Narain Karthikeyan is on the verge of becoming the first Indian on the Formula One circuit. The agreement with the Jordan Formula One team is expected to be signed over the next two days (thanks, Sapna):
Karthikeyan, 28, was the first Indian to drive a Formula One car and last year raced for Red Bull in the World Series by Nissan. He was offered an F1 drive by Minardi in 2003 but was unable to raise the funds required to secure the offer.
His new employer is looking to Karthikeyan to rescue its burned buns from the oven:
The struggling Jordan Formula One team announced yesterday it would be taken over by Midland Group, owned by Russian-born businessman Alex Shnaider… Jordan finished ninth out of the 10 Formula One teams in 2004 and hit serious problems after Ford, who supplied the team’s Cosworth engines, announced in September they were withdrawing from the sport.
Karthikeyan was the first Indian to win the Formula Asia championship and won two races in last year’s Nissan World Series. He’s sponsored by Tata and Bharat Petroleum. Homeboy needs some sharper paint, this is the country that invented day-glo salwars. I’m diggin’ the helmet, bro — a spinning wheel, how apropos.
‘Fastest Indian in the world,’ I think not. Ever seen Abhi in a room full of females? It’s like feeding time at the dolphin tank 🙂 But I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before Karthikeyan is played by Tom Cruise and marries Ashley Judd.
well, HELLO. come in to my parlour, said the spider to the fly (one).
formula one AND from the dirrrty south? perhaps i won’t die a spinster, after all…
😉
what the hell am i thinking? he probably smells like curry, knows nothing about romance and according to some insufferable retard in SF, he’d ask me to split the check at VIK’s…she’s the dating expert, so she must be right.
sigh. oh narain, i hardly got to sweat thee…
If no one’s going to say it, I will – I’m totally diggin’ on the helmet.
-D