The Indian driver registered his first victory in the GP2 series in the second race at Belgium.
Formula One driver Karun Chandhok had a spring in his step at the Spanish Grand Prix on Saturday after recovering from a bout of food poisoning that laid him low earlier in the week.
Three races into the season and the public perception towards Hispania is gradually changing with the paddock treating the rookie outfit with a little more respect, feels Karun Chandhok.
Karun Chandhok is in the final stages of talks with Campos Meta Formula One team for a drive in the 2010 season, his manager said on Friday. Spain's Campos, one of four new teams in an expanded F1 grid in the new season, have so far named only one driver, Brazilian Bruno Senna, nephew of late F1 world champion Ayrton Senna and Chandhok's former GP2 team mate.
Williams on Monday appointed Karun Chandhok as its 'heritage driver', a role that will see him behind the wheels of the team's historic Formula One cars for testing and exhibition purpose.
Karun Chandhok celebrated an Indian first on Sunday after finishing the Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race in sixth place with his JRM team mates David Brabham and Peter Dumbreck.
Karun Chandhok set the Silverstone track on fire with a sensational third-place finish in the GP2 feature race after starting 10th on the grid in his iSport International car.
The ace driver received a call up from the Red Bull Racing Formula One team to test for them in Barcelona next week.
The Indian driver earned himself a test with 2007 Champion team I-Sport International.
The 23-year-old Chennai racer will drive for Italy-based former race winners Durango in the 11-race event.
Karun Chandhok's team JRM Racing achieved its best result of the season by finishing second in the privateers' class and fifth overall the Six Hours of Fuji on Sunday.
India's Karun Chandhok has been pencilled in to be the first driver to lap South Korea's new Grand Prix circuit in a Formula One car next month.
Karun Chandhok has no illusions about what awaits him this weekend when India's sole Formula One driver makes his debut barely a week after sealing the deal. His new Spanish-based HRT team, formerly Campos Meta, have not even conducted a shakedown test of the Cosworth-powered car after narrowly winning a race just to get it ready for the Bahrain season-opener.
The Indian's race weekend was ruined by a series of gearbox problems in the third round of the 2005 'World Series'.
The 21-year old Chennai lad will figure the first two rounds of the World Series at the Zolder circuit in Belgium.
The Indian driver provided Team E-Racing a stunning start by clinching the first pole of the inaugural Formula Asia Renault V6 series.
The Force India owner thinks Karun Chandhok has some way to go before he can find a place in the F1 cockpit.
India's Karun Chandhok added to his points score in the fourth race weekend of the 2008 GP2 Series at Magny-Cours in France on Sunday. He started from eighth place on the grid for the feature race, and despite a delay in the pits, when a rival car drove very close to his mechanics, drove a solid and consistent race to finish seventh.
Karun Chandhok believes both he and Narain Karthikeyan have taken different routes, which probably converge at Formula One.
India's Karun Chandhok was confident his Formula One career remained on track on Friday despite being dropped by his Hispania (HRT) team for next week's German Grand Prix.
Adrian Sutil will start Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix 11th on the grid, seven places ahead of team-mate Vitantonio Liuzzi, as none of the Force India drivers could make it to the third qualifying session (Q3)on Saturday.
Karun Chandhok's GP2 debut ended in an anti-climax as a collision in the sixth lap dashed his hopes of a decent finish.
Karun Chandhok has no regrets of missing out Formula One action rather he is happy being part of FIA World Endurance Championship, which he says is an "eye opener" for him.
The recent deaths of Dan Wheldon and Marco Simoncelli may have reignited the debate about improving safety measures in motorsport but Indian racer Karun Chandhok believes that focusing too much on them would take away the excitement from Formula One.
Karun Chandhok grew in confidence with his eventful 14th place finish in the Monaco Grand Prix and the Hispania driver now wants to carry forward the confidence to Sunday's race in Istanbul.
Karun Chandhok has a good chance of racing in next month's inaugural Indian Formula One Grand Prix, Team Lotus owner Tony Fernandes said.
Karun Chandok will drive for Korea-based E-Rain Racing in the Formula Asia Renault V6 series
F1 aspirant Karun Chandhok finished a lowly 19th in the feature race of the GP2 Main Series, thus failing to buttress his case for a seat with the Force India Formula One team.
Indian driver Karun Chandhok will miss Sunday's Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix after also being dropped by Hispania for last weekend's race in Germany.
The uncertainty surrounding his dream of driving in next week's inaugural Indian Grand Prix notwithstanding, India's Karun Chandhok is determined to give his heart out in front of his countrymen in Friday's practice session for Team Lotus.
"Welcome to the gang." Coming from the matchless Michael Schumacher, these generous words sweetened Karun Chandhok's Formula One debut in Bahrain but looking ahead, India's newest F1 driver reckons a jerky ride awaits him this season.
Brazilian Bruno Senna, nephew of the late great Ayrton, has been dropped by his HRT Formula One team for Sunday's British Grand Prix.
Vitantonio Liuzzi kept his cool in a rollercoaster of a race to finish seventh and win six invaluable points for Force India while Karun Chandhok was among the 14 drivers who lasted the distance in the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on Sunday.
The India driver has been signed up by the UK based I-Sport International team to compete in the 2008 GP2 series.
Force India driver Adrian Sutil made it to the third qualifying session (Q3) once again and will start the Chinese Grand Prix 10th, while Karun Chandhok of Hispania will begin from the back of the grid.
Chandhok, who will be only the second Indian to race in Formula One after Narain Karthikeyan in 2005, will make his debut on Sunday with less experience behind the wheel of his car than any driver in recent memory. Until Saturday's first knockout qualifying session, he had not even driven it out of a garage, let alone around a corner or down a straight.
Force India owner Vijay Mallya on Tuesday said he would consider promising motor race driver Karun Chandhok for his Formula One team if he can finish inside top three in the GP2 Series for a couple of years.
The JRM Racing crew of Karun Chandhok, David Brabham and Peter Dumbreck finished the '6 Hours of Silverstone' race in seventh position, fourth in the privateer class, in the FIA World Endurance Championship, at Silverstone.
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