Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan

Born on 14 January 1977, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan was the first F-1 racing driver from India who has registered his name in the history of Motor Sports through his winged performances on international circuits and conquered numerous national track events. He has earned numerous accolades in his active career among which some are listed below-

Achievements:-

• First Indian racer to win the British Formula Ford Winter Series in 1994.
• First Asian and the first Indian to win the Asian Formula 2000 in 1996.
• Performed well at the British Formula 3 Championships of 1998, 1999 and 2000, finishing at 12th,6th, and 4th position respectively
• Became India's first Formula one racer in 2005 where he finished in 18th place.
• Won the A1GP of Zhuhai, held in China for India for the first time in 2007.
• Three  24 hours Le Man victories in 2009 with a total of 22  individual wins.
• Made his NASCAR debut by participating in "Kroger 250 Camping World Truck Series" finishing at the 13th place and received the title of "NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Most Popular Driver" in 2010.
• Finished 16th with a total of 288 points at the Super League Formula championship of 2010.
• Awarded with the fourth highest civilian award “Padma Shri” in 2010.
• Secured 13th, 11th and 14th position at the Super Formula season 2014, 2015, and 2016.