Mahaveer Raghunathan

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Mahaveer Raghunathan
Mahaveer Raghunathan - Coloni Motorsport (35123641673).jpg
Mahaveer Raghunathan driving for PS Racing in the BOSS GP series
Nationality Flag of India.svg Indian
Born (1998-11-17) 17 November 1998 (age 26)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India [1]
Italian GT Championship career
Debut season 2023
Current team Lazarus Corse
Former teamsImperiale Racing
Starts3
Wins0
Podiums1
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Previous series
2019
2016–17
2016
2016
2015
2014–15
2014 		FIA Formula 2 Championship
BOSS GP
GP3
Auto GP
European Formula 3 Championship
MRF Formula 2000
Italian Formula 4 Championship

Mahaveer Raghunathan (born 17 November 1998) is an Indian racing driver. He is currently competing in the Italian GT Championship with Lazarus Corse and is also an AMR Junior Team driver. [2]

Contents


Early career

Junior series

Raghunathan started his racing career in karting in 2012, where he remained active until 2013. He also made his formula racing debut in 2012 in four races of the JK Racing Asia Series for the Meco Racing team. [3]

In 2013, Raghunathan competed in the MRF Challenge Formula 1600, finishing sixth. [4] He also took part in the final race weekend of the Formula Masters China series at the Shanghai International Circuit for the Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG team [5]

In 2014, Raghunathan moved to the new Italian F4 Championship, debuting on the second race weekend for the F&M team. He finished 12th in the championship [6]

Formula 3

At the beginning of 2015, Raghunathan took part in the final race weekend of the MRF Challenge Formula 2000 series at the Madras Motor Race Track. He then returned to Europe to take part in the European Formula 3 Championship for the Motopark team. [7] He failed to get any points, finishing 39th in the championship. [8] Raghunathan took part in the official GP3 post season test with the Campos and Trident teams, in preparation for the 2016 GP3 Series, but he only raced in the first round of the championship for Koiranen GP. He also tested with the Coloni Motorsport team in Auto GP. [7]

Auto GP and BOSS GP

In 2016, Raghunathan raced in the Auto GP championship with Italian team PS Racing, finishing second in the championship. In the same year, he also raced in the BOSS GP series in the Formula Class and secured two podiums in his class. [1]

In 2017, Raghunathan continued racing in BOSS GP's Formula Class Championship races in his class, and ending the season as the champion of the Formula Class. He is the first and only Indian to win the BOSS GP Championship. [1]

Raghunathan took part in the FIA WEC rookie test at the end of the year, driving an Oreca 07 for G-Drive Racing. [9]

FIA Formula 2 Championship

Following a season where he made just one race appearance in the Le Mans Cup, Raghunathan progressed towards the FIA Formula 2 Championship in 2019, racing alongside Jordan King for MP Motorsport. [10] He was suspended for the Austrian round after accumulating 12 penalty points on his license during the season, returning to the seat for the Silverstone round and continuing to run around at the back of the field. After Raghunathan received his ban at the Paul Ricard round, Formula One Grand Prix winner Johnny Herbert labelled him as "someone who is not aware of what is going on around him". [11]

Both Raghunathan and teammate King were reprimanded for failing to slow down for yellow flags in qualifying at Spa-Francorchamps. A reduced field at the following round in Italy led to his only point of the season but was once again penalised in Sochi for not following track-limit procedures. He finished the season 20th in the standings, scoring only a single point and being the last-placed driver among those who had scored points. [12]

After Formula 2

Formula One

In August 2021, nearly two years after Raghunathan's last appearance behind the wheel of a race car, Raghunathan became the third Indian to drive a Formula One car when he tested the Alfa Romeo Racing C38 alongside Théo Pourchaire at the Hungaroring where he set a time 1.9 seconds slower than the Frenchman. [13] [14] In July 2023, nearly two years after his last Formula One test, Raghunathan tested a McLaren MCL35 at Portimão, completing a distance of 750 km. [15]

World Endurance Championship

In November 2022, Raghunathan returned to the WEC, driving for Algarve Pro Racing at the rookie test in Bahrain. [16]

Italian GT

Raghunathan competed in the Italian GT Endurance Championship in 2023, driving a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 for Imperiale Racing in the Pro-Am class alongside teammates Jack Bartholomew and Miguel Garcia. [17] Raghunathan achieved his first professional career podium by coming in third at Round 3. [18] He returned to the series in 2024, having been inducted into Aston Martin's AMR Driver Academy. [2] He would be signed by Lazarus Corse to compete in the endurance rounds of the championship alongside William Alatalo and three-time MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo. [19]

Racing record

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2012 JK Racing Asia Series Meco Racing400000NC†
2013MRF Challenge Formula 1600 Championship MRF Racing  ? ? ? ? ? ?6th
Formula Masters China Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG 30000021st
2014 Italian F4 Championship F & M 1800004512th
2014–15 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship MRF Racing 30000521st
2015 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Motopark 260000039th
Masters of Formula 3 10000017th
Euroformula Open Championship Motul Team West-Tec F3 200000NC†
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series Cram Motorsport 200000NC†
2016 Auto GP Formula Open Championship PS Racing1000021512nd
BOSS GP Series - Formula Class 800021185th
GP3 Series Koiranen GP 20000027th
2017 BOSS GP Series - Formula Class PS Racing14341132631st
2018 Le Mans Cup - LMP3 United Autosports 100000.546th
2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship MP Motorsport 200000120th
2023 Italian GT Endurance Championship - GT3 Pro-Am Imperiale Racing30001326th
2024 Italian GT Endurance Championship - GT3 Pro-Am Lazarus Corse 2000014NC

Complete JK Racing Asia Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeam12345678910111213141516DCPoints
2012 Meco Racing SEP
1 		SEP
2 		SEP
3 		SEP
4 		LEC
1 		LEC
2 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		IND1
1 		IND1
2 		IND2
1
Ret		 IND2
2
Ret		 IND2
3
12		 IND2
4
10		NC-

Complete Formula Masters China results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718DCPoints
2013 Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG ZHU
1 		ZHU
2 		ZHU
3 		SHI
1 		SHI
2 		SHI
3 		ORD
1 		ORD
2 		INJ
1 		INJ
2 		INJ
3 		INJ
4 		SEP
1 		SEP
2 		SEP
3 		SHI
1
14		 SHI
2
15		 SHI
3
12		21st0

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718192021DCPoints
2014 F & M ADR
1 		ADR
2 		ADR
3 		IMO1
1
14		 IMO1
2
17		 IMO1
3
8		 MUG
1
19		 MUG
2
13		 MUG
3
8		 MAG
1
20		 MAG
2
18		 MAG
3
19		 VLL
1
14		 VLL
2
12		 VLL
3
15		 MNZ
1
11		 MNZ
2
6		 MNZ
3
12		 IMO2
1
6		 IMO2
2
6		 IMO2
3
6		12th45

Complete MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year123456789101112DCPoints
2014-15 LOS
1 		LOS
2 		LOS
3 		LOS
4 		BHR
1 		BHR
2 		BHR
3 		BHR
4 		MMR
1
8		 MMR
2
11		 MMR
3
DNS		 MMR
4
10		21st5

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrantEngine123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233DCPoints
2015 Motopark Volkswagen SIL
1
26		 SIL
2
25		 SIL
3
29		 HOC
1
24		 HOC
2
31		 HOC
3
30		 PAU
1
DNQ		 PAU
2
DNQ		 PAU
3
DNQ		 MNZ
1
Ret		 MNZ
2
24		 MNZ
3
25		 SPA
1
29		 SPA
2
27		 SPA
3
24		 NOR
1
25		 NOR
2
20		 NOR
3
25		 ZAN
1
27		 ZAN
2
30		 ZAN
3
28		 RBR
1
31		 RBR
2
25		 RBR
3
29		 ALG
1
30		 ALG
2
23		 ALG
3
DNS		 NÜR
1
30		 NÜR
2
26		 NÜR
3
22		 HOC
1 		HOC
2 		HOC
3 		39th0

Complete Masters of Formula 3 results

YearTeamCarQualifyingQuali RaceMain race
2015 Flag of Germany.svg Motopark Dallara F315 17th17th17th

Complete Auto GP Formula Open Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeam12345678910PosPts
2016 PS Racing ADR
1
2		 ADR
2
3		 MNZ
1
15		 MNZ
2
6		 ASS
1
7		 ASS
2
5		 BRN
1
8		 BRN
2
4		 IMO
1
4		 IMO
2
Ret		2nd151

Complete GP3 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718PosPts
2016 Koiranen GP CAT
FEA
23		 CAT
SPR
24		 RBR
FEA 		RBR
SPR 		SIL
FEA 		SIL
SPR 		HUN
FEA 		HUN
SPR 		HOC
FEA 		HOC
SPR 		SPA
FEA 		SPA
SPR 		MNZ
FEA 		MNZ
SPR 		SEP
FEA 		SEP
SPR 		YMC
FEA 		YMC
SPR 		27th0

Complete BOSS GP Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeam1234567891011121314PosPts
2016 PS Racing HOC
1 		HOC
2 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		MNZ
1
15		 MNZ
2
6		 ASS
1
7		 ASS
2
5		 BRN
1
8		 BRN
2
4		 IMO
1
4		 IMO
2
Ret		5th118
2017 PS Racing HOC
1
5		 HOC
2
6		 ZAN
1
3		 ZAN
2
2		 LEC
1
5		 LEC
2
6		 ZOL
1
1		 ZOL
2
3		 ASS
1
2		 ASS
2
4		 BRN
1
5		 BRN
2
11		 IMO
1
3		 IMO
2
2		1st263

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718192021222324DCPoints
2019 MP Motorsport BHR
FEA
18		 BHR
SPR
19		 BAK
FEA
11		 BAK
SPR
13		 CAT
FEA
16		 CAT
SPR
19		 MON
FEA
15		 MON
SPR
Ret		 LEC
FEA
12		 LEC
SPR
18		 RBR
FEA
EX		 RBR
SPR
EX		 SIL
FEA
15		 SIL
SPR
18		 HUN
FEA
17		 HUN
SPR
19		 SPA
FEA
C		 SPA
SPR
C		 MNZ
FEA
10		 MNZ
SPR
13		 SOC
FEA
17		 SOC
SPR
17		 YMC
FEA
Ret		 YMC
SPR
15		20th1

Complete Italian GT Championship results

Italian GT Endurance Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClass1234DCPoints
2023 Imperiale Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Bartholemew
Flag of Paraguay.svg Miguel María García
Flag of Italy.svg Giuseppe Fascicolo		 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Pro-Am PER
6		 MUG MNZ
4		 VLL
6		6th32
2024 Lazarus Corse Flag of Finland.svg William Alatalo
Flag of Spain.svg Jorge Lorenzo 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Pro VAL
14		 MUG
11		 IMO MON NC [a] 0

Notes

  1. ↑ Not classified as driver did not participate in at least three events according to series regulations

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