Narain Karthikeyan failed to complete a lap of the Spa-Francorchamps circuit today in either of the two practice sessions, with the heavy rain and perilous conditions denying the Indian driver the opportunity to take to the track in second practice. With Dani Clos in the car in the morning period, Karthikeyan will have to wait until third practice tomorrow morning to take to the track for the first time.
Both Dani Clos and Pedro de la Rosa could only manage 24 laps combined during the opening practice session earlier this morning, with the team then deciding against running at all during the second practice session as the rain intensified and the track conditions became steadily worse. With the weather forecast to be dry tomorrow, this means the third and final practice ahead of qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix in the morning will be extremely busy, as the teams and drivers strive to complete valuable dry weather running.
"Today I was unable to do any laps as the conditions were terrible, but you can’t fight against these things so the best thing is to focus on tomorrow.” Explained Narain Karthikeyan, who was unable to take to the track all day. “No rain is anticipated so we will work on making up for lost time from the very start and to get some feel for the car. It will be an intense session but I’m really looking forward to going out on track”.
Tomorrow will be Narain Karthikeyan’s first time around the legendary Spa-Francorchamps circuit since his debut season with Jordan back in 2005, a race in which the Indian driver finished 11th. Unlike other competitors this weekend, Pedro de la Rosa confirmed at the start of the weekend that HRT will not be introducing any new upgrades until the Singapore Grand Prix in several weeks time.
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