Di Resta is playing catchup with his former rivals Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton because he only made his F1 debut this season.

Di Resta: In my F3 team there were four of us: me, Vettel, Kobayashi and van der Garde. I have to say that when he got to F1, Sebastian did an incredible job, capitalising on what he had in the best way. Perhaps he would have done the same thing if he had been in my place in DTM, maybe not. It's also true that I can't say what I would have done if I had had his chances. The same thing happened with Hamilton, he was a good driver in the minor categories, and when he arrived with a great team straight away it was natural that he did a good job. Sebastian and Lewis were able to get what I'm trying to get now.