Vicky Bharat Chandhok (born 7 April 1957) is an Indian racing driver and motorsport administrator. He was the president of the

Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India The Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India, abbreviated as FMSCI, is the governing body for motor sports in India and was founded in 1971. It is a long-standing member of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) and Fédérat ...

(FMSCI) from 2003 to 2005 and from 2010 to 2013. During his second stint as the president of the Indian federation, he was associated with bringing the

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Formula 1 races to India. He also supervised the construction of the F1 track at

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as a representative of the

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and

Bernie Ecclestone Bernard Charles Ecclestone (born 28 October 1930) is an English business magnate. He is the former chief executive of the Formula One Group, which manages Formula One motor racing and controls the commercial rights to the sport, and part-owns ...

. He was also the consultant for Jaypee Sports International (JPSI), which constructed and owned the F1 track. He is currently a member of the FMSCI Council and a member of the FIA Truck Racing Commission. He is also a multiple Indian rallying champion. He is the son of Indu Chandhok, a founding member of the FMSCI and the

Madras Motor Sports Club Madras Motor Sports Club is an Indian auto racing club founded in 1952 and based in Chennai, India. Madras Motor Sports Club with its history of over 50 years is the reason that Chennai can be called the epicentre of motor racing in India. Mad ...

(MMSC), and his son

Karun Chandhok Karun Chandhok (born 19 January 1984) is an Indian racing driver and television presenter who last competed in Formula E for Mahindra Racing. Previously, Chandhok has competed for Hispania Racing in Formula One in . Before this, he drove in the ...

is India's second F1 driver. Chandhok married Chitra in 1982 and has two sons,

and

Suhail Chandhok Suhail Chandhok is an Indian television presenter and commentator with Star Sports, having presented for various sports such as cricket, hockey, kabaddi and football amongst others. He also made a brief stint as an actor with the Tamil film '' ...

. While his grandfather Lala Indersain Chandhok was a keen enthusiast who sowed the seeds of motorsports in the family, it was his father Bharat Indu Chandhok, the second son of Indersain, who not only took part in Sholavaram races, but was also an active member in founding FMSCI and MMSC. Chandhok began his driving career making his debut in a modified Ambassador in 1972 at Sholavaram and continued to race in 1970s and 80s and also participated in the

Indian National Rally Championship Indian National Rally Championship (INRC) is a rallying series organised by the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI), which is the Governing Body or ASN of India recognised by FIA culminating with National Champion Driver and Co-D ...

for many years. After winning over 350 trophies, he retired in 2000 after 28 years of racing and rallying. His last competitive outing was the South India Rally in 2000 which he won after a hiatus of five years in a Mitsubishi Lancer, which made its debut in Indian Rallying, with Sandeep Lal as co-driver, while his long-time navigator Manoj Dalal was the Clerk of the Course of the event. In 2018, he made a one-time comeback taking part in the South India Rally 2018 at the age of 61, where he bagged a third place in the INRC1 category along with co-driver Chandramouli. In 1989, Chandhok founded the Wallace Sports and Research Foundation to train drivers who took part in rallies and races. One of the first students of Wallace Foundation is Akbar Ebrahim, who later became the FMSCI president. Ebrahim drove the first race at new Madras Motor Sport Track under the Wallace banner.

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