2023 Indian Racing League

The 2023 Indian Racing League is a planned single seater motor racing championship scheduled to be held across India.[1]

Teams and drivers
Team No. Driver Rounds
Bangalore Speedsters TBC India Ashwin Datta[2] TBC
United Arab Emirates Kyle Kumaran[3] TBC
United Kingdom Sarah Moore[4] TBC
United Kingdom Oliver Webb[5] TBC
Chennai Supersonics TBC Canada Nicole Havrda[6] TBC
United Kingdom Jon Lancaster[7] TBC
India Mohamed Ryan[8] TBC
India Sai Sanjay[9] TBC
Goa Aces TBC South Africa Raoul Hyman[10] TBC
Czech Republic Gabriela Jílková[11] TBC
India Amir Sayed[12] TBC
India Sohil Shah[13] TBC
Godspeed Kochi TBC India Ruhaan Alva[14] TBC
United States Nikhil Bohra[15] TBC
Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend[16] TBC
Malaysia Alister Yoong[17] TBC
Hyderabad Blackbirds TBC Switzerland Neel Jani[18] TBCA
France Lola Lovinfosse[19] TBC
Portugal Álvaro Parente[20] TBCA
India Akhil Rabindra[21] TBC
India Anindith Reddy[22] TBC
Speed Demons Delhi TBC United Kingdom Chloe Chong[23] TBCB
Malaysia Mitchell Gilbert[24] TBC
India Akash Gowda[25] TBC
India Shahan Ali Mohsin[26] TBC
TBC[23] TBCB

Team changes

Chennai Turbo Riders were re-named "Chennai Supersonics".

Driver changes

Oliver Webb was the only returning driver at Bangalore Speedsters. Bianca Bustamante, Rishon Rajeev, Anshul Gandhi and Webb's substitute driver Yash Aradhya all left the team. The team signed W Series driver Sarah Moore and MRF F2000 drivers Kyle Kumaran and Ashwin Datta to replace them.

The newly rebranded Chennai Supersonics replaced their Indian drivers. Parth Ghorpade, Vishnu Prasad and his injury substitute Sandeep Kumar were replaced by 2022–23 MRF F2000 champion and runner-up Sai Sanjay and Mohamed Ryan.

Raoul Hyman rejoined Goa Aces after having to sit out the second half of the 2022 season to conduct Super Formula testing. This saw his replacement, Kevin Mirocha, leave the series.

British GT driver Jordan Albert, who was entered for reigning Teams' Champion Godspeed Kochi for the cancelled opening round of the 2022 season, did not return to the series.

Hyderabad Blackbirds announced GT driver Álvaro Parente for the first half of the season, replacing Thomas Canning. Neel Jani is expected to return to the team in the second half having contested most of the 2022 season.

F1 Academy driver Chloe Chong will replace Célia Martin at Speed Demons Delhi from the second round onwards.

Calendar

All events will be held in India and run in tandem with the F4 Indian Championship. Duplicate rounds in Hyderabad and Irungattukottai were dropped in favour of new races at the Buddh International Circuit and a new street circuit around Island Grounds in Chennai.[27][28]

No. Circuit Date Map of circuit locations
1 Hyderabad Street Circuit, Hyderabad 4–5 November
2 Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida 11–12 November
3 Madras International Circuit, Irungattukottai 2–3 December
4 Chennai Formula Racing Circuit, Chennai 9–10 December

Notes
  • ^ Parente is expected to compete in Rounds 1 and 2, Jani is expected to compete in Rounds 3 and 4.
  • ^ Chong is expected to compete in Rounds 2, 3 and 4.

References
  1. "Indian Racing League". RPPL Motorsports. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  2. "📢 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT". Indian Racing League on Instagram. 13 October 2023.
  3. "📢 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT". Indian Racing League on Instagram. 13 October 2023.
  4. "📢 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT". Indian Racing League on Instagram. 13 October 2023.
  5. "📢 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT". Indian Racing League on Instagram. 13 October 2023.
  6. "📢 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT". Indian Racing League on Instagram. 18 October 2023.
  7. "📢 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT". Indian Racing League on Instagram. 18 October 2023.
  8. "📢 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT". Indian Racing League on Instagram. 18 October 2023.
  9. "📢 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT". Indian Racing League on Instagram. 18 October 2023.
  10. "📢 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT". Indian Racing League on Instagram. 12 October 2023.
  11. "📢 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT". Indian Racing League on Instagram. 12 October 2023.
  12. "📢 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT". Indian Racing League on Instagram. 12 October 2023.
  13. "📢 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT". Indian Racing League on Instagram. 12 October 2023.
  14. "📢 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT". Indian Racing League on Instagram. 11 October 2023.
  15. "📢 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT". Indian Racing League on Instagram. 11 October 2023.
  16. "📢 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT". Indian Racing League on Instagram. 11 October 2023.
  17. "📢 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT". Indian Racing League on Instagram. 11 October 2023.
  18. "📢 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT". Indian Racing League on Instagram. 16 October 2023.
  19. "📢 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT". Indian Racing League on Instagram. 16 October 2023.
  20. "📢 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT". Indian Racing League on Instagram. 16 October 2023.
  21. "📢 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT". Indian Racing League on Instagram. 16 October 2023.
  22. "📢 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT". Indian Racing League on Instagram. 16 October 2023.
  23. "📢 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT". Indian Racing League on Instagram. 17 October 2023.
  24. "📢 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT". Indian Racing League on Instagram. 17 October 2023.
  25. "📢 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT". Indian Racing League on Instagram. 17 October 2023.
  26. "📢 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT". Indian Racing League on Instagram. 17 October 2023.
  27. "New Chennai street circuit to host F4 India night race". Autocar India. 17 August 2023.
  28. "FMSCI: 2023 Provisional Calendar of Events" (PDF).
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.