Singapore: Paul di Resta finished a career-best sixth while Adrian Sutil ended at eighth as Force India recorded its best result of the Formula One season with the team collecting 12 points at the Singapore Grand Prix here on Sunday.
It was only the second double points finish for Force India (46), which consolidated its sixth position in the constructors' championships, opening up a 12-point gap with Sauber (36).
Before this race, eighth-place finish at the Italian GP was the best result for Resta.
Red Bull's reigning champion Sebastian Vettel won the race, starting from pole position and has almost sealed the drivers' championship.
24-year-old Vettel was followed by McLaren's Jenson Button and Red Bull teammate Mark Webber.
Vettel is now within a point of becoming the youngest double world champion in Formula One history.
Resta, who had started ninth on the grid, maneuvered his way to third place by the lap 17 but the Scot had not taken any pit stop by that time.
Resta held Webber for quite some time but the Red Bull driver eventually succeeded in taking over the Force India car.
Sutil was eighth, up by two places from his grid position. Resta came to the pit lane at the end of lap 19 and then joined the race at eighth position, just behind his team-mate Sutil.
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