Italian Giancarlo Fisichella finally gave an Indian team Vijay Mallya's Force India its first F1 champagne drenched moment in a sport of fast cars, huge prize money and beautiful women, Vijay Mallya Force India won F1 Belgium Grand Prix 2009 and made feel indian's mark on F1.
Formula One Racing team Force India, which is backed by liquor baron Vijay Mallya, claimed its first podium finish at the Belgian Grand Prix, as Giancarlo Fisichella exhibited an incredible performance to finish second in the race. After Fisichella grabbed the pole position, Mallya had called it the most memorable day of his Formula One career.
It was also Force India's first points finish in the team's second season in the sport, where Fisichella finished 0.9-second behind Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen at the high-speed track.
"I was quicker than Kimi and I'm a little bit sad for that. We had exactly the same strategy. It's great because I finished second, just one second behind leader but actually, we could have won the race", said winner Fisichella.
After securing first ever pole position for Force India, Fisichella made a perfect start but a collision at the beginning of the race meant that Raikkonen overtook him after the safety cars left the track.
Fisichella matched Raikkonen's speed throughout the race and applied pressure till the end, but could not thwart Raikkonen from winning the first race for his Ferrari team this season.
