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Sutil has no plans to leave Force India

ESPNF1 Staff
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Adrian Sutil has no plans to leave Force India © Sutton Images
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Adrian Sutil intends to stay at Force India for at least another season, meaning that yet another team looks set to maintain its driver line-up in 2011.

Ferrari, McLaren, Red Bull, Williams, Mercedes and others are expected to field the same pairings next year, resulting in a quieter-than-usual driver market. At Force India, Tonio Liuzzi is under contract for 2011, and Sutil insists he is also happy to stay.

"If the team continues to show such progress, I have absolutely no problem with staying for some more years," he told the German magazine Sport Bild.

Sutil has been with the same team for his entire F1 career, and he added: "It would be a huge pleasure if I could win with Force India. After all, with this team, we have built up together".

His manager Manfred Zimmermann confirmed: "We are not bending over backwards to leave this team if there are no better opportunities."

Former grand prix driver Hans-Joachim Stuck, however, thinks Sutil has earned a seat with a bigger team.

"After bringing constantly good performances, he is ready for a bigger challenge," said Volkswagen's competition boss.

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