Off-track in Monaco

The steel barriers that Narain Karthikeyan so wanted to avoid spelt doom. The Jordan driver picked up his second DNF did not finish of the season at the Monaco Grand Prix.

On a day Finn Kimi Raikkonen led the race from start to finish to register his second win of the season, trouble started for Narain even before the race.

Imposed with a ten-place penalty due to an engine change, he began in 17th place but that was immaterial since he was the slowest driver overall.

Narain8217;s woes simply multiplied as he became the first driver to take a pit stop on the 12th lap, and then again on the 13th and then 18th. 8216;8216;The car8217;s engine lost hydraulic pressure,8217;8217; he said, which incidentally was due to the brush he had with the barriers during free practice.