India's first Formula One driver Narain Karthikeyan reckons that since it's tough and expensive to take up motorsport as a profession in the country is, there's a long way to go before the nation produces top race car drivers.

Karthikeyan, 42, was speaking on the sidelines of the 2018 FMSCI Annual Awards function in the city yesterday, where his father, GR Karthikeyan received the Lifetime Achievement Award.