The 2024 Indian Racing League is a single seater motor racing championship held across India. [1] 2024 is the third season of the championship. It started on August 24 at Madras International Circuit and will run over five race weekends. [2] [3]
All drivers compete with single-seater Wolf GB08 Thunder cars, fitted with a 215 bhp (160 kW) Aprilia engine. [4]
Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
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Rarh Bengal Tigers | 2 | Nikhil Bohra [5] | 1–2 |
Jaden Pariat [6] | 3 | ||
Alister Yoong [5] | 1–3 | ||
5 | Ruhaan Alva [5] | 1–3 | |
Fabienne Wohlwend [5] | 1–3 | ||
Speed Demons Delhi | 6 | Akash Gowda [7] | 1–3 |
Álvaro Parente [7] | 1–2 | ||
Adam Khalid [6] | 3 | ||
33 | Angelique Detavernier [7] | 1–3 | |
Sai Sanjay [7] | 1–3 | ||
Hyderabad Blackbirds | 7 | Laura Camps Torras [8] | 1–3 |
Anindith Reddy [8] | 1–3 | ||
9 | Neel Jani [8] | 1 | |
Tom Canning [9] | 2–3 | ||
Akhil Rabindra [8] | 1–3 | ||
Goa Aces JA Racing [10] | 11 | Gabriela Jílková [10] | 1–3 |
Shahan Ali Mohsin [10] | 1–3 | ||
24 | Raoul Hyman [10] | 1–3 | |
Sohil Shah [10] | 1–3 | ||
Chennai Turbo Riders [11] | 18 | Emily Duggan [12] | 1–2 |
Mira Erda [6] | 3 | ||
Sandeep Kumar [12] | 1–3 | ||
23 | Jon Lancaster [12] | 1–3 | |
Mohamed Ryan [12] | 1–3 | ||
Bangalore Speedsters | 25 | Rishon Rajeev [13] | 1–3 |
Caitlin Wood [13] | 1–3 | ||
95 | Julius Dinesen [13] | 1–3 | |
Kyle Kumaran [13] | 1–3 |
A new team joined the grid to replace 2022 teams' champions Godspeed Kochi. First announced under the guise of Kolkata Royal Tigers, it was later confirmed to be named Rarh Bengal Tigers. [14] [5] Indian actor and producer John Abraham acquired ownership of the Goa Aces team, renaming it to Goa Aces JA Racing. [15]
The Bangalore Speedsters only retained a single driver in Kyle Kumaran as Ashwin Datta, Oliver Webb and Sarah Moore left the series. They were replaced by 2022 Danish F4 champion Julius Dinesen, Porsche Sprint Challenge GB driver Caitlin Wood and series returnee Rishon Rajeev, who had already competed for the team in 2022. [13]
Amir Sayed left the Goa Aces team and was replaced by Shahan Ali Mohsin, who returned to the series after last competing in 2022 with the Speed Demons Delhi team. [10]
The Chennai Turbo Riders replaced the departing Nicole Havrda and Delhi-bound Sai Sanjay with ex-Delhi driver Sandeep Kumar and Emily Duggan, who last competed in 2019 in the Australian Toyota 86 Racing and Super3 series. [12]
Speed Demons Delhi welcomed three new drivers to their team as Sandeep Kumar moved to the Chennai Turbo Riders and Mitchell Gilbert and Chloe Chong left the championship. They were replaced by Álvaro Parente, who had entered the opening event in 2023 with the Hyderabad Blackbirds, Sai Sanjay, who swapped teams with Kumar, and Belgian GT4 driver Angelique Detavernier, who made her series debut. [7]
New entry Rarh Bengal Tigers took on all four drivers of Godspeed Kochi, the team it replaced. [5]
GT driver Tom Canning returned to the championship to sub for Neel Jani, who was absent from rounds 2 and 3 because of his clashing WEC comittments. [9]
Three more driver changes happened for round three: Jaden Pariat subbed for Nikhil Bohra, who prioritized his FRECA campaign, Mira Erda replaced Emily Duggan at Chennai Turbo Riders and Adam Khalid replaced Álvaro Parente at Speed Demons Delhi. [6]
The provisional calendar was announced in late February of 2024, albeit without any confirmed venues. [2] The venue of the first three rounds were later confirmed to be the Madras International Circuit in Irungattukottai, the new Chennai Formula Racing Circuit in Chennai and Kari Motor Speedway in Coimbatore. [3] [16] [17] The second round was then relocated to be also held at Madras, with the round at Kari now round 4. [18] All events will be held in India and will be run in tandem with the F4 Indian Championship. The event format is unchanged from the 2023 season. [19]
No. | Circuit | Date | Map of circuit locations | |
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1 | R1 | Madras International Circuit, Irungattukottai | 24 August | |
R2 | 25 August | |||
2 | R1 | Chennai Formula Racing Circuit, Chennai | 1 September | |
R2 | ||||
3 | R1 | Madras International Circuit, Irungattukottai | 13–15 September | |
R2 | ||||
4 | R1 | Kari Motor Speedway, Chettipalayam | 19–20 October | |
R2 | ||||
5 | R1 | TBA | 16–17 November | |
R2 |
No. | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | |
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1 | R1 | Madras International Circuit | Ruhaan Alva | Ruhaan Alva | Jon Lancaster | Chennai Turbo Riders |
R2 | Alister Yoong | Sohil Shah | Alister Yoong | Rarh Bengal Tigers | ||
2 | R1 | Chennai Formula Racing Circuit | Gabriela Jílková | Jon Lancaster | Raoul Hyman | Goa Aces JA Racing |
R2 | Álvaro Parente | Álvaro Parente | Álvaro Parente | Speed Demons Delhi | ||
3 | R1 | Madras International Circuit | Ruhaan Alva | Ruhaan Alva | Jon Lancaster | Chennai Turbo Riders |
R2 | ||||||
4 | R1 | Kari Motor Speedway | ||||
R2 | ||||||
5 | R1 | TBA | ||||
R2 |
Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows:
Race Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole | FL |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Drivers sharing a car add the points they earn in their respective races to a shared total.
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Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap |
Pos | Team | MIC1 | CHE | MIC2 | KAR | TBA | Pts | |||||
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R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | |||
1 | Rarh Bengal Tigers | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 136 | |||||
5 | 4 | 4 | DNS | 4 | ||||||||
2 | Goa Aces JA Racing | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 108 | |||||
Ret | 8 | 2 | Ret | 5 | ||||||||
3 | Speed Demons Delhi | 2 | 7 | Ret | 1 | 7 | 79 | |||||
4 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 11 | ||||||||
4 | Chennai Turbo Riders | 1 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 1 | 70 | |||||
Ret | 10 | Ret | 9 | 9 | ||||||||
5 | Bangalore Speedsters | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 62 | |||||
Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 8 | ||||||||
6 | Hyderabad Blackbirds | 7 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 43 | |||||
Ret | 9 | DNS | Ret | DNS | ||||||||
Pos | Team | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | Pts |
MIC1 | CHE | MIC2 | KAR | TBA |
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