Narain Karthikeyan
Indian · 2005–2012
VS

Tiago Monteiro
Portuguese · 2005–2006
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
7
12
Qualifyingahead
10
9
Narain Karthikeyan · Tiago Monteiro
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.001s
Tiago Monteiro faster by the median gap over 14 sessions
2005 +0.001s 14
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
7 — 12
19 shared
Qualifying H2H
10 — 9
19 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P18
Best championship
P16
Finished ahead in the standings: 0 · 1
2005 P16
Teammate battle by season
7
12
2005
Career totals
Narain Karthikeyan Tiago Monteiro
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
0
1
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
5
7
Starts
46
37
Rate-adjusted · per start
Narain Karthikeyan Tiago Monteiro
Win rate
0%
0%
Podium rate
0%
2.7%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.1
0.2
Avg grid
P20.4
P17.7
Avg finish
P18.3
P14.4
Finish rate
71.7%
81.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Narain Karthikeyan Tiago Monteiro
Overtakes
253
224
Overtakes / race
5.5
6.2
Places lost
195
109
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 Tiago Monteiro
Mechanical retirements
8
4
Crash retirements
4
3
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 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
2005
Debut season
2005
—
First win
—
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P4
Best finish
P3
+2.1
Avg places gained
+3.2
Season points trajectory
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Narain Karthikeyan Tiago Monteiro
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Narain Karthikeyan Tiago Monteiro
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Indianapolis Motor Speedway 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P3
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 0 · P22 0 · 0 · P11
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P17 0 · 0 · P10
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P15 0 · 0 · P13
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P12
Sepang International Circuit 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P12
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 0 · P15 0 · 0 · P13
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P21 0 · 0 · P16
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · P9
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P19 0 · 0 · P17
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P15 0 · 0 · P15
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 0 · P21 0 · 0 · P10
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P16 0 · 0 · P17
Istanbul Park 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 0 · P15
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 0 · 0 · P15 0 · 0 · P16
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P8
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · P13
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P16 0 · 0 · P12
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 0 · 0 · P15 0 · 0 · P13
Team history
Narain Karthikeyan
JOR
HRT
Jordan 2005HRT 2011–2012
Tiago Monteiro
JOR
MF1
SPY
Jordan 2005MF1 2006Spyker MF1 2006
20052012
Narain Karthikeyan → Tiago Monteiro → Compare others
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).