Godspeed Kochi
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| Founded | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Base | Kochi, Kerala |
| Current series | F4 Indian Championship |
| Former series | Indian Racing League |
| Current drivers | F4 India Zakariya Mohammed[1] Wian Boshoff[2] Aris Kyriakou Ethan Joy[3] |
Godspeed Kochi is an Indian motorsport franchise that competes in the F4 Indian Championship also previously in the Indian Racing League.
The franchise was founded in 2022, headed up by Thiruvananthapuram-based businessman and former rally driver Joseph Thomas Pottamkulam, as a last-minute entry into the Indian Racing League.[4][5] Local drivers Ruhaan Alva and Nikhil Bohra were set to be joined by British GT4 driver Jordan Albert and Brazilian F4 driver Aurelia Nobels, however Nobels was unable to obtain a visa and was replaced with W Series driver Fabienne Wohlwend. Albert left the series after the first round in Hyderabad was cancelled, with Pottamkulam claiming he "ran away", and was replaced with Alister Yoong.[6] At least one of the teams' cars scored a podium finish in all but one of the races that season, including the Yoong/Bohra combination winning all three races in the final weekend of the season, on their way to the teams' championship whilst all four drivers finished inside the top six in the championship.[7]
The four drivers who completed the 2022 IRL season were retained for 2023, whilst the franchise expanded into the new F4 Indian Championship for its inaugural season.[8] The IRL championship format changed to place emphasis on the results of driver combinations over individual achievements, but despite claiming half of the available race wins Kochi were relegated to 3rd behind franchises representing Bangalore and Goa. Bohra's younger brother Akshay was joined by Salva Marjan for the F4 program, however Marjan failed to qualify for the opening round and his replacement Veer Rajwade withdrew from the second, leading to Singaporean Nooris Gafoor moving across from Bangalore for the final two rounds – with all events held at Madras International Circuit, Bohra finished third in the drivers' championship having won the first race of the season.[9]
The franchise exited the Indian Racing League in 2024 and is now operated by RRPL in the F4 Indian Championship [10]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | HYD1 R1 |
HYD1 R2 |
HYD1 R3 |
IRU1 R1 |
IRU1 R2 |
IRU1 R3 |
IRU2 R1 |
IRU2 R2 |
IRU2 R3 |
HYD2 R1 |
HYD2 R2 |
HYD2 R3 |
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| Godspeed Kochi (#2) |  Alister Yoong |
2 | Ret | 1 | 4 | 1 | P | 1 | 3rd | 131.5 | ||||||
| Godspeed Kochi (#2) |  Nikhil Bohra |
C | C | C | Ret | Ret | P | 3 | 4 | P | 1 | 1 | 4th | 118 | ||
| Godspeed Kochi (#1) | Ruhaan Alva |
C | C | C | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5th | 106 | ||||
| Godspeed Kochi (#1) |  Fabienne Wohlwend |
C | C | C | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | Ret | 6 | 6th | 92 | ||||
| Godspeed Kochi (#2) |  Jordan Albert |
C | C | C | NC | — | ||||||||||
| 2023 | IRU1 R1 |
IRU1 R2 |
IRU2 R1 |
IRU2 R2 |
IRU3 R1 |
IRU3 R2 |
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| Godspeed Kochi #2 | Nikhil Bohra |
4 | 1 | 1 | 3rd | 79 | ||||||||||
| Alister Yoong |
Ret | 8 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Godspeed Kochi #5 | Ruhaan Alva |
1 | 9 | Ret | 9th | 28 | ||||||||||
| Fabienne Wohlwend |
Ret | Ret | Ret | |||||||||||||
Teams championship
(key)
| Year | Entry | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | HYD1 R1 |
HYD1 R2 |
HYD1 R3 |
IRU1 R1 |
IRU1 R2 |
IRU1 R3 |
IRU2 R1 |
IRU2 R2 |
IRU2 R3 |
HYD2 R1 |
HYD2 R2 |
HYD2 R3 |
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| Godspeed Kochi | #1 | C | C | C | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | Ret | 2 | 6 | 1st | 445.5 | |
| #2 | C | C | C | 2 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2023 | IRU1 R1 |
IRU1 R2 |
IRU2 R1 |
IRU2 R2 |
IRU3 R1 |
IRU3 R2 |
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| Godspeed Kochi | #2 | Ret | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3rd | 107 | |||||||
| #5 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | ||||||||||
F4 Indian Championship
(key)
| Year | Entry | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | IRU1 R1 |
IRU1 R2 |
IRU1 R3 |
IRU2 R1 |
IRU2 R2 |
IRU2 R3 |
IRU3 R1 |
IRU3 R2 |
IRU3 R3 |
IRU3 R4 |
IRU3 R5 |
IRU4 R1 |
IRU4 R2 |
IRU4 R3 |
IRU4 R4 |
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| Godspeed Kochi (#31) | Akshay Bohra |
1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 4 | 3rd | 211 | |
| Godspeed Kochi (#97, #28) |  Nooris Gafoor |
different team | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9th | 57 | ||||||
| Godspeed Kochi (#97, #28) | Veer Rajwade |
WD | WD | WD | different team | 12th | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Godspeed Kochi (#97, #28) | Salva Marjan |
DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | NC | – | |||||||||||||
| 2024 | IRU1 R1 |
IRU1 R2 |
IRU1 R3 |
IGR R1 |
IGR R2 |
IRU2 R1 |
IRU2 R2 |
IRU2 R3 |
IRU2 R4 |
COI1 R1 |
COI1 R2 |
COI1 R3 |
COI2 R1 |
COI2 R2 |
COI2 R3 |
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| Godspeed Kochi (#68, #21, #64) | Hugh Barter |
Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5th | 95 | |||||||||||
| Godspeed Kochi (#68, #21, #64) | Raiden Samervel |
different team | Ret | 8 | 7 | different team | |||||||||||||
| Godspeed Kochi (#73, #34) |  Giancarlo Artho |
different team | 7 | 10 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 7 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 15th | 20 | |||
| Godspeed Kochi (#68, #21, #64) | Akhil Agarwal |
8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 16th | 16 | |||||||||
| Godspeed Kochi (#73, #34) | Aditya Patnaik |
14 | Ret | DNS | 27th | 0 | |||||||||||||
References
- ↑ @indianf4championship; (2025-08-15). "Mohammed Zakariya joins Godspeed Kochi for Indian F4" – via Instagram.
- ↑ @indianf4championship; (2025-08-13). "Wian Boshoff joins the Godspeed Kochi lineup for Indian F4 2025" – via Instagram.
- ↑ @indianf4championship; (2025-09-30). "Ethan Joy joins Godspeed Kochi from Round 3, ready to own every lap!" – via Instagram.
- ↑ "Anything is Possible and Nothing is Impossible. | Joseph Thomas | TEDxThiruvananthapuram". TEDx Talks on YouTube. 7 February 2017.
- ↑ "I am open to any role when it comes to motorsports but racing has my heart, says Jose Pottamkulam". Mathrubhumi. 17 September 2022.
- ↑ "Fireside Chat w/ Jose Thomas". F1 FanFiction Podcast on Apple Podcasts. 10 January 2023.
- ↑ "Hyderabad team finishes second in racing league; Kochi bags top spot". The Hindu. 11 December 2022.
- ↑ "Indian Racing Festival gears up for exciting second season in Chennai". Daily Thanthi. 28 November 2023.
- ↑ "Webster looking to seal maiden International title". Auto Action. 15 December 2023.
- ↑ https://rpplind.com/team-owners/