2023 F4 Indian Championship

2023 F4 Indian Championship

Drivers' Champion:
Cooper Webster

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Indian Racing League

The 2023 F4 Indian Championship was the inaugural season of the F4 Indian Championship. It was a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations. Initially, the series was planned to launch in 2022, before being postponed multiple times and then finally rescheduled to 2023. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} The season commenced on 4 November at the Madras International Circuit and concluded on 17 December at the same circuit. ^{[5] [6]}

Drivers

All cars were run by MP Motorsport. ^[7]

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Chennai Turbo Riders	5	Dion Gowda	2
	17	Rishab Jain	All
	37	Cooper Webster	All
Hyderabad Blackbirds	11	Shahan Ali Mohsin	All
	12	Alex Sawer	All
Goa Aces	23	Arjun Chheda	1–2, 4
	50	Jack Taylor	All
Speed Demons Delhi	25	Rishon Rajeev	All
	92	Shriya Lohia	3
	97	Veer Rajwade	4
Bangalore Speedsters	27	Rohaan Madesh	All
	28	Nooris Gafoor	1–2
Godspeed Kochi	28	Nooris Gafoor	3–4
	31	Akshay Bohra	All
	97	Salva Marjan	1
		Veer Rajwade	2
Source: [8]

• Ahren Manhas was announced to compete but withdrew before the start of the championship. ^{[9] [8]}

Calendar

All rounds took place in India. Initially, the schedule consisted of 15 races over 5 rounds. ^[10] The revised version without any round at Buddh International Circuit was published on 26 October. ^[11] In order to comply with the election code of conduct, the first round was moved from Hyderabad Street Circuit to Madras International Circuit. ^[12] Further revision was published on 22 November. ^[6] In the aftermath of Cyclone Michaung, the round 3 scheduled on 5–6 December at Madras International Circuit was cancelled and the round planned to be held on 9–10 December at the street track Chennai Formula Racing Circuit was postponed and eventually cancelled. Instead, Madras International Circuit once again hosted a round on the same date. ^{[13] [14] [15]}

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Madras International Circuit, Chennai (Full Circuit)	4 November	Akshay Bohra	Akshay Bohra	Akshay Bohra	Godspeed Kochi
	R2		5 November		Rishon Rajeev	Cooper Webster	Chennai Turbo Riders
	R3			Akshay Bohra	Akshay Bohra	Cooper Webster [a]	Chennai Turbo Riders
2	R1	Madras International Circuit, Chennai (Full Circuit)	1 December	Cooper Webster	Dion Gowda	Cooper Webster	Chennai Turbo Riders
	R2				Rishon Rajeev	Shahan Ali Mohsin	Hyderabad Blackbirds
	R3		2 December	Akshay Bohra	Rishon Rajeev	Dion Gowda	Chennai Turbo Riders
–		Madras International Circuit, Chennai	5–6 December	round cancelled due to Cyclone Michaung
3	R1	Madras International Circuit, Chennai (Short Circuit)	9 December	Cooper Webster	Cooper Webster	Cooper Webster	Chennai Turbo Riders
	R2				Cooper Webster	Shahan Ali Mohsin	Hyderabad Blackbirds
	R3		10 December	Cooper Webster	Cooper Webster	Cooper Webster	Chennai Turbo Riders
	R4				Akshay Bohra	Alex Sawer	Hyderabad Blackbirds
	R5				Cooper Webster	Cooper Webster	Chennai Turbo Riders
4	R1	Madras International Circuit, Chennai (Full Circuit)	16 December	Cooper Webster	Cooper Webster	Cooper Webster	Chennai Turbo Riders
	R2		17 December		Rishon Rajeev	Rishon Rajeev	Speed Demons Delhi
	R3			Cooper Webster	Cooper Webster	Cooper Webster	Chennai Turbo Riders
	R4				Cooper Webster	Shahan Ali Mohsin	Hyderabad Blackbirds

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver MIC1 MIC2 MIC3 MIC4 Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 [b] R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Cooper Webster 6 1 1 1 2 3 1 4 1 4 1 1 3 1 5 282.5 2 Rishon Rajeev 2 4 4 2 5 4 2 2 3 6 2 4 1 3 3 220 3 Akshay Bohra 1 2 7 3 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 Ret 2 4 211 4 Shahan Ali Mohsin 3 3 3 6 1 6 6 1 5 2 5 6 6 6 1 202 5 Alex Sawer 4 10 2 5 3 DNS 4 5 6 1 4 3 2 4 2 186 6 Rohaan Madesh Ret 6 5 8 7 5 5 6 Ret 9 6 7 4 5 10 90 7 Rishab Jain 5 5 8 WD WD WD 7 9† 7 7 9 5 8 7 6 74 8 Jack Taylor 8 8 9 Ret 6 9 9 8 4 5 8 8 Ret 9 7 63 9 Nooris Gafoor 7 9 10 7 8 7 8 7 8 8 7 9 7 10 9 57 10 Arjun Chheda Ret 7 6 9 DNS 8 10 5 8 8 37 11 Dion Gowda 4 Ret 1 24.5 12 Veer Rajwade WD WD WD Ret 9 11 11 2 13 Shriya Lohia 10 10 WD WD WD 2 – Salva Marjan DNQ DNQ DNQ – Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 [b] R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts MIC1 MIC2 MIC3 MIC4

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † — Did not finish, but classified

Notes

1. Akshay Bohra finished first but received a 25 seconds time penalty. Webster inherited the win.
2. Half points awarded as race was stopped and not resumed before reaching the required distance for full points due to adverse weather conditions.

References

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3. Wolff, Perceval (2022-01-15). "Aditya Patel on Formula Regional India: 'It becomes attractive when you know Prema is involved'". F1 Feeder Series. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
4. Gidithuri, Unnatee (3 November 2022). "New Indian Racing League dates announced; Formula Regional, F4 India postponed". Autocar India.
5. Gidithuri, Unnatee (2023-08-17). "New Chennai street circuit to host F4 India night race". Autocar India.
6. @indianracingleagueofficial; (2023-11-22). "Indian Racing Festival Revised Calendar" – via Instagram.
7. Bruin, Lois de (2023-06-16). "MP Motorsport and RPPL sign multi-year Indian F4 partner deal". MP Motorsport.
8. @indianf4championship; (2023-11-02). "Say hello to the inaugural F4 Indian Championship grid!" – via Instagram.
9. @indianf4championship; (2023-10-28). "Driver Announcement Ahren Manhas to race in the F4 Indian Championship!" – via Instagram.
10. "2023 Provisional Calendar of Events" (PDF). Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
11. @indianf4championship; (2023-10-26). "India, get ready to watch the first ever F4 Indian Championship in Chennai and Hyderabad!" – via Instagram.
12. "F4 Indian Championship opener relocated from Hyderabad to Chennai due to election code of conduct". Telangana Today. 2023-10-31.
13. "State postpones Formula 4 racing". The Times of India. 2023-12-06.
14. Wood, Ida (2023-12-06). "Indian F4 round three cancelled, round four relocated due to wet weather". Formula Scout.
15. "F4 finale race shifted back to MIC, new champion to be crowned this weekend". 2023-12-12. Retrieved 2023-12-12.

External links

• Official website