2023 F4 Indian Championship

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

Drivers

All cars were run by MP Motorsport.[7]

Team No. Driver Rounds
Chennai Turbo Riders 5 Dion Gowda 2
17 Rishab Jain All
37 Cooper Webster All
Hyderabad Blackbirds 11 Shahan Ali Mohsin All
12 Alex Sawer All
Goa Aces 23 Arjun Chheda 1–2, 4
50 Jack Taylor All
Speed Demons Delhi 25 Rishon Rajeev All
92 Shriya Lohia 3
97 Veer Rajwade 4
Bangalore Speedsters 27 Rohaan Madesh All
28 Nooris Gafoor 1–2
Godspeed Kochi 28 Nooris Gafoor 3–4
31 Akshay Bohra All
97 Salva Marjan 1
Veer Rajwade 2
Source:[8]
  • Ahren Manhas was announced to compete but withdrew before the start of the championship.[9][8]


Calendar

All rounds took place in India. Initially, the schedule consisted 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] In the aftermath of Cyclone Michaung, the round 3 scheduled on 5–6 December at Madras International Circuit was cancelled and the round planned to be held on 9–10 December at the street track Chennai Formula Racing Circuit was postponed and eventually cancelled. Instead, Madras International Circuit once again hosted a round on the same date.[13][14][15]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Madras International Circuit, Chennai
(Full Circuit) 		4 November Akshay Bohra Akshay Bohra Akshay Bohra Godspeed Kochi
R2 5 November Rishon Rajeev Cooper Webster Chennai Turbo Riders
R3 Akshay Bohra Akshay Bohra Cooper Webster[a] Chennai Turbo Riders
2 R1 Madras International Circuit, Chennai
(Full Circuit) 		1 December Cooper Webster Dion Gowda Cooper Webster Chennai Turbo Riders
R2 Rishon Rajeev Shahan Ali Mohsin Hyderabad Blackbirds
R3 2 December Akshay Bohra Rishon Rajeev Dion Gowda Chennai Turbo Riders
– Madras International Circuit, Chennai 5–6 December round cancelled due to Cyclone Michaung
3 R1 Madras International Circuit, Chennai
(Short Circuit) 		9 December Cooper Webster Cooper Webster Cooper Webster Chennai Turbo Riders
R2 Cooper Webster Shahan Ali Mohsin Hyderabad Blackbirds
R3 10 December Cooper Webster Cooper Webster Cooper Webster Chennai Turbo Riders
R4 Akshay Bohra Alex Sawer Hyderabad Blackbirds
R5 Cooper Webster Cooper Webster Chennai Turbo Riders
4 R1 Madras International Circuit, Chennai
(Full Circuit) 		16 December Cooper Webster Cooper Webster Cooper Webster Chennai Turbo Riders
R2 17 December Rishon Rajeev Rishon Rajeev Speed Demons Delhi
R3 Cooper Webster Cooper Webster Cooper Webster Chennai Turbo Riders
R4 Cooper Webster Shahan Ali Mohsin Hyderabad Blackbirds

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:

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

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver MIC1 MIC2 MIC3 MIC4 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3[b] R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R1 R2 R3 R4
1 Cooper Webster 6 1 1 1 2 3 1 4 1 4 1 1 3 1 5 282.5
2 Rishon Rajeev 2 4 4 2 5 4 2 2 3 6 2 4 1 3 3 220
3 Akshay Bohra 1 2 7 3 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 Ret 2 4 211
4 Shahan Ali Mohsin 3 3 3 6 1 6 6 1 5 2 5 6 6 6 1 202
5 Alex Sawer 4 10 2 5 3 DNS 4 5 6 1 4 3 2 4 2 186
6 Rohaan Madesh Ret 6 5 8 7 5 5 6 Ret 9 6 7 4 5 10 90
7 Rishab Jain 5 5 8 WD WD WD 7 9† 7 7 9 5 8 7 6 74
8 Jack Taylor 8 8 9 Ret 6 9 9 8 4 5 8 8 Ret 9 7 63
9 Nooris Gafoor 7 9 10 7 8 7 8 7 8 8 7 9 7 10 9 57
10 Arjun Chheda Ret 7 6 9 DNS 8 10 5 8 8 37
11 Dion Gowda 4 Ret 1 24.5
12 Veer Rajwade WD WD WD Ret 9 11 11 2
13 Shriya Lohia 10 10 WD WD WD 2
– Salva Marjan DNQ DNQ DNQ –
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3[b] R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts
MIC1 MIC2 MIC3 MIC4
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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
† — Did not finish, but classified

Notes

  1. ^ Akshay Bohra finished first but received a 25 seconds time penalty. Webster inherited the win.
  2. ^ a b Half points awarded as race was stopped and not resumed before reaching the required distance for full points due to adverse weather conditions.

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