As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Daniel Ricciardo · Narain Karthikeyan
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
18
—
2
20 shared
Qualifying H2H
20
—
0
20 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
2
Top-3 finishes
0
P3
Best championship
P18
Finished ahead in the standings:
1 · 1
2011
P26
2012
P18
Teammate battle by season
0
1
2011
Career totals
Daniel Ricciardo
Narain Karthikeyan
Championships
0
0
Wins
8
0
Poles
3
0
Podiums
32
0
Fastest laps
17
0
Career points
1,320
5
Starts
257
46
Rate-adjusted · per start
Daniel Ricciardo
Narain Karthikeyan
Win rate
3.1%
0%
Podium rate
12.5%
0%
Pole rate
1.2%
0%
Points / start
5.1
0.1
Avg grid
P10.0
P20.4
Avg finish
P10.2
P18.3
Finish rate
85.6%
71.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Daniel Ricciardo
Narain Karthikeyan
Overtakes
2,321
253
Overtakes / race
9.1
5.5
Places lost
2,023
195
Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded.
Only races with lap data count, so the per-race figure is the fair comparison across eras.
Why they retired
Daniel Ricciardo
Narain Karthikeyan
Mechanical retirements
24
8
Crash retirements
8
4
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Retirements with an unclear cause: 5 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
2011
Debut season
2005
2014 · aged 24
First win
—
2016
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P4
-0.2
Avg places gained
+2.1
Season points trajectory
Daniel Ricciardo
Narain Karthikeyan
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Daniel Ricciardo | Narain Karthikeyan |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 1 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P15 |
| RIC 1 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P15 KAR | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| RIC 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P11 KAR | ||
| Hungaroring | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P12 |
| RIC 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P12 KAR | ||
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P17 |
| RIC 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P17 KAR | ||
| Sepang International Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| RIC 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P11 KAR | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P19 |
| RIC 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P19 KAR | ||
| Shanghai International Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P22 |
| RIC 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P22 KAR | ||
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 0 · 4 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| RIC 0 · 4 · P2 0 · 0 · — KAR | ||
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 2 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| RIC 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 0 · P13 KAR | ||
| Circuit of the Americas | 0 · 2 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P22 |
| RIC 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 0 · P22 KAR | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P21 |
| RIC 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P21 KAR | ||
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P15 |
| RIC 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P15 KAR | ||
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P16 |
| RIC 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P16 KAR | ||
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P12 |
| RIC 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P12 KAR | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P16 |
| RIC 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P16 KAR | ||
| Bahrain International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P21 |
| RIC 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P21 KAR | ||
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P15 |
| RIC 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P15 KAR | ||
| Yas Marina Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · — |
| RIC 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · — KAR | ||
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P15 |
| RIC 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P15 KAR | ||
| Buddh International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 0 · P17 |
| RIC 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P17 KAR | ||
| Istanbul Park | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 0 · P14 |
| RIC 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P14 KAR | ||
| Korean International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 0 · P20 |
| RIC 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P20 KAR | ||
| Valencia Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 0 · P18 |
| RIC 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P18 KAR | ||
Team history
Daniel Ricciardo
HRT 2011Toro Rosso 2012–2013Red Bull 2014–2018Renault 2019–2020McLaren 2021–2022AlphaTauri 2023RB F1 Team 2024
Narain Karthikeyan
20052024
Basis
Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).