The 2023 F4 Indian Championship is the inaugural season of the F4 Indian Championship. It is 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 will conclude on 17 December at the same circuit.[5][6]

Drivers

All cars are run by MP Motorsport.[7]

Team No. Driver Rounds
Chennai Turbo Riders 5 India Dion Gowda 2
17 Singapore Rishab Jain 1–2
37 Australia Cooper Webster 1–2
Hyderabad Blackbirds 11 India Shahan Ali Mohsin 1–2
12 Vietnam Alex Sawer 1–2
Goa Aces 23 India Arjun Chheda 1–2
50 Australia Jack Taylor 1–2
Speed Demons Delhi 25 India Rishon Rajeev 1–2
Bangalore Speedsters 27 India Rohaan Madesh 1–2
28 Singapore Nooris Gafoor 1–2
Godspeed Kochi 31 India Akshay Bohra 1–2
97 India Salva Marjan 1
India Veer Rajwade 2
Source:[8]
  • Ahren Manhas was announced to compete but withdrew before the start of the championship.[9][8]

Calendar

All rounds are set to take place in India. The schedule consists 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]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Madras International Circuit, Chennai 4 November India Akshay Bohra India Akshay Bohra India Akshay Bohra Godspeed Kochi
R2 5 November India Rishon Rajeev Australia Cooper Webster Chennai Turbo Riders
R3 India Akshay Bohra India Akshay Bohra Australia Cooper Webster[lower-alpha 1] Chennai Turbo Riders
2 R1 Madras International Circuit, Chennai 1 December Australia Cooper Webster India Dion Gowda Australia Cooper Webster Chennai Turbo Riders
R2 India Rishon Rajeev India Shahan Ali Mohsin Hyderabad Blackbirds
R3 2 December India Akshay Bohra India Rishon Rajeev India Dion Gowda Chennai Turbo Riders
3 R1 Madras International Circuit, Chennai 5–6 December
R2
R3
4 R1 Chennai Formula Racing Circuit, Chennai 8–10 December
R2
R3
5 R1 Madras International Circuit, Chennai 16–17 December
R2
R3

Championship standings

Points are awarded as follows:

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

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver MIC1 MIC2 MIC3 CFR MIC4 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3[lower-alpha 2] R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Australia Cooper Webster 6 1 1 1 2 3 109.5
2 India Akshay Bohra 1 2 7 3 4 2 90
3 India Shahan Ali Mohsin 3 3 3 6 1 6 82
4 India Rishon Rajeev 2 4 4 2 5 4 79
5 Vietnam Alex Sawer 4 10 2 5 3 DNS 56
6 India Rohaan Madesh Ret 6 5 8 7 5 33
7 India Dion Gowda 4 Ret 1 25.5
8 Singapore Rishab Jain 5 5 8 WD WD WD 24
9 Singapore Nooris Gafoor 7 9 10 7 8 7 22
10 Australia Jack Taylor 8 8 9 Ret 6 9 19
11 India Arjun Chheda Ret 7 6 9 DNS 8 18
– India Salva Marjan DNQ DNQ DNQ –
– India Veer Rajwade WD WD WD –
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3[lower-alpha 2] R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
MIC1 MIC2 MIC3 CFR MIC4
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid 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. 1 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

    1. ↑ Mishra, Aatish (19 August 2021). "Formula Regional Indian Championship announced, promises to unearth India's next Formula 1 driver". Evo India. Archived from the original on 2021-08-19.
    2. ↑ Wood, Ida (19 August 2021). "Formula Regional India and Indian F4 formally announced for 2022". Formula Scout. Archived from the original on 2021-08-19.
    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. 1 2 @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. 1 2 @indianf4championship (2023-11-02). "Say hello to the inaugural F4 Indian Championship grid!" – via Instagram.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
    9. ↑ @indianf4championship (2023-10-28). "Driver Announcement Ahren Manhas to race in the F4 Indian Championship!" – via Instagram.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
    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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
    12. ↑ "F4 Indian Championship opener relocated from Hyderabad to Chennai due to election code of conduct". Telangana Today. 2023-10-31.
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