putting all our heads together to get everything we can."

Sutil is level with Rubens Barrichello on 47 points in 10th place while Liuzzi is two below with 21 points.

"Korea was a fantastic race in the end — after a few difficult races we needed a race where things went well, we got to the finish and got some decent points. For the first time in a long time I had a really good feeling with the car. It was as if I was totally connected with it and that meant I could push with complete confidence," Liuzzi said.

Good strategy

"I didn't have a great race in Korea and now to have a penalty for the next race makes it even more disappointing. We never give up though and as we showed in the last race we have a very strong race pace and quite often a good strategy so we can make positions — Tonio moved up 11 positions in Korea," Sutil said.

"I'm very motivated to get over the penalty and get back ninth position in the drivers' championship and of course to do everything I can to help the team get to sixth in the constructors'," the German said.