With the ambition of becoming India's first Formula One driver, Karthikeyan finished on the podium in his first ever race, at Sriperumpudur in a Formula Maruti (a.k.a.FISSME).
Coa ambición de converterse no primeiro piloto da India de Fórmula Un, Karthikeyan acabou no podio na súa primeira carreira, en Sriperumpudur nun Fórmula Maruti (a.k.a.FISSME).