Jordan's Indian racing ace said he'll show what he's made of at this Sunday's Grand Prix.
He has had three podium finishes in seven races so far and is placed in the second spot among a pack of 25 drivers.
India's A1 Grand Prix series team are hopeful Formula One driver Narain Karthikeyan will lead their campaign when the new championship starts in September.
The Jordan driver finished behind teammates Portugal's Tiago Monteiro and Denmark's Nicolas Keisa.
Narain Karthikeyan secured India's first ever pole position in the Feature race of A1GP, World Cup of Motorsport, after pipping host nation's Robbie Kerr in the qualifying session of the season-ending race at the Brands Hatch circuit on Saturday.
Jordan is unlikely to retain the Indian driver for next season.
India's Narain Karthikeyan said he was extremely disappointed that he could not finish the race for his team
A brand new engine hardly made a difference to A1 Team India's fortunes as Narain Karthikeyan qualified 14th for the Sprint race and 11th for the Feature race of A1GP Malaysia to be held on Sunday.
"They (Karthikeyan and Monteiro) are a notch above many of the already established drivers in F1," Jordan Managing Director Collin Koles said.
Narain Karthikeyan will race in the A1 Grand Prix for the second time this season at Durban.
India's Narain Karthikeyan has told Sebastian Vettel not to act like a 'cry baby' after the Formula One champion called him a 'cucumber' for causing a collision at last weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix.
He is first Indian to reach the chequered flag triumphant in any international Formula race in the last three years.
India's first ever Formula One driver Narain Karthikeyan on Thursday said finding sponsors for racing events is not easy for racers these days in view of the economic crunch.
Narain Karthikeyan hopes a F1 test with Minardi this week will take him closer to becoming India's first Grand Prix driver.
The rookie Indian driver, who failed to finish the last GP in Bahrain, was hopeful of another decent finish at Imola next Sunday and was happy with the progress.
Germany's Nico Hulkenberg will be Williams' official test driver next season.
Fernando Alonso put Renault on pole position for Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix.
Yamamoto's appointment ended Indian hopes of a Formula One comeback this year for Narain Karthikeyan, the Williams test driver who raced for Jordan in 2005 and had been one of those under consideration.
The Indian set his two fastest laps of the weekend on his third and fourth laps at the Chinese A1 Grand Prix in Shanghai on Saturday.
Jordan's Indian driver is hoping for a good placing in Sunday's British Grand Prix.
The Indian ace was given the honour after Carlin's top driver Alan van der Merwe opted out.
Continuing his strong show in the Auto GP series, Indian racer Narain Karthikeyan recorded his third win of the season when he triumphed from pole in round six of the series in Nurburgring.
Amidst debate over the 'elitist' nature of Formula One and whether it qualifies to be a sport at all, Indian racing star Narain Karthikeyan, on Saturday, said that F1 is a sport as good as any other and the drivers involved in it work really hard.
India doesn't have a legacy in Formula One drivers but Narain Karthikeyan is a "talented driver who could have done wonders had he be racing for any other team" than minnows Hispania Racing (HRT), feels former multiple Grand Prix winner David Coulthard.
The Indian ace's Jordan-Toyota E15 developed electrical problems and he was forced to retire in the Bahrain Grand Prix.
The Indian ace finished ninth in the first qualifying, nine places ahead of Ferrari's Schumacher, who was the slowest of the 18 cars.
Jordan's Indian ace, who was 15th in first qualifying, timed 1 minute 20.711 seconds, a fraction faster than teammate Tiago Monteiro.
The Indian ace completed the distance he needed for a Formula One super licence.
Narain's immediate aim is get into the F-1 even if it is with low profile teams.
He has faced consistent mechanical issues in his HRT car but Narain Karthikeyan, the only Indian racing in Formula One, says despite problems he has proved that he has the speed to deserve a better team and a better place on the grid.
The Indian driver said his team aimed to keep up with their rivals who have shown improvement in performance
Formula One driver Narain Karthikeyan has virtually given up hopes of holding his place in the Midland team for 2006.
Team India's Narain Karthikeyan finished second in the sprint race but had to pull out of the feature race following a crash and finished the A1GP World Cup of Motorsports in 12th position with 19 points, in Brands Hatch, Great Britain, on Sunday.
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