2022 F4 Spanish Championship

The 2022 F4 Spanish Championship is the seventh season of the Spanish F4 Championship. It is a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations, based in Spain. It is the first season to use the Tatuus T-021 car.[1] It is also the first full season in which the series is partnered with the Richard Mille Young Talent Academy.[2]

Entry list

Campos Racing and MP Motorsport split their teams in order to follow the four-car limit per entrant.[3]

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Drivex School 1 Maksim Arkhangelskiy[lower-alpha 1][4] 1
11 Bruno del Pino[5] R 1
30 Gaël Julien[6] 1
71 Noah Lisle[7] R 1
Fórmula de Campeones 2 Max Mayer[8] R 1
8 Álvaro García[8] R 1
18 Jorge Campos[9] 1
Campos[N 1]
Campos Racing[N 1]
 3 Jesse Carrasquedo Jr.[10] R 1
12 Nikola Tsolov[11] R 1
19 Filip Jenić[12] 1
29 Georg Kelstrup[13] 1
68 Hugh Barter[14] 1
GRS Team 5 Ricardo Gracia[15] R 1
15 Lukáš Málek[16] R 1
26 Vladislav Ryabov[lower-alpha 2][17] 1
Saintéloc Racing[18] 6 Théophile Naël[18] R TBC
TBA TBA TBC
TBA TBA TBC
MP Motorsport[N 2]
MP Motorsports[N 2]
 7 Tymoteusz Kucharczyk[19] R 1
14 Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak[20] 1
23 Kirill Smal[lower-alpha 3][21] 1
24 Miron Pingasov[lower-alpha 4][20] 1
35 Sebastian Gravlund[22] 1
51 Christian Ho[20] 1
52 Suleiman Zanfari[20] 1
55 Valerio Rinicella[23] 1
Teo Martín Motorsport 10 Lola Lovinfosse[24] F 1
13 Daniel Nogales[25] R 1
44 Manuel Espírito Santo[26] 1
Monlau Motorsport 25 Jef Machiels[27] 1
46 Robert de Haan[27] 1
Cram-Pinnacle[28] 33 Anshul Gandhi[29] 1
77 Ricardo Escotto[30] 1
Icon Legend
R Rookie
F Female Trophy
G Guest drivers ineligible to score points
  • Andrea Frassineti was scheduled to compete for Cars Racing, but withdrew prior to the start of the season.[31]
  • Lola Lovinfosse was originally scheduled to compete for GRS Team, but switched to Teo Martín Motorsport prior to the start of the season.[32][24]

Race calendar and results

The calendar was announced on 3 December 2021. The five rounds in Spain will be organized by the RFEDA. The season opener at Portimão will be held in support of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters and the second abroad event will take place at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.[33]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Rookie Winner Supporting
1 R1 Algarve International Circuit, Portimão 30 April Nikola Tsolov Nikola Tsolov Hugh Barter Campos Racing Tymoteusz Kucharczyk Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
TCR Europe
GT-CER
R2 1 May[lower-alpha 5] Nikola Tsolov Nikola Tsolov Nikola Tsolov Campos Nikola Tsolov
R3 Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak Nikola Tsolov Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak MP Motorsport Tymoteusz Kucharczyk
2 R1 Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera 28–29 May RFEDA Racing Weekend
R2
R3
3 R1 Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste 11–12 June RFEDA Racing Weekend
R2
R3
4 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 8–9 July 25 Hours VW Fun Cup
R2
R3
5 R1 MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz 3–4 September RFEDA Racing Weekend
R2
R3
6 R1 Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos 1–2 October RFEDA Racing Weekend
R2
R3
7 R1 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 12–13 November RFEDA Racing Weekend
R2
R3

Championship standings

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers in 25-minute races and for the top eight classified finishers in 18-minute races.

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

Drivers' championship
Pos Driver ALG[lower-alpha 5]
 JER
 CRT
 SPA
 ARA
 NAV
 CAT
 Pts
1 Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak 2 5 1 51
2 Hugh Barter 1 4 4 45
3 Tymoteusz Kucharczyk 3 2 3 42
4 Nikola Tsolov 14 1 5 30
5 Suleiman Zanfari 5 3 6 28
6 Filip Jenić 6 13 2 26
7 Miron Pingasov 4 15 8 16
8 Georg Kelstrup 7 11 9 8
9 Valerio Rinicella 25 8 7 7
10 Robert de Haan 11 6 Ret 4
11 Kirill Smal 9 7 11 4
12 Gaël Julien 8 Ret 15 4
13 Christian Ho 10 12 27† 1
14 Daniel Nogales 20 16 10 1
15 Bruno del Pino 15 9 28† 0
16 Maksim Arkhangelskiy 12 10 13 0
17 Sebastian Gravlund 13 20 12 0
18 Manuel Espírito Santo 17 14 Ret 0
19 Vladislav Ryabov 26 Ret 14 0
20 Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. 23 23 16 0
21 Ricardo Escotto 16 Ret 26 0
22 Max Mayer 18 21 17 0
23 Lukáš Málek 21 17 23 0
24 Noah Lisle 29 18 20 0
25 Ricardo Gracia 22 Ret 18 0
26 Álvaro García 19 19 22 0
27 Jef Machiels 24 Ret 19 0
28 Anshul Gandhi 27 24 21 0
29 Lola Lovinfosse 28† 22 25 0
30 Jorge Campos Ret Ret 24 0
Pos Driver ALG[lower-alpha 5]
 JER
 CRT
 SPA
 ARA
 NAV
 CAT
 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid 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

Rookies' championship
Pos Driver ALG[lower-alpha 5]
 JER
 CRT
 SPA
 ARA
 NAV
 CAT
 Pts
1 Tymoteusz Kucharczyk 1 2 1 62
2 Nikola Tsolov 2 1 2 51
3 Bruno del Pino 3 3 10 36
4 Daniel Nogales 6 4 3 31
5 Max Mayer 4 8 6 21
6 Álvaro García 5 7 8 16
7 Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. 9 9 4 14
8 Lukáš Málek 7 5 9 14
9 Ricardo Gracia 8 Ret 5 14
10 Noah Lisle 10 6 7 11
Pos Driver ALG[lower-alpha 5]
 JER
 CRT
 SPA
 ARA
 NAV
 CAT
 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid 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

Teams' standings

Two best finishers score points for their team. Bonus points are not counted.

Pos Driver Points
1 MP Motorsport 91
2 Campos Racing 71
3 MP Motorsports 44
4 Campos 25
5 Monlau Motorsport 4
6 Drivex School 4
7 Teo Martín Motorsport 1
8 GRS Team 0
9 Cram-Pinnacle 0
10 Fórmula de Campeones 0

Notes
  1. Cars No. 3 and No. 12 entered as Campos, cars No. 19, No. 29 and No. 68 entered as Campos Racing.
  2. Cars No. 7, No. 14, No. 23 and No. 55 entered as MP Motorsport, cars No. 24, No. 35, No. 51 and No. 52 entered as MP Motorsports.
  1. Arkhangelskiy is a Russian driver racing under a Spanish licence.
  2. Ryabov is a Russian driver racing under a Spanish licence.
  3. Smal is a Russian driver racing under a Kyrgyz licence.
  4. Pingasov is a Russian driver racing under a Spanish licence.
  5. The 18-minute race was held after the second 25-minute race but is still considered Race 2, and the 25-minute Race 3.

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