Karun Chandhok

Date: 4th March 2010 at 4:34 pm | Filed under: Drivers,Hispania Racing | Author: Tom Jones | Tags: Karun Chandhok | image © Action Images

Team: Hispania Racing
First F1 Race: 2010 (debut season)

Karun Chandhok was named as the second driver for Hispania Racing after the new Spanish Formula 1 team, formerly known as Campos Meta, secured their future in F1. Chandhok will be the second Indian driver in the history of Formula 1 and teams up alongside fellow F1 novice and former GP2 teammate Bruno Senna for HRT in 2010. The 26 year old became the youngest ever Asian Formula Champion in 2001 and since then Chandhok competed in the British Formula Three National class and became an instructor at the well-renowned Silverstone Race School in 2003. Prior to singing for HRT the promising Indian racing driver has competed in GP2, where he won 2 races in 3 years.