Karthikeyan finishes 17th in practise

Narain Karthikeyan finished 17th at the highly technical Imola track in the second practise session for the San Marino Gran Prix.

Narain Karthikeyan finished 17th at the highly technical Imola track in the second practise session for the San Marino Gran Prix, the fourth leg of the Formula One race.

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Karthikeyan, who clocked 1 min 23.842 seconds, was, however, appeared pleased with his first experience on the track.

The 28-year-old Jordan driver had described Imola as a "highly technical" circuit as the session was held on a sunny day under a temperature of 16 degrees with track temperature reaching 38.

Karthikeyan's team mate Tiago Monteiro was 20th (1:24.573).

Pedro de la Rosa of McLaren went fastest overall with 1:20.484 followed by Jenson Button of Bar-Honda. Kimi Raikkonen of McLaren who finished in 1:21.704.

Earlier, in the first session Kathikeyan finished 16th with a timing of 1:24.512. The session was dominated by de la Rosa.