<p>“You have great drivers like Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandhok, who are full of confidence and have good potential. Karun is racing in GP2. <br /><br />“But then it would be difficult to say how they would perform if you put them in the (F1) car,” Coulthard said.<br /><br />“When a driver moves from one form of racing to another, it becomes altogether difficult to comment how he would perform in the new stage,” said the 38-year-old former ‘Red Bull’ racer.<br /><br />Coulthard was also not ready to buy the sentiment that Vijay Mallya-owned F1 team Force India should have given a chance to Chandhok after Giancarlo Fisichella switched loyalty to Ferrari team in the middle of the season.</p>
<p>“You have great drivers like Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandhok, who are full of confidence and have good potential. Karun is racing in GP2. <br /><br />“But then it would be difficult to say how they would perform if you put them in the (F1) car,” Coulthard said.<br /><br />“When a driver moves from one form of racing to another, it becomes altogether difficult to comment how he would perform in the new stage,” said the 38-year-old former ‘Red Bull’ racer.<br /><br />Coulthard was also not ready to buy the sentiment that Vijay Mallya-owned F1 team Force India should have given a chance to Chandhok after Giancarlo Fisichella switched loyalty to Ferrari team in the middle of the season.</p>