Di Resta intelligence should pay off, says Franchitti

Multiple IndyCar Champion Dario Franchitti is confident that cousin and Formula 1 newcomer Paul di Resta will succeed in 2011, with the DTM Champion of last year moving into the Force India team alongside Adrian Sutil.

Dario Franchitti

“I'm confident he will do the job,” Franchitti told the Press Association. “Now he is there he can build on foundations, improve the car, beat his team-mate, move up the grid, all of those things. It's going to be hard work, but he has all the attributes to do it.

“He has a tremendous amount of talent and he's a very smart guy, which is key to Formula 1. Everybody in F1 has a gift, to a certain degree, but he has an intelligence too, and determination. I hope we're going to see him really get a chance to show what he has got.”