The Indian driver had a chaotic start to his F1 career representing HRT-Cosworth - a team which did no pre-season testing because, originally named Campos, it was sold to the owner of Hispania who teamed with Cosworth and l🧔aunched their F110 car just in time for the season-opening race.

Rookie driver Chandhok could scarcely have endured a 𓃲stranger start to life in F1 but upon arrival he remembers: “I walked in the paddock, and it’s my first time walking into the paddock at a grand prix weekend as a race driver, and the first driver I spoke with was Michael Schumacher.

“This was Michael making his return to F1, he was the biggest star at that time. You w have to say he’s bigger than 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton or 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso at that time. And I was a nobody, right?

“But he actually walked up to me and introduced himself to me,꧅ as if hꦕe had to, and said ‘welcome to F1’. 

“And we had a conversation - ‘w꧂here are you from?’ And asked a bit about my background, we had a really polite conversation. He didn’t ne♋ed to do that.

“And until today, and I told 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mick Schumacher this stor꧂y as well, when he came to m🍌e, and I said, ‘I really appreciated that as a young kid coming into F1 with a guy who was on my bedroom wall’. That meant a lot and still means a lot even today.”

The extra significance is that this was also Schumacher♏’s first ti𒆙me in the F1 paddock in three years.

The legendary German had retired in𒀰 2006 while at Ferrari after a career which amassed seven world championships (still the all-time joint record with Hamilton).

But Schumacher was back, dr🧸iving f🐲or Mercedes, ultimately paving the way for Hamilton.

In Bahrain in 2010 Schumacher finis♐hed sixth. Chandhok qualified last, t𒈔hen spun off during his second lap as a F1 driver.