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{{Short description|Indian motorsports athlete}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2026}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2025}}{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Ishaan Madesh
| nationality = [[India|Indian]]
| birth_place = [[Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]
| years_active = 2019–present
| country = India
| sport = [[Motorsport]]
| team = Peregrine Racing
}}

'''Ishaan Madesh''' (born 2008){{Citation needed|date=October 2025}} is an Indian racing driver from [[Karnataka]]. He is an eight-time Indian national karting champion.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Express News |date=2025-09-01 |title=Ishaan Madesh notches huge win in Senior Max race |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/other/2025/Sep/01/ishaan-madesh-notches-huge-win-in-senior-max-race |access-date=2025-10-07 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> He takes part in three different formats, Indian National Karting championship, Indian National Car Racing Championship and [[FIA F4|FIA F4 Indian Championship]] which is part of [[Indian Racing League]].

== Early life and education ==
Madesh is born in Bengaluru. He represents Peregrine Racing team in the Indian karting nationals.<ref name=":0" /> His father Madesh runs a team in the Karting nationals and his elder, Rohaan Madesh, is also an Indian national karting champion.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2025-08-04 |title=Grand double for Ishaan, Shonal, Rivaan,and Shiv |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/motorsport/grand-double-for-ishaan-shonal-rivaanand-shiv/article69892802.ece |access-date=2025-10-08 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Career ==
Madesh made his debut in 2018 as a nine-year old at Bengaluru's Meco Kartopia track.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Driver: Ishaan Madesh {{!}} Driver Database |url=https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/ishaan-madesh |access-date=2025-10-08 |website=www.driverdb.com}}</ref> He started his motorsports career in the Rotax Max Meco fmsci Indian National Karting Championship and moved to racing Formula cars in 2025 after winning seven karting titles in Rotax Max Nationals and X30 Nationals.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-08-04 |title=Grand double for Ishaan, Shonal, Rivaan,and Shiv |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/motorsport/grand-double-for-ishaan-shonal-rivaanand-shiv/article69892802.ece |access-date=2025-10-08 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He began racing cars in the [[MRF Racing|MRF]] [[Madras Motor Sports Club|MMSC]] [[FMSCI|fmsci]] Indian National Car Racing Championship in 2025. In July 2025, he took part in Round 1 at the Madras International Circuit and won Race 2 in the [[MRF Challenge|Formula 2000]] category, the main class of the championship which was held along with other classes like [[F1600 Championship Series|F1600]] and Indian Touring Class.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-07-20 |title=Ishaan and Arjun steal the limelight in the MRF Formula 2000 category |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/ishaan-and-arjun-steal-the-limelight-in-the-mrf-formula-2000-category/article69835134.ece |access-date=2025-10-07 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Later in 2025, he continued taking part in the Indian karting nationals in the Senior Max class. In the second round at the CoASITT circuit in [[Coimbatore]], he beat his elder brother to win both the pre-finals and finals.<ref name=":1" />

In 2020, Madesh got his first Indian national title winning the Meco fmsci Rotax Max Indian National Karting Championship in the Micro Max class with victories and fastest laps in three rounds.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chaudhury |first=Sudipto |date=2021-01-11 |title=Ishaan Madesh, Rishon Rajeev and Arjun Maini win their classes at the 2020 National Karting Championship Rotax Max Class |url=https://www.evoindia.com/motorsport/motorsport-news/rotax-max-championship-2020 |access-date=2025-10-08 |website=www.evoindia.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, he also won the fmsci X30 Nationals winning all the rounds except round 2.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chaudhury |first=Sudipto |date=2020-10-20 |title=Ruhaan Alva does a clean sweep at the National Karting Championship X30 Class |url=https://www.evoindia.com/top-news/x30-junior-national-karting-championship-2 |access-date=2025-10-08 |website=www.evoindia.com |language=en}}</ref>

On 29 October 2023, Madesh added another Indian National Karting title winning the Meco-Fmsci Rotax Max National Karting Championship 2023 in the Junior Max class and qualified to represent Indian in the [[Rotax Max Challenge]] grand finals in [[Bahrain]] in December 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-10-29 |title=Ishaan emerges champion |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/ishaan-emerges-champion/articleshow/104791402.cms |access-date=2025-10-08 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

In 2018, Madesh won the Rotax Max Indian National Karting Championship in the Micro Max class his first National title.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FMSCI National Rotax Max Karting Championship: Ishaan Madesh, Shahan Ali Mohsin and Debarun Banerjee emerge victorious in respective classes |url=https://www.overdrive.in/news-cars-auto/fmsci-national-rotax-max-karting-championship-ishaan-madesh-shahan-ali-mohsin-and-debarun-banerjee-emerge-victorious-in-respective-classes/ |access-date=2025-10-10 |website=Overdrive |language=en}}</ref>

In 2025, Madesh was named in the Kolkata Royal Tigers to race in the Formula 4 and [[Indian Racing League]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=2025-10-06 |title=Raoul Hyman Powers Goa Aces to Victory as IRL Hits 25 Race-Day Milestone in Coimbatore |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/124325867.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst |access-date=2025-10-08 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> On 6 October 2025, he raced in the third leg of the Indian Racing League at the Kari Motor Speedway in Coimbatore in the FIA Formula 4 Indian Championship and won a third place in Race 1 followed by a victory in Race 2.<ref name=":3" />

On 9 November 2025, Madesh won the Senior title in the Meco fmsci Indian National Karting Championship for Rotax Max Classes 2025 at the final round held at Meco Kartopia in Bengaluru.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-11-09 |title=karting |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/motorsport/motorsports/article70259596.ece |access-date=2025-11-11 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== International career ==
Madesh made his international debut in April 2019,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-08 |title=The 30th Andrea Margutti Trophy successfully reached its conclusion {{!}} Trofeo Margutti |url=https://www.trofeomargutti.com/?p=4844&lang=en |access-date=2025-10-08 |language=it-IT}}</ref> when he took part in the 30th edition of the [[Andrea Margutti Trophy]] in the mini category and raced for Formula K Junior team.<ref name=":2" /> In 2019, he also took part in the [[WSK Euro Series]], also with Formula K Junior team in 60 mini class. In the same year, he represented India in the Rotax Max Championship grand finals with Dan Holland Racing team.<ref name=":2" />

In 2022, Madesh represented Team India in the [[2022 FIA Motorsport Games|FIA Motorsport Games]] in the junior category of karting sprint and finished 16th.<ref name=":2" />

== Racing record ==
=== Racing career summary ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"
!Season
!Series
!Team
!Races
!Wins
!Poles
!F/Laps
!Podiums
!Points
!Position
|-
! 2025
|align=left| [[2025 F4 Indian Championship|F4 Indian Championship]]
|align=left| [[Kolkata Royal Tigers]]
|15
|3
|1
|3
|7
|142
|style="background:#FFDF9F;" |'''3rd'''
|-
! rowspan="2" |2025-26
| align="left" |[[2025–26 MRF Formula 2000 season|MRF Formula 2000]]
| align="left" |[[MRF Racing]]
|12
|7
|3
|10
|12
|199
|style="background:#FFFFBF;" |'''1st'''
|-
| align="left" |[[2025–26 Indian Racing League|Indian Racing League]]
| align="left" |[[Speed Demons Delhi]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|}

=== Complete F4 Indian Championship results ===
([[Template:Motorsport driver results legend|key]]) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year
! Entrant
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! 15
! Pos
! Points
|-
| [[2025 F4 Indian Championship|2025]]
!nowrap| [[Kolkata Royal Tigers]]
| style="background:#FFDF9F;" | [[Kari Motor Speedway|KAR1 1]] {{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;" | [[Kari Motor Speedway|KAR1 2]] {{small|1}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;" | '''''[[Madras International Circuit|MAD1 1]]''''' {{small|8}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;" | ''[[Madras International Circuit|MAD1 2]]'' {{small|1}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;" | [[Madras International Circuit|MAD1 3]] {{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;" | ''[[Madras International Circuit|MAD1 4]]'' {{small|8}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;" | [[Kari Motor Speedway|KAR2 1]] {{small|5}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;" | [[Kari Motor Speedway|KAR2 2]] {{small|Ret}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;" | [[Kari Motor Speedway|KAR2 3]] {{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;" | [[Kari Motor Speedway|KAR2 4]] {{small|1}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;" | [[Kari Motor Speedway|KAR3 1]] {{small|4}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;" | [[Kari Motor Speedway|KAR3 2]] {{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;" | [[Kari Motor Speedway|KAR3 3]] {{small|4}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;" | [[Madras International Circuit|MAD2 1]] {{small|6}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;" | [[Madras International Circuit|MAD2 2]] {{small|4}}
! style="background:#FFDF9F"| 3rd
! style="background:#FFDF9F"| 142
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Madesh, Ishaan}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:2008 births]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Bengaluru]]
[[Category:Indian racing drivers]]
[[Category:FIA Motorsport Games drivers]]
[[Category:Indian F4 Championship drivers]]
[[Category:MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship drivers]]
[[Category:Indian Racing League drivers]]

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