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.

 Racing record 
 Career summary 
 Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2000 Formula Maruti ? 10 7 10 ? 10 ? 1st 2001 Formula 2000 Asia SMR Team India 14 8 ? ? 13 246 1st 2002 British F3 National Class T-Sport 25 0 0 1 7 156 6th 2003 British F3 National Class T-Sport 24 7 7 2 20 314.5 3rd 2004 British Formula Three T-Sport 17 0 0 0 0 37 14th World Series by Nissan Tata RC Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 11 16th 2005 Formula Renault 3.5 Series RC Motorsport 5 0 0 0 0 0 29th 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team India 3 0 0 0 0 38 15th 2006 Formula V6 Asia by Renault Team E-Rain 12 7 4 4 9 131 1st 2007 GP2 Series Durango 21 1 0 1 1 16 15th 2008 GP2 Asia Series iSport International 10 0 0 0 1 13 7th GP2 Series 19 1 0 0 3 31 10th 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series Ocean Racing Technology 2 0 0 0 0 0 26th 2009 GP2 Series Ocean Racing Technology 20 0 0 1 1 10 18th 2010 Formula One HRT F1 Team 10 0 0 0 0 0 22th 2011Formula OneHRT F1 Team 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 A1 Team India GBRSPR15 GBRFEADNS GERSPR 16 GERFEA  Ret PORSPR PORFEAAUSSPRAUSFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA UAESPRUAEFEA RSASPR RSAFEAIDNSPRIDNFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA USASPRUSAFEA CHNSPR CHNFEA 24th 0

 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 Durango BHRFEA9 BHRSPRRet ESPFEARet ESPSPR15 MONFEARet FRAFEARet FRASPR16 GBRFEA12 GBRSPR13 GERFEARet GERSPR16 HUNFEA14 HUNSPR15 TURFEA8 TURSPRRet ITAFEA5 ITASPR6 BELFEA7 BELSPR1 VALFEA17 VALSPRRet 15th 16 2008 iSport International ESPFEA9 ESPSPRRet TURFEA4 TURSPR12 MONFEA3 MONSPRRet FRAFEA7 FRASPRRet GBRFEA3 GBRSPRRet GERFEA8 GERSPR1 HUNFEA4 HUNSPRDNS EURFEA15 EURSPRRet BELFEA10 BELSPR7 ITAFEA11 ITASPRRet 10th 31 2009 Ocean Racing Technology ESPFEARet ESPSPRRet MONFEA7 MONSPRRet TURFEA13 TURSPR14 GBRFEA6 GBRSPR3 GERFEA11 GERSPRRet HUNFEA17 HUNSPR10 VALFEARet VALSPR6 BELFEARet BELSPR7 ITAFEA19 ITASPR12 PORFEARet PORSPR13  18th 10

 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 iSport International DUB1FEA7 DUB1SPR3 IDNFEARet IDNSPR13 MYSFEARet MYSSPR7 BHRFEA8 BHRSPRRet DUB2FEARet DUB2SPRRet 13th 7 2008–09 Ocean Racing Technology CHNFEA CHNSPR  DUBFEA DUBSPR BHR1FEA BHR1SPR QATFEA QATSPR MYSFEA MYSSPR BHR2FEA9 BHR2SPRRet 26th 0

 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 HRT F1 Team HRT F110 Cosworth CA2010 2.4 L V8 BHRRet AUS14 MAL15 CHN17 ESPRet MON14 TUR20 CAN18 EUR18 GBR19 GER HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN KOR BRA ABU 22th 0 2011 Team Lotus Lotus T128 Renault RS27-2011 2.4 L V8MALCHNESPMONCAN HUNBELITASINJPNKORINDABUBRA - -
 Season in progress.

References

 Other websites 

Official website 
Karun Chandhok career statistics

Category:1984 births
Category:Living people
Category:Indian racecar drivers
Category:Formula One drivers
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Category:GP2 Series drivers
Category:Sportspeople from Chennai