I dont know how may of you guys really know what is motor sports, unlike anyother sport this is one a driver has to have huge investments, yes ofcourse once he starts winning then he obviously wud be sponsored. in india itself the national motor sport event which happens in Chennai and coimbatore costs a driver more than 2 lacs as car rental (for 6 rounds) 50K for misc like stay, food etc. and this is for the junior level racing and for the next level the cost shoots up to 5 lac misc. (this does not include any cost which might happen due to crashing and all) so It is just passion and love for these guys, no doubt he has done himself good. The other name worth mentioning is Armaan Ibrahim who is again from Chennai and doing very well in F3 circuit(not sure if he is F3 or any other circuit).
congrats Karthikeyan!! am really proud to tell all my friends here in Dubai that you are from my place, Coimbatore. All the best & wish to see you soon on a podium.
RE:Proud to tell that Kartikeyan is from my place, Coimbatore!!!
by Arvind Puliyurudayan on Jul 11, 2007 10:43 AM Permalink
Seriously yaar, good to see a Coimbatorean doing good in the international arena. But all hasnt gone well. Lets wait for Spyker's decision..
RE:Proud to tell that Kartikeyan is from my place, Coimbatore!!!
by ac ph on Jul 11, 2007 11:35 AM Permalink
people like u.. are responsible for regional divide... bloody fools... btw i am from south India too
RE:c'mon narain
by vijay baskar on Jul 11, 2007 09:46 AM Permalink
hahahaha...lets be happy if he finishes 20th ..it would be good as long as his car is not damaged
RE:Wait for Formula One 2009 at Hyderabad
by Deepak Sood on Jul 11, 2007 06:35 AM Permalink
yup.. he can win only the races with POT HOLES instead of PIT STOPS... lols ~~ i saw him driving one full season...no aggression at all...and then yelled out in public about his issues....way to go dude..
RE:Wait for Formula One 2009 at Hyderabad
by Ranjeet Kumar Gupta on Jul 11, 2007 07:59 PM Permalink
hehe.. whats a achievement in driving a car... I also run my car 200 kmph on German Highways.. We always think like that... participating these big events is in itself a achievement.. thats y we are not able to win.. we should raise our standards..
RE:Wait for Formula One 2009 at Hyderabad
by Jithin Sankar on Jul 11, 2007 11:14 AM Permalink
^^ huh! dat ain true man! I've watched him for a full season as well! F1 aint just abt drivin crazy.. there r lotsa stuff behind the curtains.. hell he was agressive.. with a poor machine he got the car to ruins on almost everygame n i guess thats what the original poster meant..the only chance that he had was the tyre raw affected match.. but bugger over drove again n was out of a comfy 3 position n then to finsih off even below his team mate..
good luck for narain,he is fantastic and brave, he deserve to drive ferrari or renault cars but as our indian don get that much recognisation, its time for him to puor back, all the best
Karthikeyan had already tested for jaguar and jordan but he had only least chances of getting points. But when he was placed as a test driver in BMW williams and now been as a tester in williams have been given karthikeyan more experience and williams chief had already insisted that karthikeyan had proved his ability in reaching higher speeds as well. So I think now karthikeyan should be given a chance so that he could prove others that he is at PEAK to drive for spyker ferrari.
RE:Karthikeyan's Role in williams
by Amit Chandvale on Jul 11, 2007 12:38 PM Permalink
do you think he should continue test driving at williams so that one day he can drive a middle ordered williams or do you think he should be in a jordan/spyker name changed again.just a query.
yes ,dear i know you can do wonders but for that just believe in one thing that you are true indian and any true indian has the caliber to beat any body. so say vande matram and go ahead. all the best
