Mahaveer Raghunathan

Mahaveer Raghunathan (born 17 November 1998) is an Indian racing driver who last competed in the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship with MP Motorsport while competing under a Dutch license.[2][3]

Mahaveer Raghunathan
Mahaveer Raghunathan Driving for Coloni Motorsport in the Boss GP series
Nationality Indian
Born (1998-11-17) 17 November 1998
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India[1]
Previous series
2019
2016-17
2016
2016
2015
2014-15
2014		FIA Formula 2 Championship
BOSS GP
GP3
Auto GP
European Formula 3 Championship
MRF Formula 2000
Italian Formula 4 Championship

Career

Raghunathan started his racing career in karting in 2012, where he remained active until 2013. He also made his Formula racing debut in 2012, in four races of the JK Racing Asia Series for the Meco Racing team.[4]

In 2013, Raghunathan competed in the MRF Challenge Formula 1600, finishing sixth.[5] He also took part in the final race weekend of the Formula Masters China series at the Shanghai International Circuit for the Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG team, finishing the races in 14th, 15th and 12th respectively.[6]

In 2014, Raghunathan moved to the new Italian F4 Championship, debuting on the second race weekend for the F & M team. With four sixth places at Monza and Imola as best results, he finished twelfth in the championship with 45 points.[7]

At the beginning of 2015, Raghunathan took part in the final race weekend of the MRF Challenge Formula 2000 series at the Madras Motor Race Track. He then returned to Europe to take part in the European Formula 3 Championship for the Motopark team.[8] With a 20th place at the Norisring as his best result, he finished 39th in the standings with zero points.[9] Raghunathan took part in the official GP3 post season test with the Campos and Trident teams, in preparation for the 2016 GP3 Series. He also tested with the Coloni Motorsport team in Auto GP.[8]

In 2016, Raghunathan raced in the Auto GP championship with Italian team PS Racing, securing nine podium finishes. In the same year, he also raced in the BOSS GP series in the Formula Class and secured two podiums.[1]

In 2017, Raghunathan continued racing in the BOSS GP-Formula Class Championship with Italian team Coloni Racing. He won 13 podiums out of 14 races, scoring three wins, and ending the season as champion. He is the first Indian to win the BOSS GP Championship.[1]

In 2019, Raghunathan raced in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for MP Motorsport.[10] Raghunathan's F2 season was marred by a string of penalties and poor results.[11] He was subsequently suspended for the Austrian round based on the accumulation of penalty points, including picking up 9 points for infringements under all 3 Virtual Safety Car procedures in the Feature Race in France and taking him over the 12 required for a ban, having previously been reprimanded for passing the chequered flag twice at the opening round in Bahrain and colliding with Jack Aitken in Monaco.[12] He returned to the seat for the Silverstone round, continuing to run around at the back of the field. Both Raghunathan and his team-mate Jordan King were reprimanded for failing to slow for yellow flags in qualifying at Spa-Francorchamps. A reduced field at the following round in Italy led to his only point of the season, but he was once again penalised in Sochi for not following track-limit procedures. Failure to follow practice start procedure at the final round in United Arab Emirates saw him rack up enough penalty points for a second event ban, but competed in the event anyway due to a loophole in the rules.[13] He finished the season 20th in the standings.[2]

Racing record

Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2012 JK Racing Asia Series Meco Racing 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2013 MRF Challenge Formula 1600 MRF Racing ? ? ? ? ? ? 6th
Formula Masters China Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG 3 0 0 0 0 0 21st
2014 Italian F4 Championship F & M 18 0 0 0 0 45 12th
2014-15 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 MRF Racing 3 0 0 0 0 5 21st
2015 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Motopark 26 0 0 0 0 0 39th
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 17th
Euroformula Open Championship Motul Team West-Tec F3 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Cram Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2016 Auto GP PS Racing 10 0 0 0 2 151 2nd
BOSS GP Series - Formula Class 8 0 0 0 2 118 5th
GP3 Series Koiranen GP 2 0 0 0 0 0 27th
2017 BOSS GP Series - Formula Class PS Racing 14 3 4 1 13 263 1st
2018 Michelin Le Mans Cup United Autosports 1 0 0 0 0 0.5 46th
2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship MP Motorsport 20 0 0 0 0 1 20th

† As Raghunathan was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Engine 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 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 DC Points
2015 Motopark Volkswagen SIL
1
26		 SIL
2
25		 SIL
3
29		 HOC
1
24		 HOC
2
31		 HOC
3
30		 PAU
1
DNQ		 PAU
2
DNQ		 PAU
3
DNQ		 MNZ
1
Ret		 MNZ
2
24		 MNZ
3
25		 SPA
1
29		 SPA
2
27		 SPA
3
24		 NOR
1
25		 NOR
2
20		 NOR
3
25		 ZAN
1
27		 ZAN
2
30		 ZAN
3
28		 RBR
1
31		 RBR
2
25		 RBR
3
29		 ALG
1
30		 ALG
2
23		 ALG
3
DNS		 NÜR
1
30		 NÜR
2
26		 NÜR
3
22		 HOC
1		 HOC
2		 HOC
3		 39th 0

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2019 MP Motorsport BHR
FEA
18		 BHR
SPR
19		 BAK
FEA
11		 BAK
SPR
13		 CAT
FEA
16		 CAT
SPR
19		 MON
FEA
15		 MON
SPR
Ret		 LEC
FEA
12		 LEC
SPR
18		 RBR
FEA		 RBR
SPR		 SIL
FEA
15		 SIL
SPR
18		 HUN
FEA
17		 HUN
SPR
19		 SPA
FEA
C		 SPA
SPR
C		 MNZ
FEA
10		 MNZ
SPR
13		 SOC
FEA
17		 SOC
SPR
17		 YMC
FEA
Ret		 YMC
SPR
15		 20th 1

References
  1. "How Raghunathan is carving his own path in motorsport". Red Bull. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  2. "Driver Standings for the FIA Formula 2 2019 Championship". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  3. "2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship ENTRY LIST Bahrain". fia.com. FIA. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  4. "JK Racing Asia Series 2012 standings | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  5. "MRF Challenge - Formula 1600 2013 standings | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  6. "Formula Masters China Series 2013 standings | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  7. "Italian Formula 4 Championship 2014 standings | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  8. "Mahaveer Raghunathan joins Koiranen GP's GP3 line-up". The Checkered Flag. 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  9. "FIA Formula 3 European Championship 2015 standings | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  10. Gillard, Aaron (2019-03-22). "Jordan King And Mahaveer Raghunathan Completes MP Motorsport F2 Roster". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  11. Thorn, Dan (1 April 2019). "F2 Driver Raghunathan Was Given A Penalty In Bahrain For Doing Too Many Laps". WTF1. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  12. "Round 5 post-Feature Race penalties - Formula 2". www.fiaformula2.com. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  13. "Raghunathan has enough penalty points for second ban of 2019 after "extremely dangerous" error". racefans.net. 29 November 2019.
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