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Greater Noida:<\/strong> It was nothing less than a dream come true for the lone Indian driver Narain Karthikeyean, who not only achieved his target of completing his first ever home race but also finished 17th \u2013 a slot ahead of his Hispania Racing teammate Daniel Ricciardo.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Karthikeyan, who had to start 23rd after receiving penalties in the qualifying event, did commendably well to overcome all odds and clocked 1:30:52.067.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI had a great Grand Prix and I really enjoyed myself, it was an amazing experience. To finish 17th in my home GP is the best I could have wished for with the car we have and beating my teammate and one Lotus on the way makes it all the more satisfying,\u201d said a visibly delighted Karthikeyan after his creditable showing before the 95,000 fans on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The Hindu<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Greater Noida: It was nothing less than a dream come true for the lone Indian driver Narain Karthikeyean, who not only achieved his target of completing his first ever home race but also finished 17th \u2013 a slot ahead of his Hispania Racing teammate Daniel Ricciardo. \u00a0 Karthikeyan, who had to start 23rd after receiving […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-from-the-newspapers"],"yoast_head":"\n