New Delhi, May 27: The Monaco fairytale with a poignant end would surely rankle Force India for some time but team owner Vijay Mallya returns with the twin convictions that he has got a world class driver in Adrian Sutil and that the team is capable of top five finish.

Talking to PTI, Mallya revealed it was not only Sutil who had tears in his eyes after Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen had bumped into the back of his car and wrecked the race of his career with the German running a stunning fourth.

"We all were in tears, it was not him alone," Mallya said.

"We were so proud for coming so near to a fourth place finish and then Kimi rammed into the back of Adrian's car. Everyone had tears in their eyes because everyone is so emotionally attached with the team," he recalled.

"I was shattered. It was the toughest race in difficult conditions but we had prepared well for the rain. Even after our poor qualification, I was still optimistic. We put our rain strategy in place and it worked perfectly before that shocking incident."

Sutil, considered by many as the man of the Monaco race, started on the 18th but cut through the mid-field and survived many an intrigue on the twisty 3.34km track of Circuit de Monaco to rise to fourth place.

With just three laps and seven minutes to go, Raikkonen's Ferrari rammed into Sutil's VJM01, wrecking his race leaving the German inconsolable in the pit.