Karun Chandok for I-Sport in GP2

Its official now. Karun Chandok will be partnering Bruno Senna, the nephew of late great Ayrton Senna in the next years GP2 series at the I-Sport Team. I-Sport was the champion team in the 2007 season.

Although Karun was not able to fully meet the 2.2 million euros required to confirm a slot with the team, he said that both parties “met half way”. It just goes to show the confidence the team has in Karun’s abilities. This year the season will start with the GP2 Asia series on January 26, using last year’s cars. The European series will have the new cars with new electronics just like in Formula One.

He intends to finish in the “top five” next year. He said it was always the plan to race in GP2 for two years and then make the jump to Formula One. He will also be a part of the Red Bull Junior Program, and will get a chance to drive the Formula One cars next year.

He was called for testing by Red Bull Racing in November, to test their car for 2008 and was able to provide the team with valuable feedback. The call came to him as the regular test driver was not available and also because he was the only Red Bull backed driver to win a race last year.

Lets hope that Karun will be able to achieve all he wants and that we have another driver in Formula One soon.