A frustrated Narain Karthikeyan rued his failure tomake use of a "good start" at the British Grand Prix where he was donein by an electrical failure on the 11th lap.
"I had a very good start and overtook (Felipe)Massa but unfortunately he was able to repass me at Becketts," Karthikeyansaid after the race.
"However, I had a very good pace and I managed torun with the pack of Massa, (David) Coulthard and (Nick) Heidfeld.Unfortunately, shortly after, the car stopped apparently because of anelectrical failure," the Jordan driver said.
Massa finished the race at the 10th place, Heidfeld12th and Coulthard 13th.
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"It is very frustrating, as it is the secondweekend in a row that I am experiencing some problems with my car, although Imanaged to finish the race in Magny-Cours. It is really a pity as I was goingvery well all weekend."
Adrian Burgess, Jordan's sporting director, said thoughthe Indian was doing a "fantastic" job, luck was not on his side.
"Poor Narain, again he did not have any luck inthe race. As always, he was doing a fantastic job keeping up with Massa, untilwe had an electrical failure, which shut the engine off and forced him to retirethe car.
The retirement was a huge disappointment for Jordan whose headquarters liesjust across the Silverstone circuit.
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Meanwhile, Montoya registered his fifth race win and teammate Kimi Raikkonentook the last place on the podium to make it a spectacular performance byMcLaren-Mercedes.
Sandwiched between the Colombian and Finn was the Spaniard championshipleader Fernando Alonso whose chances of winning was dented after he emergedfraction of a second behind Montoya after both the pit stops.
It could have easily been two Renaults on the podium but GiancarloFisichella's engine stalled due to clutch problems in the final pit stop,handing Raikkonen the third place and valuable championship points.
Home favourite Jenson Button of BAR-Honda came fifth while the two Ferrari'sof Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello were sixth and seventh.
Ralph Schumacher in a Panasonic Toyota claimed the single point at the eighthplace.
Tiago Monteiro, Narain's Portugese teammate, was 17th, ahead of the two Minardidrivers Christijan Albers and Patrick Friesacher.
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