GRAND PRIX OF KOREA 2000: EASY WIN FOR KARTHIKEYAN

Narain Karthikeyan of India ran out a worthy winner of the Korean Formula 3 Grand Prix taking his Carlin Motorsport Dallara Mugen Honda from pole to victory in both 25-lap-races at Changwon, South Korea. Karthikeyan, a protege of Stewart Racing, will have another chance to shine on Friday, 1st December, when he is scheduled to test drive a Formula One Jaguar Cosworth R1 at British Silverstone.

From the front row, Portugal`s Tiago Monteiro with his ASM Elf Dallara Renault chased home for second in race one ahead of Jonathan Cochet (Signature Dallara Renault) and maintened a solid second place by outspeeding Austria`s Patrick Friesacher (BSR Dallara Opel) and Italian Gianmaria Bruni (Fortec Dallara Mugen Honda) in race two. Macau winner Andre Couto, who started down 18th place on the grid, was 6th.

Left t right: Tiago Monteiro, Andrè Couto and Narain Karthikeyan

Andrè Couto in Changwong

Andrè Couto brought the BSR Dallara Opel 300 home sixth in the Korean Grand Prix

Qualifying:

1 Narain Karthikeyan 1:10.491

2 Tiago Monteiro 1:10.497

3 Sebastian Philippe 1:10.664

4 Jonathan Cochet

5 Gianmaria Bruni

6 Takuma Sato

7 Ryo Fukuda

8 Peter Sundberg

9 Paulo Montin

10 Andy Priaulx

11 Patrick Friesacher

12 Tomas Scheckter

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Race Results:

1 Narain Karthikeyan (IND), Dallara Mugen Honda 30m05.899s

2 Tiago Monteiro (PORT), Dallara Renault 30m08.795s

3 Gianmaria Bruni (I), Dallara Mugen Honda 30m17.682s

4 Patrick Friesacher (A), Dallara Opel

5 Peter Sundberg (S), Dallara Opel

6 Andrè Couto (PORT), Dallara Opel

7 Tomas Scheckter (ZA), Dallara Opel

8 Takuma Sato (J), Dallara Mugen Honda

9 Sebastian Philippe (F), Dallara Renault

10 Enrico Toccacelo (I), Dallara Opel

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