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2024 Indian Racing League

The 2024 Indian Racing League was a single seater motor racing championship held across India.[1] 2024 was the third season of the championship. It started on August 24 at Madras International Circuit and ran over five race weekends.[2][3]

Raoul Hyman and Sohil Shah, sharing the No. 24 Goa Aces JA Racing car, defended their Entrant Championship at the final race of the season, while also winning the Teams' Championship, with Gabriela Jílková and Shahan Ali Mohsin driving the team's other car.

Teams and drivers

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All drivers competed 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   Nikhil Bohra[5] 1–2, 4–5
  Jaden Pariat[6] 3
  Alister Yoong[5] All
5   Ruhaan Alva[5] All
  Fabienne Wohlwend[5] All
Speed Demons Delhi 6   Akash Gowda[7] All
  Álvaro Parente[7] 1–2, 4–5
  Adam Khalid[6] 3
33   Angélique Detavernier[7] All
  Sai Sanjay[7] All
Hyderabad Blackbirds 7   Laura Camps Torras[8] All
  Anindith Reddy[8] All
9   Neel Jani[8] 1, 4–5
  Tom Canning[9] 2–3
  Akhil Rabindra[8] All
Goa Aces JA Racing[10] 11   Gabriela Jílková[10] All
  Shahan Ali Mohsin[10] All
24   Raoul Hyman[10] All
  Sohil Shah[10] All
Chennai Turbo Riders[11] 18   Emily Duggan[12] 1–2
  Mira Erda[6] 3–5
  Sandeep Kumar[12] All
23   Jon Lancaster[12] All
  Mohamed Ryan[12] All
Bangalore Speedsters 25   Rishon Rajeev[13] All
  Caitlin Wood[13] All
95   Julius Dinesen[13] All
  Kyle Kumaran[13] All

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] Parente and Bohra returned for the final two rounds at Kari Motor Speedway.

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 hosting rounds 4 and 5.[18] All events were held in India and were run in tandem with the F4 Indian Championship. The event format remained 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 November
R2 17 November

Race results

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No. Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
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   Raoul Hyman   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   Mohamed Ryan   Mohamed Ryan   Mohamed Ryan Chennai Turbo Riders
4 R1 Kari Motor Speedway   Neel Jani   Neel Jani   Jon Lancaster Chennai Turbo Riders
R2   Raoul Hyman   Raoul Hyman   Raoul Hyman Goa Aces JA Racing
5 R1   Sohil Shah   Sohil Shah   Sohil Shah Goa Aces JA Racing
R2   Raoul Hyman   Raoul Hyman   Raoul Hyman Goa Aces JA Racing

Season report

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The 2024 Indian Racing League opened at Madras International Circuit with Rarh Bengal Tigers driver Ruhaan Alva on pole position for the first race. He dropped to fifth after going off at the start of the race, handing Chennai Turbo Riders driver Jon Lancaster the lead before he too ran wide and Hyderabad Blackbirds’ Neel Jani claimed first place. He looked set to win the race before retiring with a car issue on the final lap. That saw Lancaster claim the win ahead of Speed Demons Delhi’s Álvaro Parente and pole sitter Alva. Race two saw Rarh Bengal Tigers’ Alister Yoong lead Hyderabad Blackbirds’ Akhil Rabindra and Goa Aces JA Racing’s Gabriela Jílková to an unchallenged lights-to-flag win.[20][21]

Round two saw the debut of the Chennai Formula Racing Circuit. After significant delays due to circuit modifications mandated by the FIA, Jílková qualified on pole position for the first race. Goa Aces JA Racing’s Raoul Hyman took the lead, before the race was interrupted by a dog entering the track. Hyman held his lead at the restart to win the race, while Yoong took third. Parente took pole position for the second race and led every lap despite continuous pressure from Goa Aces JA Racing’s Sohil Shah. Parente took the win by 0.9 seconds as Alva claimed third. That result saw the Rarh Bengal Tigers, who had finished on the podium at every race up to that point, cement their championship lead.[22][23]

The series returned to Madras International Circuit for its third round, and Alva once again claimed pole position in his group. Yoong started second but dropped to fourth at the start, behind Lancaster and Jílková. Alva looked set to win until he suffered a technical issue on the final lap and dropped to third, handing Lancaster the win and Jílková second place. Chennai Turbo Riders driver Mohamed Ryan took pole position for the second race. He led Shah all race and took a comfortable lights-to-flag victory. Bangalore Speedsters driver Rishon Rajeev held off Jaden Pariat, who subbed for Nikhil Bohra at the Rarh Bengal Tigers, for third place. Still, the Tigers continued to lead the championship.[24]

Championship standings

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Scoring system

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Points were 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 added the points they earned 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. 24 Goa Aces JA Racing   Raoul Hyman Ret 1 5 1 1 167
  Sohil Shah 8 4 2 3 1
2 No. 23 Chennai Turbo Riders   Jon Lancaster 1 Ret 1 1 4 147
  Mohamed Ryan 6 7 1 10 4
3 No. 5 Rarh Bengal Tigers   Ruhaan Alva 3 3 3 2 Ret 123
  Fabienne Wohlwend 4 4 5 4 6
4 No. 2 Rarh Bengal Tigers   Nikhil Bohra 5 DNS 6 8 97
  Jaden Pariat 4
  Alister Yoong 1 3 4 DNS 7
5 No. 11 Goa Aces JA Racing   Gabriela Jílková 3 2 2 7 2 94
  Shahan Ali Mohsin 8 Ret 6 Ret 5
6 No. 6 Speed Demons Delhi   Akash Gowda Ret Ret 7 8 Ret 82
  Álvaro Parente 2 1 3 3
  Adam Khalid Ret
7 No. 25 Bangalore Speedsters   Rishon Rajeev 6 2 3 5 5 79
  Caitlin Wood Ret 5 8 9 Ret
8 No. 9 Hyderabad Blackbirds   Tom Canning DNS 10 73
  Neel Jani Ret 2 2
  Akhil Rabindra 2 6 Ret 6 Ret
9 No. 95 Bangalore Speedsters   Julius Dinesen 5 8 6 4 3 46
  Kyle Kumaran Ret Ret Ret Ret 7
10 No. 7 Hyderabad Blackbirds   Laura Camps Torras 7 6 DNS 9 10 45
  Anindith Reddy 9 Ret 7 5 6
11 No. 33 Speed Demons Delhi   Angélique Detavernier 7 DSQ 11 Ret 9 36
  Sai Sanjay 4 5 DNS 7 Ret
12 No. 18 Chennai Turbo Riders   Emily Duggan 10 9 19
  Mira Erda 9 Ret 8
  Sandeep Kumar Ret Ret 8 8 9
Pos Entrant Drivers R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts
MIC1 CHE MIC2 KAR1 KAR2
  • ^1 – Full race results were not made 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 Goa Aces JA Racing 8 3 1 4 2 2 3 1 1 1 261
Ret 8 2 Ret 5 6 Ret 7 5 2
2 Rarh Bengal Tigers 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 2 6 7 220
5 4 4 DNS 4 5 6 DNS 8 Ret
3 Chennai Turbo Riders 1 6 Ret 7 1 1 1 8 4 4 166
Ret 10 Ret 9 9 8 Ret 10 9 8
4 Bangalore Speedsters 6 5 5 2 6 3 9 4 7 3 125
Ret Ret Ret 8 8 Ret Ret 5 Ret 5
5 Speed Demons Delhi 2 7 Ret 1 7 Ret 7 3 3 9 118
4 Ret Ret 5 11 DNS 8 Ret Ret Ret
6 Hyderabad Blackbirds 7 2 6 6 10 7 2 6 2 6 118
Ret 9 DNS Ret DNS Ret 5 9 10 Ret
Pos Team R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts
MIC1 CHE MIC2 KAR1 KAR2

References

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