2025–26 MRF Formula 2000 season

The 2025–26 MRF Formula 2000 season is the eleventh running of the Formula 2000-level single-seater championship in India previously known as the MRF Challenge. This is the fourth season of the championship restarted in 2022 without support of the FIA and simply called MRF Formula 2000, with the field consisting of domestic drivers rather than foreign racers competing over the European and Northern American off-season.

The season began on 18 July 2025 and is scheduled to be run over four weekends until 25 January 2026.^[1]^[2]

Drivers

The following drivers, all of them Indian-registered, contest the championship:

No.	Driver	Rounds
1	Arjun Chheda	1
7	Chetan Korada	1
11	Tarun Muthiaiah	1
21	Akhil Agarwal	1
55	Ishaan Madesh	1
65	Shivesh Selvarathnam	1
Source: ^[1]

Race calendar and results

The 2025 season was initially set to feature five race weekends ranging from June to October.^[3] However, after the first round was not held, a revised calendar was announced that will comprise four rounds from July to January of 2026. The season opener, held at Kari Motor Speedway, marked the series' first round held outside Madras Motor Race Track since 2020.^[1]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Support bill	Map of circuit locations
2025								Chettipalayam Irungattukottai
1	R1	Kari Motor Speedway, Chettipalayam	19 July	Ishaan Madesh	Ishaan Madesh	Arjun Chheda	Indian Touring Car National Championship Indian Junior Touring Car National Championship Polo Cup Formula LGB 1300
	R2		20 July		Ishaan Madesh	Ishaan Madesh
	R3		20 July		Arjun Chheda	Arjun Chheda
2	R1	Madras Motor Race Track, Irungattukottai	19–21 September				Indian Touring Car National Championship
	R2
	R3
3	R1		17–19 October				Indian Touring Car National Championship
	R2
	R3
2026
4	R1	Madras Motor Race Track, Irungattukottai	23–25 January				Indian Touring Car National Championship
	R2
	R3

Championship standings

Scoring system

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

Pos.	Driver	KAR			CHE1	CHE2	CHE3	Points
1	Arjun Chheda	1	2	1				68
2	Ishaan Madesh	2	1	2				61
3	Akhil Agarwal	4	3	3				42
4	Shivesh Selvarathnam	3	5	6				33
5	Tarun Muthiaiah	5	4	5				32
6	Chetan Korada	6	6	4				28
Pos.	Driver	KAR			CHE1	CHE2	CHE3	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "MRF Racing on facebook: 'MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Car Racing Championship 2025 Day 1 Round 1'". facebook. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
^ Gidithuri, Unnatee (22 July 2025). "Balu, Chheda win at MRF Indian National Car Racing Championship Round 1". Autocar India. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
^ "MRF Motorsport: MMSC National Car Racing Championship". www.mrfmotorsports.com. Retrieved 23 July 2025.

External links

Official website

[:0-1] "MRF Racing on facebook: 'MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Car Racing Championship 2025 Day 1 Round 1'". facebook. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 22 July 2025.

[:1-2] Gidithuri, Unnatee (22 July 2025). "Balu, Chheda win at MRF Indian National Car Racing Championship Round 1". Autocar India. Retrieved 22 July 2025.

[3] "MRF Motorsport: MMSC National Car Racing Championship". www.mrfmotorsports.com. Retrieved 23 July 2025.

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