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KARUN CHANDHOK

“MY FIRST CAR WAS A SUZUKI SWIFT THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN A RALLY CAR”

I grew up in a household surrounded by cars and motorsport. Both of my grandparents raced in the Seventies, and my dad started rallying around then too. Family businesses are a big thing in India and I suppose this was ours.

My grandfather actually helped to design the racetrack in

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