Narain Karthikeyan
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Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan (born 14 January 1977, in Coimbatore)[1] was the first Formula One motor racing driver from India.[2] He has previously competed in A1GP, and the Le Mans Series. He made his Formula One debut in 2005 with the Jordan team, and was a Williams F1 test driver in 2006 and 2007. Like several other former F1 drivers, Karthikeyan moved to stock car racing and drove the #60 Safe Auto Insurance Company Toyota Tundra for Wyler Racing in the 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. In 2011 he returned to F1 with the HRT team, continued with the team in 2012 and was expected to drive for them in the 2013 season as well. However, HRT was not included in the FIA's 2013 entry list, and thus Karthikeyan was left without a drive. In 2013, Karthikeyan raced in the Auto GP series, securing 5 wins and 4 pole positions with Super Nova Racing. For 2014, Karthikeyan has signed up with Team Impul, to race in the Japanese Super Formula series.[3]
The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of Padma Shri in 2010.[4]
Family background and early career
Karthikeyan was born in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu to Mr Kakarla Karthikeyan Naidu and Mrs Sheila Naidu.[5] The family runs the famous PSG institutions. Karthikeyan did his schooling at Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in Coimbatore. Karthikeyan's interest in motorsport began at an early age, as his father was a former Indian national rally champion winning South India Rally seven times. He is also related to the late S. Karivardhan Naidu (Lakshmi mill family), India's most famous racing driver until Karthikeyan came along. With the ambition of becoming India's first Formula One driver, Karthikeyan finished on the podium in his first ever race, at Sriperumpudur in a Formula Maruti (a.k.a.FISSME). He then went on to the Elf Winfield Racing School in France, showing his talent by becoming a semi-finalist in the Pilote Elf Competition for Formula Renault cars in 1992. He returned to India to race in Formula Maruti for the 1993 season, and in the same year, he also competed in the Formula Vauxhall Junior championship in Great Britain. This gave him valuable experience in European racing, and he was keen to return for the following year.
In 1994, he returned to the UK, racing in the Formula Ford Zetec series as the number two works Vector driver for the Foundation Racing team. The highlight of the season was a podium finish in a support race for the Portuguese Grand Prix held at Estoril. Karthikeyan also took part in the British Formula Ford Winter Series, and became the first Indian to win any championship in Europe.
In 1995, Karthikeyan graduated to the Formula Asia Championship for just four races. However, he showed pace immediately and was able to finish second in the race at Shah Alam, Malaysia. In 1996, he had a full season in the series and became the first Indian and the first Asian to win the Formula Asia International series. He moved back to Britain in 1997 to compete in the British Formula Opel Championship with the Nemesis Motorsport team, taking a pole position and win at Donington Park and finishing sixth in the overall points standings.
In 1998, Karthikeyan made his debut in the British Formula 3 Championship with the Carlin Motorsport team. Competing in only 10 rounds, he managed two third-place finishes in the final two races of the season, at Spa-Francorchamps and Silverstone, to finish 12th overall. He continued in the championship for 1999, finishing on the podium five times, including two wins at Brands Hatch. His season also included two pole positions, three fastest laps and two lap records, helping him to sixth in the championship. He also competed in the Macau Grand Prix, qualifying in sixth position and finishing sixth in the second race. He was the first racing driver to record a win for Carlin in British F3 eversince then Carlin have been invinsible in terms of race wins in the British F3 Championship. Continuing his drive in the British F3 Championship in 2000, he finished fourth overall in the standings, and also took pole position and fastest laps in the Macau Grand Prix. He also won both the International F3 race at Spa-Francorchamps and the Korea Super Prix.
Karthikeyan started 2001 in the Formula Nippon F3000 Championship, finishing the year amongst the top ten. In the same year, he became the first Indian to ever drive a Formula One car, testing for the Jaguar Racing team at Silverstone on 14 June. Impressed with his performance, he was then offered a test drive in the Jordan-Honda EJ11 at Silverstone in September. Karthikeyan again tested for Jordan, at Mugello in Italy on 5 October, finishing just half a second off the pace off Jordan's lead driver Jean Alesi.
In 2002, he moved into the Telefónica World Series with Team Tata RC Motorsport, taking a pole position and setting the fastest non-Formula One lap time at the Interlagos Circuit in Brazil. Continuing in the renamed Superfund Word Series in 2003, Karthikeyan won two races and took three other podium positions on his way to fourth overall in the championship. These results earned him another Formula One test drive, this time with the Minardi team. He was offered a race drive for the 2004 season, but was unable to raise the necessary sponsorship funds to seal the deal. During the year, he married Pavarna.
He continued in the Nissan World Series, renamed "World Series by Nissan", in 2004, taking wins in Valencia, Spain and Magny-Cours, France.
Formula One career
Jordan (2005)
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On 1 February 2005, Karthikeyan announced that he had signed the preliminary deal with Jordan Formula One team and said that he would be their main driver for the 2005 Formula One season, thus making him India's first Formula One racing driver. His partner was the Portuguese driver, Tiago Monteiro. Karthikeyan completed the necessary testing distance of 300 km in an F1 car in order to gain his superlicence at the Silverstone Circuit on 10 February.
In his first race, the Australian Grand Prix, Karthikeyan qualified in 12th position. After a poor start which saw him drop to 18th place by the end of the first lap, Karthikeyan finished in 15th, two laps behind winner Giancarlo Fisichella. He achieved his first points in the 2005 United States Grand Prix under farcical circumstances as all but three teams pulled out due to an argument over tyre safety. Karthikeyan finished fourth, finishing ahead of the two Minardi drivers but behind team mate Monteiro. Apart from the USGP, Karthikeyan's highest finish was 11th place. In the 2005 Japanese Grand Prix free practice, he was fastest for a long period of time and eventually qualified 11th. At the 2005 Chinese Grand Prix he qualified in 15th place. In an unlucky end to his 2005 season, Karthikeyan crashed his Jordan into a wall at the Chinese race, but was unhurt and able to provide an interview afterwards.
Because the Jordan team was taken over and renamed Midland for the 2006 season, the management change prompted some doubt over Karthikeyan's future at the team. Near the end of 2005, Karthikeyan announced he would not be driving for Midland the following year allegedly due to their demand that he pay as much as US$11.7 million to secure his seat on the team. He mentioned that "anyway, being a test driver in a good car will allow me to showcase my skills better". On 8 December 2005, Karthikeyan tested for Williams at Spain and finished a respectable fifth, outpacing the confirmed Williams second driver, Nico Rosberg in the FW27C chassis, who finished ninth. On 27 January 2006, Williams confirmed Karthikeyan as their fourth driver.[6] He was to perform testing duties for the team alongside Alexander Wurz who had been confirmed earlier as the team's third driver. He was retained as a reserve test driver for Williams alongside Kazuki Nakajima in 2007.[7] Karthikeyan said he was blown away by the difference between Formula One's stragglers and a top-flight team.[8]
HRT (2011–2012)
Later in 2007, he was linked with the Spyker (previously Jordan) Formula One team after their driver Christijan Albers was fired,[9] although Sakon Yamamoto got the drive. Due to the withdrawal of support from Tata (Karthikeyan's main sponsor) of Williams F1, Nakajima was given the lion's share of testing duties and Karthikeyan was sidelined.
When the Spyker F1 team was bought out by Vijay Mallya towards the end of 2007, Karthikeyan had been linked with a drive with the new Force India Formula One team in 2008. However, Karthikeyan did not even get to test for the team. Karthikeyan was also linked to a drive with the Super Aguri team in January 2008, as one of the terms of an Indian consortium investing in the team. The deal was not agreed and he continued to drive for A1 Team India. Karthikeyan was India's only Formula One driver until the 2010 season, when Karun Chandhok signed to drive for the Hispania Racing F1 Team.[10]
On 6 January 2011, Karthikeyan announced that he would drive for the Hispania team in the 2011 season,[11] following five years away from active involvement in the championship. Karthikeyan confirmed the deal via his Twitter page, saying it would "be a dream come true to race in front of the home crowd in the Indian GP in October," and adding that the support of financial backers Tata Group had been "instrumental."[12]
Driving for a small team, along with the increasing reliability of modern Formula 1 cars, meant that Karthikeyan twice set the record for the lowest placed finisher in a Formula 1 event.[13] The first occurrence was during the Chinese Grand Prix where the single retirement of Jaime Alguersuari meant Karthikeyan finished in 23rd place, after he was overtaken by teammate Vitantonio Liuzzi on the final lap. However, in the European Grand Prix there were no retirements meaning that Karthikeyan once again broke the record by being the 24th car to cross the finish line.
On 30 June 2011, Karthikeyan was replaced by Daniel Ricciardo for the remaining races of the season except the Indian Grand Prix[14][15] but participated in Friday first practice in Germany, Singapore, Japan and Korea.
On 23 October 2011, it was confirmed that Karthikeyan would replace Liuzzi for the Indian Grand Prix.[16] Karthikeyan was outqualifed by 0.022 secs to qualify 22nd,[17] however he started 24th and last due to blocking Michael Schumacher in qualifying.[18] Despite picking up damage in the first lap of the race,[19] Karthikeyan managed to beat Ricciardo by 31.8 seconds in the race to finish 17th.[20] Liuzzi returned to replace Karthikeyan ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.[21]
On 3 February 2012, it was confirmed that Karthikeyan had again signed for the HRT team for the 2012 season partnering Pedro de la Rosa.[22] In the Australian Grand Prix, he and teammate Pedro de la Rosa were unable to qualify. In Malaysia, both the HRTs managed to qualify, with Karthikeyan starting 23rd due to a 5-place gear box penalty for Heikki Kovalainen, the start was wet and the HRTs gambled to start the race on full wet tyres, whilst the other cars started on intermediate tyres. As the rain increased that gamble paid off as other cars had to pit for full wets which promoted Karthikeyan to a points-paying tenth place before the safety car then red flag came out for heavy rain. At the restart, after a few laps more laps behind the safety car, the track was dry enough for intermediate tyres and a few drivers pitted as the safety car came back in, however Karthikeyan stayed out and was as high as 5th place at one point, before McLaren's Jenson Button crashed into him whilst they were racing for position. Karthikeyan suffered damage however, but he pitted for intermediate tyres which dropped him to the back of the field, bar teammate de la Rosa who had a served a drive-through penalty. On lap 47, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel received a puncture after hitting Karthikeyan's front wing, whilst lapping him and Vettel was forced to pit and replaced the punctured tyre which put Vettel down from 4th place, finishing 11th; Karthikeyan finished the race in 21st, however he was given a 20-second post-race penalty for his part in the collision, which meant Karthikeyan dropped to 22nd and last, behind de la Rosa.
Post-race, Vettel and Red Bull boss Christian Horner criticised Karthikeyan's driving, with Vettel calling Karthikeyan an "idiot".[23] Karthikeyan hit back at Vettel, calling him a "cry-baby".[24] Later, Kartikeyan decided to call a truce with Vettel, stating his respect for Vettel's abilities and saying "I think we have to deal with it in a mature way and forget about it."[24]
Kartikeyan qualified last for the following 5 races (bar in Spain where Lewis Hamilton was excluded from qualifying and in Monaco where Sergio Pérez crashed without setting a time) however Karthikeyan only started 24th and last twice (in Bahrain and Canada) due to other drivers picking up grid penalties. In China Karthikeyan finished 22nd, ahead of Caterham's Heikki Kovalainen. In Bahrain, Karthikeyan finished 21st and was classified ahead of the Williams of Bruno Senna who retired due to brake issues. In Spain Karthikeyan retired for the first race in the same after a wheel nut failure on lap 22 due to a botched pit stop. In Monaco Karthikeyan started 22nd, ahead of Peréz and the penalised Pastor Maldonado and finished the race in 15th, classified ahead of McLaren's Jenson Button who retired after collision damage with Kovalainen (Karthikeyan also had his race quickest lap within 0.3 secs of Button). In Canada Karthikeyan retired for the second time in the season after suffering a brake failure on lap 22 which made him spin in turn 1 and stop later on in the lap, his team-mate Pedro de la Rosa retire with a similar issue two laps later.
At the European Grand Prix Karthikeyan for the first time in the season qualified 22nd, ahead of the Marussia of Charles Pic, with Timo Glock missing qualifying and the race due to illness. Karthikeyan finished the race in 18th, behind Pic and de la Rosa but classified ahead of Lewis Hamilton who retired after crashing out with two laps remaining. He finished the next 3 races as the final classified finisher before retiring in Hungary due to broken suspension. He qualified last in Belgium, before running as high as 13th during the race, with good pace, before crashing out on lap 30 in broken suspension. He out-qualified his team mate de la Rosa for the first time this year at Monza, but ended up finishing behind him in 19th. He out-qualified him again at Singapore, this time by over a second, but crashed out at turn 16 on lap 30. He qualified in 24th at Suzuka, having crashed in practice and therefore having to use an old-spec chassis floor. He was running ahead of Pic and de la Rosa for quite some time until retiring with vibrations on lap 32. He did a one-stop strategy in Korea and finished last in 20th, almost a lap behind Pic in 19th. In India he once again finished last, running with minor wing damage from a collision at the first corner. He retired in spectacular fashion on lap 9 in Abu Dhabi after his steering broke and he was rear-ended by Nico Rosberg. He qualified 24th in Austin amid fears that both he and his teammate would be outside the 107% time after struggling to heat the tyres in practice on the brand-new circuit, and then finished last in 22nd, also being accused by Vettel of holding him up when being lapped and allowing Lewis Hamilton to take the lead. He qualified 23rd in Brazil and peaked as high as 11th during the incident-packed opening stint of the race. He eventually dropped back and finished last in 18th. He finished the season in 24th, with 0 points.
Other events and races
IRL test
In 2005, Karthikeyan tested an Indy Racing League (IRL) car for Red Bull Cheever Racing team for the Indianapolis 500 race and was offered half a million US dollars as initial fee, but the deal was not completed.[citation needed]
A1 GP
In 2007 season Karthikeyan also drove for A1 Team India. He made his A1 GP debut in New Zealand and he finished 10th in the sprint race and 7th in the Feature Race.[25]
Karthikeyan won the A1GP of Zhuhai (China) for Team India on 16 December 2007. This was India's first A1GP win.[26] Karthikeyan is also the first to take pole position for India in the A1GP. He got pole in the feature race in Brands Hatch in 2008. Karthikeyan won two feature races in the 2007–2008 season, including the season finale at Brands Hatch starting from pole position. This helped India finish in the top ten, ahead of such as Australia, Brazil, China and Italy.
The 4th season for Team India was disastrous as the team lost its title sponsor, which resulted in severe financial constraints. On 3 May 2009 A1 Team India finished the season with a podium finish in the Sprint Race at Brands Hatch. Karthikeyan qualified the A1 Team India car in 7th place on the starting grid for the race. The Feature Race ended abruptly for Karthikeyan, as he was taken out by the spinning car of A1 Team China in front of him on the first corner of the first lap.[27]
The team finished 12th overall in the 2008–09 season.[28]
24 Hours of Le Mans
In the second week of March 2009, Karthikeyan tested for the Kolles Le Mans Team. It was later confirmed that for the 2009 season, he will be partnered by Christijan Albers. Team Kolles – headed by ex-Force India Team Principal Colin Kolles – will be taking part in the championship with two Audi R10 turbo diesel machines. The car boasts a successful racing history with three Le Mans 24h victories and 22 individual race wins to its name. Team Kolles joins the championship for the first time in 2009.[29][30][31]
On 11 May 2009, Karthikeyan finished sixth in his first ever Le Mans series race while driving for the Kolles Audi team in the second round of the 2009 championship held at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium.[32] On 14 June 2009 Karthikeyan dislocated his shoulder in a fall just before the start of the race. He had come up with strong performances in the practice and the qualifying, and was scheduled to do the opening double stint. At 1:00 am the ACO organisation declared him unsuitable to drive, even though the Audi doctor approved it.[33]
NASCAR
Karthikeyan made his NASCAR debut at Martinsville Speedway on 27 March 2010 driving in the Kroger 250 Camping World Truck Series for Wyler Racing in the #60 Safe Auto Insurance Company Chevrolet Silverado. Qualifying was rained out and the field set by 2009 owner points, putting the first Indian-born driver to compete in NASCAR in the 11th starting spot. After a slow start and coming to grips with driving a race truck and racing on an American oval short track for the first time, Karthikeyan did manage to put in a very respectable effort and finished on the lead lap in 13th place. Karthikeyan went on to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Most Popular Driver Award for the 2010 season which was voted by the fans, becoming the first foreign-born driver to win the award.
Superleague Formula
Karthikeyan drove for the PSV Eindhoven team in SLF in 2010. He won the 2nd race at Brands Hatch, Great Britain and finished 16th in the Championship on 288 points, taking part in six of the twelve race weekends.
Auto GP
Karthikeyan drove for Zele Racing and Super Nova Racing in the Auto GP series in 2013. After switching from Zele Racing to Super Nova Racing, in the latter part of the series, he won 5 races and secure 4 pole positions and in the process finished 4th in the championship & became the highest points scorer in the second half of the season.[34]
Super Formula
In 2014, Karthikeyan returned to the Japanese Top Formula series Super Formula for the first time since 2001 with the same Team IMPUL. In the 2015 season, Karthikeyan moved to Honda-powered Docomo Team Dandelion.Karthikeyan moved to Sunoco Team LeMans for the 2016 season after DoCoMo Dandelion Racing chose Mclaren Honda F1 Reserve Stofell Vandoorne.
Racing record
Career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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| 1992 | Pilote Elf Competition for Formula Renault | ? | ? | 1 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 1993 | Indian Formula Maruti | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| British Formula Vauxhall Junior | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
| 1994 | British Formula Ford Winter Series | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1st |
| 1995 | Formula Asia | ? | 4 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 1996 | Formula Asia | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1st |
| 1997 | British Formula Vauxhall | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 8th |
| 1998 | British Formula 3 | Carlin Motorsport | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 12th |
| 1999 | British Formula 3 | Carlin Motorsport | 16 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 104 | 6th |
| 2000 | British Formula 3 | Stewart Racing | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 100 | 4th |
| 2001 | Formula Nippon | Team Impul | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14th |
| 2002 | World Series by Nissan | Tata RC Motorsport | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 9th |
| 2003 | World Series by Nissan | Carlin Motorsport | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 121 | 4th |
| 2004 | World Series by Nissan | Tata RC Motorsport | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 100 | 6th |
| 2005 | Formula One | Jordan Grand Prix | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18th |
| 2006 | A1 Grand Prix | A1 Team India | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16th |
| Formula One | Williams F1 Team | Test driver | |||||||
| 2007 | A1 Grand Prix | A1 Team India | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 10th |
| Formula One | Williams F1 Team | Test driver | |||||||
| 2008 | A1 Grand Prix | A1 Team India | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 12th |
| 2009 | 24 Hours of Le Mans | Kolles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 7th |
| 2010 | Superleague Formula | PSV Eindhoven | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 288 | 16th |
| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series | Wyler Racing | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 963 | 30th | |
| 2011 | Formula One | HRT Formula 1 Team | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26th |
| 2012 | Formula One | HRT Formula 1 Team | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24th |
| 2013 | Auto GP | Zele Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 195 | 4th |
| Super Nova International | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| 2014 | Super Formula | Lenovo Team Impul | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13th |
| 2015 | Super Formula | Docomo Team Dandelion Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11th |
| 2016 | Super Formula | Sunoco Team LeMans | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14th |
Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results
(key)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | excite Impul | SUZ 6 |
MOT 7 |
MIN 9 |
FUJ Ret |
SUZ Ret |
SUG 13 |
FUJ 9 |
MIN Ret |
MOT 14 |
SUZ 6 |
14th | 2 |
| 2014 | Lenovo Team Impul | SUZ Ret |
FUJ 7 |
FUJ 6 |
FUJ 7 |
MOT Ret |
AUT 17 |
SUG 11 |
SUZ 10 |
SUZ 8 |
13th | 5 | |
| 2015 | Docomo Team Dandelion Racing | SUZ 3 |
OKA 10 |
FUJ Ret |
MOT 9 |
AUT 14 |
SUG 13 |
SUZ 12 |
SUZ 14 |
11th | 6 | ||
| 2016 | Sunoco Team LeMans | SUZ Ret |
OKA 16 |
FUJ 7 |
MOT Ret |
OKA 3 |
OKA Ret |
SUG 12 |
SUZ 15 |
SUZ 14 |
14th | 5 |
Complete Formula One results
(key)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Jordan Grand Prix | Jordan EJ15 | Toyota RVX-05 V10 | AUS 15 |
MAL 11 |
BHR Ret |
SMR 12 |
ESP 13 |
MON Ret |
EUR 16 |
CAN Ret |
USA 4 |
FRA 15 |
GBR Ret |
GER 16 |
HUN 12 |
TUR 14 |
ITA 20 |
18th | 5 | |||||
| Jordan EJ15B | BEL 11 |
BRA 15 |
JPN 15 |
CHN Ret |
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| 2011 | Hispania Racing F1 Team | Hispania F111 | Cosworth CA2011 V8 | AUS DNQ |
MAL Ret |
CHN 23 |
TUR 21 |
ESP 21 |
MON 17 |
CAN 17 |
EUR 24 |
GBR | GER TD |
HUN | BEL | ITA | SIN TD |
JPN TD |
KOR TD |
IND 17 |
ABU | BRA | 26th | 0 | |
| 2012 | HRT Formula 1 Team | HRT F112 | Cosworth CA2012 V8 | AUS DNQ |
MAL 22 |
CHN 22 |
BHR 21 |
ESP Ret |
MON 15 |
CAN Ret |
EUR 18 |
GBR 21 |
GER 23 |
HUN Ret |
BEL Ret |
ITA 19 |
SIN Ret |
JPN Ret |
KOR 20 |
IND 21 |
ABU Ret |
USA 22 |
BRA 18 |
24th | 0 |
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–07 | India | NED SPR |
NED FEA |
CZE SPR |
CZE FEA |
CHN SPR |
CHN FEA |
MYS SPR |
MYS FEA |
IDN SPR |
IDN FEA |
NZL SPR 10 |
NZL FEA 7 |
AUS SPR |
AUS FEA |
RSA SPR 15 |
RSA FEA 9 |
MEX SPR 11 |
MEX FEA 18 |
CHN SPR 7 |
CHN FEA 17 |
GBR SPR 7 |
GBR SPR 4 |
16th | 13 |
| 2007–08 | NED SPR 10 |
NED FEA Ret |
CZE SPR 21 |
CZE FEA 9 |
MYS SPR 11 |
MYS FEA 6 |
CHN SPR 7 |
CHN FEA 1 |
NZL SPR 10 |
NZL FEA Ret |
AUS SPR 11 |
AUS FEA 11 |
RSA SPR |
RSA FEA |
MEX SPR 13 |
MEX FEA 9 |
CHN SPR 5 |
CHN FEA 7 |
GBR SPR 5 |
GBR FEA 1 |
10th | 61 | |||
| 2008–09 | NED SPR |
NED FEA |
CHN SPR 10 |
CHN FEA 10 |
MYS SPR Ret |
MYS FEA Ret |
NZL SPR 9 |
NZL FEA 7 |
RSA SPR 6 |
RSA FEA 12 |
POR SPR 6 |
POR FEA 11 |
GBR SPR 2 |
GBR FEA Ret |
12th | 19 |
Superleague Formula
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Operator | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Position | Points | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | PSV Eindhoven | Racing for Holland | SIL |
ASS |
MAG |
JAR |
NÜR |
ZOL |
BRH |
ADR |
POR |
ORD |
BEI |
NAV |
16th | 288 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 15 | X | 13 | 9 | X | 11 | 15 | X | 13 | 16 | X | 10 | 14 | X | 18 | 1 | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||
24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 |  Kolles
|
 Charles Zwolsman, Jr. André Lotterer
|
Audi R10 TDI | LMP1 | 369 | 7th | 7th |
Complete Auto GP results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Zele Racing | MNZ 1 5 |
MNZ 2 Ret |
MAR 1 6 |
MAR 2 Ret |
HUN 1 8 |
HUN 2 4 |
4th | 195 | ||||||||||
| Super Nova International | SIL 1 1 |
SIL 2 12 |
MUG 1 3 |
MUG 2 1 |
NÜR 1 1 |
NÜR 2 5 |
DON 1 2 |
DON 2 1 |
BRN 1 1 |
BRN 2 DSQ |
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Camping World Truck Series
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | NCWTC | Pts | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Wyler Racing | 60 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | MAR 13 |
NSH | KAN 36 |
DOV | CLT 17 |
TEX 11 |
MCH | IOW | GTY | IRP 20 |
POC | NSH 17 |
DAR | BRI | CHI 14 |
KEN | NHA | LVS 27 |
MAR | TAL 13 |
TEX | PHO | HOM | 30th | 963 | ||||||||||||||
See also
References
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- ^ Pande, Vinayak (16 March 2011). "Didn't want to spend my life thinking what if: Narain Karthikeyan". Hindustan Times. New Delhi: HT Media Limited. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
- ^ "Narain Karthikeyan to race in 2014 Super Formula season". dnaindia.com. 5 February 2014.
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- ^ Noble, Jonathan (6 January 2011). "Karthikeyan signs race deal with HRT". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
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- ^ "Karthikeyan proved his worth at the Indian Grand Prix 2011". aaformula1.com. 30 October 2011.
- ^ "2011 Airtel Formula 1 Grand Prix of India Race (Timing Archive)". Formula1.com. 30 October 2011.
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- ^ a b "Karthikeyan keen to move on from Vettel 'cry baby' comment". BBC. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
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- ^ "Earth Times: show/159637.html". earthtimes.org. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ http://www.a1teamindia.in/displayArticle.php?id=107&PHPSESSID=e3c8d397a0a4d6013e7c8dd55a4fe998
- ^ http://www.a1teamindia.in/inner.php?id=70&tid=4
- ^ "Karthikeyan invited to Kolles Le Mans test". GPUpdate.net. 4 March 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ "Albers signs with Kolles Le Mans team". GPUpdate.net. 1 April 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ Release, News (31 March 2009). "Team Kolles confirms drivers and Audi R10 livery". planetlemans.com. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ "Karthikeyan does well to finish 6th". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 12 May 2009.
- ^ "Karthikeyan rejected to drive at Le Mans - F1technical.net". f1technical.net. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ "Narain Karthikeyan ends Auto GP season with five wins". DNA India. 6 October 2013.
External links
- Official website
- Narain Karthikeyan on Twitter
- Narain Karthikeyan driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Use dmy dates from February 2011
- 1977 births
- Living people
- People from Coimbatore
- Indian racing drivers
- Formula Ford drivers
- Indian Formula One drivers
- Jordan Formula One drivers
- HRT Formula One drivers
- NASCAR drivers
- British Formula Three Championship drivers
- Formula Nippon drivers
- Superleague Formula drivers
- A1 Team India drivers
- European Le Mans Series drivers
- Tamil sportspeople
- Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports
- 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
- Auto GP drivers
- Super Formula drivers
- MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship drivers