The Indian ace's placing, based on the top speeds attained, was far more impressive at 11th place after touching 323.6 kmph.
Jordan's Sporting Director Adrian Burgess said though the Indian is doing a "fantastic" job, luck is not on his side.
Jordan's Indian driver says he knows the circuit for this Sunday's British Grand Prix well.
India's Formula One debutant expressed happiness with the new Jordan EJ15B, but said the team will first use it probably at the German GP on July 24.
India's up and coming driver will race in the third round of 'World Series by Renault' Championship just before compatriot Narain Karthikeyan races in the F1 Grand Prix.
'Let's hope that my good results at the Barcelona track will bring me luck this weekend,' said Jordan's Indian driver.
Singer Yesudas will be honoured with Kerala's prestigious J C Daniel award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Malayalam cinema.
The 21-year old Chennai lad will figure the first two rounds of the World Series at the Zolder circuit in Belgium.
Jordan's Indian ace posted his third finish in four races in the Formula One championship.
"I do not feel as much under pressure in Sepang than in Melbourne," said Narain Karthikeyan.
The Indian ace clocked 1 minute, 40.375 seconds in the morning but improved to 1:38.855 in the afternoon session ahead of the Malaysian Grand Prix.
Narain Karthikeyan said he was happy with his performance in the F1 debut race even though he had a "very bad" start.
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore conveyed his good wishes to Narain Karthikeyan for his maiden Grand Prix in Melbourne.
Narain Karthikeyan and Tiago Monteiro continued Jordan Grand Prix's test programme in Barcelona, making steady progress and completing test mileage of 76 and 32 laps respectively.
"They (Karthikeyan and Monteiro) are a notch above many of the already established drivers in F1," Jordan Managing Director Collin Koles said.
Karun Chandhok speaks to Shobha Warrier about his debut in the Nissan World Series racing.
Narain's immediate aim is get into the F-1 even if it is with low profile teams.
He and co-driver Kumar Ramaswamy of Team MRF finished over four minutes ahead of second-placed R Karthikeyan and co-driver G Satish.
The couples wearing garlands and traditional wedding attire arrived at the polling booths and neighbouring Tirupur District immediately after their marriage, officials said.
Narain Karthikeyan shrugged off the qualifying issues to record a superb win in the penultimate race of the AutoGP season, taking the championship fight the final race.
According to experts, Tata Tiago JTP and Tigor JTP -- a sedan and hatchback -- are not only powerful and faster than every other car in the segment, but also in the segment above, including their peers Maruti Baleno RS, Volkswagen Polo and others.
Grandmaster and former World junior champion Abhijeet Gupta won the Commonwealth Chess Championship after settling for a quick draw with Arghyadip Das in the ninth and final round in New Delhi, on Tuesday.
In a boost to the United Democratic Front ahead of assembly polls in Kerala next year, the Congress candidate K S Sabarinadhan on Tuesday won the Aruvikkara assembly by-poll by a margin of 10,128 votes defeating his nearest rival M Vijayakumar of the Opposition Left Democratic Front.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday
Karan Menon, a 14-year-old Indian-American student, has won the prestigious National Geographic Bee competition in the US, in which the top three positions were bagged by Indian-origin contestants.
The 2015 RK Nagar bypoll, in which Jayalalithaa was elected by a huge margin of 1.5 lakh votes, had witnessed a record 75% turnout
India has no Formula One driver and there will be no Grand Prix here next year but Force India co-owner Vijay Mallya believes he has unearthed the country's next driving talent in a Mumbai teenager.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Decks were cleared on Friday night for an ordinance on Jallikattu after Tamil Nadu and the Centre worked feverishly even as the state stood on the edge and protesters on Marina beach and elsewhere refused to relent until the sport is held.
Ajit Mishra, Vice President, Research, Religare Broking, answers readers' queries on stocks they own or want to buy.
Padmini Rout has 6.5 points, one behind the leader, Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, in the girls' section at the World Junior Chess Championships in Pune.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
In Mumbai, Xenium, an interactive digital agency, is launching a VR lounge later this month.
In Mumbai, Xenium, an interactive digital agency, is launching a VR lounge later this month.
In its interim order, a Madurai bench directed the Centre to file counter in 4 weeks.
Woman Grandmaster Bhakti Kulkarni and Grandmaster S P Sethuraman made history, winning the gold medal in the Asian Continental Women's and Open chess championship that concluded in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Friday.
India's Padmini Rout scored an impressive victory with plenty of fireworks to maintain her joint lead in the Girls section but favourite Viddit Santosh Gujrathi suffered a shock loss in the sixth round of the LIC World Junior Chess championship in Pune.
Lu Shanglei of China defeated Aleksander Indjic of Serbia and was crowned World junior chess champion at Hotel Hyatt, in Pune, on Sunday. In the girls' section, 16-year-old Alexandra Goryachkina successfully defended her title with a round to spare on Saturday.
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