Chandhok: India is a chaotic country

La F1 is preparing to contest its first Indian Grand Prix this weekend at the recently built Buddh International circuit near New Delhi. While impatiently awaiting the response from Team Lotus to find out if he will be able to compete in the race, Karun Chandhok avoids the wooden language and wants to warn the F1 paddock about the particularity of his country compared to other lesser events. exotic.

“It’s organized in chaos, a bit like in Brazil or Malaysia”, admits Karun Chandhok to the newspaper Blick. “It affects all areas: traffic, food or the way of living. We are very exuberant. From the moment you arrive, you understand this popular fever, which will surprise everyone because India is a country with a soul. Nothing is structured, if someone says 12:30 p.m., they can mean 1 hour or 2 hours, a bit like in Italy. You have to get vaccinated, but the greatest attention concerns food. »

Discover in your AUTOhebdo magazine, on newsstands tomorrow, an exclusive 19-page report on India. A few days before the first Indian Grand Prix in history, we went there and interviewed the major players in Indian motorsport, including Vijay Mallya, Vicky and Karun Chandhok, Narain Karthikeyan, etc.