Force to reckon with.

Magic, I simply can't think of any other way that Force India would have got the result - a second position, the first podium for the team. The transformation started in the previous race, in Valencia, where they updated the car with a new package. And as per Force India, the updates would help them to continuously reach Q2 of qualifying. That is what happened and now in Belgium they have just outshone everyone to grab the pole in qualifying. Am a bit surprised that Sutil could not manage a top 10 in the qualifying round as he has been, I feel, the better of the two drivers this season.

Before the race started, I thought that Force India would definitely be in the points and max they would get 3rd place. But the pace of the car was baffling. Fisci did a real great job. Throught the race Kimi could not shrug off the Force India car from his back, the gap being less than a second between the two for most of the race.

The race started with a crash in the first lap, and that brought out the safety car. With Kimi behind Fisci, a car with KERS against one which did not have it, a track where cars run at almost the top speed for around 10 seconds after the last corner, it would have been a real difficult thing to stop Kimi from overtaking. But the manner in which Fisci took the fight to Kimi even though Kimi had overtaken him just before the next corner was highly commendable. I think Force India could have won it had it not been for KERS in the Ferrari.

The future holds good for Force India. They have progressed gradually over the years and are taking the fight to the big guns. Their's is a team with the lowest budget and still they managed to fight it out with one of the biggest spenders in F1. Red Bull is another team that does not have a big budget and they are fighting for the championship. Augurs well for the sport.

The next race is in Monza, Italy. Do I feel that Force India can be amongst the points. Yes. And here is the reason why? That is a track where cars run with minimal downforce and Mercedes engines, which powers Force India cars are the fastest currently in F1. A podium? Maybe, just maybe...