Narain Karthikeyan was back on track today, at the Shanghai International Circuit, the venue of his last F1 race. A1 Team India s preparations for Sunday s races began well, the F1 test driver posting the second quickest time in first practice. The team remained at the top of the timesheets for the rest of the day and after experimenting with set up, finished fourth in Friday s final practice session.
While Karthikeyan is racing on a familiar track in A1GP for the first time this weekend, the track has been altered since the cars last raced at Shanghai a year ago. The cars will now run on a shortened 2.9 mile circuit, which includes a new chicane at turn three, rejoining the original track at turn 8 – now turn 6. The A1 Team India car completed 40 laps around the revised circuit today, with series front runners Great Britain, New Zealand and France the only teams able to set a quicker time than India s Karthikeyan.
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