Parthiva Sureshwaren

Parthiva Sureshwaren (born 21 February 1980) is an Indian race car driver born in Chennai.

Career

A1 Grand Prix

Sureshwaren drove in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season for A1 Team India at the Australian round, replacing Narain Karthikeyan. He did so again for the 2007–08 season, replacing the injured Karthikeyan at Durban. He competed in Formula V6 Asia for the remainder of 2007 and got 2 podium finishes at the Sepang International circuit. He then hoped to move to the IndyCar Series in 2009.^[1]

Formula Two

In 2010, Sureshwaren began competing in the FIA Formula Two Championship,^[2] taking part in the first six rounds and scoring points in Monza, Italy. In 2011 he elected to continue in the series.^[3] In 2012 Parthiva Sureshwaren started his 3rd season in the FIA Formula two championship and took part in 4 rounds at Silverstone, Algarve, Nurburgring and Spa Francorchamps.^{[citation needed]}

FORMULA V6 ASIA

In 2007 Parthiva raced for half the season in the Formula V6 Asian championship. He achieved 2 podiums in Sepang, Malaysia.

Racing record

Complete motorsports results

American Open-Wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

Barber Dodge Pro Series

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points
2002	SEB	LRP	LAG 20	POR 13	TOR 14	CLE	VAN	MDO	ROA	MTL	26th	5

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2006–07	India	NED SPR	NED FEA	CZE SPR	CZE FEA	CHN SPR	CHN FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	IDN SPR PO	IDN FEA PO	NZL SPR	NZL FEA	AUS SPR 18	AUS FEA 16	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	MEX SPR	MEX FEA	CHN SPR	CHN FEA	GBR SPR	GBR SPR	16th	13
2007–08		NED SPR	NED FEA	CZE SPR PO	CZE FEA PO	MYS SPR PO	MYS FEA PO	CHN SPR PO	CHN FEA PO	NZL SPR PO	NZL FEA PO	AUS SPR	AUS FEA	RSA SPR 17	RSA FEA Ret	MEX SPR PO	MEX FEA PO	CHN SPR PO	CHN FEA PO	GBR SPR PO	GBR SPR PO			10th	61
2008–09		NED SPR	NED FEA	CHN SPR	CHN FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	NZL SPR PO	NZL FEA PO	RSA SPR PO	RSA FEA PO	POR SPR PO	POR FEA PO	GBR SPR PO	GBR SPR PO									12th	19

Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Points
2010	SIL 1 16	SIL 2 16	MAR 1 11	MAR 2 Ret	MNZ 1 15	MNZ 2 10	ZOL 1 12	ZOL 2 Ret	ALG 1 14	ALG 2 11	BRH 1 18	BRH 2 14	BRN 1	BRN 2	OSC 1	OSC 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	21st	1
2011	SIL 1 18	SIL 2 Ret	MAG 1	MAG 2	SPA 1 21	SPA 2 19	NÜR 1 DNS	NÜR 2 Ret	BRH 1 11	BRH 2 14	RBR 1 Ret	RBR 2 17	MNZ 1 15	MNZ 2 14	CAT 1 17	CAT 2 14			25th	0
2012	SIL 1 12	SIL 2 11	ALG 1 16	ALG 2 14	NÜR 1 12	NÜR 2 12	SPA 1 11	SPA 2 11	BRH 1	BRH 2	LEC 1	LEC 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2			21st	0

References

1. "Sureshwaren to take American IndyCar plunge next year". The Hindu. 12 April 2008.
2. "Parthiva Sureshwaren signs up for 2010 F2 season". FIA Formula Two Championship. MotorSport Vision. 18 March 2010. Archived from the original on 22 March 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
3. "Parthiva Sureshwaren returns for 2011 assault". FIA Formula Two Championship. MotorSport Vision. 10 March 2011. Archived from the original on 25 March 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.

External links

• Parthiva Sureshwaren career summary at DriverDB.com
• Parthiva Sureshwaren on Twitter