Raj Bharath (racing driver)

Raj Bharath Swaminathan is an Indian professional racing driver from Bangalore. He has competed in multiple single-seater and karting championships, and is particularly noted for his performance in the 2014–15 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 series, where he finished third overall.

Career

Raj started his motorsport career with karting in 2008, winning the ‘Most promising rookie of the year’ trophy in his debut year, in the National Karting Championship. After winning the Rotax Max Karting National Champion title in 2010, he progressed to the JK Racing Asia Series in 2011, followed by the Formula Pilota China in 2012 and the Formula Masters China in 2013, where he achieved a single win. He won the Young Star Driver program from Mercedes-Benz India in 2014. In 2012, Bharath became a part of the Aston Martin Racing Driver Academy. In the 2014–15 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship Raj achieved four podiums including one win and finished third overall.

† As Bharath was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.