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Narain fails to complete qualifying

ISTANBUL: : India's Narain Karthikeyan was laid low by engine problems on the new Istanbul Park circuit and failed to complete the qualifying session of the inaugural Turkish Grand Prix here on Saturday.

The 28-year-old Indian was the victim of consecutive engine problems and experienced two engine changes in the morning sessions which prevented him from completing any lap.

Narain, who suffered gearbox problem on Friday, experienced an engine failure because of a defective valve and the engine was replaced and the second engine also experienced a failure of a different type.

``This time the engine blew and I felt something funny in the first installation lap.

Then when I did the timed lap, I heard the engine go... I just could not believe this nor how unlucky I have been this race,'' Narain said. — PTI

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