The Indian Racing League (formerly known as the X1 Racing League) is an
auto racing championship based in
India.
It is unrelated to the proposed
i1 Super Series that was based on a similar idea.
History
It is co-founded by Indian professional drivers,
Aditya Patel and
Armaan Ebrahim
Armaan Ebrahim (born 17 May 1989) is a car racer from Chennai, India. He is the son of the ex-Indian F3 champion Akbar Ebrahim.
Career
Ebrahim started his career in karting and became Formula LGB Champion in 2004. He later moved to Formula BM ...
. The X1Racing follows the X1Racing
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Racing season 1, a digital-simulator based racing competition which was held in Mumbai, Chennai, Pune, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Delhi.
For the first season in 2019, the series operated decade-old
Formula BMW machinery having originally planned to run
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. Just two events were held having scheduled four, and track-time at the second and final round was condensed due to travel constraints. A number of the cars suffered from mechanical problems, halving the field from 12 cars to 6 at the second and final event. The Bangalore Racing Stars team were crowned champions.
After delays due to the
coronavirus pandemic, the championship returned in late-2022 having been re-named the Indian Racing League. The series was scheduled to be held alongside the
Formula Regional Indian Championship before moving to a standalone schedule, whilst organisers imported a fleet of
Wolf GB08s to avoid the technical issues that beset the first season. Despite this, all of the races at the first event in Hyderabad were cancelled after Vishnu Prasad broke his leg in a practice crash.
Format
Teams are franchise-based and represent major Indian cities. Each team has two cars and four drivers – two drivers must be Indian, one a professional from outside of India and one
female driver. Two drivers are assigned to each car, one Indian driver and one international/female driver.
In 2019, each event consisted of three 30mins + 1 lap races. The races were relays, with a mandatory pit-stop for a driver change in each.
In 2022, three races will again be held per round – but the first two of these will be 25min + 1 lap "sprint races" and the third is a 45min + 1 lap "feature race". As there are two drivers per car, for Race 1 Driver A will qualify and Driver B will start, for Race 2 Driver B will qualify and Driver A will start, and the feature race will see the grid determined by aggregate event points with both drivers competing by way of a mandatory driver change.
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Champions
References
{{Indian motorsports
Motorsport competitions in India