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Paul di Resta says Force India will feature few changes between now and Australia

Scot explains team won't rush through stream of updates

Image: Paul di Resta: Not expecting many further changes ahead of race one

Paul di Resta has revealed that Force India will go into the season-opening Australian GP in two weeks' time with largely the same package on the VJM06 that started the final Barcelona test on Thursday.

"But we're fully focused on making it faster because we've still got three days ahead of ourselves before the car gets shipped to Melbourne. That's when it counts and that's where we need to arrive in good shape." While Force India experienced a low-key day on track - di Resta using the rainy weather to assess Pirelli's two wet tyre types - off of it the team finally confirmed the sport's worst kept secret by announcing the return of Adrian Sutil to their race line-up. Di Resta said he was happy to reunite with his 2011 team-mate, although expressed some sadness for the man who missed out on the seat - Jules Bianchi. "It's nice for all the media not to keep asking me!" he said when asked for his response to the confirmation of Sutil. "But I welcome Adrian back: I said whoever the team chose I'd be very supportive. Jules was close to us as well and you've got to feel a bit sorry for where he is, but I think Adrian [and I] will work well together. "We're good friends, we'll work away together, we'll push the team on. The board have taken the decision he's the right person they want to represent Sahara Force India and the good relationship will start from where it left off in 2011. At the end of the day it is competitive and I want to come out on top."