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Narain hopes to be third time lucky for Jordan
Narain Karthikeyan believes that his week-long stress relieving session in the wilds ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix will bolster Team Jordan's prospects of collecting some points at the Gilles Villeneuve Circuit.
Narain Karthikeyan believes that his week-long stress relieving session in the wilds ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix will bolster Team Jordan's prospects of collecting some points at the Gilles Villeneuve Circuit.
"I know that the circuit has been quite successful in the past for the team where they scored their first ever Formula One World Championship points in their history. It is also kind of a home race for the team with the team owner being from Canada. The serious business will begin tomorrow on the track," Karthikeyan said.
The 28-year-old, the first-ever Indian in F1 Circuit, said the Canadian circuit was everyone's favourite but his team concentrated on being relaxed for the eighth race of the season here. Karthikeyan is on his first ever visit here for the 37th edition of the Canadian Grand Prix and 27th GP ever held in this French speaking city.
"I have now completed a total of 7,000 km behind the wheel of the Jordan Grand Prix car including the 3,100 km of testing.
Karthikeyan was quite impressed with the track, which he said, had similarities to the Australian track, one of his favourites.
"The Montreal circuit is always a tough one on tyre heat durability because of the long straights and low number of corners. I was surprised at the very long straight that runs from the hairpin to the last chicane.
"You need a car with high-speed poise and good balance, and a high top speed so that you can defend yourself or try to overtake other drivers along the straight.
"For sure, here, you do a lot of running close to the concrete walls on the back section of the circuit, so you need very good balance to give you the confidence to get the lap time right! The track has been completely resurfaced since last year," he said.
