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India saves best until last

A1 Team India took part in a spectacular season finale at the Brands Hatch circuit today, with former F1 racer Narain Karthikeyan behind the wheel. Karthikeyan drove a strong feature race to take India from seventh to fourth place and secure his country's best ever finish in the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport. 

Karthikeyan was pleased to secure seven points, but frustrated to have missed out on a podium, "We were fourth, we could have been third, we had the pace for third and it would have been great to get a podium in the last race of the season. There was some controversy as to whether Italy pitted under the safety car, which is against the regulations, but in this instance no action was taken against them, so we have to be happy with fourth. It's very difficult to pass here, apart from Druids, there really isn't enough room. When I closed up on Italy I started suffering from understeer which made it difficult to stay close. But it was a decent result today and that's good for the future."

A1 Team India seatholder Yohann Setna shared his driver's feelings, adding, "I'm pleased with the result; fourth is India's best ever finish, but I'm sad to have missed out on a podium. We believe Italy pitted after the safety car was called, but there isn't much we can do about that. We'll get a podium in five months time when the new season starts in Zandvoort. It motivates us to work hard over the summer and get things sorted, do the pre-season testing and come back next season even stronger."

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