Mahaveer Raghunathan | |
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Nationality | Indian |
Born | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India [1] | 17 November 1998
Italian GT Championship career | |
Debut season | 2023 |
Current team | Imperiale Racing |
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 currently competes in the Italian GT Championship with Imperiale Racing and has previously competed in the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship with MP Motorsport.
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. [2]
In 2013, Raghunathan competed in the MRF Challenge Formula 1600, finishing sixth. [3] 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 [4]
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 [5]
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. [6] He failed to get any points, finishing 39th in the championship [7] 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. [6]
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 with PS Racing. He made 13 podiums out of 14 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. [8]
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. [9] He was subsequently suspended for the Austrian round after accumulating 12 penalty points on his license during the season. He returned to the seat for the Silverstone round, continuing to run around at the back of the field. Both Raghunathan and team-mate King were reprimanded for failing to slow 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 he 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 all drivers to have scored points. [10]
In August 2021, nearly two years after Raghunathan's last appearance behind the wheel of a race car, the Indian tested the Alfa Romeo Racing C38 alongside Théo Pourchaire at the Hungaroring where he set a time 1.9 seconds slower than the Frenchman. [11] [12]
In July 2023, nearly two years after his last F1 test, Raghunathan tested a McLaren MCL35 at Portimao, completing a distance of 750 km. [13]
In November 2022, Raghunathan returned to the WEC, driving for Algarve Pro Racing at the rookie test in Bahrain. [14]
The Indian 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. [15] Raghunathan achieved his first professional career podium by coming in third at Round 3. [16]
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2012 | JK Racing Asia Series | Meco Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
2013 | MRF Challenge Formula 1600 Championship | MRF Racing | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 6th |
Formula Masters China | Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21st | |
2014 | Italian F4 Championship | F & M | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 12th |
2014–15 | MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship | MRF Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21st |
2015 | FIA Formula 3 European Championship | Motopark | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39th |
Masters of Formula 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17th | ||
Euroformula Open Championship | Motul Team West-Tec F3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series | Cram Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
2016 | Auto GP Formula Open Championship | PS Racing | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 151 | 2nd |
BOSS GP Series - Formula Class | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 118 | 5th | ||
GP3 Series | Koiranen GP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th | |
2017 | BOSS GP Series - Formula Class | PS Racing | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 263 | 1st |
2018 | Le Mans Cup - LMP3 | United Autosports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 46th |
2019 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | MP Motorsport | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20th |
2023 | Italian GT Endurance Championship - GT3 Pro-Am | Imperiale Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 6th |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Points |
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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 | 12th | 45 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Engine | 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 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | DC | Points |
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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 | 39th | 0 |
Year | Team | Car | Qualifying | Quali Race | Main race |
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2015 | Motopark | Dallara F315 | 17th | 17th | 17th |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos | Pts |
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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 | 2nd | 151 |
(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 | Pos | Pts |
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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 | 27th | 0 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Pts |
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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 | 5th | 118 | ||
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 | 1st | 263 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
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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 | 20th | 1 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | DC | Points |
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2023 | Imperiale Racing | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | Pro-Am | PER 6 | MUG | MNZ 4 | VLL 6 | 6th | 32 |
* Season still in progress.
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