'I loved the magazine’s posters'

Published : Nov 12, 2018 20:35 IST

Narain Karthikeyan became India's first F1 driver when he raced for the now defunct Jordan team in 2005.
Narain Karthikeyan became India's first F1 driver when he raced for the now defunct Jordan team in 2005.
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Narain Karthikeyan became India's first F1 driver when he raced for the now defunct Jordan team in 2005.

I grew up in Coimbatore and hence in a motorsports environment! So, naturally, I had to race!!! As you know my father (G. R. Karthikeyan) used to rally and so I had some interest, but never enough to wanting me to compete in it, a completely different principle to racing.

It’s always nice to be featured in an iconic sports magazine as Sportstar. I loved those posters of Ayrton Senna, Boris Becker and Steffi Graf. I was on it in 2005 as well when I made to the Formula One! It was a surreal feeling.

My generation grew up reading Sportstar as it covered a vast spectrum of sports. It was everybody’s love and for me as well.

(As told to Rayan Rozario)

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