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 Indian racing ace said his decision to stay in F3 for another year is proving beneficial.
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.
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.
A1 Grand Prix Team India has successfully completed its first shake down test at the Paul Ricard circuit in France, with drivers Karun Chandhok and Armaan Ebrahim setting a respectable pace.
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.
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.
India's Karun Chandhok says he has a real chance of racing in Formula One next year after talks with all the new teams due to enter. Formula One is due to expand from the 10 teams this year to 13 teams in 2010, despite the departure of Toyota and BMW-Sauber.
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.
Young Indian motor racing star Armaan Ebrahim's career received a huge fillip as he finished in the top ten in the gruelling GP2 Asia Series in Sentenul, Indonesia, on Sunday.
Karun Chandhok believes both he and Narain Karthikeyan have taken different routes, which probably converge at Formula One.
The India driver has been signed up by the UK based I-Sport International team to compete in the 2008 GP2 series.
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 ace won the first of two races at the Croft circuit in Yorkshire on Sunday.
The Indian driver earned himself a test with 2007 Champion team I-Sport International.
The MAI has said that Karun Chandhok can procure his Indian license only next year.
Karun Chandhok's GP2 debut ended in an anti-climax as a collision in the sixth lap dashed his hopes of a decent finish.
India's long standing desire of bringing the F1 to the country received a shot in the arm.
The 23-year-old Chennai racer will drive for Italy-based former race winners Durango in the 11-race event.
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.
Karun Chandhok scored his second victory in Round 5 of the Formula Renault V6 series at the Sentul race track in Jakarta.
The Indian driver moved to second place in the Asia Formula Renault V6 motorsports championship after races in Kuala Lumpur this weekend.
Karun Chandok will drive for Korea-based E-Rain Racing in the 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.
The Indian driver registered his first victory in the GP2 series in the second race at Belgium.
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.
India could have finished the feature race in 13th place, but for an alternator failure which brought Karun Chandhok's car to a standstill.
The Indian race driver moved to tenth place in the Formula 3 Championship after finishing fifth and sixth in two races at Knockhill, Scotland.
The Indian's race weekend was ruined by a series of gearbox problems in the third round of the 2005 'World Series'.
India's up and coming driver will race in the third round of 'World Series by Renault' Championship just before compatriot Narain Karthikeyan races in the F1 Grand Prix.
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 ended his 2003 British Formula 3 (scholarship class) campaign with a win in his final race.
Karun Chandhok speaks to Shobha Warrier about his debut in the Nissan World Series racing.
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