After a somewhat stuttered career so far, Karun Chandhok looks to be finally impressing the right people with his performance in the first year of GP2 Series racing, a season that has revealed plenty of promise from the Indian driver.
Chandhok, a former British Formula 3 driver, struggled to initially make a name for himself in the World Series by Renault in 2004 (when it was known as the Nissan series) and 2005, but revived his hopes with a title winning performance in the inaugural Formula Renault V6 Asia Championship last year, most notably ahead of Matt Halliday.
It was enough to prompt Durango Corse to offer him a test just before the start of the season, Chandhok going on to impress the team enough to offer him a drive with them.
Since then, Chandhok has improved as the season has worn on, culminating in his first points finish at Turkey before he produced a double points haul last time out at Monza.
With only two rounds remaining, Chandhok is already labelling his first season in GP2 a success, claiming that he has been just as quick as his highly rated team-mate Borja Garcia, but has ultimately been let down by a series of problems in qualifying.
“The deal happened very late, so it was very difficult to get a seat,” he told
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podcast. “We have been really unlucky in qualifying, particularly at Monza, because we have had something go wrong in five of the nine weekends this year. So we have ended up ten places where we should have been.
“Other than that, we have had some good races and we have had some bad races but I think I have managed to show enough potential to take a lot of positives out of this season. I have been close to my highly-rated team-mate Garcia and I have matched him every weekend even though it is his second season in GP2. It has been a positive year.”
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