Narain Karthikeyan | |
|---|---|
நாராயண் கார்த்திகேயன் | |
 Karthikeyan at the2011 Malaysian Grand Prix | |
| Born | Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan (1977-01-14)14 January 1977 (age 48) Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |  Indian |
| Active years | 2005,2011–2012 |
| Teams | Jordan,HRT |
| Entries | 48 (46 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Careerpoints | 5 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 2005 Australian Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix |
Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan (Tamil:நரேன் கார்த்திகேயன்; born 14 January 1977) is an Indian formerracing driver, who competed inFormula One between2005 and2012.[a]
Karthikeyan was born on 14 January 1977 inCoimbatore, Tamil Nadu, to Sheela and Kakarla Karthikeyan Naidu. He has an elder sister, Deepika and younger brother, Rajeev.[1][2] He did his schooling atStanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School inCoimbatore. His interest in motorsport began at an early age, as his father Karthikeyan was a former Indian nationalrally champion winning South India Rally seven times.[3]
He went on the ElfWinfield Racing School inFrance,[4] and became a semi-finalist in the Pilote Elf Competition for Formula Renault cars in 1992.
Narain finished on the podium in his first race atSriperumbudur in aFormula 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,[4] and in the same year, he also competed in the Formula Vauxhall Junior championship[4] inGreat Britain.
He previously competed inA1GP, and theLe 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 theUK, 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 thePortuguese Grand Prix held atEstoril. 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 atShah 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 apole position and win atDonington Park and finishing sixth in the overall points standings.
In1998, Karthikeyan made his debut in theBritish Formula 3 Championship with theCarlin Motorsport team. Competing in only 10 rounds, he managed two third-place finishes in the final two races of the season, atSpa-Francorchamps andSilverstone, to finish 12th overall. He continued in the championship for1999, finishing on the podium five times, including two wins atBrands 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 theMacau 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 theKorea 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 theJaguar Racing team at Silverstone on 14 June. Impressed with his performance, he was then offered a test drive in theJordan-Honda EJ11 at Silverstone in September. Karthikeyan again tested for Jordan, atMugello inItaly on 5 October, finishing just half a second off the pace off Jordan's lead driverJean Alesi.
In 2002, he moved into theTelefónica World Series with Team Tata RC Motorsport, taking a pole position and setting the fastest non-Formula One lap time at theInterlagos Circuit inBrazil. Continuing in the renamedSuperfund 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 theMinardi team. He was offered a race drive for the2004 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 inValencia,Spain andMagny-Cours,France, and finished 6th in the standings, and also made a single appearance in theFIA GT Championship forScuderia Veregra, partneringAnthony Beltoise andMaktoum Hasher Al Maktoum at theDubai 500km, finishing 11th in class and 19th overall.
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On 1 February 2005, Karthikeyan announced that he had signed a preliminary deal with theJordan Formula One team and said that he would be their main driver for the2005 Formula One season, making him India's first Formula One racing driver.[5] His partner was Portuguese driverTiago Monteiro. Karthikeyan completed the necessary testing distance of 300 km in anF1 car in order to gain his superlicence at theSilverstone Circuit on 10 February.
In his first race, theAustralian 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 winnerGiancarlo Fisichella. He achieved his only points in the2005 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 the2005 Japanese Grand Prix free practice, he was fastest for a long period and eventually qualified 11th. At the2005 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 renamedMidland 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.[6] He was to perform testing duties for the team alongsideAlexander Wurz who had been confirmed earlier as the team's third driver. He was retained as a reserve test driver for Williams alongsideKazuki Nakajima in2007.[7] Karthikeyan said he was "blown away" by the difference between Formula One's stragglers and a top-flight team.[8]
He was aWilliams F1 test driver in2006 and2007.
Like several other former F1 drivers, Karthikeyan moved tostock car racing and drove the No. 60Safe Auto Insurance CompanyToyota Tundra forWyler Racing in the 2010NASCARCamping World Truck Series.
Later in 2007, he was linked with theSpyker (previously Jordan) Formula One team after their driverChristijan Albers was fired,[9] althoughSakon Yamamoto got the drive. Due to the withdrawal of support ofWilliams F1 byTata (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 byVijay Mallya towards the end of 2007, Karthikeyan had been linked with a drive with the newForce 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 theSuper 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 the2010 season, whenKarun Chandhok signed to drive for theHispania Racing F1 Team.[10]
On 6 January 2011, Karthikeyan announced that he would drive for the Hispania team in the2011 season,[11] following five years away from active involvement in the championship. He confirmed the deal via hisTwitter 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 backersTata Group had been "instrumental".[12]
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.[13] The first occurrence was during theChinese Grand Prix where the single retirement ofJaime Alguersuari meant Karthikeyan finished in 23rd place, after he was overtaken by teammateVitantonio Liuzzi on the final lap. However, in theEuropean 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 byDaniel Ricciardo for the remaining races of the season except theIndian Grand Prix[14][15] but participated in Friday first practice inGermany,Singapore,Japan andKorea.
On 23 October 2011, it was confirmed that Karthikeyan would replace Liuzzi for theIndian Grand Prix.[16] Karthikeyan was outqualifed by Ricciardo by 0.022 secs to qualify 22nd.[17] However, Karthikeyan started 24th and last due to blockingMichael Schumacher in qualifying.[18] Despite picking up damage in the first lap of the race,[19] Karthikeyan managed to beat Ricciardo by 31.8 seconds in the race to finish 17th.[20] Liuzzi returned to replace Karthikeyan ahead of theAbu Dhabi Grand Prix.[21]
On 3 February 2012, it was confirmed that Karthikeyan had again signed for the HRT team for the2012 season partneringPedro de la Rosa.[22]In theAustralian Grand Prix, he and teammatePedro de la Rosa were unable to qualify. InMalaysia, both the HRTs managed to qualify, with Karthikeyan starting 23rd due to a 5-place gear box penalty forHeikki 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, beforeMcLaren'sJenson 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'sSebastian 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 bossChristian Horner criticised Karthikeyan's driving, with Vettel calling Karthikeyan an "idiot".[23] Karthikeyan hit back at Vettel, calling him a "cry-baby".[24] 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."[24]
Kartikeyan qualified last for the following five races (bar inSpain whereLewis Hamilton was excluded from qualifying and inMonaco whereSergio Pérez crashed without setting a time) however he started 24th and last twice (inBahrain andCanada) due to other drivers picking up grid penalties. InChina he finished 22nd, ahead ofCaterham'sHeikki Kovalainen. InBahrain, he finished 21st and was classified ahead of theWilliams ofBruno Senna who retired due to brake issues. InSpain he retired after a wheel nut failure on lap 22 due to a botched pit stop. InMonaco he started 22nd, ahead of Perez and the penalisedPastor Maldonado and finished the race in 15th, classified ahead ofMcLaren'sJenson Button who retired after collision damage with Kovalainen. InCanada 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 teammatePedro de la Rosa retired with a similar issue two laps later.
At theEuropean Grand Prix Karthikeyan for the first time in the season qualified 22nd, ahead of theMarussia ofCharles Pic, withTimo Glock missing qualifying and the race due to illness. He finished the race in 18th, behind Pic and de la Rosa but classified ahead ofLewis Hamilton who retired after crashing out with two laps remaining. He finished the next 3 races as the final classified finisher before retiring inHungary due to broken suspension. He qualified last inBelgium, 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 atMonza, but ended up finishing behind him in 19th. He out-qualified him again atSingapore, this time by over a second, but crashed out at turn 16 on lap 30.
Karthikeyan qualified in 24th atSuzuka, 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 inKorea and finished last in 20th, almost a lap behind Pic in 19th. InIndia 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 inAbu Dhabi after his steering broke and he was rear-ended byNico Rosberg. He qualified 24th inAustin 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 allowingLewis Hamilton to take the lead. He qualified 23rd inBrazil 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 JapaneseSuper Formula series.[25] In 2019, he ended his single-seater career by joiningSuper GT series in Japan.
In 2005, Karthikeyan tested anIndy Racing League (IRL) car for theRed Bull Cheever Racing team for theIndianapolis 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 forA1 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.[26]
Karthikeyan won the A1GP ofZhuhai (China) for Team India on 16 December 2007.This was India's first A1GP win.[27]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.[28]
The team finished 12th overall in the 2008–09 season.[29]
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 byCharles Zwolsman, Jr. and Andrew Meyrick. Team Kolles – headed by ex-Jordan,Midland andForce India Team PrincipalColin Kolles – took part in the championship with twoAudi 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.[30][31][32]
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.[33]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.[34]
Karthikeyan made hisNASCAR debut atMartinsville Speedway on 27 March 2010 driving in the Kroger 250Camping World Truck Series forWyler Racing in the #60Safe Auto Insurance CompanyChevrolet Silverado. Qualifying was rained out and the field set by 2009 owner points, putting the first Indian-born driver to compete inNASCAR 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 theNASCARCamping 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 thePSV Eindhoven team inSLF in2010. He won the 2nd race atBrands Hatch, Great Britain and finished 16th in the Championship on 288 points, taking part in six of the twelve race weekends.
Karthikeyan drove forZele Racing andSuper Nova Racing in theAuto GP series in 2013. After switching from Zele Racing toSuper 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.[35]
In 2014, Karthikeyan returned to the Japanese Top Formula seriesSuper Formula for the first time since 2001 with the sameTeam IMPUL. In the 2015 season, Karthikeyan moved toHonda-poweredDocomoTeam 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.
TheGovernment of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour ofPadma Shri in 2010.[36]
† As Karthikeyan was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
(key)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Team | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | exciteImpul | Mugen | SUZ 6 | MOT 7 | MIN 9 | FUJ Ret | SUZ Ret | SUG 13 | FUJ 9 | MIN Ret | MOT 14 | SUZ 6 | 14th | 2 |
| 2014 | LenovoTeam Impul | Toyota | SUZ Ret | FUJ 7 | FUJ 6 | FUJ 7 | MOT Ret | AUT 17 | SUG 11 | SUZ 10 | SUZ 8 | 13th | 5 | |
| 2015 | DocomoTeam Dandelion Racing | Honda | SUZ 3 | OKA 10 | FUJ Ret | MOT 9 | AUT 14 | SUG 13 | SUZ 12 | SUZ 14 | 11th | 6 | ||
| 2016 | SunocoTeam LeMans | Toyota | SUZ Ret | OKA 16 | FUJ 7 | MOT Ret | OKA 3 | OKA Ret | SUG 12 | SUZ 15 | SUZ 14 | 14th | 5 | |
| 2017 | TCSNakajima Racing | Honda | SUZ 13 | OKA 17 | OKA 13 | FUJ 14 | MOT Ret | AUT Ret | SUG 13 | SUZ C | SUZ C | 19th | 0 | |
| 2018 | TCSNakajima Racing | Honda | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Jordan Grand Prix | JordanEJ15 | Toyota RVX-05 3.0V10 | 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 | |||||
| JordanEJ15B | BEL 11 | BRA 15 | JPN 15 | CHN Ret | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Hispania Racing F1 Team | HispaniaF111 | Cosworth CA2011 2.4V8 | 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 | HRTF112 | Cosworth CA2012 2.4V8 | 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 inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Car | Engine | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 |  Kolles |  Charles Zwolsman Jr.André Lotterer | Audi R10 TDI | LMP1 | N/A | DNS[b] | |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics 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 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | PSV Eindhoven Atech GP/Reid Motorsport | SIL 1 12 | SIL 2 15 | ASS 1 13 | ASS 2 9 | MAG 1 | MAG 2 | JAR 1 11 | JAR 2 15 | NÜR 1 13 | NÜR 2 16 | ZOL 1 10 | ZOL 2 14 | BRH 1 18 | BRH 2 1 | ADR 1 | ADR 2 | POR 1 | POR 2 | ORD 1 | ORD 2 | BEI 1 | BEI 2 | NAV 1 | NAV 2 | 16th | 288 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | PSV Eindhoven Atech GP/Reid Motorsport | SIL DNQ | ASS DNQ | MAG | JAR DNQ | NÜR DNQ | ZOL DNQ | BRH DNQ | ADR | POR | ORD | BEI | NAV |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Car | Engine | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 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 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||
| 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 | [38] | |||||||||||||
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| Preceded by | NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Most Popular Driver 2010 | Succeeded by |
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