Narain Karthikeyan vs Pedro de la Rosa

2012·

Pedro de la Rosa beat Narain Karthikeyan 15–4 at HRT in 2012, helped by 7 retirements for Narain Karthikeyan. Race-by-race qualifying, finishing and points record.

Narain KarthikeyanPedro de la Rosa

3Qualifying16

19 shared races

4Race day15

19 shared races

0Points0

in shared races, as awarded at the time

Wins: 0/0
Podiums: 0/0
Poles: 0/0
Retirements: 7/4
Best finish: P15/P17
Avg. grid: 23.1/21.8

Race by race

Round-by-round comparison of Narain Karthikeyan and Pedro de la Rosa
R	Grand Prix	Grid	Narain Karthikeyan	Pedro de la Rosa	Points
2	2Malaysian Grand Prix	23/22	P21	P22	0 / 0
3	3Chinese Grand Prix	23/22	P22	P21	0 / 0
4	4Bahrain Grand Prix	24/20	P21	P20	0 / 0
5	5Spanish Grand Prix	23/22	Mechanical	P19	0 / 0
6	6Monaco Grand Prix	22/20	P15▲	Accident	0 / 0
7	7Canadian Grand Prix	24/20	Suspension	Brakes	0 / 0
8	8European Grand Prix	22/21	P18	P17	0 / 0
9	9British Grand Prix	22/21	P21	P20	0 / 0
10	10German Grand Prix	24/23	P23	P21	0 / 0
11	11Hungarian Grand Prix	24/23	Suspension	P22	0 / 0
12	12Belgian Grand Prix	24/21	Spun off	P18	0 / 0
13	13Italian Grand Prix	21/23	P19	P18	0 / 0
14	14Singapore Grand Prix	23/24	Accident	P17	0 / 0
15	15Japanese Grand Prix	24/20	Vibrations	P18	0 / 0
16	16Korean Grand Prix	23/22	P20	Throttle	0 / 0
17	17Indian Grand Prix	23/22	P21	Accident	0 / 0
18	18Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	23/22	Collision	P17	0 / 0
19	19United States Grand Prix	24/23	P22	P21	0 / 0
20	20Brazilian Grand Prix	23/24	P18	P17	0 / 0
	Average finish		P20.1	P19.2

How to read this table

The driver ahead in a round is shown in bold, the other in grey. Grid shows Narain Karthikeyan / Pedro de la Rosa.
P1 a win,P3 a podium,DNF a retirement.
▲ a finish at least 4 places better than that driver’s own average finish this season (see the average row), ▼ at least 4places worse. Retirements are not counted in the average.

Narain Karthikeyan’s career Pedro de la Rosa’s career HRT 2012 season All teammate battles

How these numbers are calculated

Only races both drivers started are counted. Entries that did not qualify, did not pre-qualify or were withdrawn are excluded, as are cars that never left the grid or the garage, and the Indianapolis 500 of 1950–1960.
Until the mid-1960s drivers could share a car during a race. Each driver is compared from the car they started (which sets their grid position), with the best result of any car they drove and the points from all of them, as officially credited.
Qualifying is compared on grid position rather than session times. Session-by-session qualifying data only exists from 1994, while grid position is recorded for over 99% of entries right back to 1950 — including every race of the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
On race day the driver classified ahead takes the round. If neither was classified, the one who completed more laps is credited; if both retired on the same lap it is scored as a tie and excluded from the tally.
Points are those awarded at the time and include sprint races from 2021. Where the season used an older system, a second points row rescores every round under the current system so seasons from different eras can be compared.
These are points scored in the races both drivers started, not their season totals: races either missed, or contested alongside a different teammate, are left out. Up to 1990 even full-season totals differ from the championship standings, because only a driver’s best results counted towards the title. In 1988 Alain Prost outscored Ayrton Senna 105 to 94 and still lost the championship. Theseason page has the final standings.