Spa-Francorchamps: India's Karun Chandhok has been pencilled in to be the first driver to lap South Korea's new grand prix circuit in a Formula One car next month.
Despite concern the circuit will not be ready for a debut race scheduled for October 24, Chandhok said in a statement on Thursday that he had been asked to drive a Red Bull show car around the track on September 4.
"It'll be a real honour to be the first driver to drive around the new Korean circuit. The layout looks quite good fun on paper and I look forward to driving a race-winning car there next weekend," Chandok said.
