Karun Chandhok returns to the Le Mans 24 Hours Endurance race

Karun Chandhok confirmed that he will return for the historic Le Mans 24 hours race for the third time. He first took part at Le Mans in 2012 and the Indian driver is returning to the La Sarthe circuit on June 14-15 with the same Murphy Prototypes that he raced with last season.

Chandhok will race the LMP2 Nissan V8-powered Oreca 03 around the 13.6 km circuit at Le Mans winds through the French countryside with cars touching top speeds of 315 km/h and covering a race distance of more than 5,000 km.

Though they suffered an electrical issue in the car during the race, the team came back strongly and they completed the race in the second to last position which helped them finish sixth.

"I am very excited to head back to Le Mans for a third time. It's such a hard event to do with over 5,000 km of racing through the night but the satisfaction of doing well there in front of such a huge crowd is tremendous. There are a lot of guys who raced in F1 coming over to sportscar racing like Mark Webber, Bruno Senna, Giancarlo Fisichella, Sebastien Buemi and Anthony Davidson," Chandhok said.

Team owner Greg Murphy said, "Murphy Prototypes are absolutely delighted to have Karun back with us again. It is a huge compliment to the team that a driver of Karun's experience and background has decided to drive for us at the legendary Le Mans 24 Hour race."

Chandhok also confirmed that he will participate in next weekend's Silverstone race as part of the European Le Mans Series.