This was the second 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.
[7] The grid grew to six entries for round two a three weeks later, where Swaminathan won pole position.
Singh and Kumar completed the podium, before the latter was able to get back on top of the order to win the final race of the weekend.
Jaden Pariat and Korada took the podium spots, while Kumar in fourth saw his lead reduced to only twelve points.
Swaminathan won race two, where Singh got second ahead of Pariat to shorten the standings gap to now only six points.