Simplify the following text for a Grade 6 native English-speaking person.
Original: 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 ) .
Simplified: Karthikeyan finished on the podium in his first ever race , at Sriperumpudur .