Karun Chandhok and Bruno Senna team-up for Mahindra Racing

Karun Chandhok and Bruno Senna will represent Mahindra Racing for the inaugural season of the FIA Formula E Championship in Beijing later this year. The duo will line-up on the grid at the start of the world's first ever fully electric championship.

On this announcement, Dr. Pawan Goenka, Executive Director and President (Automotive Farm Equipment Sectors), said, “Mahindra Racing takes an important step forward on its pioneering journey into electric car racing with the announcement of our driver line-up. We are confident that our participation in Formula E racing would allow Mahindra to remain at the cutting edge of EV technology and help us develop the next generation of electric road cars.”

Both the drivers are familiar with the racing tracks here as they have competed at the much more adrenaline pumping sport -Formula 1. With the signing of such high profile and experienced drivers Mahindra certainly has an edge over its competitors and at the same time shows the determination of winning the first season of Formula E. According to Mr. S P Shukla, Chairman, Mahindra Racing, “Both Karun and Bruno come with very strong racing pedigrees and have successfully competed in a variety of racing series over the past few years. The entire team looks forward to working with both of them to optimize the performance of our racing car over the next few months of testing before the start of racing in September this year.”

The racing car has already been delivered to Mahindra racing and is painted in a stunning combination of Mahindra red and the colours of the Indian flag. Team Principal Dilbagh Gill commented, “Karun and Bruno both represent the perfect balance between experience and youthful enthusiasm for this truly ground breaking championship. I am confident they will do their best to represent Mahindra on the world stage and the entire team is aiming for top results from the start of the championship.”

On being a part of Mahindra Racing team, Indian driver Karun Chandhok himself was very thrilled and exhilarated as he said, "I'm very excited to be a part of the Mahindra Racing line up.” He further added “Mahindra are showing a lot of commitment to Formula E and it's very encouraging to see the support of senior members of the group to this programme. To be a part of the only Indian team in this series is a real honour for me.” He also said, “It's also going to be a nice reunion for me with Bruno again. He's one of my closest friends from the racing world, we respect each other and work well together which will be good for the development of the team.”