Mahaveer Raghunathan

Mahaveer Raghunathan at a Boss GP race in Zandvoort 2017

Mahaveer Raghunathan (born November 17, 1998 in Chennai ) is an Indian automobile racing driver . In 2019 Raghunathan started in the FIA Formula 2 Championship .

Career

Raghunathan began his motorsport career in karting in 2011 , where he remained active until 2013. In 2012 Raghunathan made his debut in formula racing and made four guest starts in the JK Racing Asia Series . In 2013 he drove in the MRF Challenge Formula 1600 and achieved sixth place overall. He also took part in three races of the Chinese Formula Masters . In 2014 Raghunathan moved to Europe and competed for F & M in the Italian Formula 4 championship . A fourth place in the championship standings was his best result. He finished the season in twelfth place overall, while his teammate Mattia Drudi finished second overall.

At the beginning of 2015, Raghunathan took part in a race of the MRF Challenge Formula 2000 in India . He then returned to Europe and was given a cockpit at Motopark Academy for the 2015 European Formula 3 Championship . He didn't appear at the last event and a 20th place was his best result. He also made two guest starts each in the Alpine Formula Renault and the Euroformula Open .

In the 2016 season, Raghunathan drove in the Auto GP for the Italian team PS Racing , led by Coloni . Besides Luis Michael Dörrbecker , he was the only driver who competed in every race. Raghunathan was second behind Dörrbecker with 151 to 222 points. As the races were partly held together with the Boss GP , Raghunathan was also rated here. With two podium finishes, he finished fifth in the formula class. In addition, Raghunathan took part in an event of the GP3 series for Koiranen GP .

In 2019 Raghunathan competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for MP Motorsport . He finished the season with just one point in 20th place. During the season he collected so many penalty points that despite being excluded from the race weekend in Spielberg, he achieved enough penalty points to be excluded a second time. The Mexican Patricio O'Ward took over his starting place in Austria , Raghunathan did not have to take the second penalty, as it was pronounced after the last training in Abu Dhabi . The regulations for the 2019 season provided for exclusion from racing for the following weekend, and penalty points are only valid for one season. As a result, the regulations for the 2020 season were changed so that racing exclusions are now also possible within a weekend. In addition, FIA President Jean Todt considered introducing a minimum number of super license points for the junior formula categories after Raghunathan's season . This is to prevent unqualified drivers from occupying cockpits.

A scene during training in Baku also attracted particular attention when Raghunathan failed to turn in the run-off zone without the help of the marshals.

statistics

Career stations

2011–2013: karting 2013: MRF Challenge Formula 1600 (6th place) 2013: Chinese Formula Masters (21st place)

2014 : Italian Formula 4 (12th place) 2015: MRF Challenge Formula 2000 (21st place) 2015 : European Formula 3

2016 : Auto GP (2nd place) 2016: Boss GP , Formula (5th place) 2016 : GP3 series (27th place) 2019 : Formula 2 (20th place)

Individual results in the Italian Formula 4 championship

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	Points	rank
2014	F & M	ADR			IMO			MUG			LIKE			VAL			MNZ			IMO			45	12.
					14th	17 *	8th	19 *	13	8th	20th	18th	19th	14th	12	15th	11	6th	12	6th	6th	6th

Individual results in the European Formula 3 championship

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	31	32	33	Points	rank
2015	Motopark	Volkswagen	SIL			HO1			PAU			MNZ			SPA			NOR			ZAN			SPI			POR			ONLY			HO2			0	-
			26th	25th	29	24	31	30th	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	24	25th	30th	27	24	25th	20th	25th	27	30th	28	31	25th	29	30th	23	WD	30th	26th	22nd

Individual results in the GP3 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
2016	Koiranen GP	ESP		AUT		GBR		HUN		GER		BEL		ITA		MAS		UAE		0	27.
		23	24

Individual results in the FIA ​​Formula 2 Championship

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	Points	rank
2019	MP Motorsport	BRN		AZE		ESP		MON		FRA		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		1	20th
		18th	19th	11	13	16	19th	15th	DNF	12	18th			15th	18th	17th	19th	C.	C.	10	13	17th	17th	DNF	15th

Web links

• Official website of Mahaveer Raghunathan
• Career statistics of Mahaveer Raghunathan (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ About. racermahaveer.com, accessed April 2, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Aditya Banerjee: Stroll fastest in opening two practice sessions at Imola. June 27, 2014, accessed April 2, 2015 . 
3. ^ Peter Allen: Raghunathan makes European F3 jump with Motopark. paddockscout.com, February 16, 2015, accessed April 2, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Formula 3 EM - Motopark signs Indian Raghunathan. Indian flair in the Formula 3 European Championship. Motorsport-Magazin.com, February 16, 2015, accessed April 2, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Too many penalty points: Raghunathan blocked for Formula 2 in Austria. Retrieved March 14, 2020 . 
6. ^ Red Bull Junior Patricio O'Ward before Formula 2 debut in Spielberg. Retrieved March 14, 2020 . 
7. ↑ King of punishment of motorsport: Indians again with 12 penalty points! Retrieved March 14, 2020 . 
8. ↑ FIA aims to close loophole after Formula Two racer Mahaveer Raghunathan escapes ban. Retrieved March 14, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Special licenses for Formula 1 junior classes too? Retrieved March 14, 2020 . 
10. ^ Dhruv George: RACING LORD: Watch a Confused Mahaveer Raghunathan Forgets How to Turn a Car While Racing. In: EssentiallySports. January 6, 2020, accessed March 14, 2020 (American English).