Godspeed Kochi is an Indian motorsport franchise that competes in the F4 Indian Championship also previously in the Indian Racing League.
History 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. 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. 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.
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. 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.
The franchise exited the Indian Racing League in 2024 and is now operated by RRPL in the F4 Indian Championship https://rpplind.com/team-owners/
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 HYD1R1 HYD1R2 HYD1R3 IRU1R1 IRU1R2 IRU1R3 IRU2R1 IRU2R2 IRU2R3 HYD2R1 HYD2R2 HYD2R3 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 IRU1R1 IRU1R2 IRU2R1 IRU2R2 IRU3R1 IRU3R2 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 HYD1R1 HYD1R2 HYD1R3 IRU1R1 IRU1R2 IRU1R3 IRU2R1 IRU2R2 IRU2R3 HYD2R1 HYD2R2 HYD2R3 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 IRU1R1 IRU1R2 IRU2R1 IRU2R2 IRU3R1 IRU3R2 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 IRU1R1 IRU1R2 IRU1R3 IRU2R1 IRU2R2 IRU2R3 IRU3R1 IRU3R2 IRU3R3 IRU3R4 IRU3R5 IRU4R1 IRU4R2 IRU4R3 IRU4R4 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 IRU1R1 IRU1R2 IRU1R3 IGRR1 IGRR2 IRU2R1 IRU2R2 IRU2R3 IRU2R4 COI1R1 COI1R2 COI1R3 COI2R1 COI2R2 COI2R3 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
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