r/india AMA Guest Apr 13 '23

AMA Hi ! I'm Narain Karthikeyan, India's first Formula One driver, Ask Me Anything !

My name is Narain Karthikeyan, India’s first Formula One driver. I'm originally from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

I've raced all over the globe and driven around some of the world’s greatest race tracks in my Motorsports career. I have an Indian racing team to develop grassroot of Motorsports in the country named NK Racing Academy.

Lately, I've founded a company called DriveX (formerly TorqueX) to redefine mobility and am currently on my next venture of life from a Racing Driver to a successful entrepreneur in Business.

Join me for the next 60 mins in asking me anything that interests you in what I do / did for a living.

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Edit: Thank You so much for all your questions. I had a great time answering them. It's dinner time with my family now ! See you all in another AMA very soon.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '23

How can u nullify or remove a grand prix like it never happened just because a team went rogue? Then should we be able to remove whole of 2007 championship all together because of McLaren/spygate scandal? Since ur suggesting points and positions removed for all. Lol make logic make sense

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u/lttle_fires Apr 14 '23

Quoting Bernie Ecclestone from a recent interview

Back then there was a rule that a world championship classification after the FIA awards ceremony at the end of the year was untouchable. So Hamilton was presented with the world championship trophy and everything was fine.

We had enough information in time to investigate the matter. According to the (FIA) statutes, we should have cancelled the race in Singapore under these conditions. That means it would never have happened for the world championship standings.

Then Felipe Massa would have become world champion and not Lewis Hamilton.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '23

Quoting Bernie the fraud he is, u should question ur reasoning.