2025 F4 Indian Championship

The 2025 F4 Indian Championship is the third season of the F4 Indian Championship. It is a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations. The season commenced on 15 August at Kari Motor Speedway and concludes on 30 November.

Drivers

All cars will be run by Racing Promotions Private Limited.[1]

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Kichcha’s Kings Bengaluru 5 Austria Clara Stiebleichinger[2] 1
19 France Sachel Rotgé[3] 1
Goa Aces JA Racing 11 South Africa Luviwe Sambudla[4] 1
TBA South Africa Enzo Rujugiro[5] TBC
Hyderabad Blackbirds 16 Australia Annabel Kennedy[6] 1
96 Greece Vasileios Apostolidis[7] 1
Godspeed Kochi 22 Australia Zakariya Mohammed[8] 1
37 South Africa Wian Boshoff[9] 1
Speed Demons Delhi 33 India Saishiva Sankaran[10] 1
77 South Africa Ntiyiso Mabunda[11] 1
Chennai Turbo Riders 56 Kenya Shane Chandaria[12] 1
67 Singapore Kareen Kaur[13] 1
Kolkata Royal Tigers 65 Mozambique Ghazi Motlekar[14] 1
66 India Ishaan Madesh[15] 1
TBA TBA TBA TBC
TBA TBA TBC
Icon Legend
R Rookie

Indian F4 Global Shootout Program

Racing Promotions Private Limited announced in May 2024 the F4 Global Shootout Program offering scholarships towards the participation in the championship. The estimated cost of the full season of the series is €120,000 and the winner of the shootout would get a fully paid seat in the upcoming season. The runner-up and the third placed driver would get 30% and 20% respectively of the winner's scholarship while each of other finalists would be awarded €15,000.[16] The 2025 program was held on 23–25 June at the Circuit du Var, France, in the partnership with the driving school AGS Formule 1.[17] The following twelve drivers were selected:[18][19][20][21]

  • France Aurelien Agnes
  • Kenya Shane Chandaria
  • United Kingdom Maltina Jashari
  • Poland Kristine Kolodziejski
  • Australia Aris Kyriakou
  • France Mathéo Lienard
  • United States Caitlyn McDaniel
  • France Sachel Rotgé
  • India Raiden Samervel
  • Sweden Milla Sjöstrand
  • South Korea Song Harim
  • Lithuania Linas Volungevičius

Sachel Rotgé was declared the winner of the shootout.[22]

Calendar

All events are held in India and run in tandem with the Indian Racing League. The provisional schedule was announced on 9 July 2025.[23][24]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Kari Motor Speedway, Coimbatore 17 August Greece Vasileios Apostolidis Mozambique Ghazi Motlekar Greece Vasileios Apostolidis Hyderabad Blackbirds
R2 Greece Vasileios Apostolidis India Ishaan Madesh Kolkata Royal Tigers
2 R1 Madras International Circuit, Chennai 23–24 August
R2
R3
R4
3 R1 Kari Motor Speedway, Coimbatore 4–5 October
R2
R3
4 R1 TBA 1–2 November
R2
R3
5 R1 TBA 29–30 November
R2
R3

Championship standings

Points are awarded as follows:[25]

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

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver KAR1 MAD KAR2 TBA TBA Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Greece Vasileios Apostolidis 1 3 43
2 India Ishaan Madesh 3 1 40
3 France Sachel Rotgé 4 2 30
4 Kenya Shane Chandaria 2 5 28
5 Mozambique Ghazi Motlekar 8 4 17
6 South Africa Wian Boshoff 5 7 16
7 Austria Clara Stiebleichinger 9 6 10
8 South Africa Ntiyiso Mabunda 6 12† 8
9 India Saishiva Sankaran 7 11 6
10 Australia Annabel Kennedy 12 8 4
11 Australia Zakariya Mohammed 11 9 2
12 Singapore Kareen Kaur 13 10 1
13 South Africa Luviwe Sambudla 10 Ret 1
Pos Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
KAR1 MAD KAR2 TBA TBA
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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
† — Did not finish, but classified
Rookie

Notes

References

  1. ^ Wallace, Grayson (2025-07-15). "'Driver progression and equal opportunity': Has low-cost Indian F4 delivered on its promise?". Feeder Series.
  2. ^ @indianf4championship; (2025-07-27). "Clara Stiebleichinger is set to light up the grid as she joins Kichcha's Kings Bengaluru for the 2025 Indian FIA Formula 4 season" – via Instagram.
  3. ^ @indianf4championship; (2025-07-25). "The 2025 Indian FIA Formula 4 lineup kicks off with Sachel Rotgé, winner of the 2025 FGSP, joining the grid for Kichcha's Kings Bengaluru" – via Instagram.
  4. ^ @indianf4championship; (2025-08-12). "Goa Aces JA Racing welcome Luviwe Sambudla as their driver for Indian F4 2025" – via Instagram.
  5. ^ @f4indianchampionship; (2025-08-11). "Goa Aces JA Racing reveal Enzo Rujugiro as their driver for Indian F4 2025" – via Instagram.
  6. ^ @indianF4championship; (2025-08-08). "Annabel Kennedy gears up with the Hyderabad Blackbirds for Indian F4 2025. Watch her hit the track this season at the Indian Racing Festival 2025" – via Instagram.
  7. ^ @indianf4championship; (2025-07-31). "The Hyderabad Blackbirds welcome Apostolidis Vasileios to the grid" – via Instagram.
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  9. ^ @indianf4championship; (2025-08-13). "Wian Boshoff joins the Godspeed Kochi lineup for Indian F4 2025" – via Instagram.
  10. ^ @indianf4championship; (2025-08-13). "Saishiva Sankaran takes the wheel for Speed Demons Delhi in Indian F4 2025" – via Instagram.
  11. ^ @indianf4championship; (2025-08-13). "Speed Demons Delhi reveal their next Indian F4 driver for Season 4: Ntiyiso Mabunda" – via Instagram.
  12. ^ @indianf4championship; (2025-08-04). "Shane Chandaria joins the Chennai Turbo Riders for the 2025 season. Ready to bring the heat to the grid" – via Instagram.
  13. ^ @indianf4championship; (2025-07-29). "Chennai Turbo Riders set the tone for 2025 with Kareen Kaur joining their Formula 4 grid" – via Instagram.
  14. ^ @indianf4championship; (2025-08-06). "Kolkata Royal Tigers welcome Ghazi Motlekar as their driver for Indian F4 2025" – via Instagram.
  15. ^ @indianf4championship; (2025-08-10). "Ishaan Madesh, the Baby Samurai, joins the Kolkata Royal Tigers lineup for Indian F4 2025" – via Instagram.
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  20. ^ @indianf4championship; (2025-05-12). "Next trio racing into the spotlight! Three more global talents join the FGSP-2025 shootout lineup!" – via Instagram.
  21. ^ @indianf4championship; (2025-06-11). "Final trio locked in! The FGSP 2025 shootout grid is now complete and it's closing out with a bang" – via Instagram.
  22. ^ "RPPL concludes Formula Global Shootout Program 2025". F4 Indian Championship. 2025-06-25.
  23. ^ @indianf4championship; (2025-07-09). "he calendar for the 2025 FIA Formula 4 Indian Championship is here" – via Instagram.
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