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drivers from

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. Indian Formula One drivers have had a race entry to 59 Grands Prix. Across these Grands Prix, Indian Formula One drivers have accumulated 5 points between them. No Indian driver has taken a race win, podium, fastest lap or

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. Narain Karthikeyan made his debut in driving for Jordan. He would score 5 points at that year's . Karthikeyan would go on to race for HRT for two years from ; his Formula One career ended when HRT folded at the end of . India's second driver, Karun Chandhok, made his debut in for HRT and would go on to drive for

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in 2011.

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's first Formula One driver was Narain Karthikeyan. Karthikeyan made his debut in driving for Jordan. He ended the season with 5 points, having come 4th at the United States Grand Prix. Besides this, Karthikeyan's best result was eleventh. Karthikeyan was dropped after Jordan was sold to

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. He was given the role as 4th driver for the Williams team for the season, and was promoted to third driver after Mark Webber left the team in . Karthikeyan took a race seat with HRT for the season. He was replaced after 7 rounds by Daniel Ricciardo. He later made a one-off return at the

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, replacing Vitantonio Liuzzi. He drove for HRT again in the season, this time partnering with Pedro de la Rosa. Kartikeyan struggled against his teammate, failing to beat him throughout the season's races. He lost his race seat after HRT folded at the end of the year.

's second Formula One driver was Karun Chandhok. Chandhok was signed by HRT for the season. He would participate in 10 of the 19 rounds before Sakon Yamamoto took his car. Chandhok was then signed to

as a test driver for and participated in the

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