"Best feeling in sport"posted in F112 | 04 | 2011

BATHGATE'S PAUL DI RESTA is enjoying a few days well-deserved break in Kuala Lumpar after scoring points for the second grand prix in succession. And the Formula One rookie, struggled to keep the smile from his face as he admitted his mature drive to 10th in Malaysia at the weekend was "one of my best feelings in motor sport".

"It's great to have finished two grands prix in good positions," the 24-year-old Scot (pictured), who heads to Shanghai on tomorrow to begin his preparations for the China Grand Prix this weekend, said. "With us currently on a double header, I head to China a very happy man.

"I know people were very happy with the job I did in Melbourne, and equally they can be with what we did in Malaysia too. It's all about building my profile and building my way up through it.

"If you'd said before the start of the season that I'd score a point in my first two races, then I'd have bitten your hand off at the prospect. I'm really delighted with what I've achieved so far, but I'm not getting carried away with it.

"Have I surprised the team? I don't think so. I expect so much from myself and so much from them. This is a professional team, we're in Formula One, which is the pinnacle of motor sport, but I will say I'm happy at the progress I've made."

There are four rookies in F1 this season, and Di Resta is the only one who has out-qualified his team-mate in each of the two sessions.

Although certainly no fluke, Di Resta concedes he is learning all the time from Sutil, but has no doubts he will soon become his own man.

"Adrian's very quick and I can see that," he continued, "so I'll keep bouncing off him because he has a lot of experience, and I'll try and use that to my advantage. I'm sure it's not always going to be like that this year, but give me time and I'll be where I need to be."

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Jim McGill