First Indian to be in F1

fab · #1 March 4, 2005, 05:48 PM

Narain Karthikeyan

"Karthikeyan, 28, who was only confirmed last month as India's first F1 driver, was fined 6,750 US dollars by stewards for exceeding the pit lane speed limit in his Jordan car during opening practice ahead of Sunday's season-opening Aussie GP. "

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He is making his debut today at the Australian F1 Grand Prix. Lets hope he can prove his critics wrong!

vv_sunil · #2 March 5, 2005, 12:00 AM

India is producing more international figures in sport.

Vishwanathan Anand
Sania Mirza
Leander Peas-Mahesh Bhupati
Jeev Milkha Singh
Anju Baby George
Sachin Tendulkar
Rahul Dravid...

Im sure this list will be long in coming years..........

couger · #3 March 17, 2005, 09:14 PM

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Originally posted by vv_sunil
India is producing more international figures in sport.

Jeev Milkha Singh
Anju Baby George

Im sure this list will be long in coming years..........

Who are they?

Tintin · #4 March 17, 2005, 09:57 PM

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Jeev Milkha Singh

Golfer

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Anju Baby George

Long jumper. Won bronze in World Athletic championship in 2003 and sixth place in Olympics.

Akib · #5 March 18, 2005, 07:20 AM

This should be good. This will put them on the world stage for sports......

Anyone know if india does well in the olympics....???

James90 · #6 March 23, 2005, 12:31 AM

No they do very poorly for the population

Karthikeyan doesn't deserve a place in Formula 1. He'll just be another failed attempt to get more countries involved, just like Alex Yoong

Tintin · #7 March 23, 2005, 06:33 AM

Narayan finished 15 in the first race and 11 in the second, and was 12 in the qualifiers for the Australian GP. All decent finishes, but with a car like Jordan you cannot expect any miracles.