As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Narain Karthikeyan · Daniel Ricciardo
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
2
—
18
20 shared
Qualifying H2H
0
—
20
20 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
2
P18
Best championship
P3
Finished ahead in the standings:
1 · 1
2011
P26
2012
P18
Teammate battle by season
1
0
2011
Career totals
Narain Karthikeyan
Daniel Ricciardo
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
8
Poles
0
3
Podiums
0
32
Fastest laps
0
17
Career points
5
1,320
Starts
46
257
Rate-adjusted · per start
Narain Karthikeyan
Daniel Ricciardo
Win rate
0%
3.1%
Podium rate
0%
12.5%
Pole rate
0%
1.2%
Points / start
0.1
5.1
Avg grid
P20.4
P10.0
Avg finish
P18.3
P10.2
Finish rate
71.7%
85.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Narain Karthikeyan
Daniel Ricciardo
Overtakes
253
2,321
Overtakes / race
5.5
9.1
Places lost
195
2,023
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
Narain Karthikeyan
Daniel Ricciardo
Mechanical retirements
8
24
Crash retirements
4
8
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: 1 · 5
Milestones & racecraft
2005
Debut season
2011
—
First win
2014 · aged 24
—
First pole
2016
—
First title
—
P4
Best finish
P1
+2.1
Avg places gained
-0.2
Season points trajectory
Narain Karthikeyan
Daniel Ricciardo
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Narain Karthikeyan | Daniel Ricciardo |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P15 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| KAR 0 · 0 · P15 1 · 4 · P1 RIC | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · P11 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| KAR 0 · 0 · P11 1 · 3 · P1 RIC | ||
| Hungaroring | 0 · 0 · P12 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| KAR 0 · 0 · P12 1 · 3 · P1 RIC | ||
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · P17 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| KAR 0 · 0 · P17 1 · 2 · P1 RIC | ||
| Sepang International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P11 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| KAR 0 · 0 · P11 1 · 2 · P1 RIC | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P19 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| KAR 0 · 0 · P19 1 · 1 · P1 RIC | ||
| Shanghai International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P22 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| KAR 0 · 0 · P22 1 · 1 · P1 RIC | ||
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| KAR 0 · 0 · — 0 · 4 · P2 RIC | ||
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 0 · P13 | 0 · 2 · P3 |
| KAR 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 2 · P3 RIC | ||
| Circuit of the Americas | 0 · 0 · P22 | 0 · 2 · P3 |
| KAR 0 · 0 · P22 0 · 2 · P3 RIC | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P21 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| KAR 0 · 0 · P21 0 · 1 · P3 RIC | ||
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 0 · P15 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| KAR 0 · 0 · P15 0 · 1 · P3 RIC | ||
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P16 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| KAR 0 · 0 · P16 0 · 1 · P2 RIC | ||
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 0 · P12 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| KAR 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 1 · P3 RIC | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P16 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| KAR 0 · 0 · P16 0 · 1 · P3 RIC | ||
| Bahrain International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P21 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| KAR 0 · 0 · P21 0 · 0 · P4 RIC | ||
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · P15 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| KAR 0 · 0 · P15 0 · 0 · P4 RIC | ||
| Yas Marina Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| KAR 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4 RIC | ||
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 0 · 0 · P15 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| KAR 0 · 0 · P15 0 · 0 · P4 RIC | ||
| Buddh International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P17 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| KAR 0 · 0 · P17 0 · 0 · P10 RIC | ||
| Istanbul Park | 0 · 0 · P14 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| KAR 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 0 · P10 RIC | ||
| Korean International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P20 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| KAR 0 · 0 · P20 0 · 0 · P9 RIC | ||
| Valencia Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · P18 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| KAR 0 · 0 · P18 0 · 0 · P11 RIC | ||
Team history
Narain Karthikeyan
Daniel Ricciardo
HRT 2011Toro Rosso 2012–2013Red Bull 2014–2018Renault 2019–2020McLaren 2021–2022AlphaTauri 2023RB F1 Team 2024
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).