Chandhok to replace Trulli for German GP

[CaptainRaiden]

It's hilarious how people are willing to jump on the backmarker hating bandwagon based on half a season running in the absolute last backmarker team, with most probably the worst handling car in the history of F1. And of course, all this while for the last two years, excuses for the seven time world champion Schumacher's age and time away from F1 keep on coming while he's getting plowed by Barbie consistently. He wasn't doing so bad in the race of champions last year, was he? Doing much better than Vettel even, but Rosberg seems to be a hard nut to crack. Hmmm.....

[gloomyDAY]

Hard to tell from his season at the back of the grid, but Black Knight is at least part right - he does seem like a nice chap...

People thought the same about Sutil until he stabbed someone at a bar.

[pino]

Unfortunately for him, Jarno has signed a new contract with crappy Lotus so....like it or not you will see more of him next year : and btw in the next GP Chandok will replace Heikki

[Roamy]

Chandok is a freaking "Stone" get him out of there.

[ioan]

I hope Chandhok gets a driver for the Indian GP.

That would be the perfect job for Trulli!

[CNR]

It's hilarious how people are willing to jump on the backmarker hating bandwagon based on half a season running in the absolute last backmarker team, with most probably the worst handling car in the history of F1. And of course, all this while for the last two years, excuses for the seven time world champion Schumacher's age and time away from F1 keep on coming while he's getting plowed by Barbie consistently. He wasn't doing so bad in the race of champions last year, was he? Doing much better than Vettel even, but Rosberg seems to be a hard nut to crack. Hmmm.....

Chandok is a freaking "Stone" get him out of there.

take v8 supercars over here
Jamie Whincup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In 2001 Whincup embarked on the Australian Formula Ford Championship with a team run by his father and Uncle Graeme (a former Sports Sedan star) with mechanical support from fellow V8 Supercar driver Greg Ritter. After finishing third in his debut year, he jumped to Sonic Motorsport for the 2002 season and went on to win the championship convincingly which secured him his first ever V8 Supercar drive with Garry Rogers Motorsport

After completing a full year of V8 Supercar racing with Garry Rogers Motorsport, he was replaced by the more experienced Cameron McConville and was left without a full-time drive for 2004. He was later contracted by Castrol Perkins Racing to drive in the two endurance events

long story short
driver droped after first year has won Championship 2 times and well on his way to 3rd
2007 V8Supercar Championship Series 2nd
2008 V8Supercar Championship Series 1st
2009 V8Supercar Championship Series 1st
2010 V8Supercar Championship Series 2nd

[CaptainRaiden]

Not bad by Chandhok to be within a second of Heikki after being out of action for one full year and driving a car he hasn't really driven before. Also, he's actually closer to Heikki than Button is to Lewis in the same car. Would have lined up next to Heikki if not for the last gasp effort by Glock to impress his home crowd:

19. Heikki Kovalainen Team Lotus 01:35.599 9
20. Timo Glock Virgin 01:36.400 12
21. Karun Chandhok Team Lotus 01:36.422 11

[steveaki13]

Solid effort in Quali from Karun.

Although he has made quite a few mistakes over the weekend.

Lets see what sort of race he has.

[Robinho]

8 tenths is not a bad gap to Heikki, especially given he was starting from about 2.5secs in FP1, I dkn't think he is a bad driver by any means, he's not likely to win any titles, but he's a decent peddler.

[CaptainRaiden]

Although he has made quite a few mistakes over the weekend.

I think that was to be expected, as it's his first time driving this year's Lotus, first time driving with Pirelli tyres and DRS. I don't know if he drove during winter testing at all. Mark Webber also commented earlier this year how difficult it was for him to get used to the Pirellis.

8 tenths is not a bad gap to Heikki, especially given he was starting from about 2.5secs in FP1, I dkn't think he is a bad driver by any means, he's not likely to win any titles, but he's a decent peddler.

Any driver can win the title in the fastest car. I thought Nigel Mansell and Damon Hill were also decent peddlers or also-rans, but when they got the absolute fastest car, they brought the title home. Whether Chandhok is better than what he has shown, remains to be seen, at least until he gets a half decent car.