2022 Formula 2 Championship

After having ended their commitment in FIA Formula 3 beforehand, HWA Racelab ended their Formula 2 operations at the end of the 2021 season.[3] Van Amersfoort Racing will join the series, taking over their entry.[4]

Prema Racing will compete with a new driver lineup; Oscar Piastri is set to leave the championship after winning the title the previous year and signing as a reserve driver for Alpine F1 Team. His teammate, Robert Shwartzman, will exit after two years in the series.[5][6]

Dennis Hauger will join the series after winning the FIA Formula 3 championship the previous year.[7] However the team for which he will race is yet to be confirmed.

Christian Lundgaard will leave ART Grand Prix and the series after two seasons. He will join the IndyCar Series, racing for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.[8]

Clément Novalak will retain his seat at MP Motorsport for the 2022 season, having replaced Lirim Zendeli at the team for the final two rounds in 2021 after finishing third in FIA Formula 3.[9]

Guanyu Zhou will leave UNI-Virtuosi and the series after three years with the team to graduate to Formula One with Alfa Romeo Racing. His seat will be filled by Marino Sato, who switched from Trident. Jack Doohan will join him after finishing second in F3 in 2021, having already contested the final two rounds of 2021 with MP Motorsport. He replaces Felipe Drugovich, who has confirmed he will switch teams for 2022, rejoining his old team MP Motorsport.[10][11]

Dan Ticktum joined the NIO 333 FE Team to race in the 2021–22 Formula E World Championship, thus leaving Carlin at the end of the 2021 season. He will be replaced by Logan Sargeant, who steps up from Formula 3 after already contesting the penultimate round of the 2021 season with HWA Racelab.[12][13]

The championship returned to a two-race format for its race weekends, after coming under criticism during the 2021 season that the gaps between the rounds were far too large.

• The Imola Circuit will feature on the calendar; the first time it has appeared on the F2 schedule.
• The Circuit Zandvoort will also feature on the calendar after it was cancelled in 2020 and not included in 2021.
• The Red Bull Ring, Hungaroring, Barcelona and Spa-Francorchamps rounds return after being initially dropped in 2021.

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 sprint race points will be changed significantly, with 10 points being awarded for the winner, 8 points for 2nd, then 6 for 3rd, and it descends all the way to 1 point for 8th. Changes will also be applied for Formula 1’s other feeder series, the FIA Formula 3 Championship.[15]