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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]

Teams and drivers

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All drivers compete with single-seater Wolf GB08 Thunder cars, fitted with a 215 bhp (160 kW) Aprilia engine.[4]

Team No. Driver Rounds
Rarh Bengal Tigers 2 India Nikhil Bohra[5] 1–2, 4
India Jaden Pariat[6] 3
Malaysia Alister Yoong[5] 1–4
5 India Ruhaan Alva[5] 1–4
Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend[5] 1–4
Speed Demons Delhi 6 India Akash Gowda[7] 1–4
Portugal Álvaro Parente[7] 1–2, 4
Malaysia Adam Khalid[6] 3
33 Belgium Angélique Detavernier[7] 1–4
India Sai Sanjay[7] 1–4
Hyderabad Blackbirds 7 Spain Laura Camps Torras[8] 1–4
India Anindith Reddy[8] 1–4
9 Switzerland Neel Jani[8] 1, 4
United Kingdom Tom Canning[9] 2–3
India Akhil Rabindra[8] 1–4
Goa Aces JA Racing[10] 11 Czech Republic Gabriela Jílková[10] 1–4
India Shahan Ali Mohsin[10] 1–4
24 South Africa Raoul Hyman[10] 1–4
India Sohil Shah[10] 1–4
Chennai Turbo Riders[11] 18 Australia Emily Duggan[12] 1–2
India Mira Erda[6] 3–4
India Sandeep Kumar[12] 1–4
23 United Kingdom Jon Lancaster[12] 1–4
India Mohamed Ryan[12] 1–4
Bangalore Speedsters 25 India Rishon Rajeev[13] 1–4
Australia Caitlin Wood[13] 1–4
95 Denmark Julius Dinesen[13] 1–4
India Kyle Kumaran[13] 1–4

Team changes

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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]

Driver changes

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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 Angélique 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]

Mid-season

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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]

Race calendar

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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 Kari then hosting rounds 4 and 5.[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
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 14 September
R2 15 September
4 R1 Kari Motor Speedway, Chettipalayam 19 October
R2 20 October
5 R1 16–17 November
R2

Race results

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No. Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Madras International Circuit India Ruhaan Alva India Ruhaan Alva United Kingdom Jon Lancaster Chennai Turbo Riders
R2 Malaysia Alister Yoong India Sohil Shah Malaysia Alister Yoong Rarh Bengal Tigers
2 R1 Chennai Formula Racing Circuit Czech Republic Gabriela Jílková United Kingdom Jon Lancaster South Africa Raoul Hyman Goa Aces JA Racing
R2 Portugal Álvaro Parente Portugal Álvaro Parente Portugal Álvaro Parente Speed Demons Delhi
3 R1 Madras International Circuit India Ruhaan Alva India Ruhaan Alva United Kingdom Jon Lancaster Chennai Turbo Riders
R2 India Mohamed Ryan India Mohamed Ryan India Mohamed Ryan Chennai Turbo Riders
4 R1 Kari Motor Speedway Switzerland Neel Jani Switzerland Neel Jani United Kingdom Jon Lancaster Chennai Turbo Riders
R2 South Africa Raoul Hyman South Africa Raoul Hyman South Africa Raoul Hyman Goa Aces JA Racing
5 R1
R2

Championship standings

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Scoring system

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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
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.

Entrant championship

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Pos Entrant Drivers MIC1 CHE MIC2 KAR1 KAR2 Pts
R1 R2 R11 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 No. 23 Chennai Turbo Riders United Kingdom Jon Lancaster 1 Ret 1 1 118
India Mohamed Ryan 6 7 1 10
2 No. 5 Rarh Bengal Tigers India Ruhaan Alva 3 3 3 2 113
Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend 4 4 5 4
3 No. 24 Goa Aces JA Racing South Africa Raoul Hyman Ret 1 5 1 112
India Sohil Shah 8 4 2 3
4 No. 2 Rarh Bengal Tigers India Nikhil Bohra 5 DNS 4 83
India Jaden Pariat 4
Malaysia Alister Yoong 1 3 4 DNS
5 No. 6 Speed Demons Delhi India Akash Gowda Ret Ret 7 8 70
Portugal Álvaro Parente 2 1 3
Malaysia Adam Khalid Ret
6 No. 11 Goa Aces JA Racing Czech Republic Gabriela Jílková 3 2 2 7 70
India Shahan Ali Mohsin 8 Ret 6 Ret
7 No. 25 Bangalore Speedsters India Rishon Rajeev 6 2 3 5 67
Australia Caitlin Wood Ret 5 8 9
8 No. 9 Hyderabad Blackbirds United Kingdom Tom Canning DNS 10 56
Switzerland Neel Jani Ret 2
India Akhil Rabindra 2 6 Ret 6
9 No. 95 Bangalore Speedsters Denmark Julius Dinesen 5 8 6 4 34
India Kyle Kumaran Ret Ret Ret Ret
10 No. 33 Speed Demons Delhi Belgium Angélique Detavernier 7 DSQ 11 Ret 34
India Sai Sanjay 4 5 DNS 7
11 No. 7 Hyderabad Blackbirds Spain Laura Camps Torras 7 6 DNS 9 34
India Anindith Reddy 9 Ret 7 5
12 No. 18 Chennai Turbo Riders Australia Emily Duggan 10 9 13
India Mira Erda 9 Ret
India Sandeep Kumar Ret Ret 8 8
Pos Entrant Drivers R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts
MIC1 CHE MIC2 KAR1 KAR2
  • ^1 – Full race results are not publicly available.
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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

Teams' championship

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Pos Team MIC1 CHE MIC2 KAR1 KAR2 Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Rarh Bengal Tigers 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 2 193
5 4 4 DNS 4 5 6 DNS
2 Goa Aces JA Racing 8 3 1 4 2 2 3 1 181
Ret 8 2 Ret 5 6 Ret 7
3 Chennai Turbo Riders 1 6 Ret 7 1 1 1 8 131
Ret 10 Ret 9 9 8 Ret 10
4 Speed Demons Delhi 2 7 Ret 1 7 Ret 7 3 104
4 Ret Ret 5 11 DNS 8 Ret
5 Bangalore Speedsters 6 5 5 2 6 3 9 4 101
Ret Ret Ret 8 8 Ret Ret 5
6 Hyderabad Blackbirds 7 2 6 6 10 7 2 6 90
Ret 9 DNS Ret DNS Ret 5 9
Pos Team R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts
MIC1 CHE MIC2 KAR1 KAR2

References

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