Karthikeyan positive after ’best GP so far this season’

Narain Karthikeyan has ended the Bahrain Grand Prix on a satisfied note, after the Indian driver and HRT finished their third race in succession after their slow start to the season. In the previous two races, Karthikeyan has consistently finished 22nd for HRT, and today finished a position higher in 21st as the team continue progressing.

With HRT dubious of cooling issues heading to the incredibly hot Sakhir International Circuit, they have passed yet another test of their durability with Pedro de la Rosa coming home in 20th just ahead of his team-mate. Both HRT’s completed a 4-stop strategy, with team principal Luis Perez-Sala satisfied with good reliability from the team.

“We passed another stern test here in Bahrain with the high temperatures and I’m very satisfied with how everything went.” Explained Luis Perez-Sala, “Reliability was also good and the team is working well. We can say that we are already at the standard with which we finished last year. From here we must progress.”

Narain Karthikeyan made his 30th start in Bahrain this afternoon, and has hailed the event as his best performance so far this season.

“After my first pitstop, I improved a lot and from there my lap times were consistent.” Said Narain Karthikeyan, “We did a four-stop strategy, which I think went very well, and in the end we were only half a second behind Pedro at the checkered flag. My race performance was extremely good, I’d say it was my best Grand Prix so far this season, so I’m very happy about that”.

The Spanish outfit now head to Mugello for three days of testing from 1st-3rd May, before they return home for the Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya which gets underway on 11th May.

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