Jordan's Indian driver is hoping for a good placing in Sunday's British Grand Prix.
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.
The Jordan driver's fourth place in the US Grand Prix made him the first Indian to score Formula One points.
He miss the podium by three tenths of a second in what turned out to be Team India's best ever show in the spectacular season finale.
The Indian driver expressed hope that his team Jordan would be able to fix the problem before the next meet in Nuerburgring, Germany.
The Indian ace was stopped by police after doing a lap on a scooter at a time when parts of the track were closed to traffic.
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.
Jordan's Indian racing ace said he'll show what he's made of at this Sunday's Grand Prix.
Jordan's Indian ace, who was 15th in first qualifying, timed 1 minute 20.711 seconds, a fraction faster than teammate Tiago Monteiro.
'Let's hope that my good results at the Barcelona track will bring me luck this weekend,' said Jordan's Indian driver.
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.
After completing his first two races, Narain Karthikeyan thinks he is all set for the F1 grind.
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.
"He has a lot more people watching him so he knows what it's like. He told me just to concentrate on the job," said the Indian driver.
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.
The Indian ace was found guilty of speeding and race stewards fined him $6,750.
India's ace driver finished three seconds behind the day's fastest man, Pedro De La Rosa of McLaren, on day 3 of testing in Barcelona.
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.
Jordan's Indian ace's best lap time at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya was only 2.5 seconds off the pace of world champion Michael Schumacher.
Narain Karthikeyan will race for the team at Taupo, New Zealand, in the A1GP this weekend.
"They (Karthikeyan and Monteiro) are a notch above many of the already established drivers in F1," Jordan Managing Director Collin Koles said.
Narain Karthikeyan hopes a F1 test with Minardi this week will take him closer to becoming India's first Grand Prix driver.
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Narain's immediate aim is get into the F-1 even if it is with low profile teams.
The Indian racing ace was named Brand Ambassador of Bharat Petroleum and their product Speed on Wednesday.
The Indian ace was given the honour after Carlin's top driver Alan van der Merwe opted out.
The Indian earned valuable points to remain second in the overall championship.
He has had three podium finishes in seven races so far and is placed in the second spot among a pack of 25 drivers.
"My heart is in F1 and that is where I want to be," the rookie Jordan driver said.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is drawing a lot of flak for his indifferent form with the bat in this year's IPL, but there is no one quicker than the Chennai Super Kings captain when it comes to reflexes, said former Indian team trainer Ramji Srinivasan.
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.
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