INDIAN motorsport superstar Narain Karthikeyan landed in Bahrain yesterday and attended a function with over 2,000 school children at the Indian School in Isa Town.
Karthikeyan will be driving this weekend in the new Speedcar series that is part of a bumper festival of motor racing at the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) in conjunction with the Desert 400 V8 Supercar Championship Series. He will be among 24 drivers competing in identical V8 620bhp stock cars.
The Desert 400 V8 Supercars Championship, which is full of entertainment both on and off the track for the whole family, starts on Thursday with racing on Friday and Saturday.
Apart from the Speedcars, three races for the Lumina CSV Middle East Championship, Thunder Arabia and Radicals will be held as support events for the championship.
In the Lumina CSV Championship, 15 drivers will lined up in Chevrolet 5.7 Gen3 V8. Gulf-Daily-News.com
He will join the ranks of World famous drivers like Ferrari and Benetton Formula One star Jean Alesi, who participated in over 200 Grand Prix in his career, and Johnny Herbert, Michael Schumacher’s teammate at Benetton in the mid-90s and double Grand Prix winner.
Karthikeyan will conduct a number of promotional activities in Bahrain during the build-up to the Desert 400 weekend during which he will visit an Indian school for an autograph session. TheHindu.com
Formula One driver Narain Karthikeyan is in Bahrain for the Australian V8 Supercars Desert 400 Series, which gets underway on Thursday.
Karthikeyan will take part in an American V8 Speedcar race which is an exhibition event to be held on the sidelines of the series.HeadLinesIndia.com
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