Kolkata Royal Tigers is an Indian motorsport franchise that competes in the Indian Racing League and the F4 Indian Championship.
History In 2024, cricketer Sourav Ganguly bought the franchise and named it Kolkata Royal Tigers. Later Shrachi Group joined, and team was renamed to Rarh Bengal Tigers prior to 2024 season– referencing the historical region of Rarh. As well as running two cars for the existing drivers in IRL, the franchise expanded to four cars for Indian F4; keeping two under the old Kochi title. Yoong scored the teams' only race win in the 2024 IRL at the first round, however consistency kept Alva and Wohlwend in the championship fight up to the last race – Car #5 ultimately finished third in the entrants' standings after colliding with Akash Gowda, whilst the franchise finished runner-up to Goa in the teams' championship. Alva completed double-duty having also campaigned in F4, finishing runner-up in the standings to South African Aqil Alibhai – Hugh Barter had set the pace early in the season under the Kochi banner with three race wins, but withdrew after the second round.
Before the start of 2025 Shrachi Group exited the franchise and went back to original name of Kolkata Royal Tigers.
Results Indian Racing League Drivers / Entrants championship (key) Year Entry Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Pts 2024 IRU1R1 IRU1R2 IGRR1 IGRR2 IRU2R1 IRU2R2 COI1R1 COI1R2 COI2R1 COI2R2 Ruhaan Alva 3 3 3 2 Ret 3rd 123 Fabienne Wohlwend 4 4 5 4 6 Rarh Bengal Tigers #2 Alister Yoong 1 3 4 DNS 7 4th 97 Nikhil Bohra 5 DNS 6 8 Jaden Pariat 4
Teams championship (key) Year Entry No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Pts 2024 IRU1R1 IRU1R2 IGRR1 IGRR2 IRU2R1 IRU2R2 COI1R1 COI1R2 COI2R1 COI2R2 #5 3 4 4 3 3 5 4 2 6 Ret 2nd 220 #2 5 1 3 DNS 4 4 6 DNS 8 7
F4 Indian Championship (key) Year Entry Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pos. Pts 2024 IRU1R1 IRU1R2 IRU1R3 IGRR1 IGRR2 IRU2R1 IRU2R2 IRU2R3 IRU2R4 COI1R1 COI1R2 COI1R3 COI2R1 COI2R2 COI2R3 Rarh Bengal Tigers (#27) Ruhaan Alva 3 5 3 2 4 5 1 2 3 2 3 2 2 1 1 2nd 264 Raiden Samervel different team 7 4 5 11th 40 Rarh Bengal Tigers (#10, #65, #23, #64) Arjun Chheda 13 4 Ret 19th 12 Rarh Bengal Tigers (#10, #65, #23, #64) Tarun Muthiaiah 9 Ret 8 9 Ret 21st 8 Rarh Bengal Tigers (#10, #65, #23, #64) Esmee Kosterman 9 10 11 11 24th 3
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