Narain Karthikeyan
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| First start: | 2005 Australian Grand Prix | ||||||||
| Last start: | 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| 2005: Jordan • 2011–2012: HRT | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | WM-18. ( 2005 ) | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | 5 | ||||||||
| Podiums : | - | ||||||||
| Leadership laps : | - | ||||||||
Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan (born January 14, 1977 in Chennai ) is an Indian automobile racing driver . He made his debut in Formula 1 in 2005 and competed in 46 races with interruptions until 2012. In 2014 and 2015 he started in the Super Formula .
Career
Beginnings in motorsport
Karthikeyan came into contact with motorsport at an early age through his father . In 1992 he enrolled at the French Elf Winfield Racing School and made it to the semi-finals in a final tournament. After returning to India in 1993, he competed in a few races in the local Formula Maruti , but soon moved to England and competed in the British Formula Vauxhall Junior for the rest of the year . In 1994 he switched to the British Formula Ford and celebrated his greatest success to date with a podium finish in Estoril . In the overall standings he finished 13th Following the season, he was overall winner of the British Formula Ford Winter Series and won the first Indian to a European formula racing championship . In 1995 he took part in four Formula Asia races. The following year he won the championship with 10 wins from 14 races.
In 1997 he returned to Europe and finished eighth overall in the British Formula Vauxhall with a win. In 1998 he switched to the British Formula 3 championship and took part in half the season. In the last two races at Spa-Francorchamps and Silverstone , he achieved two third places. He finished the season in twelfth place in the championship. In 1999 he contested the entire season for Carlin Motorsport and achieved a total of four podiums, including two wins at Brands Hatch . With two pole positions and three fastest laps, he finished the championship in sixth place overall. In 2000 he switched to the Stewart Racing Team and finished fourth in the British Formula 3 drivers' championship with four podium finishes, while his team-mate Tomas Scheckter achieved the runner-up position. He also took part as a guest starter in two races in the French Formula 3 championship and won one of them. At the traditional Macau Grand Prix he achieved pole position and the fastest race lap for Carlin Motorsport, but only crossed the finish line in 13th. In the Korean Formula 3 Superprix, he decided the race for himself starting from pole position.
2001 Karthikeyan joined the Japanese Formula Nippon for the Impul team. With two sixth places as the best results, he finished the season in 15th place overall. He also completed his first Formula 1 test for Jaguar . A little later he received two more test options from Jordan . In 2002 Karthikeyan returned to Europe again and competed for TATA RC Motorsport in the World Series by Nissan . With a third place as the best result, he finished ninth overall at the end of the season and thus also won the team-internal duel against Peter Sundberg . In 2003 he switched to Carlin Motorsport. With a second place as the best result, he finished the season of the World Series by Nissan in fourth place overall. He clearly distanced his teammate Bruce Jouanny with 121 to 62 points. He also completed other Formula 1 test drives for Minardi that year . In 2004 he played his third season in the World Series by Nissan and returned to TATA RC Motorsport. Karthikeyan had a total of three team-mates this season and together with Karun Chandhok formed an Indian driver duo for the last two race weekends. With wins in Magny-Cours and Valencia , he finished the season in sixth place in the championship.
formula 1
Jordan (2005)
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As the first Indian ever, Karthikeyan made his Formula 1 debut in 2005. At Jordan, he became a teammate of Tiago Monteiro . At the US Grand Prix , he finished fourth behind Monteiro. Due to tire problems, however, only six vehicles started this race. In contrast to Monteiro, he scored no further points. Two eleventh places were his otherwise best placements this season. In the drivers' championship, Karthikeyan finally took 18th place.
Williams (2006-2007)
After completing test drives for the Williams team in December 2005 , the racing team signed him as a test driver. In winter 2006/2007 Karthikeyan joined the Indian team in the A1GP . He started in ten races and achieved the only point placements of his team. Fourth place was his best result. He then took over the duties of test driver for Williams in the 2007 Formula 1 season . At the end of the season, his contract was no longer renewed.
A1GP, Le Mans and Superleague Formula
In the 2007/2008 season of the A1GP, Karthikeyan was the driver of the Indian team for nine out of ten race weekends. He won one race each at Zhuhai and Brands Hatch and was instrumental in ensuring that his team finished the season in tenth place in the championship. In the A1GP season 2008/2009 Karthikeyan was finally the only operational pilot of the Indian A1GP team. With a second place as the best result, his team finished the season in twelfth place in the championship.
He then competed in the Le Mans Series for Team Kolles in 2009 . He had already worked with his team boss, Colin Kolles , at Jordan in Formula 1 in 2005. He started four out of five races and finished 19th in the LMP1 category. It was also to be used in the Le Mans 24-hour race . However, due to a shoulder injury that he sustained shortly before the start, he was unable to compete. In 2010 Karthikeyan returned to formula racing and started for the PSV Eindhoven team, which is supported by several racing teams, in the Superleague Formula . At Brands Hatch he managed to win another race. After the seventh race weekend, he was replaced by Hywel Lloyd . He also started in the Camping World Truck Series of the American NASCAR in 2010 and took part in 9 of 25 races. He finished the season in 30th place in the drivers' championship.
Return to Formula 1
HRT (2011–2012)
In 2011 Karthikeyan returned to Formula 1 with the Spanish racing team HRT . At the racing team, he worked again with Colin Kolles, who had meanwhile become HRT team manager. Karthikeyan received financial support from the Indian company Tata on his comeback, which supported him, among other things, because of the first Indian Grand Prix . At the first race weekend in Australia he failed because of the 107 percent rule . Although he took part in the next seven races, he was mostly distanced from his teammate Vitantonio Liuzzi . After the European Grand Prix he was replaced by Daniel Ricciardo . After being used in some Friday practice sessions, Karthikeyan completed another race at his home Grand Prix, the Indian Grand Prix . At the end of the season he finished 26th in the world championship.
At the beginning of February 2012, HRT confirmed Karthikeyan as a regular driver for the 2012 Formula 1 season . As in the previous year, Karthikeyan and his teammate, Pedro de la Rosa this season, failed to qualify at the season opener, the Australian Grand Prix , and were subsequently not allowed to race. A race later in Malaysia , Karthikeyan qualified and was noticed by two collisions. First he collided with Jenson Button , who had fallen behind him due to his pit stop, then he touched Sebastian Vettel , who lapped him. While Karthikeyan drove on, the other two pilots had to pit for repairs. For the collision with Vettel, he was subsequently given a drive-through penalty. At the Monaco Grand Prix he achieved his best result for HRT with a 15th place. However, he was the last of those who crossed the finish line in the race. At the end of the season Karthikeyan finished 24th in the drivers' championship. HRT stopped racing at the end of the season.
Auto GP
In 2013 , Karthikeyan received a cockpit from Zele Racing for the Auto GP season opener . He stayed with the racing team for the first three racing weekends. Fourth place was his best result. He then moved to SuperNova International . In his first race for the new team at Silverstone, he managed to win from pole position. In the further course of the season Karthikeyan decided four races for themselves. With five wins he was together with Kimiya Satō the driver with the most wins. Karthikeyan finished the drivers' championship in fourth place.
Super formula
In 2014 Karthikeyan switched to Super Formula in Japan. He started for the Impul team. He had already been active for the racing team in 2001 when it was still called Formula Nippon. With a sixth place as the best result, he was 13th in the drivers' championship. In 2015 Karthikeyan stayed in the Super Formula and switched to Dandelion Racing . At the season opener in Suzuka , he achieved his first podium finish with a third place, which was his only point placement of the season. He improved to eleventh place in the overall standings.
statistics
Career stations
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Individual results in the Nippon / Super Formula formula
| year | team | engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | Points | rank |
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| 2001 | excite team impulse | Mugen |
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2 | 15th |
| 6th | 7th | 9 | DNF | DNF | DNF | 9 | DNF | DNF | 6th | |||||
| 2014 | Lenovo team impulse | Toyota |
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| DNF | 7th | 6th | 7th | DNF | 17 * | 11 | 10 | 8th | ||||||
| 2015 | Docomo Team Dandelion Racing | Honda |
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| 3 | 10 | DNF | 9 | 14th | 13 | 12 | 14th | |||||||
Statistics in the Formula 1 World Championship
general overview
| season | team | chassis | engine | run | Victories | Second | Third | Poles | nice Race laps |
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| 2005 | Jordan Grand Prix | Jordan EJ15 / EJ15B | Toyota V10 | 19th | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 18th |
| 2011 | HRT F1 team | HRT F111 | Cosworth 2.4 V8 | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26th |
| 2012 | HRT F1 team | HRT F112 | Cosworth 2.4 V8 | 19th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24. |
| total | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | ||||
Single results
| season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th |
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| colour | abbreviation | meaning |
| gold | - | victory |
| silver | - | 2nd place |
| bronze | - | 3rd place |
| green | - | Placement in the points |
| blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
| violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
| NC | not classified | |
| red | DNQ | did not qualify |
| DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
| black | DSQ | disqualified |
| White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
| WD | withdrawn | |
| Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
| TD | Friday test driver | |
| without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
| INJ | injured or sick | |
| EX | excluded | |
| DNA | did not arrive | |
| C. | Race canceled | |
| no participation in the World Cup | ||
| other | P / bold | Pole position |
| SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
| * | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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| () | Streak results | |
| underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Karthikeyan drives for HRT" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on January 6, 2011)
- ^ "Tata: The home race helps Karthikeyan to make a comeback" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 18, 2011)
- ↑ “Formula 1 - Ricciardo confirms Silverstone debut” (Motorsport-Magazin.com on June 30, 2011)
- ^ "Satisfaction for Vettel: penalty for Karthikeyan" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 25, 2012)
- ↑ Peter Mills: “Narain Karthikeyan to contest Auto GP opener with Zele Racing”. autosport.com, March 21, 2013, accessed March 21, 2013 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Karthikeyan, Narain |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Karthikeyan, Kumar Ram Narain |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian racing car driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chennai , India |