Formula One is keenly followed in India and the sport received a boost when Narain Karthikeyan raced for Jordan in 2005 and Karun Chandhok signed up with Hispania this year.

一级方程式赛车在印度很受追捧，这项运动在2005年纳拉因·卡斯基延 为乔丹队比赛和卡伦·查德霍克去年与西斯潘尼队签约后得到了促进。

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He will replace regular driver Karun Chandhok in Friday's first practice session at the Circuit de Catalunya.

BBC: Hispania sign Austrian Christian Klien as test driver

Karun Chandhok lasted only one lap before crashing while his HRT teammate Bruno Senna managed 17 before his engine gave out.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

The new teams again trailed at the bottom, with the Lotus duo of Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen ahead of Virgin's Lucas di Grassi, HRT's Karun Chandhok and Bruno Senna .

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS