The Indian ace now lkeads the points table in the Asia Formula V6 series.\n
India's Karun Chandhok will race for Hispania Racing Team (HRT) in Formula One this season, the new Spanish-based team said on Thursday.
Karun Chandhok is ready to claim an Indian motor racing first by starting the Le Mans 24 Hours sportscar race next week.
Kush Maini will get the taste of a modern Formula 1 machinery for the very first time when he takes the wheel of the current Alpine car in the Young Driver Test.
The FIA World Motor Sport Council on Saturday nominated Indian racer Karun Chandhok to be part of the newly created Drivers' Commission, which will be headed by two-time world champion Emerson Fittipaldi.
Denied entry into a restaurant on the basis of his skin colour recently, former Grand Prix driver-turned TV expert Karun Chandhok says more awareness needs to be created against racism through Formula 1 though it has already taken "impressive" steps to address the issue.
The Indian Formula 3 driver had a poor outing in two races at the Donington Park Circuit.
Karun Chandhok scored his second victory in Round 5 of the Formula Renault V6 series at the Sentul race track in Jakarta.
India's Karun Chandhok will replace Jarno Trulli for Team Lotus at this weekend's German Grand Prix as the outfit continue their bid for a first ever Formula One point.
India's Karun Chandhok soaked tremendous pressure to score his first race win of the 2008 GP2 Series in Hockenheim on Sunday. Chandhok came under intense pressure from Andi Zuber of Piquet Sports for the last 20 laps of the race, but Karun kept his cool for a fantastic victory for the iSport International team.
The Indian driver ended his 2003 British Formula 3 (scholarship class) campaign with a win in his final race.
Motor racing ace Karun Chandhok has become the first Indian to be invited to join the British Racing Drivers Club (BRDC). The BRDC is the world most elite and prestigious club with the members including the only a select few International drivers from outside of Britain.
It emerged then that former F1 racer Karun Chandhok's post-race video analysis for Sky Sports television formed part of what Ferrari had billed as "quite overwhelming" new and relevant evidence.
The Indian ace won the first of two races at the Croft circuit in Yorkshire on Sunday.
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has urged India to get behind Karun Chandhok when he makes his grand prix debut in Bahrain next weekend with the new HRT team.
Karun Chandhok came all the way from the rear of the grid only to finish seventh, just outside the points, in the GP2 race on Sunday.
Karun Chandhok's dreams of racing in his country's maiden Formula One Grand Prix did not materialise as Team Lotus on Tuesday decided to go with their regular drivers for this weekend's Indian Grand Prix.
The MAI has said that Karun Chandhok can procure his Indian license only next year.
The Indian driver scored one point after a sparkling recovery drive in the feature race on Saturday, after he was delayed by a slow pitstop and a spin, but was pushed out of the lead at the first corner of Sunday's sprint race.
The Indian ace followed up his a first place in Round 9 with a win in Round 10 in the British F3 Scholarship class races.
Karun Chandhok will test for Team Lotus in Spain next week as a potential reserve for the Formula One outfit, principal Tony Fernandes said on Sunday.
Set to rub shoulders with the likes of Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton, Karun Chandhok said it feels surreal to have finally become India's second Formula One driver.
Ocean Racing Technology (ORT) secured a top driver contract for the GP2 Main Series with Indian driver Karun Chandhok joining forces with the Portuguese team, making him the first driver confirmed for the outfit directed by former Formula One driver Tiago Monteiro. Chandhok has two seasons in the series under his belt, which saw him secure several podium finishes and therefore brings great experience with him that will be decisive for the all new team in the GP2 Main Series.
The Indian race driver moved to tenth place in the Formula 3 Championship after finishing fifth and sixth in two races at Knockhill, Scotland.
Karun Chandhok hailed Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix as one of his best races yet, despite running over a rival's steering wheel and then crashing out with a car skimming his helmet.
The Indian racing ace said his decision to stay in F3 for another year is proving beneficial.
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The Indian racing ace placed second and third respectively in rounds 3 and 4 of the British F3 championship.
GP2 driver Karun Chandhok would love to actually race for Force India, rather than warming the test driver's seat for the Vijay Mallya-owned Formula One outfit. And in case he has to settle for a test driver's job, Chandhok says he would love to do that with a top team and claimed he is in touch with some of them.
A second successive podium finish eluded Karun Chandhok as the iSport International driver finished fourth in the feature race of the GP2 series at the Hungaroring on Sunday.
Indian racing ace Karun Chandhok is keen on joining Malaysian outfit Lotus Racing for the 2011 season so that he can contribute in Asia's emergence as a force in the "West dominated" Formula One circuit.
India's Karun Chandhok could have a testing role with Force India next year but the country will have to wait for its next Formula One driver, according to team owner Vijay Mallya. Mallya gave a clear indication that 35-year-old Fisichella, a race winner with Renault and now in his 13th season, would continue in 2009.
The Indian driver moved to second place in the Asia Formula Renault V6 motorsports championship after races in Kuala Lumpur this weekend.
Chennai-based Indian driver Karun Chandhok is getting ready to try Force India's driver simulator and is confident of proving his mettle for a Formula One debut next year.
The Indian racing ace secured a pole position, the fastest lap and two second places during rounds 19 and 20 of the British Formula 3 championship.
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