Adrian Sutil [ Images ] will start Sunday's British Grand Prix [ Images ] 11th on the grid, four places ahead of team-mate Vitantonio Liuzzi as none of the Force India drivers could make it to the third qualifying session (Q3) in Silverstone on Saturday.

Lone Indian driver Karun Chandhok [ Images ] qualified 23rd, sharing the last row with Hispania team-mate Sakon Yamamoto.

For the fifth time this season, Red Bull locked the front row with Sebastian Vettel [ Images ] pipping team-mate Mark Webber [ Images ] to snatch his second consecutive -- overall fifth this year -- pole.

Things looked quite promising for Sutil who qualified fourth for the second qualifying session (Q2), while Liuzzi too crawled into the second segment on a sunny day at the redesigned Silverstone circuit.

Changing to prime tyres, however, proved counter-productive as Sutil, who had lapped 1:31.109 in Q1, proved slower in Q2 and his best of 1:31.399 saw him slip just outside the top 10.

"Adrian was the only driver who went slower in Q2 than in Q1," Force India [ Images ] chairman Vijay Mallya [ Images ] said after the qualifying rounds.

"While others chose option tyres, Adrian went for primes and went slower, otherwise Q3 was in pocket," he said.

Mallya, however, was optimistic that despite a not-too-well qualifying rounds, points were still a realistic possibility on Sunday.

"See, we have scored points from this position and there is no reason why we cannot do it again tomorrow," said Mallya, also the team principal.