Fisichella looks to celebrate 200th race by forcing home his point

Ready for action: Giancarlo Fisichella is aiming for Monaco glory

Although the race will undoubtedly be a special one for the 35- year-old, it isup to himself and the team to provide icing on the cake."Monaco will be my 200th race start, and it feels a long way away from mydebut that's for sure," reflected Fisichella, who began his career with Minardiin Australia 12 years ago."I still feel as good and confident as I did back then, and there isdefinitely a feeling of satisfaction to reach a milestone that only a handful ofother drivers have achieved."Even more satisfying is to know I have a lot more to give and I am stillmotivated to do well, although Rubens' record of 257 starts will be hard tobeat."But to celebrate this at Monaco is fantastic as it's the best track in theworld, one of my favourites."It's certainly the best place for a celebration - I have to hope we cancelebrate a good result on Sunday too."Last year was particularly good as I came home fourth (with Renault) whenno-one was expecting it."Realistically, this year we can't hope for fourth, but one point is my target- anything on top of that is a bonus."Although we have a new aero package that will help us, the whole race is alottery, so you've got to be lucky too."After Force India's back-of-the-grid performance in Turkey 10 days ago, it ishard to imagine the team breaking their duck around the streets of Monte Carlo.Ever the optimist, though, team co-owner Vijay Mallya is convinced Force Indiaare on the verge of a breakthrough."We intend to put on a good show in Monaco," asserted the Indianbillionaire."Turkey might have seemed disappointing from the outside, but I did not leavethe track feeling down at heart."We were certainly no further back from the opposition than we have been inprevious races. In fact, compared to the fastest time of the weekend, we werethe closest we have been all year."Our position is now just a measure of how competitive F1 is this year, withno inefficient teams, just 10 professional ones."Monaco is a real driver's track and I have every confidence in both mydrivers here - just look at their track records."Giancarlo, who reaches a great career milestone this weekend, has achievedsome fantastic results here against expectations."While Adrian (Sutil) posted the fastest time in practice on Saturday morninglast year - that tells a story of its own."That, though, was derived from bizarre circumstances as Sutil's time came asthe rain had eased at the end of the hour-long session.