Srinagar, Oct 14: Kashmir-born Yousuf Nabi has taken an unconventional route from the Valley to the international racing circuit, building a profile as a professional Ferrari race car driver and entrepreneur.

The Kashmiri-American, who was crowned the 2025 Maranello Cup champion, combines his passion for motorsports with business leadership as the founder and CEO of Gotham IP Inc. and owner-driver of Gotham Motorsports

His professional background, as per a statement, spans motorsports, military service, law enforcement, and corporate franchising.

Nabi gained attention in international GT racing through his participation in the International GT Series and his reported success as the 2025 Maranello Cup champion.

Alongside his motorsports career, he leads Gotham IP, a company whose official website is available at Gotham IP.

Yousuf Nabi was born on 5 October 1981 in Kashmir. He is described in published biographical material as Kashmiri-American. Publicly available information about his childhood, family, and formal education is limited.

Before establishing his profile in business and competitive motorsports, Nabi pursued professional activities across several fields, including military service, law enforcement, and corporate franchising.

These experiences form part of his broader professional background.

Further independently verified information about his early life and educational qualifications may be added when reliable sources become available.

Business career

Yousuf Nabi is the founder, owner, and CEO of Gotham IP, Inc. The company is associated with his entrepreneurial career and professional leadership. Its official website provides a primary source for information about its services, business activities, and corporate background. GothamIP also has a presence in the Kashmir Valley, under the Gotham Outsourcing umbrella.

Nabi’s professional experience extends beyond motorsports into business management and corporate franchising. His career reflects an interest in combining entrepreneurship with competitive racing.

Additional details about Gotham IP’s founding date, headquarters, services, corporate structure, and business milestones should be included when supported by reliable published sources.

Motorsports Career

Yousuf Nabi competes in professional racing and is associated with Ferrari racing and the Racing America’s InternationalGT Series and SRO’s GTAmerica Series. He has also raced in IMSA’s Ferrari Challenge, TramsAM and SCCA Pro series’s. Nabi is also the team owner of Gotham Motorsports www.gotham-motorsports.com

His participation in GT racing represents a significant part of his public professional profile. Through Gotham Motorsports, Nabi combines his responsibilities as a competitor with those of a team owner.
GT racing features high-performance grand touring cars competing in circuit-based motorsports events. Drivers compete in organized championships governed by series-specific sporting and technical regulations.

International GT Series

In August 2025, a press release distributed through PR Newswire announced that Yousuf Nabi had joined the International GT Series for the remainder of the 2025 season. The announcement also described him as leading the Maranello Cup championship at that time.

The announcement documented his participation in the series and his championship position during the season. His subsequent results and championship standing should be evaluated using official series records and independently published race reports.

2025 Maranello Cup championship

Yousuf Nabi was reported as the 2025 Maranello Cup champion in a press release published by The National Law Review. The report highlighted his achievement in the International GT racing environment.

The championship recognition represents a notable milestone in Nabi’s motorsports career. For a complete historical account, the achievement can be supplemented with official championship standings, race results, event dates, and details of the series in which he competed.

Bandipora,  14 Oct: A pregnant woman from the remote Gurez valley died on her way to District Hospital Bandipora early Wednesday morning, while her baby was stillborn, following allegations by her family that heavy snowfall and official movement restrictions fatally delayed her medical referral.

The deceased, identified as Haseen Begum, wife of Showket Hameed Lone from Mazgund village in Tulail, was initially taken to the primary health centre in Sheikhpora late Tuesday evening.

According to the family, they found no medical staff available at the rural facility, forcing them to shift her to the sub-district hospital in Gurez.

 There, doctors diagnosed her with severely low haemoglobin levels and advised an immediate referral to Bandipora for emergency care.

However, the family said they were initially barred from crossing the high-altitude Razdan pass due to heavy snowfall and nighttime movement restrictions imposed in the border area.

“We contacted Project Beacon officials who assured us they would clear the road ahead of the ambulance, but the sub-divisional magistrate in Gurez did not allow us to move,” family members alleged.

The family claimed Begum remained in severe pain throughout the night, and that her baby died in the womb at the Gurez hospital around midnight. The grieving relatives also questioned the lack of emergency blood supplies, pointing out that a blood bank had been inaugurated at the local health facility just months earlier.

Speaking to Greater Kashmir, the sub-divisional magistrate of Gurez confirmed the family was initially stopped from moving on Tuesday evening due to the intense snowfall. He said that after the block medical officer informed him the woman needed an urgent referral, efforts were made past midnight to facilitate the travel.

The magistrate acknowledged the process took a long time due to delays in connecting with the officer commanding of Beacon to mobilise snow-clearing machinery.

He said the road was eventually cleared and the ambulance proceeded towards Bandipora, but added that the woman died on the way. He expressed ignorance regarding the circumstances of the baby’s stillborn death at the Gurez hospital.

Dr Mukhtar Ahmad, medical superintendent of District Hospital Bandipora, told Greater Kashmir that the woman was declared “brought dead” upon arrival in the early hours of Wednesday.

“The attendants informed us she may have passed away on the way near Razdan Top,” Ahmad said. He confirmed she was referred from Gurez due to low haemoglobin levels, adding that the child had already died in the womb at the sub-district hospital.

The health administration has since taken note of the allegations regarding staff absence and medical delays.

 Bandipora Chief Medical Officer Bhajan Kour told Greater Kashmir, “We are investigating the incident.”

Meanwhile, despite several attempts to contact Block Medical Officer Gurez, Dr Feroz Iqbal, for his version of events, his phone remained switched off.