{"id":5123,"date":"2012-04-23T06:45:20","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T06:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=5123"},"modified":"2012-04-23T06:45:20","modified_gmt":"2012-04-23T06:45:20","slug":"karthikeyan-posts-best-result-of-the-2012-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=5123","title":{"rendered":"Karthikeyan posts best result of the 2012 season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/racing\/narain_karthikeyan.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Karthikeyan posts best result of the 2012 season\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" \/>Bahrain<\/strong>: In a continued show of solid progression, Indian driver <a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Narain+Karthikeyan&amp;sa=Search\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Narain+Karthikeyan&amp;sa=Search\">Narain Karthikeyan<\/a> posted his best result of the season for the <a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=HRT+F1+team&amp;sa=Search\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=HRT+F1+team&amp;sa=Search\">HRT F1 team<\/a> by finishing in 21st place, while the Spanish squad once again managed to get both cars past the chequered flag with gap to the front runners and immediate rivals further reduced.<\/p>\n<p>Karthikeyan started 24th on the grid, and after an average start endured a difficult first stint on full tanks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe start was ok but the track was really dusty and I took too much out of the tyres and lost time to the guys ahead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a result I had to pit early and we decided to try something different strategy-wise \u2013 a four-stop race instead of the three-stopper that most others went with.\u201d<br \/>Having lost over ten seconds to his teammate Pedro De La Rosa, who had started in 20th place, Karthikeyan set about closing the gap and building an extra cushion to allow for an extra stop.<\/p>\n<p>Once on the medium tyres, the pace was quick and more consistent through the stint despite the high number of blue flags.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe flags were out quite early here, but luckily it is a long circuit and we had to make sure that we didn\u2019t lose a lot of time letting the faster cars pass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After their final pit-stops, with De La Rosa having made 3 and Karthikeyan 4, the Spaniard was over 20 seconds ahead of him on the track, and he had just 10 laps to reel him in.<\/p>\n<p>Having elected for soft tyres on the final short stint, Karthikeyan was lighting up the timing screens, often lapping in the proximity of much quicker cars like the Torro Rossos.<\/p>\n<p>Some sound judgement amidst the flurry of blue flags saw him close the gap to De La Rosa in the final couple of laps, at times taking out over two seconds a lap from the former\u2019s lead.<\/p>\n<p>But his mammoth effort fell just short as the duo was separated by just half a second at the chequered flag.<\/p>\n<p>However, looking at the big picture, Karthikeyan emphasised on other positives from the weekend. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a great effort from the team; we have come a long way in a short span of time. The car has improved a lot, considering we didn\u2019t even manage to qualify in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reliability has been there and we\u2019re finding more speed every passing weekend and closing the gap to the front runners. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur best lap was under 3.5 seconds off the fastest lap of the race, whereas the gap was over 5 to 6 seconds in Australia and Malaysia. Similarly, the pitstops have been improving too, and it all plays a part in the end result.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The team has another three-week break before the next round, which is scheduled from 11-13 May at the Catalunya circuit in Barcelona and looking forward to make further progress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a few more updates planned for Barcelona, it is our home race so we\u2019d like a good result and the team will be working towards it as soon as they get back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bahrain: In a continued show of solid progression, Indian driver Narain Karthikeyan posted his best result of the season for the HRT F1 team by finishing in 21st place, while the Spanish squad once again managed to get both cars past the chequered flag with gap to the front runners and immediate rivals further reduced. 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