Karun Chandhok

**Karun Chandhok** (born 19 January 1984 in Chennai) is an Indian racing driver. In  he began driving for the HRT F1 Team in Formula One. After the British race, HRT announced that Sakon Yamamoto would replace Chandhok at the German Grand Prix.

Before Formula One, Chandhok won the Formula Asia championship in 2001, and he was the first Formula Asia V6 by Renault champion in 2006. He then drove in the GP2 Series for three years, winning two races.

### Career summary

|Season|Series|Team|Races|Wins|Poles|F/Laps|Podiums|Points|Position|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Formula Maruti|align=left|?|10|7|10|?|10|?|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|**1st**|
|align=left|Formula 2000 Asia|align=left|SMR Team India|14|8|?|?|13|246|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|**1st**|
|align=left|British F3 National Class|align=left|T-Sport|25|0|0|1|7|156|6th||
|align=left|British F3 National Class|align=left|T-Sport|24|7|7|2|20|314.5|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|**3rd**|
|align=left|British Formula Three|align=left|T-Sport|17|0|0|0|0|37|14th||
|align=left|World Series by Nissan|align=left|Tata RC Motorsport|2|0|0|0|0|11|16th||
|align=left|Formula Renault 3.5 Series|align=left|RC Motorsport|5|0|0|0|0|0|29th||
|align=left|A1 Grand Prix|align=left|A1 Team India|3|0|0|0|0|38|15th||
|align=left|Formula V6 Asia by Renault|align=left|Team E-Rain|12|7|4|4|9|131|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|**1st**|
|align=left|GP2 Series|align=left|Durango|21|1|0|1|1|16|15th||
|align=left|GP2 Asia Series|align=left rowspan=2|iSport International|10|0|0|0|1|13|7th||
|align=left|GP2 Series|19|1|0|0|3|31|10th||||
|align=left|GP2 Asia Series|align=left|Ocean Racing Technology|2|0|0|0|0|0|26th||
|align=left|GP2 Series|align=left|Ocean Racing Technology|20|0|0|1|1|10|18th||
|align=left|Formula One|align=left|HRT F1 Team|10|0|0|0|0|0|22th||
|**2011**|align=left|Formula One|align=left|HRT F1 Team|bgcolor="#f1f8ff" colspan=7|Test driver||||||
 Season in progress.

### Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key) (Races in **bold** indicate pole position) (Races in _italics_ indicate fastest lap)
|Year|Entrant|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|14|15|16|17|18|19|20|21|22|DC|Points|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2005–06||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GBR SPR <small>15</small>|GBR FEA <small>DNS</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GER SPR <small>16</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|GER FEA <small>Ret</small>|POR SPR|POR FEA|AUS SPR|AUS FEA|MYS SPR|MYS FEA|UAE SPR|UAE FEA|RSA SPR|RSA FEA|IDN SPR|IDN FEA|MEX SPR <small></small>|MEX FEA <small></small>|USA SPR|USA FEA|CHN SPR <small></small>|CHN FEA||

### Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in **bold** indicate pole position) (Races in _italics_ indicate fastest lap)
|Year|Entrant|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|14|15|16|17|18|19|20|21|DC|Points||||||||||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2007||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|BHR FEA <small>9</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|BHR SPR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|ESP FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|ESP SPR <small>15</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|MON FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|FRA FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|FRA SPR <small>16</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GBR FEA <small>12</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GBR SPR <small>13</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|GER FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GER SPR <small>16</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|_HUN FEA_ <small>14</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|HUN SPR <small>15</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|TUR FEA <small>8</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|TUR SPR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|ITA FEA <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|ITA SPR <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|BEL FEA <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|BEL SPR <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|_VAL FEA_ <small>17</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|VAL SPR <small>Ret</small>|
|2008||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|ESP FEA <small>9</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|ESP SPR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|TUR FEA <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|TUR SPR <small>12</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|MON FEA <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|MON SPR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|FRA FEA <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|FRA SPR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|GBR FEA <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|GBR SPR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|GER FEA <small>8</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|GER SPR <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|HUN FEA <small>4</small>|HUN SPR <small>DNS</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|EUR FEA <small>15</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|EUR SPR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|BEL FEA <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|BEL SPR <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|ITA FEA <small>11</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|ITA SPR <small>Ret</small>||||
|2009||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|ESP FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|ESP SPR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|MON FEA <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|MON SPR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|TUR FEA <small>13</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|TUR SPR <small>14</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|GBR FEA <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|GBR SPR <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GER FEA <small>11</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|GER SPR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|HUN FEA <small>17</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|HUN SPR <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|VAL FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|VAL SPR <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|BEL FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|BEL SPR <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|ITA FEA <small>19</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|ITA SPR <small>12</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|POR FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|POR SPR <small>13</small>|||

#### Complete GP2 Asia Series results

(key) (Races in **bold** indicate pole position) (Races in _italics_ indicate fastest lap)
|Year|Entrant|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|DC|Points|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2008||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|DUB1 FEA <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|DUB1 SPR <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|IDN FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|IDN SPR <small>13</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|MYS FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|MYS SPR <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|BHR FEA <small>8</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|BHR SPR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|DUB2 FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|DUB2 SPR <small>Ret</small>|||
|2008–09||||||||||||||||||||||
|CHN FEA <small></small>|CHN SPR <small></small>|DUB FEA <small></small>|DUB SPR <small></small>|BHR1 FEA <small></small>|BHR1 SPR <small></small>|QAT FEA <small></small>|QAT SPR <small></small>|MYS FEA <small></small>|MYS SPR <small></small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|BHR2 FEA <small>9</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|BHR2 SPR <small>Ret</small>|||||||||

### Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in **bold** indicate pole position) (Races in _italics_ indicate fastest lap)
|Year|Entrant|Chassis|Engine|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|14|15|16|17|18|19|20|WDC|Points|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2010||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|BHR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|AUS <small>14</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|MAL <small>15</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|CHN <small>17</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|ESP <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|MON <small>14</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|TUR <small>20</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|CAN <small>18</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|EUR <small>18</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GBR <small>19</small>|GER|HUN|BEL|ITA|SIN|JPN|KOR|BRA|ABU||**22th**|**0**|
|2011||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
||MAL|CHN||ESP|MON|CAN||||HUN|BEL|ITA|SIN|JPN|KOR|IND|ABU|BRA||bgcolor="#F3F3F3"|**-**|bgcolor="#F3F3F3"|**-**|||||||||
 Season in progress.

## Other websites

- Official website
- Karun Chandhok career statistics

## Infobox (f1 driver)

- **embed**: yes
- **years**: –
- **teams**: HRT Formula 1 Team, HRT, Team Lotus (2010–11), Lotus
- **races**: 11 (11 starts)
- **championships**: 0
- **wins**: 0
- **podiums**: 0
- **points**: 0
- **poles**: 0
- **fastest laps**: 0
- **first race**: 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix
- **last race**: 2011 German Grand Prix


## Infobox (le mans driver)

- **embed**: yes
- **years**: –
- **teams**: Sumo Power, JRM, Murphy Prototypes
- **best finish**: 6th <small>()</small>
- **class wins**: 0


## Infobox (racing driver)

- **name**: Karun Chandhok
- **image**: Karun Chandhok 2011 Malaysia.jpg
- **caption**: Chandhok at the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix
- **nationality**: Indian
- **birth place**: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- **current series**: FIA Formula E Championship, Formula E
- **first year**: 2014–15 Formula E season, 2014–15
- **current team**: Mahindra Racing
- **car number**: 5
- **starts**: 11
- **championships**: 0
- **wins**: 0
- **poles**: 0
- **fastest laps**: 0
- **best finish**: 17th
- **year**: 2014–15 Formula E season, 2014–15
- **last finish**: 17th