TEAM INDIA BAGS ITS FIRST EVER A1 GRAND PRIX VICTORY
Narain Karthikeyan led Team India to the country's first ever victory in the Al Grand Prix by winning the feature race in Zhuhai, China, on Sunday. Karthikeyan staved off a tough challenge from Team New Zealand and cleared the finish line just about a second before his nearest rival. Though the win gives India 19 points, the team with a total of 27 points is not among the top contenders. Karthikeyan has had several setbacks recently starting with losing his position as a test driver with the Williams Formula One (Fl) team and struggling at the A1 circuit with mechanical problems in the qualifying races. "We weren't doing well in the qualifying. So we changed the qualifying set up for this race. I am glad it helped," Karthikeyan told . India started third in the feature race but New Zealand used two power boosts a special facility that allows drivers to gain an extra 30bhp speed for a few seconds in the last four or five laps. This reduced the gap to 6/10th of a...
