Lewis Hamilton believes Narain Karthikeyan’s move to Force India can do wonders – Formula 1 news
McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton has said that Narain Karthikeyan’s move to Force India can do wonders as he is presently driving a slower car in HRT.
Karthikeyan has not been able to score even a single point in this season so far and is currently standing at 24th place in the drivers’ championship. Moreover, he is ahead of his teammate, Pedro de la Rosa and is behind Charles Pic of Marussia.
Hamilton has said that unfortunately the Indian driver has not been able to drive a competitive car until now due to which he has not secured any good results.
Nevertheless, he thinks that the Karthikeyan has got the talent and can surprise everyone if he would be given a chance in the Silverstone based team which has been considered as one of the most capable mid-field contenders in this year’s championship.
Furthermore, he said that move to a better team can prove out to be a very good step for the 35-year-old in his career ahead.
“It is unfortunate that Narain is driving a slow car. Probably, it would do wonders if he were in Force India which is a pretty good team. It would be a good stepping stone for him,” said Hamilton here Wednesday when asked about the current HRT driver racing
for an Indian team.”
Besides, the 2008 world champion said that he has been a part of his home team for a long time and they have achieved so much together. Therefore, he insisted that it can be the same case for the Indian if he moves from the Madrid based team to Force India.
“I am a Brit driving for a British team in a British car and it has done wonders for us so I hope it would be the same for him and India.”
However, it is to be noted that the British driver has planned to leave the Woking based team after this season and has signed a new contract with Mercedes for 2013.
It will be interesting to see how all the contenders show up in the coming years as there are many changes expected in the next year’s driver line-up of the teams.
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