2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship

The 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship is a planned motor racing championship for Formula 3 cars that will be sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The championship will be the thirteenth season of Formula 3 racing and the fourth season run under the FIA Formula 3 Championship moniker. It will be an open-wheel racing category that will serve as the third tier of formula racing in the FIA Global Pathway. The category will be run in support of selected rounds of the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship. As the championship will be a spec series, all teams and drivers that will compete in the championship will run the same car, the Dallara F3 2019.[1] For the 2022 season, a new chassis was to be introduced, but this change has been halted by the cost-cutting measures introduced because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship
Previous: 2021 Next: 2023
Parent series:
Formula One World Championship
Formula 2 Championship

Trident will enter the championship as the reigning teams' champion, having secured their title at the last round of the 2021 season.

Entries

As the championship will be a spec series, all teams will compete with an identical Dallara F3 2019 chassis and tyre compounds developed by Pirelli.[1][3] Each car will be powered by a 3.4 L (207 cu in) naturally-aspirated V6 engine developed by Mecachrome.[4]

Teams No. Driver
Trident 1 TBA
2 TBA
3 TBA
Prema Racing 4 TBA
5 TBA
6 TBA
ART Grand Prix 7 Grégoire Saucy
8 TBA
9 TBA
MP Motorsport 10 TBA
11 TBA
12 TBA
Charouz Racing System 14 TBA
15 TBA
16 TBA
Hitech Grand Prix 17 TBA
18 TBA
19 TBA
Campos Racing 20 TBA
21 TBA
22 TBA
Jenzer Motorsport 23 TBA
24 TBA
25 TBA
Carlin 26 TBA
27 TBA
28 TBA
Van Amersfoort Racing 29 TBA
30 TBA
31 TBA

Team changes

Van Amersfoort Racing will join the series after purchasing HWA Racelab's assets in October 2021.[5]

Driver changes

Reigning Formula Regional European champion Grégoire Saucy graduated to the series with ART Grand Prix.[6]

Dennis Hauger will leave Formula 3 after winning the championship in 2021 and will join Formula 2.

Clément Novalak, Logan Sargeant and Jack Doohan will also leave Formula 3 to join Formula 2, driving for MP Motorsport, Carlin and Virtuosi Racing respectively.

Race calendar

A provisional nine-round calendar was announced on 15 October 2021:

Round Circuit Race 1 Race 2
1 Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir 19 March 20 March
2 Imola Circuit, Imola 23 April 24 April
3 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 21 May 22 May
4 Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 2 July 3 July
5 Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 9 July 10 July
6 Hungaroring, Mogyoród 30 July 31 July
7 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 27 August 28 August
8 Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort 3 September 4 September
9 Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza 10 September 11 September
Source:[7]

Calendar changes

After changing the weekend format to three races per weekend in 2021, the format will be reverted back to more race weekends with two races each in 2022.

Regulation changes

Sporting changes

The race weekend format will return to a similar format to the seasons before 2021. On Saturday, only one race will be held, with the grid still formed by reversing the top twelve drivers from qualifying, while the Sunday race will be started in qualifying order.[8]

The championship will have a reprofiled scoring format. The points for pole position and fastest lap will each be cut in half; now awarding 2 points for pole, and 1 for the fastest lap in each race. The points for race 1 will be changed significantly, with 10 points being awarded for the winner, 9 points for 2nd, then 8 for 3rd, and it descends all the way to 1 point for 10th. Changes will also be applied for Formula 1’s other feeder series, the FIA Formula 2 Championship.[9]

Results and standings

Season summary
Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Report
1 F Bahrain International Circuit Report
S
2 F Imola Circuit Report
S
3 F Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Report
S
4 F Silverstone Circuit Report
S
5 F Red Bull Ring Report
S
6 F Hungaroring Report
S
7 F Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Report
S
8 F Circuit Zandvoort Report
S
9 F Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Report
S

Notes

    References
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    2. "8 key questions on Formula 2 and Formula 3's new cost-cutting measures answered | Formula 1®". formula1.com. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
    3. Benyon, Jack; Evans, David (4 February 2019). "New FIA F3 car will be 'more difficult to drive' than GP3 machine". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
    4. "New International F3 car set to use GP3 engine". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
    5. Wood, Ida (2021-10-11). "Van Amersfoort Racing replaces HWA on FIA F3 grid for 2022". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
    6. "Grégoire Saucy moves up to FIA Formula 3 for the 2022 campaign". ART Grand Prix. 2021-11-05. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
    7. "FIA Formula 3 Championship 2022 Season Calendar Announced". fiaformula3.com. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
    8. "Format changes announced for F2 and F3 for 2022". www.autosport.com. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
    9. "FIA Formula 2 and FIA Formula 3 announce updated points allocations for 2022".
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