2025 26 Indian Racing League

The 2025–26 Indian Racing League was a single seater motor racing championship held across India. 2025–26 was the fourth season of the championship. It started on 15 August 2025 at Kari Motor Speedway and ran over four race weekends until February of 2026.

After the cancellation of the fifth and final race weekend, Raoul Hyman and Fabienne Wohlwend won the Entrant Championship driving the No. 5 Goa Aces JA Racing car. Hyman and the Goa Aces defended their title for the third year running while Wohlwend claimed a maiden championship. The Goa Aces also defended their Teams' Championship title after first winning it in 2024.

Teams and drivers

All teams were Indian-registered. Drivers were selected via a draft held on 15 July 2025. The three race weekends held in 2025 saw all drivers compete with single-seater Wolf GB08 Thunder cars, fitted with a Template:Cvt Aprilia engine. The final round saw the series switch to the Alpine-powered Mygale M21-F4 cars used in the F4 Indian Championship.

Team	Template:Tooltip	Driver	Rounds
Goa Aces JA Racing	5	Template:Flagicon Raoul Hyman	NC, All
		Template:Flagicon Fabienne Wohlwend	NC, All
	6	Template:Flagicon Akash Gowda	NC, All
		Template:Flagicon Chetan Surineni	NC, All
Speed Demons Delhi	11	Template:Flagicon Shahan Ali Mohsin	NC, All
		Template:Flagicon Sai Sanjay	NC, 1–2
		Template:Flagicon Ishaan Madesh	3
	22	Template:Flagicon Caitlin Wood	NC, All
		Template:Flagicon Alister Yoong	NC, All
Chennai Turbo Riders	14	Template:Flagicon Aqil Alibhai	NC, All
		Template:Flagicon Tijil Rao	NC, All
	25	Template:Flagicon Laura Camps Torras	NC, All
		Template:Flagicon Shibin Yousaf	NC, 1
		Template:Flagicon Viswas Vijayraj	2–3
Kolkata Royal Tigers	18	Template:Flagicon Alexandra Hervé	NC, 1–2
		Template:Flagicon Jemma Moore	3
		Template:Flagicon Sandeep Kumar	NC, All
	24	Template:Flagicon Tom Canning	NC, 1, 3
		Template:Flagicon Julius Dinesen	2
		Template:Flagicon Sohil Shah	NC, All
Hyderabad Blackbirds	23	Template:Flagicon Jon Lancaster	NC, All
		Template:Flagicon Mohamed Ryan	NC, All
	31	Template:Flagicon Akshay Bohra	NC, 1
		Template:Flagicon Akhil Rabindra	2
		Template:Flagicon Divy Nandan	3
		Template:Flagicon Gabriela Jílková	NC, All
Kichcha's Kings Bengaluru	27	Template:Flagicon Ruhaan Alva	NC, 2–3
		Template:Flagicon Neel Jani	NC, 2
		Template:Flagicon Dani Clos	1
		Template:Flagicon Akhil Rabindra	1
		Template:Flagicon Sachel Rotgé	3
	70	Template:Flagicon Jem Hepworth	NC, All
		Template:Flagicon Kyle Kumaran	NC, All
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Team changes

A new team joined the grid in Kichcha's Kings Bengaluru, led by actor Kiccha Sudeepa. In turn, the Bangalore Speedsters left the championship after entering every season since 2022. The Rarh Bengal Tigers meanwhile changed their name to Kolkata Royal Tigers, thereby returning to the guise under which the team was officially launched in 2024.

Driver changes

The reigning champions, Goa Aces JA Racing, saw Gabriela Jílková join the Hyderabad Blackbirds, while Shahan Ali Mohsin moved over to the Speed Demons Delhi and Sohil Shah was drafted by the Kolkata Royal Tigers. To replace them, the team took on Akash Gowda, who leaves the Delhi-branded team after three seasons, as well as Fabienne Wohlwend, who previously competed for the departing Rarh Bengal Tigers, and Indian F4 graduate Chetan Surineni.

The renamed Kolkata Royal Tigers entered the 2025 season with an all-new lineup after Nikhil Bohra left the championship, Alister Yoong moved to the Speed Demons Delhi, Ruhaan Alva joined the new Kichcha's Kings Bengaluru outfit and Fabienne Wohlwend was signed by the Goa Aces. The team drafted in reining champion Sohil Shah, Chennai Turbo Riders driver Sandeep Kumar, Hyderabad's 2024 substitute driver Tom Canning and debutant Alexandra Hervé, who last competed in the TTE Formula Renault series in 2022.

The Chennai Turbo Riders also have four new drivers after neither Mira Erda nor Emily Duggan returned to the series, Sandeep Kumar moved to the Kolkata Royal Tigers and both Jon Lancaster and Mohamed Ryan joined the Hyderabad Blackbirds. Ex-Hyderabad driver Laura Camps Torras will be the team's only entrant with previous championship experience, as it took on three debutants: reigning Indian Formula 4 champion Aqil Alibhai, radical driver Shibin Yousaf and Formula LGB competitor Tijil Rao.

Two of the departing Bangalore Speedsters' drivers found new berths: Caitlin Wood joined the Speed Demons Delhi and Kyle Kumaran moved to Kichcha's Kings Bengaluru. Both Rishon Rajeev and Julius Dinesen did not return to the championship.

The Speed Demons Delhi drafted three returning drivers to its team after both Álvaro Parente and Angélique Detavernier left the series and Akash Gowda joined the Goa Aces. Alister Yoong moved over from the Kolkata Royal Tigers, Shahan Ali Mohsin left the Goa Aces to join Delhi and Caitlin Wood joined from the departing Bangalore Speedsters.

The Hyderabad Blackbirds also renewed their whole roster as series mainstays Anindith Reddy and Akhil Rabindra both left after entering every season since 2022, Neel Jani joined Bengaluru and Laura Camps Torras moved to the Chennai Turbo Riders. The team took on a debutant in Formula Regional driver Akshay Bohra, as well as three returnees: Jon Lancaster and Mohamed Ryan moved over from the Chennai Turbo Riders, while Gabriela Jílková left the Goa Aces to join the team.

Debuting team Kichcha's Kings Bengaluru also drafted in three returning drivers and a debutant: Neel Jani, Ruhaan Alva and Kyle Kumaran joined the team after previously competing for the Hyderabad Blackbirds, the Kolkata Royal Tigers and the Bangalore Speedsters, respectively, while sportscar driver Jem Hepworth completed the team's lineup.

Mid-season

Kichcha's Kings Bengaluru changed both drivers of their No. 27 entry after the non-championship opener, with Jani and Alva being replaced by former Formula One test driver Dani Clos and 2022 drivers' champion Akhil Rabindra.

Alva and Jani returned for round two, and Rabindra moved over to the Hyderabad Blackbirds, where he replaced Akshay Bohra. The Chennai Turbo Riders meanwhile replaced Shibin Yousaf with series debutant Viswas Vijayraj, and at the Kolkata Royal Tigers, Tom Canning was absent and replaced by series returnee Julius Dinesen.

Round three saw several driver changes after its postponement by multiple months. Sai Sanjay was replaced by reigning MRF F2000 champion Ishaan Madesh at the Speed Demons Delhi, while Kolkata Royal Tigers' Alexandra Hervé and Julius Dinesen were replaced by GT driver Jemma Moore and returnee Tom Canning. GB3 driver Divy Nandan replaced Akhil Rabindra at the Hyderabad Blackbirds, while Neel Jani's seat at the Kichcha's Kings Bengaluru was filled by Indian F4 runner-up Sachel Rotgé.

Race calendar

The provisional calendar, comprising five race weekends, was announced in July of 2025, with the venues of the final two rounds yet to be confirmed. In February 2025, the series confirmed plans to host a street race in the state of Goa as part of the 2025 season – this was later added as the third round of the series. In September 2025, the championship announced plans for another new venue, the Mumbai Street Circuit, for the season finale. The final two rounds were pushed back multiple times before the penultimate round was held in February of 2026, using an overhauled weekend format that added a third race featuring a mid-race driver swap. The season final at Mumbai was later announced to instead be part of the planned 2026 season, thereby making the Goa round the season final.

No.		Circuit	Date	Map of circuit locations
2025				Template:Location map+
NC	R1	Kari Motor Speedway, Chettipalayam	16 August
	R2		17 August
1	R1	Madras International Circuit, Irungattukottai	23 August
	R2		24 August
2	R1	Kari Motor Speedway, Chettipalayam	4 October
	R2		5 October
2026
3	R1	Goa Street Circuit, Mopa	14 February
	R2
	R3		15 February

Race results

No.		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
NC	R1	Kari Motor Speedway	Template:Flagicon Raoul Hyman	Template:Flagicon Raoul Hyman	Template:Flagicon Raoul Hyman	Goa Aces JA Racing
	R2		Template:Flagicon Akshay Bohra	Template:Flagicon Sai Sanjay	Template:Flagicon Sai Sanjay	Speed Demons Delhi
1	R1	Madras International Circuit	Template:Flagicon Shahan Ali Mohsin	Template:Flagicon Shahan Ali Mohsin	Template:Flagicon Shahan Ali Mohsin	Speed Demons Delhi
	R2		Template:Flagicon Sohil Shah	Template:Flagicon Sohil Shah	Template:Flagicon Sohil Shah	Kolkata Royal Tigers
2	R1	Kari Motor Speedway	Template:Flagicon Kyle Kumaran	Template:Flagicon Kyle Kumaran	Template:Flagicon Kyle Kumaran	Kichcha's Kings Bengaluru
	R2		Template:Flagicon Raoul Hyman	Template:Flagicon Raoul Hyman	Template:Flagicon Raoul Hyman	Goa Aces JA Racing
3	R1	Goa Street Circuit	Template:Flagicon Aqil Alibhai	Template:Flagicon Raoul Hyman	Template:Flagicon Raoul Hyman	Goa Aces JA Racing
	R2		Template:Flagicon Gabriela Jílková	Template:Flagicon Sohil Shah	Template:Flagicon Alister Yoong	Speed Demons Delhi
	R3		No. 24 Kolkata Royal Tigers	Template:Flagicon Raoul Hyman	No. 5 Goa Aces JA Racing	Goa Aces JA Racing
			Template:Flagicon Tom Canning Template:Flagicon Sohil Shah		Template:Flagicon Raoul Hyman Template:Flagicon Fabienne Wohlwend

Season report

The 2025–26 Indian Racing League began at Kari Motor Speedway with Raoul Hyman taking pole position for Goa Aces JA Racing after Kichcha's Kings Bengaluru driver Kyle Kumaran had his fastest qualifying laptimes deleted. He led lights-to-flag, fending off Hyderabad Blackbirds driver Jon Lancaster before the latter suffered a technical issue. Kumaran took second, ahead of Goa's Chetan Surineni. Pole position for the second race went to Hyderabad's Akshay Bohra, but car issues saw him retire. That handed the lead to Delhi's Sai Sanjay. He held on to win as Goa's Fabienne Wohlwend beat Bengaluru's Neel Jani to second. This first round would later be changed to a non-scoring round.

The first points-scoring round was held at Madras International Circuit, where Delhi's Shahan Ali Mohsin dominated the opening day of competition. He took pole position by nearly half a second before gapping the field to take victory. Behind him, teammate Alister Yoong looked set to take second place before Chennai's Aqil Alibhai overtook him in the final corner. Kolkata Royal Tigers' Sohil Shah claimed the second pole position of the weekend. He led Bohra throughout a disrupted race that was punctured by multiple interruptions. Shah remained faultless despite pressure from Bohra to secure victory and the championship lead, with Bohra taking second and Lancaster finishing third.

The series returned to Kari Motor Speedway for its third weekend, and Kumaran went fastest in qualifying once again. This time, his laptime would stand, and he converted his grid spot into a lead that he would not relinquish until the race ended. Hyderabad's Akhil Rabindra came second as Jani rose from seventh on the grid to take the final podium spot. Day two brought a similarly dominant performance, this time for Hyman, who returned to the top step of the podium after taking pole position in qualifying and leading every lap of the race. Mohsin finished second and Bengaluru's Ruhaan Alva took third. Gabriela Jílková finished fourth to place her No. 31 Hyderabad machine atop the points standings.

The season final brought a new track in the Goa Street Circuit, as well as new Formula 4 machinery and a new weekend format with a third race that included a mid-race driver swap. First came the two normal races, however, and Alibhai took pole position for the first one. He was overtaken by Hyman early on, who led the rest of the race to take victory as series debutant Ishaan Madesh took third for Delhi. Jílková started race two on pole position, but ran off track to hand the lead to Yoong, who won ahead of Shah and Alva. Qualifying for the third race saw Shah and his teammate Tom Canning claim pole position, but Hyman once again claimed the lead immediately before Canning retired. Hyman built a gap and handed the car to Wohlwend, who endured multiple safety cars to take a home victory for Goa and clinch both the Entrant and the Teams' Championship title.

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows:

Race Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole	Template:Tooltip
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

Pos Entrant Drivers KAR1 CHE KAR2 GOA Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 1 No. 5 Goa Aces JA Racing Template:Flagicon Raoul Hyman 1 4 1 1 1 107 Template:Flagicon Fabienne Wohlwend 2 7 Ret 5 2 No. 22 Speed Demons Delhi Template:Flagicon Caitlin Wood Ret 6 5 5 3 87 Template:Flagicon Alister Yoong Ret 3 8 1 3 No. 24 Kolkata Royal Tigers Template:Flagicon Tom Canning Ret 4 4 Ret 81 Template:Flagicon Sohil Shah Ret 1 DNS 2 Template:Flagicon Julius Dinesen 5 4 No. 14 Chennai Turbo Riders Template:Flagicon Aqil Alibhai 4 2 4 2 4 75 Template:Flagicon Tijil Rao 5 Ret 6 7 5 No. 27 Kichcha's Kings Bengaluru Template:Flagicon Ruhaan Alva Ret 3 3 2 64 Template:Flagicon Sachel Rotgé DNS Template:Flagicon Dani Clos 10 Template:Flagicon Neel Jani 3 3 Template:Flagicon Akhil Rabindra Ret 6 No. 31 Hyderabad Blackbirds Template:Flagicon Akshay Bohra Ret 2 61 Template:Flagicon Gabriela Jílková Ret 6 4 Ret Ret Template:Flagicon Divy Nandan 8 Template:Flagicon Akhil Rabindra 2 7 No. 11 Speed Demons Delhi Template:Flagicon Shahan Ali Mohsin Ret 1 2 DNS Ret 60 Template:Flagicon Ishaan Madesh 3 Template:Flagicon Sai Sanjay 1 Ret Ret 8 No. 70 Kichcha's Kings Bengaluru Template:Flagicon Jem Hepworth Ret 7 7 8 6 53 Template:Flagicon Kyle Kumaran 2 9 1 Ret 9 No. 6 Goa Aces JA Racing Template:Flagicon Akash Gowda 4 8 6 7 5 40 Template:Flagicon Chetan Surineni 3 Ret Ret 4 10 No. 18 Kolkata Royal Tigers Template:Flagicon Alexandra Hervé 5 Ret DNS 26 Template:Flagicon Jemma Moore 6 Ret Template:Flagicon Sandeep Kumar 6 5 DNS 6 11 No. 23 Hyderabad Blackbirds Template:Flagicon Jon Lancaster Ret 3 DNS Ret Ret 25 Template:Flagicon Mohamed Ryan 7 5 DNS Ret 12 No. 25 Chennai Turbo Riders Template:Flagicon Laura Camps Torras Ret 8 DNS 9 Ret 6 Template:Flagicon Viswas Vijayraj DNS DNS Template:Flagicon Shibin Yousaf 6 Ret Pos Entrant Drivers R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 Pts KAR1 CHE KAR2 GOA

Template:Motorsport driver results legendBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' championship

Pos	Team	KAR1			CHE		KAR2		GOA			Pts
		R1	R2		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3
1	Goa Aces JA Racing	1	2		7	4	6	1	1	4	1	147
		3	4		8	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	5	5
2	Speed Demons Delhi	Ret	1		1	6	5	2	3	1	3	147
		Ret	Ret		3	Ret	Ret	8	5	DNS	Ret
3	Kichcha's Kings Bengaluru	2	3		9	7	1	3	Ret	3	2	117
		Ret	Ret		10	Ret	3	7	DNS	8	6
4	Kolkata Royal Tigers	5	6		4	1	DNS	5	4	2	Ret	106
		Ret	Ret		Ret	5	DNS	DNS	6	6	Ret
5	Hyderabad Blackbirds	Ret	7		5	2	2	4	8	Ret	Ret	85
		Ret	Ret		6	3	DNS	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret
6	Chennai Turbo Riders	4	5		2	8	4	6	2	7	4	81
		6	Ret		Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS	9	DNS	Ret
Pos	Team	R1	R2		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	Pts
		KAR1			CHE		KAR2		GOA

External links

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