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India's Armaan Ebrahim sixth at Indianapolis
test
Sunday May 13, 2012 02:46:06 PM,
IANS
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Indianapolis (US): India's Armaan Ebrahim marked his debut at the world's most famous
racetrack by clocking the sixth fastest timing in the Firestone
Indy lights series test session at the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway, also known as the "Brickyard".
After a couple of strong oval tests, Armaan was just three-tenths
of a second shy of the top spot Saturday, netting an average lap
speed of 189.049 Mph while clocking a best of 47.0666 seconds over
the 2.5 mile circuit.
With 48 laps completed on the day, Armaan, sponsored by JKTyre and
driving for Fan Force United team, served notice that he will most
certainly be a contender for victory in the Freedom 100 May 25.
As many as 17 cars participated in the test session and all were
within a second of each other.
Armaan said: "It's way different from any other oval. We've tested
at Fontana and Iowa, but those two tracks are totally different
from each other.
"Every oval has a totally different reaction, but so far, that has
gone well. I'm enjoying the ovals, and it's going to a whole
different story when you have 20 other guys out there with you."
Commenting on the on-track traffic, Armaan said: "Actually it was
fine. I was behind a couple of cars and it felt fine, no problem
at all. The only thing to do is watch for cars beside you and stay
in your lane."
Further elaborating on his day and emphasising the unique
challenge of oval tracks in general and Indianapolis in
particular, Armaan said: "It was a good day. We were up to speed
quickly. It was only my third time on an oval and I'm more relaxed
and comfortable, just trying to be smooth and get it right.
"The speed here is so nice. This is definitely a special place,
and it is a great feeling just to be able to drive on the track.
We're going to keep working hard, preparing for all possibilities
because we know it could be completely different when we get back
here in a couple of weeks."
Armaan's teammate, Emerson Newton-John, who was also experiencing
the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the first time, completed
Flaps, clocking a top average speed of 187.455 Mph.
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