Narain Karthikeyan Unplugged.

Looks like you are new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Narain Karthikeyan might not be racing in F1 anymore, but he still is very popular in India, according to this article by Rediff.
He spoke about a lot of things, but his answer to the most important question, [...]

Aditya Patel will race in Macau

After Narain and Karun, it looks like we have another Indian climbing the rope into international motor sports circles. The Hindu reports that Aditya Patel will race at the Formula BMW Pacific race in the Macau street circuit this weekend.
For Patel, currently placed ninth overall and fourth in the rookie class of the Formula BMW [...]

Narain still holding on to the F1 dream.

Narain seems to be in the news a lot these days, maybe that will convince Mallya to give him a shot. I know I can’t stop rooting for him.

For any racer, Formula One is a big thing and I am no exception. I have been working hard with the A1 team and thoroughly enjoying it [...]

Narain’s Macau SARS scare.

In the high profile game of F1, for that matter with any professional sport, its always WYSIWYG as far as the athelete goes, nothing more nothing less. Well unless they write a biography or if they are a party animal, who loves to go cross country skiing a week before the season starts (hint Ferrari’s [...]

Desi motorsport roundup.

Renault Roadshow in Delhi
With an amazing season coming to an end, the F1 circus, Renault in particular, took a detour to India before heading home.

The road show of the F1 team, sponsored by ING Vysya, will have a spectacular display of the 2007 Renault F1 cars driving down the Rajpath. The show will comprise [...]

Karthikeyan could be back - The F1 silly season has begun

I’m not sure on how people dig this stuff up, but someone decided to pick a quote from Mallyas statement from over a year ago and have figured that Karthikeyan could be back.

Force India boss Vijay Mallya has indicated that his Silverstone-based team will not be changing their line-up ahead of next season but [...]

It’s not over until the fat lady sings - Narain might find himself a seat for 2008. [Update]

[Update] The details have finally emerged, including numbers. It looks like the Spice group from India, that currently sponsors Team India in the A1 GP is the bidder.
The Indian publication Daily News and Analysis (DNA) reports that the Spice consortium proposes a buyout price of just $1, including underwriting the small Japanese team’s $47m [...]

Narain pushes, ends up at the lower end of the grid.

With A1GP visiting Taupo, the circuit where Narain and Team India scored their first points last year, Narain pushed hard, only to end up 19th for the Feature race and 20th for the Sprint race. The weekend has seen a lot of spins and the last corner of the circuit has been changed to provide [...]

Racing roundup

A new job, 3000 mile cross country move and getting used to a new time zone have left me disoriented. The good news is that we have not missed much racing news.
Force India F1 have decided to give the second seat to Fisi, who in my opinion and every one else’s opinion is past [...]

Narain reiterates his F1 goal

Narain thanks his team from the podium. Image from A1GP.

With Narain driving his wheels off to fetch India its first win in the A1GP, the Indian media is abuzz with news about the Delhi GP and the ‘Fastest Indian’. The significance of this victory is far reaching. The Prime Minister of India, who is [...]

Super Aguri, the next Indian F1 team?

DNA has a well written op-ed about Narain’s win, but what caught me was a paragraph towards the end that mentioned that an Indian conglomerate is looking at buying Super Aguri. For those who have lost touch, Super Aguri is under heavy financial stress and plans on letting go of 30 employees (they have promised [...]

Narain Karthikeyan wins A1GP Feature race in China

Seconds ago, Narain Karthikeyan won the feature race in Zuhai China.
Having secured the best qualifying position ever in the A1 series for Team India, Narain Karthikeyan had something special under his sleeve. So I decided to watch the race online. Do not ask me why, but I caught only the last 15 laps of the [...]

Narain ends his role with Williams F1

Narain Karthikeyan who has been testing for Williams F1 for the past two seasons has ended his relationship according to his manager.
He blamed the traction control ban, as a result of which regular drivers will take up more time in the cockpit. There was also the possibility that Narain might have staked his claim on [...]

Narain Karthikeyan finishes 6th in Sepang

After a disappointing qualifying session, ruined by an underpowered, overheating engine, a swap of the engine sensor, Narain qualified a disappointing 14th for the Sprint race and 11th for the feature race.
With dampened spirits and a new engine Team India took to the track for the sprint race finishing 11th, just outside the points. The [...]

Force India to announce drivers in December

Vijay Mallya is all set to announce his drivers for next season in Monaco at the Motor Sport Business Forum in Monaco on December 5.
The current list of eligible drivers include Adrian Sutil, who has been linked with Alonso’s vacant seat at McLaren, Christian Klien, Vitantonio Liuzzi, Ralf Schumacher, Renault outcast Giancario Fisichela and Narain [...]

Ralf Schumacher to test for Force India F1

Although Vijay Mallya said that the driver seat for his new team would not be a sympathy vote, it looks like it will. Reports suggest that Ralf Schumacher will be testing for Force India F1 next month. The news is not being reported by Major F1 news sources yet, but if it is true, Narain’s [...]

Bad news for Narain.

Williams F1 have picked Kazuki Nakajima to replace the seat vacated by Alex Wurz. The team gave Nakajima a chance to show his skills in the season’s final race in Brazil, although at that time, the team said it was not an evaluation exercise. Now that a race seat at Williams F1 is not in [...]

Narain has an F1 seat for 2008.

Or so I predict.

Narain Karthikeyan sits in the pits at Zandvoort. Image from Team India’s new website.

The major motor racing season is drawing to a great end. Going into the last race of the season in F1, Kimi Raikonnen, Lewis Hamilton and Fernando “Whiner” Alonso are fighting for the title, the end [...]

“It’s not a sympathy contest” says Vijay Mallya.

Dr. Mallya with his new purchase. Image from Spyker F1.

With the sale of the Spyker team officially completed, Dr. Vijay Mallya along with Michiel Mol the new team owners were on hand at the Chinese GP. Speaking to Formula1.com, Dr. Mallya answered the most important question, the choice of drivers for 2008 and the [...]

Kaz Nakajima picked over Narain Karthikeyan

Williams F1 driver Alex Wurz announced his retirement from immediate effect leaving a seat open in Williams F1. The team decided to pick Kazuki (Kaz) Nakajima, their reserve driver to replace Wurz for the final round in Brazil. Although the Sir Frank Williams has said that this is not an evaluation exercise for 2008, Narain [...]

Spyker officially sold

The Spyker F1 team has officially been sold to Mallya-Mol consortium. Narain Karthikeyan is rumored to be in talks with Spyker and so is Ralf Schumacher. Ralf, on his website confirmed that he will be leaving Toyota F1 at the end of this year. And Williams seem to be favoring Kaz Nakajima, the other test [...]

Motorsports roundup

Formula 1 and Spyker are not the only ones to follow this weekend. Image from Jacobine
A lot is going on this week/ weekend motor sports and as usual Desi’s find themselves in the mix.

Spyker sold in principle to Mallya
First off Spyker have announced that they have sold the team in principle to [...]

Narain Karthikeyan and Team India set a new circuit record.

Narain Karthikeyan, Driving for Team India set the fastest time, breaking the circuit record at Silverstone. Image from A1GP.
On Sunday, Karun Chandok stood atop the podium in Spa, with India’s national anthem being played and this time around, Narain Karthikeyan broke the circuit record for A1GP cars are Silverstone, the first time India [...]

Spyker will not be piloted by an Indian in ‘08?

Vijay Mallya in an interview with the Dutch magazine Formule 1 Race Report has said admitted that an Indian driver looks improbable for 2008. However he is counting on Karun Chandok for 2009.

But in a bitter blow for Indian hopefuls like Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandhock, Mallya admitted that the scenario will probably have [...]

Vijay Mallya buys Spyker F1 suggests report.

The Spyker F1 team could be the Indian F1 team according to this report.
Last week we wrote about the possibility of Vijay Mallya buying a Formula1 team. The report had indicated that Dr. Mallya was to buy the second most expensive F1 team. We suggested that it was probably a misprint. And it looks [...]