‘Narain couldn’t show power in HRT’
29 Oct 2012 6:40 AM IST
India doesn’t have a legacy in Formula One drivers but Narain Karthikeyan is a ‘talented driver who could have done wonders had he be racing for any other team’ than minnows Hispania Racing (HRT), feels former multiple Grand Prix winner David Coulthard.
Handicapped by his not so advanced car, Karthikeyan and his team HRT is languishing at the bottom of the 2012 Formula One Championship, but Coulthard said it would be injustice to judge the Indian’s driving skills merely on standings.
‘Narain is a great driver and there is no doubt that he would done much better in any other team,’ the Briton, who made his debut in 1994 and won 13 GPs in a career spanning 15 seasons.
‘It’s a fact that there hasn’t been a legacy of previous Indian drivers, but you cannot show your power in a HRT car,’ Coulthard said about Karthikeyan.
Coulthard gave a thumbs up to the Indian GP. ‘The Indian GP is fantastic.The guys said that they have liked this circuit very much.’
Handicapped by his not so advanced car, Karthikeyan and his team HRT is languishing at the bottom of the 2012 Formula One Championship, but Coulthard said it would be injustice to judge the Indian’s driving skills merely on standings.
‘Narain is a great driver and there is no doubt that he would done much better in any other team,’ the Briton, who made his debut in 1994 and won 13 GPs in a career spanning 15 seasons.
‘It’s a fact that there hasn’t been a legacy of previous Indian drivers, but you cannot show your power in a HRT car,’ Coulthard said about Karthikeyan.
Coulthard gave a thumbs up to the Indian GP. ‘The Indian GP is fantastic.The guys said that they have liked this circuit very much.’
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