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Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan (Tamil: நரேன் கார்த்திகேயன்; born 14 January 1977) is an Indian former racing driver, who competed in Formula One between 2005 and 2012.
Karthikeyan was born on 14 January 1977 in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, to Sheela and Kakarla Karthikeyan Naidu. He has an elder sister, Deepika and younger brother, Rajeev. He did his schooling at Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in Coimbatore. His interest in motorsport began at an early age, as his father Karthikeyan was a former Indian national rally champion winning South India Rally seven times.
Karthikeyan went on the Elf Winfield Racing School in France, and became a semi-finalist in the Pilote Elf Competition for Formula Renault cars in 1992.
Karthikeyan finished on the podium in his first race at Sriperumbudur in a Formula 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, and in the same year, he also competed in the Formula Vauxhall Junior championship in Great Britain.
Karthikeyan previously competed…
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