Formula one: Karthikeyan to race in India

LONDON: Narain Karthikeyan will make a race return for Hispania at the inaugural Indian GP on October 30. The Indian will benefit from participation during Friday practice at next week’s Singapore GP in preparation for the race at his home soil. Karthikeyan contested the first half of the season for the team before making way for Daniel Ricciardo. “The team assured me I’d be driving in India when I stepped out of my seat after the European GP,” said Karthikeyan. The 34-year-old made his Formula One debut with Jordan at the US Grand Prix in 2005, when he finished fourth. He joined Hispania at the beginning of the season after a five-year absence.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 20^th,  2011.