Not a single podium finish to show this season, race ace Narain Karthikeyan believes A1 Team India is primed to break the jinx in the penultimate round of the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport at Brands Hatch next weekend.

Karthikeyan took victory for A1 Team India in last season’s finale at Brands Hatch and believes the track would not let him down this year either.” Brands Hatch has always been a happy hunting ground for me,”said Karthikeyan.” Last year we took A1 Team India’s second win of the 2007/08 season there. We have every reason to believe that we are going to be in a strong position this season,”he said.

He said the team had struck on the right setup and he was hoping to make a mark in the May 3 race.”I believe we have found a good setup in the Algarve and we were only denied a podium in the feature race because of a mechanical failure with the wheel hub. Brands Hatch is definitely the race I look forward to the most every season.”

There’s also a huge Indian population in the UK who really come out in great numbers to cheer me on and I really enjoy and appreciate their support,” Karthikeyan added.

[source: indopia.in]