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Born | Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan 14 January 1977 Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years active | 1992 – present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Most Popular Driver | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan (born 14 January 1977) [1] is an Indian racing driver from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. He was the first Indian driver to compete in Formula One. [2]
Narain was born in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu to Sheela and G. R. Karthikeyan. He has an elder sister, Deepika and younger brother, Rajeev. [3] He did his schooling at Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in Coimbatore. His interest in motorsport began at an early age, as his father Karthikeyan, [4] was a former Indian national rally champion winning South India Rally seven times.
He went on the Elf Winfield Racing School in France, [5] and became a semifinalist in the Pilote Elf Competition for Formula Renault cars in 1992.
Narain finished on the podium in his first race at Sriperumbudur in a Formula Maruti National racing championship. Then, he went to France and attended the Elf Winfield Racing School. He returned to India to race in Formula Maruti for the 1993 season at the age of 15 years, [5] and in the same year, he also competed in the Formula Vauxhall Junior championship [5] in Great Britain.
He previously competed in A1GP, and the Le Mans Series. He has won multiple races in A1GP, British F3, World series by Nissan, AutoGP, Formula Asia, British Formula Ford and Opel series in his single-seater career. He won the British Formula Ford Winter Series in 1994 and Formula Asia Championship in 1996.
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. He also took part in the British Formula Ford Winter Series, and became the first Indian driver 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 ever since then Carlin have been invincible 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 World Series in 2003, Karthikeyan got four podium finishes 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.
He continued in the Nissan World Series in 2004, taking wins in Valencia, Spain and Magny-Cours, France, and finished 6th in the standings, and also made a single appearance in the FIA GT Championship for Scuderia Veregra, partnering Anthony Beltoise and Maktoum Hasher Al Maktoum at the Dubai 500km, finishing 11th in class and 19th overall.
On 1 February 2005, Karthikeyan announced that he had signed a preliminary deal with the Jordan Formula One team and said that he would be their main driver for the 2005 Formula One season, making him India's first Formula One racing driver. [6] His partner was 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, he finished in 15th, two laps behind winner Giancarlo Fisichella. He achieved his only points in the 2005 United States Grand Prix where all but three teams pulled out due to an argument over tyre safety. He finished fourth, finishing ahead of the two Minardi drivers but behind teammate Monteiro. Apart from the USGP, his highest finish was 11th place. In the 2005 Japanese Grand Prix free practice, he was fastest for a long period 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, he announced he would not be driving for Midland the following year allegedly due to their demand that he pay as much as $11.7 million to secure his seat on the team.
On 8 December 2005, Karthikeyan tested for Williams at Spain and finished fifth, outpacing the confirmed Williams second driver, Nico Rosberg, who finished ninth. On 27 January 2006, Williams confirmed Karthikeyan as their fourth driver. [7] 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. [8] Karthikeyan said he was "blown away" by the difference between Formula One's stragglers and a top-flight team. [9]
He 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 No. 60 Safe Auto Insurance Company Toyota Tundra for Wyler Racing in the 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
Later in 2007, he was linked with the Spyker (previously Jordan) Formula One team after their driver Christijan Albers was fired, [10] although Sakon Yamamoto got the drive. Due to the withdrawal of support of Williams F1 by Tata (Karthikeyan's main sponsor), 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, he did not even get to test for the team. He 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. He was India's only Formula One driver until the 2010 season, when Karun Chandhok signed to drive for the Hispania Racing F1 Team. [11]
On 6 January 2011, Karthikeyan announced that he would drive for the Hispania team in the 2011 season, [12] following five years away from active involvement in the championship. He 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". [13]
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. [14] 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 [15] [16] 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. [17] Karthikeyan was outqualifed by 0.022 secs to qualify 22nd, [18] however he started 24th and last due to blocking Michael Schumacher in qualifying. [19] Despite picking up damage in the first lap of the race, [20] Karthikeyan managed to beat Ricciardo by 31.8 seconds in the race to finish 17th. [21] Liuzzi returned to replace Karthikeyan ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. [22]
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. [23] 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 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 he 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". [24] Karthikeyan hit back at Vettel, calling him a "cry-baby". [25] 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." [25]
Kartikeyan qualified last for the following five races (bar in Spain where Lewis Hamilton was excluded from qualifying and in Monaco where Sergio Pérez crashed without setting a time) however he started 24th and last twice (in Bahrain and Canada) due to other drivers picking up grid penalties. In China he finished 22nd, ahead of Caterham's Heikki Kovalainen. In Bahrain, he finished 21st and was classified ahead of the Williams of Bruno Senna who retired due to brake issues. In Spain he retired after a wheel nut failure on lap 22 due to a botched pit stop. In Monaco he started 22nd, ahead of Perez 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. In Canada he 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 teammate Pedro de la Rosa retired 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. He 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 teammate 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.
Karthikeyan 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 zero points.
From 2014–2018, Karthikeyan raced in Japanese Super Formula series. [26] In 2019, he ended his single-seater career by joining Super GT series in Japan.
In 2005, Karthikeyan tested an Indy Racing League (IRL) car for the Red Bull Cheever Racing team for the Indianapolis 500 race and was offered $500,000 as an initial fee, but the deal was not completed.[ citation needed ]
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. [27]
Karthikeyan won the A1GP of Zhuhai (China) for Team India on 16 December 2007. This was India's first A1GP win. [28] 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. [29]
The team finished 12th overall in the 2008–09 season. [30]
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 would be partnered by Charles Zwolsman, Jr. and Andrew Meyrick. Team Kolles – headed by ex-Jordan, Midland and Force India Team Principal Colin Kolles – took part in the championship with two Audi R10 turbo diesel machines. The car boasted a successful racing history with three Le Mans 24h victories and 22 individual race wins to its name. Team Kolles joined the championship for the first time in 2009. [31] [32] [33]
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. [34] On 14 June 2009 Karthikeyan dislocated his shoulder in a fall just before the start of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. 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. [35]
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.
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.
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. [36]
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 Stoffel Vandoorne.
In 2019, Karthikeyan raced with Nakajima Racing for one race, winning the Fuji Super GT x DTM Dream Race in Fuji, gaining the fastest lap during the race. He then raced with Modulo Epson NSX-GT Team for 8 races, gaining one podium.
The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of Padma Shri in 2010. [37]
† As Karthikeyan was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
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Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
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1998 | Intersport | Dallara F398 | Opel Spiess | A | DON 9 | THR 9 | SIL Ret | BRH | BRH | OUL Ret | SIL | CRO | SNE | SIL | 12th | 44 | ||||||
Carlin Motorsport | Dallara F398 | Mugen-Honda | PEM 6 | PEM 4 | DON Ret | THR Ret | SPA 3 | SIL 3 | ||||||||||||||
1999 | Carlin Motorsport | Dallara F399 | Mugen-Honda | A | DON 4 | SIL Ret | THR Ret | BRH 2 | BRH 1 | OUL 13 | CRO 3 | BRH 1 | SIL 5 | SNE 7 | PEM 12 | PEM 7 | DON Ret | SPA 12 | SIL 6 | THR Ret | 6th | 104 |
2000 | Stewart Racing | Dallara F399 | Mugen-Honda | Championship | THR 3 | CRO Ret | OUL 5 | DON 2 | DON 8 | SIL 6 | BRH 3 | DON 4 | DON 10 | CRO 10 | SIL 5 | SNE 5 | SPA 3 | SIL Ret | 4th | 100 | ||
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Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points |
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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 | |
2017 | TCS Nakajima Racing | SUZ 13 | OKA 17 | OKA 13 | FUJ 14 | MOT Ret | AUT Ret | SUG 13 | SUZ C | SUZ C | 19th | 0 | |
2018 | TCS Nakajima Racing | SUZ 17 | AUT C | SUG 5 | FUJ 16 | MOT 11 | OKA 13 | SUZ 17 | 15th | 4 |
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Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | Points |
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2002 | Tata RC Motorsport | VAL 1 10 | VAL 2 Ret | JAR 1 9 | JAR 2 3 | ALB 1 Ret | ALB 2 Ret | MNZ 1 17 | MNZ 2 Ret | MAG 1 9 | MAG 2 Ret | CAT 1 DNS | CAT 2 DNS | VAL 1 5 | VAL 2 12 | CUR 1 4 | CUR 2 9 | INT 1 7 | INT 2 4 | 9th | 51 |
2003 | Tata Carlin Motorsport | JAR 1 Ret | JAR 2 5 | ZOL 1 4 | ZOL 2 3 | MAG 1 Ret | MAG 2 4 | MNZ 1 3 | MNZ 2 3 | LAU 1 6 | LAU 2 4 | A1R 1 Ret | A1R 2 4 | CAT 1 4 | CAT 2 2 | VAL 1 Ret | VAL 2 9 | JAR 1 7 | JAR 2 Ret | 4th | 121 |
2004 | Tata RC Motorsport | JAR 1 5 | JAR 2 Ret | ZOL 1 3 | ZOL 2 4 | MAG 1 1 | MAG 2 4 | VAL 1 11 | VAL 2 Ret | LAU 1 10 | LAU 2 6 | EST 1 Ret | EST 2 Ret | CAT 1 5 | CAT 2 4 | VAL 1 1 | VAL 2 2 | JER 1 5 | JER 2 11 | 6th | 100 |
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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 |
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2005 | Jordan Grand Prix | Jordan EJ15 | Toyota RVX-05 3.0 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | Hispania Racing F1 Team | Hispania F111 | Cosworth CA2011 2.4 V8 | AUS DNQ | MAL Ret | CHN 23 | TUR 21 | ESP 21 | MON 17 | CAN 17 | EUR 24 | GBR | 26th | 0 | |||||||||||
HRT Formula 1 Team | GER TD | HUN | BEL | ITA | SIN TD | JPN TD | KOR TD | IND 17 | ABU | BRA | |||||||||||||||
2012 | HRT Formula 1 Team | HRT F112 | Cosworth CA2012 2.4 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 |
(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 |
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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 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Car | Engine | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | DC | Points |
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2009 | Kolles | Audi R10 TDI | Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel) | LMP1 | CAT | SPA 6 | ALG NC | NUR 4 | SIL 6 | 22nd | 11 |
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2009 | Kolles | Charles Zwolsman Jr. André Lotterer | Audi R10 TDI | LMP1 | N/A | DNS [lower-alpha 1] |
(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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
(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 |
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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 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
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2019 | Modulo Nakajima Racing | Honda NSX-GT | GT500 | OKA 10 | FUJ 10 | SUZ 11 | CHA 10 | FUJ 10 | AUT 7 | SUG 2 | MOT 12 | 12th | 23.5 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Car | Engine | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | DC | Points |
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2021 | Racing Team India | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LMP2 | DUB 1 5 | DUB 2 4 | ABU 1 5 | ABU 2 5 | 5th | 42 |
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
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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 | [39] |
Pedro Martínez de la Rosa is a Spanish former Formula One driver who has participated in 107 Grands Prix for the Arrows, Jaguar, McLaren, Sauber and HRT teams. He made his Formula One debut on 7 March 1999, becoming one of 79 drivers to score a point in his first race. He has scored a total of 35 championship points, which includes a podium finish at the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix.
Vitantonio "Tonio" Liuzzi is an Italian professional racing driver who formerly raced in Formula One for the Red Bull, Toro Rosso, Force India and HRT teams.
Tiago Vagaroso da Costa Monteiro is a Portuguese professional racing driver currently competing in the World Touring Car Cup, driving a Honda Civic TCR for Engstler Motorsport. He competed in Formula One between 2005 and 2006 for the Jordan Grand Prix, Midland and Spyker MF1 teams – all different iterations of the same team as it was bought by new owners during a two-year stint as part of the Formula One paddock. He is the only Portuguese driver to have scored a Formula One podium finish, during the controversial 2005 United States Grand Prix.
Robert Józef Kubica is a Polish racing and rally driver, competing for AF Corse in the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship. He previously competed for Team WRT where he won the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship in the LMP2 class. He was the first and, as of 2024, only Polish racing driver to compete and win a race in Formula One.
Karun Chandhok is an Indian racing driver and television presenter who last competed in Formula E for Mahindra Racing. Previously, Chandhok has competed for Hispania Racing in Formula One in 2010. Before this, he drove in the GP2 Series for three years, winning two races. In 2013, Chandhok competed in the FIA GT Series for Seyffarth Motorsport.
Kazuki Nakajima is a retired Japanese professional racing driver who drove in Formula One for the Williams-Toyota team from 2007 to 2009. In 2012 and 2014, he won the Super Formula Championship driving for TOM'S. Racing for Toyota Gazoo Racing, he won the 2018, 2019 and 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, as well as the 2018–19 World Endurance Championship along with team-mates Fernando Alonso and Sébastien Buemi. He is the second FIA world champion from Japan after Toshi Arai.
Kamui Kobayashi is a Japanese racing driver who currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota Gazoo Racing, Super Formula for Kids com Team KCMG, and part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 50 Toyota Camry XSE for 23XI Racing. He also serves as team principal for Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe for their FIA World Endurance Championship team. Kobayashi previously competed in Formula One, Formula E, the GP2 Series, and the GP2 Asia Series. He became champion of the FIA World Endurance Championship alongside co-drivers Mike Conway and José María López in the 2019–20 season and in 2021, where he also won the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans.
HRT Formula 1 Team, formerly known as Campos Meta 1 and Hispania Racing, was a Spanish Formula One team founded by former driver Adrián Campos. It was sold to José Ramón Carabante before its debut in 2010, and then to investment group Thesan Capital in July 2011. It was the first Spanish team to race in Formula One; a previous effort known as "Bravo F1" failed to enter the sport in 1993.
The 2011 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 65th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. The original calendar for the 2011 Formula One World Championship consisted of twenty rounds, including the inaugural running of the Indian Grand Prix before the cancellation of the Bahrain Grand Prix. Pirelli returned to the sport as tyre supplier for all teams, taking over from Bridgestone, marking their return to Formula One for the first time since the 1991 season.
Roberto Merhi Muntan, is a Spanish racing driver who previously competed in Formula E for Mahindra Racing and who drove in Formula One. Merhi has also raced in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for Pons Racing, and won the Formula 3 Euro Series championship, while driving for Prema Powerteam. In 2018, he drove for MP Motorsport and Campos Vexatec Racing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship. Since 2019, he has competed in sportscar racing, including finishing third in the 2019–20 Asian Le Mans Series. In May 2023, it was announced he would drive for Mahindra Racing from the 2023 Jakarta ePrix.
Ma Qinghua is a Chinese racing driver currently competing in the World Touring Car Cup with Cyan Performance Lynk & Co.
The 2012 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 66th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 63rd FIA Formula One World Championship, a motor racing series for Formula One cars, recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) – the governing body of motorsport – as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. The championship was contested over twenty rounds, which started in Australia on 18 March and ended in Brazil on 25 November. The 2012 season saw the return of the United States Grand Prix, which was held at the Circuit of the Americas, a purpose-built circuit in Austin, Texas. After being cancelled in 2011 due to civil protests, the Bahrain Grand Prix also returned to the calendar.
The 2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was the eighteenth and penultimate round of the 2011 Formula One season. It was held on 13 November 2011 at the Yas Marina Circuit on Yas Island, a man-made island on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. It was the third running of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. As is customary with the race, it was the only twilight Grand Prix of the 2011 Formula One season, with a start time of 17:00 local time.
The 2011 Chinese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 17 April 2011 at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. It was the third round of the 2011 Formula One season. The 56-lap race was won by McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton after starting from third on the grid, also becoming the first ever multiple winner of the Chinese Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel finished second in a Red Bull Racing, having started from pole position, and teammate Mark Webber completed the podium, in third place having started eighteenth.
The 2011 European Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 26 June 2011 at the Valencia Street Circuit in Valencia, Spain. The race, which was the eighth round of the 2011 Formula One season, was won by defending world drivers' champion and championship leader Sebastian Vettel, who was driving a Red Bull Racing car. Vettel, who started from pole position, also recorded the fastest lap of the race on lap 53, giving him a hat-trick. After a race-long battle, Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso and Vettel's teammate Mark Webber finished the race in second and third respectively. The race was notable for having the fewest retirements and the most finishers ever in a Formula One Grand Prix with all 24 cars starting the race also finishing the race with no retirements.
The 2011 Indian Grand Prix, formally the 2011 Formula 1 Airtel Grand Prix of India, was a Formula One motor race that was held on 30 October 2011 at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was the seventeenth round of the 2011 Formula One season and the first Formula One Grand Prix to take place in South Asia and first to take place in India.
The 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 10 April 2011 at the Sepang International Circuit in Selangor, Malaysia. It was the second round of the 2011 Formula One season. The 56-lap race was won by Red Bull Racing driver Sebastian Vettel after starting from pole position. Jenson Button finished second in a McLaren, and Nick Heidfeld completed the podium for Renault, in third place.
The 2011 Monaco Grand Prix, formally the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2011, was held on 29 May 2011 at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Sixth round of the 2011 Formula One season, the 78 lap race was won by the championship leader, Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel who started from pole position. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was second and McLaren's Jenson Button third.
The 2012 Korean Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race that was the sixteenth round of the 2012 Formula One season. It was held on 14 October 2012 at the Korea International Circuit near Yeongam in South Korea's South Jeolla Province. The race marked the third running of the Korean Grand Prix.
The 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 25 March 2012 at the Sepang International Circuit in Selangor, Malaysia. It was the fourteenth running of the Malaysian Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship, and the thirty-second time the event has been held. The 56-lap race was the second round of the 2012 Formula One season and was won by Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso. Sergio Pérez of the Sauber team finished the race in second position, and McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton completed the podium with third place after starting in pole position.