RACING DRIVER

Narain Karthikeyan

1977 - Today

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Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan (born 14 January 1977) is an Indian racing driver. He was the first Indian driver to compete in Formula One.He has previously competed in A1GP, and the Le Mans Series. He has won multiple races in A1GP, British F3, World series by Nissan, AutoGP, Formula Asia, British Formula Ford & Opel series in his single-seater career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Narain Karthikeyan has received more than 1,300,830 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Narain Karthikeyan is the 708th most popular racing driver (down from 658th in 2019), the 898th most popular biography from India (down from 762nd in 2019) and the most popular Indian Racing Driver.

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  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Narain Karthikeyans by language

Over the past year Narain Karthikeyan has had the most page views in the with 144,824 views, followed by Spanish (10,617), and Italian (9,916). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (105.94%), Occitan (81.47%), and Breton (52.30%)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Narain Karthikeyan ranks 708 out of 1,080. Before him are Helmut Niedermayr, Hap Sharp, Johann Zarco, Mauri Rose, Robert O'Brien, and Johnny Thomson. After him are Guy Tunmer, Theo Fitzau, David Walker, Dick Gibson, David Hobbs, and Eddie Keizan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Narain Karthikeyan ranks 255. Before him are Henri Camara, Scoot McNairy, Marco Silva, Choi Kang-hee, Iva Majoli, and Alexander Morozevich. After him are Naoki Matsuda, Juan Pablo Raba, Josh Stewart, Félix Sánchez, Jason Reitman, and Felix van Groeningen.

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In India

Among people born in India, Narain Karthikeyan ranks 898 out of 1,861. Before him are Mridula Sinha (1942), Baselios Cleemis (1959), Parmanand Jha (1944), Gulshan Kumar (1956), Surekha Sikri (1945), and Ravi Zacharias (1946). After him are Tapan Sinha (1924), Teejan Bai (1956), Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (1944), Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II (1734), Aasif Mandvi (1966), and Nabaneeta Dev Sen (1938).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In India

Among racing drivers born in India, Narain Karthikeyan ranks 1. After him are Monisha Kaltenborn (1971), and Karun Chandhok (1984).

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