Narain Karthikeyan Pictures And Bio

Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan (born 14 January 1977, in Coimbatore) is the first Formula One motor racing driver from India.He has previously competed in A1GP, and the Le Mans Series. He made his Formula One debut in 2005 with the Jordan team, and 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 #60 Safe Auto Insurance Company Toyota Tundra for Wyler Racing in the 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. In 2011 he returned to F1 with the HRT team, and has again signed with them for the 2012 season.

Formula One World Championship career:

Nationality     Indian
2012 team     HRT-Cosworth
2012 car #     23
Races             37 (35 starts)
Championships     0
Wins     0
Podiums     0
Career points     5
Pole positions     0
Fastest laps     0
First race     2005 Australian Grand Prix
Last race     2012 British Grand Prix
2011 position     26th (0 pts)

Karthikeyan was born in Madras, Tamil Nadu. Karthikeyan did his schooling at Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in Coimbatore. He belongs to PSG Family in Coimbatore. His father Mr.G.R Karthikeyan has been "Managing Trustee" of PSG and Sons Charities which runs PSG industrial Institute, PSG Polytechnic College,PSG College of Arts and Science, PSG College of Technology, PSG Institute of Medical science and Research, PSG Hospitals, PSG Institute of Management etc.Narain Karthikeyan also runs Karthikeya Spinning Mills LTD and a wind energy sector and many other companies in Coimbatore. Karthikeyan's interest in motorsport began at an early age, as his father was a former Indian national rally champion winning South India Rally seven times.

He is also related to the late S. Karivardhan, India's most famous racing driver until Karthikeyan came along. With the ambition of becoming India's first Formula One driver, Karthikeyan finished on the podium in his first ever race, at Sriperumpudur in a Formula Maruti (a.k.a.FISSME). He then went onto the Elf Winfield Racing School in France, showing his talent by becoming a semi-finalist in the Pilote Elf Competition for Formula Renault cars in 1992. He returned to India to race in Formula Maruti for the 1993 season, and in the same year, he also competed in the Formula Vauxhall Junior championship in Great Britain. This gave him valuable experience in European racing, and he was keen to return for the following year.
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.

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