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Karun Chandhok

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. After leaving F1, he has worked as a commentator in the United Kingdom for BBC Radio 5 Live and Sky Sports F1 from 2013 to 2015 and joined Channel 4 in 2016 as Technical Analyst and Pitlane Reporter. On 13 December 2018, it was announced that Chandhok will be re-joining Sky Sports F1 for the 2019 season.

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Born

1984-01-19

Birth Place

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Nationality

Indian

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Abu Dhabi GP: Karun Chandhok on the controversial finish to Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton's epic F1 title duel

That was the craziest final 10 minutes to a Formula 1 World Championship season that I can remember!. For decades to come, anyone who was in Abu Dhabi will be telling their grandchildren that we were there to witness an extraordinary weekend of intense battling between two supremely talented drivers after one of the greatest seasons in F1 history.

MOTORSPORTS2021-12-13

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Podcast: Karun Chandhok on the changing UK single-seater landscape

British Formula 4 has kick-started the careers of a number of drivers since it was created in 2015, among them most notably McLaren Formula 1 driver Lando Norris, Formula 2 championship leader Oscar Piastri and IndyCar race winner Colton Herta. For next season the championship will introduce a new Tatuus...

MOTORSPORTS2021-09-23

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Karun Chandhok on his nightmare year at Lotus: 'I fell out of love with F1'

“It was very frustrating, very strange,” Karun Chandhok sighs, the pain in his voice still evident now. “I should never have done it.”. He isn’t talking about the latest Sky F1 production meeting, but his disastrous final year in F1 ten years ago – a season he thought could’ve been the key to making his career in grand prix racing, but in fact signalled its demise.

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The big questions of F1 2021 - Karun Chandhok

The boring answer, of course, is no. Mercedes has stability in terms of personnel, it stopped development of the 2020 car early to focus on 2021, and it has the reliability and momentum of success on its side. So why would the steamroller stop?. But let's take an optimistic view...

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