Karun Chandhok

Karun Chandhok (born 19 January 1984 in Chennai) is an Indian racing driver. In 2010 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.

Karun Chandhok
Chandhok at the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix
Nationality	Indian
Born	(1984-01-19) 19 January 1984 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Formula E career
Debut season	2014–15
Current team	Mahindra Racing
Car no.	5
Starts	11
Championships	0
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	17th in 2014–15
Finished last season	17th
Formula One World Championship career
Active years	2010–2011
Teams	HRT, Lotus
Entries	11 (11 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	2010 Bahrain Grand Prix
Last entry	2011 German Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2012–2015
Teams	JRM, Murphy Prototypes
Best finish	6th (2012)
Class wins	0

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
2011	Formula One	HRT 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	GBR SPR 15	GBR FEA DNS	GER SPR 16	GER FEA Ret	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	MEX FEA	USA SPR	USA FEA	CHN SPR	CHN FEA	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	BHR FEA 9	BHR SPR Ret	ESP FEA Ret	ESP SPR 15	MON FEA Ret	FRA FEA Ret	FRA SPR 16	GBR FEA 12	GBR SPR 13	GER FEA Ret	GER SPR 16	HUN FEA 14	HUN SPR 15	TUR FEA 8	TUR SPR Ret	ITA FEA 5	ITA SPR 6	BEL FEA 7	BEL SPR 1	VAL FEA 17	VAL SPR Ret	15th	16
2008	iSport International	ESP FEA 9	ESP SPR Ret	TUR FEA 4	TUR SPR 12	MON FEA 3	MON SPR Ret	FRA FEA 7	FRA SPR Ret	GBR FEA 3	GBR SPR Ret	GER FEA 8	GER SPR 1	HUN FEA 4	HUN SPR DNS	EUR FEA 15	EUR SPR Ret	BEL FEA 10	BEL SPR 7	ITA FEA 11	ITA SPR Ret		10th	31
2009	Ocean Racing Technology	ESP FEA Ret	ESP SPR Ret	MON FEA 7	MON SPR Ret	TUR FEA 13	TUR SPR 14	GBR FEA 6	GBR SPR 3	GER FEA 11	GER SPR Ret	HUN FEA 17	HUN SPR 10	VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR 6	BEL FEA Ret	BEL SPR 7	ITA FEA 19	ITA SPR 12	POR FEA Ret	POR SPR 13		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	DUB1 FEA 7	DUB1 SPR 3	IDN FEA Ret	IDN SPR 13	MYS FEA Ret	MYS SPR 7	BHR FEA 8	BHR SPR Ret	DUB2 FEA Ret	DUB2 SPR Ret			13th	7
2008–09	Ocean Racing Technology	CHN FEA	CHN SPR	DUB FEA	DUB SPR	BHR1 FEA	BHR1 SPR	QAT FEA	QAT SPR	MYS FEA	MYS SPR	BHR2 FEA 9	BHR2 SPR Ret	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	BHR Ret	AUS 14	MAL 15	CHN 17	ESP Ret	MON 14	TUR 20	CAN 18	EUR 18	GBR 19	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	SIN	JPN	KOR	BRA	ABU		22th	0
2011	Team Lotus	Lotus T128	Renault RS27-2011 2.4 L V8	AUS TD	MAL	CHN	TUR TD	ESP	MON	CAN	EUR TD	GBR TD	GER 20	HUN	BEL	ITA	SIN	JPN	KOR	IND	ABU	BRA		-	-

^* Season in progress.

Other websites

• Official website Archived 2010-02-22 at the Wayback Machine
• Karun Chandhok career statistics