Mishap forces Narain to 13th

Chennai, Aug 9: India’s Narain Karthikeyan finished 13th in the Marlboro Masters Racing Championship at Zandvoort Circuit in Holland, according to information received here.

Narain, who was 16th on the grid, had a good start in his Kingfisher Tata Mobil Dallara, taking three cars before the first bend, a notorious Tarzan’ hair pin curve, and had moved to the 12th by the third lap. Here, an incident with South African driver Toby Scheckter hit Narain’s car in the rear, sending him off the circuit. This effectively finished any chance of him getting into the top six.

Despite being fastest on the track in the morning warm-up, he was unable to make headway. But rejoining the track in the 15th place, he came 13th while Scheckter went on to finish eighth overall.

The event was won by a Briton Marc Hynes.