Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 23 ga Oktoba 2011, an tabbatar da cewa Karthikeyan zai maye gurbin Liuzzi don Grand Prix na Indiya. Karthikeyan ya yi nasara da 0.022 seconds don cancantar 22nd, duk da haka ya fara 24th kuma na ƙarshe saboda toshe Michael Schumacher a cikin cancantar. Duk da karɓar lalacewa a zagaye na farko na tseren, Karthikeyan ya yi nasarar doke Ricciardo da dakika 31.8 a tseren don kammala na 17. Liuzzi ya dawo ya maye gurbin Karthikeyan a gaban
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