Narain Karthikeyan [Images] finished 17th at the highly technical Imola track in the second practice session for the San Marino Grand Prix, the fourth leg of the Formula One race, in Imola, Italy [Images] on Friday.
Karthikeyan, who clocked 1 minute 23.842 seconds, however, appeared pleased with his first experience on the track.
The 28-year-old Jordan driver had described Imola as a "highly technical" circuit as the session was held on a sunny day under a temperature of 16 degrees with track temperature reaching 38.
Karthikeyan's team mate Tiago Monteiro was 20th (1:24.573).
Pedro de la Rosa of McLaren went fastest overall with 1:20.484, followed by Jenson Button [Images] of BAR and Kimi Raikkonen [Images] of McLaren.
Earlier, in the first session Karthikeyan finished 16th with a timing of 1:24.512. That session was also dominated by McLaren's Spanish driver de la Rosa.
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