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India's Chandhok secures F1 drive
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March 5, 2010, Friday
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INDIA'S Karun Chandhok will make his Formula One race debut with HRT this season, the new Spanish-based team said in a statement yesterday.
The 26-year-old Chennai-born driver will partner Brazilian rookie Bruno Senna at the cash-strapped team, which has changed its name from Campos Meta, when the season starts in Bahrain next week.
"We have been very impressed with Karun's performance in GP2," said team principal Colin Kolles. "It will be great for the sport to have an Indian driver on the grid for the first Indian Grand Prix."
India, with a circuit under construction near New Delhi, is due to make its debut on the race calendar next year.
The only other Indian driver to have raced in Formula One was Narain Karthikeyan for the Jordan team, at the time also run by Kolles, in 2005.
Chandhok also partnered Senna, nephew of the late triple world champion Ayrton, in the GP2 support series.
HRT, also known as Hispania Racing F1 Team, changed its name this month after Campos was bought by Spanish businessman Jose Ramon Carabante.
The Cosworth-powered car, which has not been tested ahead of the March 14 season-opener, was unveiled yesterday in the southeastern city of Murcia where the first Spanish F1 team will be based.
Meanwhile, Russian carmaker Lada's branding will appear on Renault F1 cars this season under an agreement announced yesterday.
The team, which has Russia's first F1 driver Vitaly Petrov making his debut in Bahrain, said in a statement that the deal also covered overalls and team uniform.
French carmaker Renault has a 25 percent stake in loss-making Lada maker AvtoVAZ, Russia's biggest auto manufacturer, and sees Russia as a priority market.
"We are proud to announce this new agreement, which marks another important step for the Renault F1 Team and Formula One in Russia," said team chairman Gerard Lopez, adding said the agreement was signed in Moscow on Monday.
The 26-year-old Chennai-born driver will partner Brazilian rookie Bruno Senna at the cash-strapped team, which has changed its name from Campos Meta, when the season starts in Bahrain next week.
"We have been very impressed with Karun's performance in GP2," said team principal Colin Kolles. "It will be great for the sport to have an Indian driver on the grid for the first Indian Grand Prix."
India, with a circuit under construction near New Delhi, is due to make its debut on the race calendar next year.
The only other Indian driver to have raced in Formula One was Narain Karthikeyan for the Jordan team, at the time also run by Kolles, in 2005.
Chandhok also partnered Senna, nephew of the late triple world champion Ayrton, in the GP2 support series.
HRT, also known as Hispania Racing F1 Team, changed its name this month after Campos was bought by Spanish businessman Jose Ramon Carabante.
The Cosworth-powered car, which has not been tested ahead of the March 14 season-opener, was unveiled yesterday in the southeastern city of Murcia where the first Spanish F1 team will be based.
Meanwhile, Russian carmaker Lada's branding will appear on Renault F1 cars this season under an agreement announced yesterday.
The team, which has Russia's first F1 driver Vitaly Petrov making his debut in Bahrain, said in a statement that the deal also covered overalls and team uniform.
French carmaker Renault has a 25 percent stake in loss-making Lada maker AvtoVAZ, Russia's biggest auto manufacturer, and sees Russia as a priority market.
"We are proud to announce this new agreement, which marks another important step for the Renault F1 Team and Formula One in Russia," said team chairman Gerard Lopez, adding said the agreement was signed in Moscow on Monday.
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