Narain failed to impress in Qualifying Round 1

India's Narain Karthikeyan finished 17th in Qualifying round 1. He just managed to finish a head of Minardi and his teammate Monteiro. Shumacher and Barichello also finished way behind. Once again taking the lead were Alonso and Fisichella of Renault, finishing 1st and 3rd respectively. BAR-Honda fielded Davidson in place of Sato.

A good show by Narain in second Qualifying round will get him a better place in the starting grid. Otherwise I expect a 15+ position only on the final race.

The interesting thing to watch tomorrow will be, how Michael Schumacher and Ferrari rice to the occasion tomorrow.