Sí, posiblemente sea la frase que más llame la atención: "I wanted to become India's first professional F1 racer, I wanted to live life at 300km/h." pero no es sin embargo la única que nos sirve para averiguar la naturaleza intrínseca de cualquier piloto que se precie.Quizás tan o más importante sea esta otra "Against all odds, Karun Chandhok and I have made it. Perseverance is most important."sY es que la perserverancia es una de las claves para triunfar en un deporte donde el camino no suele ser una alfombra roja hacoa el éxito deportivo, hasta la gloria eterna.Más bien todo lo contrario.Narain sabe que un piloto indio ahora puede ser algo más normal, pero en 2005 era algo así como un español jugando al Cricket...extraño cuando menos.Por ello, las dificultades se van sucediendo muchas veces y sólo la perseverancia es la clave para llegar a la meta que te propongas.De eso sabe mucho el nuevo fichaje de HRT, Pedro de la Rosa.La perseverancia, cuando se acompaña de la calidad necesaria, suele dar sus frutos.
| Australia | DNQ | 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT-Cosworth | 1,32978 |
| Australia | DNQ | 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1,34293 |
| Malaysia | 23 | 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT-Cosworth | 1,41549 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1,42574 |
| China | 23 | 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT-Cosworth | 1,40212 |
| China | 24 | 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1,40445 |
| Turkey | 21 | 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT-Cosworth | 1,30692 |
| Turkey | 23 | 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1,31564 |
| Spain | 21 | 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT-Cosworth | 1,27809 |
| Spain | 22 | 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1,27908 |
| Monaco | DNQ | 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | No time |
| Monaco | DNQ | 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT-Cosworth | No time |
| Canada | 21 | 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT-Cosworth | 1,18424 |
| Canada | 23 | 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1,18574 |
| Europe | 22 | 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT-Cosworth | 1,43584 |
| Europe | 24 | 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1,44363 |
y su momento más álgido, La India:
| India | 21 | 23 | Daniel Ricciardo | HRT-Cosworth | 1,30216 |
| India | 22 | 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1,30238 |
Por todo esto es muy posible que el desempeño de Narain, a pesar de haber competido sólo en la mitad de los Grandes Premios disputados en el 2011 (en 10 de ellos en concreto) ha sorprendido a más de uno que se esperaba algo más parecido a pilotos de la talla de Mazzacane, Ide, Yoong y compañía.Lejos de ello, Narain se ha ganado el respeto del aficionado y de la parrilla, y no sería de extrañar ni nadie lo vería como extraño, el que su aventura con HRT siguiera más allá de la pasada temporada, sea de 2º, 3º o 4º piloto inclusive.Se ha ganado su lugar en la F1.Veremos que le depara el futuro en este deporte tan competitivo, pero de momento os dejo con sus palabras, en la que relata como ha sido su camino hasta llegar a la F1:
Narain Karthikeyan's image is a far cry from the brats associated with motorsport. The down to earth racer opened up to the audience about his journey in this sport from a country where racing was practically non-existent.
"It helps to be at the grassroots level because people like Shah Rukh and Sachin have proved that it gives you the drive to come up." Narain was all of 13 when he realised that this is what he wanted to do in life. "I wanted to become India's first professional F1 racer, I wanted to live life at 300km/h."
Karthikeyan's first race was in December 1992 at Sriperumbudur, India's only race course back then. Revealing what makes a champion, the F1 racing icon said, "You have to grab the opportunity, whenever there was one I grabbed it." 1999 was the year he grabbed he got a big break in Formula 3. He participated in 14 races and won three of them. "I was doing everything I could, I concentrated on being fit."
2005 brought his next big break. After the race in Melbourne, Narain was at a press conference with Michael Schumacher. "That was when I knew I had made it, when I was sitting on the same podium as Schumacher." He completed 14 out of 19 races that year.
"I went off to America to compete in Nascar there but once I heard F1 was coming to India, I had to come back. Against all odds, Karun Chandhok and I have made it. Perseverance is most important." said Narain in conclusion.
Not a confident public speaker by his own admission, Narain surprised the audience with his sense of humour and admirable honesty in the Q and A session
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