(CNN) -- Team Lotus reserve driver Karun Chandhok has told CNN it would be "magic" to be on the grid when Formula One makes its debut in his home country of India next month. Chandhok, 27, joined the CNN-sponsored team at the start of the 2011 season, and is currently behind first-choice drivers Heikki Kovalainen and Jarno Trulli in the pecking order. But Lotus team principal Tony Fernandes raised hopes of the former HRT driver taking part in the inaugural Delhi race when he said he would like to see Chandhok take to the track on October 30. "I'd like him to. It's up to the team to see [whether he will]," AirAsia chief Fernandes told Reuters.
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Karun Chandhok has said it would be 'magic' to race in first Indian Grand Prix
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Chandhok is currently a reserve driver for CNN-sponsored Team Lotus
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The 27-year-old has made just one grand prix appearance so far this season
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