Chandhok: Shame that interest in motorsport has dipped in India

It pains Karun Chandhok to see that interest in motorsport in the country has declined drastically

Someone who has witnessed the frenzy and fascination around a Formula 1 race in India, it pains Karun Chandhok to see that interest in motorsport in the country has declined drastically.

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Not only the high-profile sport exited the country due to varied reasons, the agonising wait to see the next Indian in Formula 1 after Narain Karthikeyan and Chandhok continues. “Honestly it’s been a bit of a disappointment, a bit of a shame about how much the interest has gone down actually. “That period around 2008 to 2013 we had two Indians in F1, we had a team in F1, we had a race [Indian GP] and the interest was amazing. You can’t imagine that these days,” Chandhok said in an interview on the sidelines of the Formula E season finale in London.

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