Karun Chandhok
| Karun Chandhok | |
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Chandhok at the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix
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| Nationality |
 Indian |
| Born |
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 |
| 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 | |
| Participating years | 2012–2015 |
| Teams | JRM, Murphy Prototypes |
| Best finish | 6th (2012) |
| Class wins | 0 |
Karun Chandhok (Tamil: கருன் சாந்தோக்) (born 19 January 1984) is an Indian racing driver who last competed in Formula E for Mahindra Racing. Previously, Chandhok has competed for Hispania Racing in Formula One in 2010. Before this, he drove in the GP2 Series for three years, winning two races. In 2013, Chandhok competed in the FIA GT Series for Seyffarth Motorsport.
Prior to his time in GP2, Chandhok won the Formula Asia championship in 2001 and was the inaugural Formula Asia V6 by Renault champion in 2006. After leaving F1, he has worked as a commentator for BBC Radio 5 Live and Sky Sports F1 from 2013-2015 and has joined Channel 4 for 2016 as Technical Analyst and Pitlane Reporter.
Chandhok was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu and is the son of Vicky Chandhok, multiple Indian rallying champion and president of the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India since 2003.
In 2000, Chandhok was Indian National Racing Champion winning seven out of ten races in the Formula Maruti series. He scored pole position and fastest lap in all ten races. In 2001, Chandhok was the Formula 2000 Asia champion, becoming the youngest ever Asian Formula Champion, driving for Team India Racing.
Chandhok tested with British Formula 3 champion team Carlin Motorsport in 2001. He raced in the National class in 2002, driving for T-Sport, finishing sixth in class. He stayed with T-Sport in the National Class for 2003, and finished third in the final class standings, behind champion Ernesto Viso and runner-up Steven Kane. In 2004 Chandhok stepped up to the main British Formula 3 class with T-Sport, and finished 14th in the standings.
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