2025 F4 Indian Championship

The 2025 F4 Indian Championship was the third season of the F4 Indian Championship. It was 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 finished at Madras International Circuit on 14 December.

Drivers

All cars were ran by Racing Promotions Private Limited.[1]

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Kichcha’s Kings Bengaluru 5 Austria Clara Stiebleichinger[2] All
19 France Sachel Rotgé[3] All
Goa Aces JA Racing 11 South Africa Luviwe Sambudla[4] All
23 South Africa Mahlori Mabunda 2–5
Ahmedabad Apex Racers 14 India Arjun Chheda 4
17 Japan Itsuki Sato[5] 3
20 Australia Paige Raddatz[6] 3–5
Hyderabad Blackbirds 16 Australia Annabel Kennedy[7] All
36 South Africa Enzo Rujugiro[8] 3–5
96 Greece Vasileios Apostolidis[9] 1–2
Godspeed Kochi 22 Australia Zakariya Mohammed[10] 1–2
37 South Africa Wian Boshoff[11] 1–3, 5
53 Australia Aris Kyriakou 4–5
75 India Ethan Joy[12] 3
Speed Demons Delhi 33 India Saishiva Sankaran[13] All
77 South Africa Ntiyiso Mabunda[14] All
Chennai Turbo Riders 44 India Veer Sheth[15] 3–5
56 Kenya Shane Chandaria[16] All
67 Singapore Kareen Kaur[17] 1–2
Kolkata Royal Tigers 65 Mozambique Ghazi Motlekar[18] All
66 India Ishaan Madesh[19] All
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.[20] 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.[21] The following twelve drivers were selected:[22][23][24][25]

  • 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.[26]

Calendar

All events were held in India and run in tandem with the Indian Racing League. The provisional schedule was announced on 9 July 2025,[27][28] with a street race in Goa added on 10 September 2025.[29] One month later, the competition on 1–2 November in Mormugao was postponed and moved after the protests of the local community, ultimately replaced by races at the Kari Motor Speedway.[30][28] The final round was scheduled to take place at another brand-new street circuit in Navi Mumbai[31], but another change of calendar saw it being moved to the Madras International Circuit.

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
(Full Circuit) 		23 August India Ishaan Madesh[a] India Ishaan Madesh France Sachel Rotgé Kichcha’s Kings Bengaluru
R2 24 August India Ishaan Madesh India Ishaan Madesh Kolkata Royal Tigers
R3 Kenya Shane Chandaria Kenya Shane Chandaria Kenya Shane Chandaria Chennai Turbo Riders
R4 India Ishaan Madesh France Sachel Rotgé Kichcha’s Kings Bengaluru
3 R1 Kari Motor Speedway, Coimbatore 4 October Japan Itsuki Sato[b] Japan Itsuki Sato Japan Itsuki Sato Ahmedabad Apex Racers
R2 5 October Kenya Shane Chandaria Kenya Shane Chandaria Chennai Turbo Riders
R3 Kenya Shane Chandaria Kenya Shane Chandaria Japan Itsuki Sato Ahmedabad Apex Racers
R4 Mozambique Ghazi Motlekar India Ishaan Madesh Kolkata Royal Tigers
4 R1 Kari Motor Speedway, Coimbatore 15 November Kenya Shane Chandaria France Sachel Rotgé France Sachel Rotgé Kichcha’s Kings Bengaluru
R2 16 November Australia Aris Kyriakou South Africa Luviwe Sambudla Goa Aces JA Racing
R3 Kenya Shane Chandaria Kenya Shane Chandaria Kenya Shane Chandaria Chennai Turbo Riders
5 R1 Madras International Circuit, Chennai
(Short Circuit) 		14 December Kenya Shane Chandaria Kenya Shane Chandaria France Sachel Rotgé Kichcha’s Kings Bengaluru
R2 India Veer Sheth South Africa Luviwe Sambudla Goa Aces JA Racing

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Races Position, points per race
 1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   FL 
Qualifying 2
Races 1 & 3 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1
Races 2 & 4 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1


Drivers' Championship

[32]

Pos Driver KAR1 MAD1 KAR2 KAR3 MAD2 Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2
1 Kenya Shane Chandaria 2 5 Ret 7 1 4 6 1 5 3 3 5 1 2 3 186
2 France Sachel Rotgé 4 2 1 2 4 1 7 4 Ret 8 1 Ret 3 1 2 169
3 India Ishaan Madesh 3 1 8 1 3 8 5 Ret 3 1 4 3 4 6 4 142
4 Mozambique Ghazi Motlekar 8 4 2 3 7 6 2 7 14 4 2 2 2 Ret Ret 124
5 India Saishiva Sankaran 7 11 Ret 4 2 3 3 5 6 2 5 4 5 Ret 5 110
6 South Africa Luviwe Sambudla 10 Ret Ret 6 5 2 4 2 2 9 6 1 12 5 1 104
7 Japan Itsuki Sato 1 3 1 7 63
8 South Africa Ntiyiso Mabunda 6 12† 10 5 11 5 10 10 4 16 10 12 7 8 6 51
9 South Africa Wian Boshoff 5 7 5 13 8 13† 12† 9 7 11 4 Ret 48
10 India Veer Sheth 13 6 Ret 5 7 6 6 3 11 46
11 Austria Clara Stiebleichinger 9 6 4 11 9 7 Ret 14 8 15 12 9 8 10 7 40
12 Greece Vasileios Apostolidis 1 3 WD WD WD WD 36
13 Australia Annabel Kennedy 12 8 3 8 13 9 8 11 12 12 13 8 11 DNS DNS 30
14 South Africa Mahlori Mabunda 6 12 10 10 14 13 10 13 Ret 11 10 9 8 17
15 Australia Zakariya Mohammed 11 9 9 9 6 11 14
16 Australia Aris Kyriakou Ret 7 9 7 Ret 13
17 India Ethan Joy 9 12 9 6 9
18 Singapore Kareen Kaur 13 10 7 10 12 12 8
19 Australia Paige Raddatz 11 8 11 10 9 Ret Ret 11 9 8
20 India Arjun Chheda 8 13 Ret 4
21 South Africa Enzo Rujugiro 15 15 13 14 11 10 13 12 10 2
Pos Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 Pts
KAR1 MAD1 KAR2 KAR3 MAD2
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

  1. ^ Chandaria was the fastest in the qualifying session but served a five-place grid penalty from the previous race. Madesh inherited the pole position, but Chandaria kept the 2 points.
  2. ^ Chandaria was the fastest in the qualifying session but served a five-place grid penalty from the previous race. Sato inherited the pole position, but Chandaria kept the 2 points.

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