Narain Karthikeyan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Narain Karthikeyan
Occupation	Race Car Driver
Date Of Birth	Jan 14, 1977(1977-01-14)
Age	47
Birthplace	Coimbatore
Country	India
Birth City	Tamil Nadu
Horoscope	Capricorn

Narain Karthikeyan Biography

Narain Karthikeyan is one of the most popular and richest Race Car Driver who was born on January 14, 1977 in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. He was the first Indian Formula One driver to debut in 2005. After racing pickup trucks in NASCAR, he was voted NASCAR’s most popular driver in 2010.

In 2012, he got into a feud with He got into a public feud with rival driver Sebastian Vettel in 2012., a rival driver.

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. 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.

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.

He was born in Tamil Nadu, India.

Narain Karthikeyan Net Worth

Narain Karthikeyan is one of the richest Race Car Driver from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Narain Karthikeyan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He attended Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary school in Coimbatore (India).

The 2005 Australian Grand Prix was his first Formula One race.

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.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Narain Karthikeyan height 5 ft 7 in Narain weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Narain Karthikeyan Dating?

According to our records, Narain Karthikeyan married to Pavarna Karthikeyan (m. 2004). As of December 1, 2023, Narain Karthikeyan’s is not dating anyone.

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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.

Facts & Trivia

Narain Ranked on the list of most popular Race Car Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Narain Karthikeyan celebrates birthday on January 14 of every year.

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.

What is Narain Karthikeyan doing now?

As of now, the plan for February 2021 is that Narain Kathikeyan will lead a three-man team to compete in the prestigious Le Mans Series in Abhu Dhabi. The Indian team will be using an ORECA O7 car. Narain was quoted saying “I have been dreaming of going back to Le Mans for a few years now”.

Was Narain Karthikeyan a good driver?

“His win at the DTM x JSGT Dream race was a very difficult one, but he drove superbly, winning against some of the best sports-car drivers in the world. Although we would have liked him to continue racing for Nakajima Racing in 2020 and beyond, Narain has decided to explore other opportunities.

Is Narain Karthikeyan still racing?

24 Hours of Le Mans career
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Was Narain Karthikeyan a pay driver?

The pay driver is still very much with us. Vitaly Petrov is bringing a lot of money, so is Narain Karthikeyan and so was Sakon Yamamoto. They are by no means the worst pay drivers in history.

Who is Karthikeyan in FIR?

FIR (2022) – Ram C. as Abu Bakkar Abdulla, Karthikeyan – IMDb.