Karun Chandhok | |
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Nationality | Indian |
Born | Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India | 19 January 1984
Formula E career | |
Debut season | 2014–15 |
Racing licence | FIA Gold |
Car number | 5 |
Former teams | Mahindra Racing |
Starts | 11 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 17th in 2014–15 |
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 | 2012–2015,2017 |
Teams | JRM,Murphy Prototypes |
Best finish | 6th (2012) |
Class wins | 0 |
Karun Chandhok (born 19 January 1984) is an Indian racing driver and television presenter 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. Since leaving F1,Chandhok has served as an analyst,co-commentator and pit-lane reporter for a variety of British broadcasters. Since 2019,he has been a member of the Sky Sports F1 live coverage team. [1]
Chandhok has contributed to several motorsport governing bodies. Since 2021,he has served on the Board of Directors of Motorsport UK,where he has also been a member of the Equality,Diversity and Inclusion Committee. [2] He is also a member of the FIA Driver's Commission. [3]
Chandhok was born in Madras (present-day 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. His younger brother Suhail Chandhok is a commentator for Star Sports India.
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.
He was instantly a top 5 qualifier and finisher when he partnered his compatriot Narain Karthikeyan at RC Motorsport in the World Series by Nissan for the final two rounds the 2004 season.
With Karthikeyan moving on to Formula One in 2005,Chandhok raced part-season in the revised Formula Renault 3.5 Series with RC Motorsport. He was the first driver to represent A1 Team India in A1 Grand Prix at the beginning of the 2005–06 season,before handing over to Armaan Ebrahim for the remainder of the season.
In 2006 he became champion of the first ever Formula Asia V6 by Renault Championship,taking seven race wins and nine pole positions from 12 races.
Chandhok moved to the GP2 Series in 2007,driving for Durango. Chandhok's first win in GP2 came in the sprint race at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium. Chandhok also led the sprint race in Turkey after starting from pole,only for the second place Kazuki Nakajima of DAMS to collide with him. The collision resulted in retirement for Chandhok while Nakajima was given a drive-through penalty.
Chandhok got his biggest career break in November with a call up from the Red Bull Racing Formula One team to test for them over two days at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona on 13–14 November.
Chandhok remained in GP2 for 2008,switching to the iSport International team where he was partnered by Bruno Senna. [4] He won one race and finished tenth in the drivers' championship. He also drove for the team in the 2008 GP2 Asia Series season. Chandhok was presented with the series' "Best Driving Style" award at the end of the season. [5]
In November,Chandhok became the first Indian driver to be invited to join the British Racing Drivers' Club. India's membership of the Commonwealth entitles him to be a member. [6]
Chandhok signed to drive for the Ocean Racing Technology team in the 2009 GP2 Series season. [7] Even though the deal with ORT was for the pan-European series,Chandhok also drove in the final round of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season,in Bahrain replacing Yelmer Buurman. [8] Chandhok amassed ten points in the championship,with a best result of third at Silverstone. He and teammate Álvaro Parente suffered a testing season,with sixteen retirements between them.
Chandhok was linked with the Force India team,which was created in 2008. It was an Indian registered-team formerly owned by a friend of the family,Vijay Mallya. After the team's driver,Giancarlo Fisichella,moved from Force India to Ferrari during the 2009 season,Chandhok was briefly linked with the seat,with long-time supporter Bernie Ecclestone supporting him. The team's test driver,Vitantonio Liuzzi,was instead promoted to the race seat.
Chandhok said in Autosport,on 11 June 2010,that he was targeting a move to Force India for 2011. Chandhok believed that the commercial benefits for the team running an Indian driver made him an obvious choice. [9]
Chandhok began the 2010 season driving for Hispania Racing alongside former GP2 teammate Bruno Senna, [10] becoming the second Indian driver to compete in Formula One after Narain Karthikeyan in 2005.
At Chandhok's first race,the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix,he was unable to complete a lap in any of the free practice sessions as his car was still being completed and then suffered hydraulic problems. He was,however,able to use the qualifying session to run his F110 for the first time. He qualified last on the grid,1.7 seconds behind Senna,who had completed laps earlier in the meeting, [11] and crashed out of the race after just one lap due to a large bump in the tarmac which sent him crashing into the wall. Chandhok recorded the team's first classified finish when he ended up fourteenth in Australia. In Malaysia he finished 15th,and finished 17th in China. Chandhok retired in the next three races with suspension failure in Spain,an accident with Jarno Trulli in Monaco and more technical problems in Turkey. He finished 18th in Canada and Valencia,and 19th at Silverstone,but was dropped for the German Grand Prix onwards,in favour of Sakon Yamamoto. For all the following races he was a co-commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live's coverage of the sport.
On 22 March 2011,Chandhok was confirmed as a reserve driver at Team Lotus for the 2011 season. [12] He drove the car in free practice for the Australian Grand Prix,crashing out on the installation lap. He reprised his co-commentary role for BBC Radio 5 Live at the Spanish Grand Prix. After driving in a further three free practice sessions he replaced Jarno Trulli for the German Grand Prix. [13] He finished 20th and last,two laps behind teammate Heikki Kovalainen and a lap behind 19th placed Daniel Ricciardo. He was also 4 laps behind race winner Lewis Hamilton. [14]
Chandhok was let go by Team Lotus after the Japanese Grand Prix,meaning he could not take part in his home Grand Prix 3 weeks later in India. Tony Fernandes and Chandhok came to a financial settlement,but it was not completed until April 2013. [15]
For 2012,Chandhok drove in the FIA World Endurance Championship for JRM Racing in a Honda Performance Development ARX-03a with co-drivers David Brabham and Peter Dumbreck. At the Le Mans 24 Hours,Chandhok's team finished sixth overall out of the 56 starters.
Chandhok drove in the FIA GT Series for the 2013 season in a last minute deal for Seyffarth Racing. He was joined in the car by Jan Seyffarth,who had been competing in the German GT series for his family run team. Chandhok joined Armaan Ebrahim,who became the first Indian driver to be confirmed in the series. [16] [17]
In 2014–2015,Chandhok drove the inaugural season of Formula E for Mahindra Racing. [18]
Chandhok has worked for a variety of British broadcasters as part of their coverage of Formula One including the BBC and Channel 4. As of 2021,he works for Sky Sports as an analyst as well as occasional co-commentator and pit-lane reporter. He also appeared on the Channel 5 programme Fifth Gear as a presenter and reporter.
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Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | Pos | Points |
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2002 | T-Sport | Dallara F301 | Mugen-Honda | Scholarship | BRH1 1 21 | BRH1 2 19 | DON1 1 Ret | DON1 2 14 | SIL1 1 13 | SIL1 2 19 | KNO 1 Ret | KNO 2 16 | CRO 1 15 | CRO 2 C | SIL2 1 12 | SIL2 2 20 | CAS 1 Ret | CAS 2 Ret | BRH2 1 DNS | BRH2 2 12 | ROC 1 13 | ROC 2 17 | OUL 1 Ret | OUL 2 20 | SNE 1 13 | SNE 2 Ret | SNE 3 Ret | THR 1 Ret | THR 2 17 | DON2 1 Ret | DON2 2 14 | 6th | 156 |
2003 | T-Sport | Dallara F301 | Mugen-Honda | Scholarship | DON1 1 10 | DON1 2 18 | SNE 1 13 | SNE 2 15 | CRO 1 15 | CRO 2 Ret | KNO 1 15 | KNO 2 Ret | SIL 1 8 | SIL 2 14 | CAS 1 Ret | CAS 2 20 | OUL 1 14 | OUL 2 12 | ROC 1 12 | ROC 2 10 | THR 1 11 | THR 2 14 | SPA 1 21 | SPA 2 18 | DON2 1 Ret | DON2 2 14 | BRH 1 18 | BRH 2 15 | 3rd | 314.5 | |||
2004 | T-Sport | Dallara F304 | Mugen-Honda | Championship | DON1 1 11 | DON1 2 11 | SIL1 1 14 | SIL1 2 C | CRO 1 8 | CRO 2 5 | KNO 1 6 | KNO 2 5 | SNE 1 14 | SNE 2 Ret | SNE 3 Ret | CAS 1 Ret | CAS 2 9 | DON1 1 4 | DON1 2 Ret | OUL 1 Ret | OUL 2 DNS | SIL2 1 13 | SIL2 2 Ret | THR 1 | THR 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | 14th | 37 | ||
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Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
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2004 | Tata RC Motorsport | JAR 1 | JAR 2 | ZOL 1 | ZOL 2 | MAG 1 | MAG 2 | VAL 1 | VAL 2 | LAU 1 | LAU 2 | EST 1 | EST 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | VAL 1 Ret | VAL 2 13 | JER 1 8 | JER 2 4 | 16th | 11 |
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Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pos | Points |
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2005 | RC Motorsport | ZOL 1 13 | ZOL 1 11 | MON 1 Ret | VAL 1 16 | VAL 2 Ret | LMS 1 DNS | LMS 2 DNS | BIL 1 | BIL 2 | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | DON 1 | DON 2 | EST 1 | EST 2 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | 29th | 0 |
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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 |
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2005–06 | 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 |
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Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Points |
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2006 | Team E-Rain | SEP1 1 1 | SEP1 2 Ret | SEP2 1 3 | SEP2 2 3 | SEN 1 1 | SEN 2 Ret | ZHU1 1 1 | ZHU1 2 1 | ZHU2 1 1 | ZHU2 2 1 | ZHU2 3 1 | ZHU2 4 Ret | 1st | 131 |
(key) (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 |
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2007 | Durango | BHR FEA 9 | BHR SPR Ret | CAT FEA Ret | CAT SPR 15 | MON FEA Ret | MAG FEA Ret | MAG SPR 16 | SIL FEA 12 | SIL SPR 13 | NÜR FEA Ret | NÜR SPR 16 | HUN FEA 14 | HUN SPR 15† | IST FEA 8 | IST SPR Ret | MNZ FEA 5 | MNZ SPR 6 | SPA FEA 7 | SPA SPR 1 | VAL FEA 17 | VAL SPR Ret | 15th | 16 |
2008 | iSport International | CAT FEA 9 | CAT SPR Ret | IST FEA 4 | IST SPR 12 | MON FEA 3 | MON SPR Ret | MAG FEA 7 | MAG SPR Ret | SIL FEA 3 | SIL SPR Ret | HOC FEA 8 | HOC SPR 1 | HUN FEA 4 | HUN SPR DNS | VAL FEA 15† | VAL SPR Ret | SPA FEA 10 | SPA SPR 7 | MNZ FEA 11 | MNZ SPR Ret | 10th | 31 | |
2009 | Ocean Racing Technology | CAT FEA Ret | CAT SPR Ret | MON FEA 7 | MON SPR Ret | IST FEA 13 | IST SPR 14 | SIL FEA 6 | SIL SPR 3 | NÜR FEA 11 | NÜR SPR Ret | HUN FEA 17† | HUN SPR 10 | VAL FEA Ret | VAL SPR 6 | SPA FEA Ret | SPA SPR 7 | MNZ FEA 19† | MNZ SPR 12 | ALG FEA Ret | ALG SPR 13 | 18th | 10 |
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Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
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2008 | iSport International | DUB1 FEA 7 | DUB1 SPR 3 | SEN FEA Ret | SEN SPR 13 | SEP FEA Ret | SEP SPR 7 | BHR FEA 8 | BHR SPR Ret | DUB2 FEA Ret | DUB2 SPR Ret | 13th | 7 | ||
2008–09 | Ocean Racing Technology | SHI FEA | SHI SPR | DUB FEA | DUB SPR | BHR1 FEA | BHR1 SPR | LSL FEA | LSL SPR | SEP FEA | SEP SPR | BHR2 FEA 9 | BHR2 SPR Ret | 26th | 0 |
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Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | WDC | Points |
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2010 | Hispania Racing F1 Team | Hispania F110 | Cosworth CA2010 2.4 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 | 22nd | 0 |
2011 | Team Lotus | Lotus T128 | Renault RS27 2.4 V8 | AUS TD | MAL | CHN | TUR TD | ESP | MON | CAN | EUR TD | GBR TD | GER 20 | HUN | BEL TD | ITA TD | SIN | JPN TD | KOR TD | IND TD | ABU | BRA | 28th | 0 |
† Driver did not finish the Grand Prix,but was classified as they had completed over 90% of the race distance.
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2012 | JRM | David Brabham Peter Dumbreck | HPD ARX-03a | LMP1 | 357 | 6th | 6th |
2013 | Murphy Prototypes | Brendon Hartley Mark Patterson | Oreca 03-Nissan | LMP2 | 319 | 12th | 6th |
2014 | Murphy Prototypes | Nathanaël Berthon Rodolfo González | Oreca 03R-Nissan | LMP2 | 73 | DNF | DNF |
2015 | Murphy Prototypes | Nathanaël Berthon Mark Patterson | Oreca 03R-Nissan | LMP2 | 347 | 13th | 5th |
2017 | Tockwith Motorsports | Phil Hanson Nigel Moore | Ligier JS P217-Gibson | LMP2 | 351 | 11th | 9th |
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
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2012 | JRM | LMP1 | HPD ARX-03 | Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8 | SEB 12 | SPA 9 | LMS 5 | SIL 7 | SAO 7 | BHR Ret | FUJ 5 | SHA 5 | 10th | 50.5 |
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Points |
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2013 | Seyffarth Motorsport | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG | Pro | NOG QR 6 | NOG CR 10 | ZOL QR 10 | ZOL CR DNS | ZAN QR 8 | ZAN CR 4 | SVK QR Ret | SVK CR 10 | 13th | 32 | ||||
Vita4one Racing Team | BMW Z4 GT3 | NAV QR 12 | NAV CR Ret | BAK QR | BAK CR |
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Year | Team | Chassis | Powertrain | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos | Points |
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2014–15 | Mahindra Racing | Spark SRT01-e | SRT01-e | BEI 5 | PUT 6 | PDE 13 | BUE Ret | MIA 14 | LBH 12 | MCO 13 | BER 18 | MSC 12 | LDN 12 | LDN 13 | 17th | 18 |
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
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2014 | Murphy Prototypes | LMP2 | Oreca 03 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 8 | IMO Ret | RBR | LEC | EST | 25th | 4 | |
2016 | Murphy Prototypes | LMP2 | Oreca 03R | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL | IMO | RBR 8 | LEC | SPA | EST | 31st | 4 |
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