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7th season of the Spanish F4 Championship
The 2022 F4 Spanish Championship was the seventh season of the Spanish F4 Championship . It was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel , formula racing cars regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations, based in Spain. It was the first season to use the Tatuus F4-T421 car.[ 1] It was also the first full season in which the series is partnered with the Richard Mille Young Talent Academy.[ 2]
The Championship was won by Bulgarian driver Nikola Tsolov with a round to spare, at Navarra.
Campos Racing and MP Motorsport split their teams in order to follow the four-car limit per entrant.[ 3]
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.[ 45]
Lola Lovinfosse was originally scheduled to compete for GRS Team, but switched to Teo Martín Motorsport prior to the start of the season.[ 46] [ 38]
Race calendar and results [ edit ]
The calendar was announced on 3 December 2021. The five rounds in Spain were organized by the RFEDA. The season opener at Portimão was held in support of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters and the second abroad event took place at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps .[ 47]
Championship standings [ edit ]
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[ edit ]
Pos
Driver
ALG [ a]
JER
CRT
SPA
ARA
NAV
CAT
Pts
1
Nikola Tsolov
14
1
5
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
4
3
2
3
1
1
1
400
2
Hugh Barter
1
4
4
10
6
3
18
7
13
2
2
2
1
3
1
1
1
1
5
2
3
287
3
Tymoteusz Kucharczyk
3
2
3
1
2
24
3
14
2
Ret
16
8
5
2
2
4
4
2
3
3
6
227
4
Kirill Smal
9
7
11
6
5
8
7
5
3
4
3
13
3
Ret
3
2
3
23†
2
4
2
173
5
Georg Kelstrup
7
11
9
5
4
2
Ret
8
4
5
5
4
7
11
Ret
10
19
9
14
6
8
105
6
Valerio Rinicella
25
8
7
4
3
16
10
13
10
3
4
21
Ret
6
5
6
7
4
10
10
5
104
7
Suleiman Zanfari
5
3
6
14
15
4
6
6
17
10
13
5
Ret
8
7
70
8
Filip Jenić
6
13
2
8
9
7
5
4
9
13
11
11
17
4
14
64
9
Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak
2
5
1
12
8
12
8
11
11
12
8
23
Ret
15
17
Ret
16
21
9
8
15
63
10
Robert de Haan
11
6
Ret
7
10
10
9
10
14
6
6
3
4
Ret
8
9
11
Ret
12
9
29
61
11
Gaël Julien
8
Ret
15
11
11
5
4
2
8
8
9
10
19†
14
19
5
8
10
Ret
14
12
60
12
Manuel Espírito Santo
17
14
Ret
13
13
Ret
2
3
5
7
7
9
Ret
7
22†
13
13
16
7
16
10
59
13
Christian Ho
10
12
27†
9
14
14
16
15
7
9
14
18
Ret
9
10
14
14
5
4
7
4
50
14
Daniel Nogales
20
16
10
21
Ret
26†
14
23
15
20
29
Ret
10
10
11
7
6
7
8
15
11
26
15
Charlie Wurz
3
7
6
25
16
Bruno del Pino
15
9
28†
16
12
9
12
12
6
11
10
7
Ret
13
12
15
12
6
Ret
17
18
24
17
Martinius Stenshorne
6
5
6
22
18
Miron Pingasov
4
15
8
Ret
22
15
Ret
Ret
16
Ret
21
25
Ret
Ret
15
18
17
Ret
17
13
14
16
19
Théophile Naël
24
12
Ret
8
23
21†
11
10
8
15
11
9
11
20
Marcos Flack
Ret
20
6
20
24
Ret
22
23
16
8
21
Sebastian Gravlund
13
20
12
Ret
17
22
11
26
23
19
Ret
19
16
17
Ret
12
9
22
11
12
7
8
22
Ricardo Escotto
16
Ret
26
20
18
17
17
25
Ret
Ret
15
Ret
9
12
9
Ret
Ret
EX
4
23
Max Mayer
18
21
17
18
16
25
20
9
18
Ret
18
16
11
21
18
19
15
11
Ret
26
19
0
24
Maksim Arkhangelskiy
12
10
13
Ret
Ret
13
15
18
21
Ret
23
14
14
16
16
16
18
Ret
21
30
22
0
25
Álvaro García
19
19
22
Ret
20
11
Ret
16
24†
22
Ret
22
Ret
25†
Ret
25
25
19
20
Ret
20
0
26
Jef Machiels
24
Ret
19
15
24
23
13
17
22
14
17
27†
12
18
23†
17
28†
12
Ret
24
13
0
27
Vladislav Ryabov
26
Ret
14
17
19
20
21
22
Ret
Ret
19
12
18†
19
13
Ret
20
13
23
20
Ret
0
28
Anshul Gandhi
27
24
21
Ret
21
19
19
20
12
15
27
26
0
29
Noah Lisle
29
18
20
13
24
Ret
16
Ret
24
0
30
Theodor Jensen
15
20
20
23
22
14
26
22
Ret
0
31
Ricardo Gracia Filho
22
Ret
18
Ret
Ret
18
23
24
19
18
24
15
22
27†
15
18
25
21
0
32
Jesse Carrasquedo Jr.
23
23
16
24
23
Ret
29†
21
23
0
33
Nelson Neto
16
25
Ret
0
34
Ethan Ischer
17
26
17
0
35
Lukáš Málek
21
17
23
0
36
Daniel Mavlyutov
Ret
22
Ret
27
26
17
27
27
26
0
37
Lola Lovinfosse
28†
22
25
19
23
21
22
19
Ret
21
22
20
0
38
Daniel Maciá
Ret
21
20
0
39
Aurelia Nobels
23
28
24
0
40
Jorge Campos
Ret
Ret
24
0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
–
Noah Strømsted
8
5
Ret
6
5
30†
–
–
Jonas Ried
13
29
25
–
–
Daniel Guinchard
Ret
19
17
–
–
Gianmarco Pradel
19
18
28
–
–
Julius Dinesen
21
29
18
WD
WD
WD
–
–
Niels Koolen
26
21
20
–
–
Carl Bennett
24
Ret
Ret
–
–
Francisco Soldavini
25
28
Ret
–
–
Victoria Blokhina
28
Ret
27
–
Pos
Driver
ALG [ a]
JER
CRT
SPA
ARA
NAV
CAT
Pts
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Retired (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 – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap † — Did not finish but classified
Secondary Classes' standings[ edit ]
Pos
Driver
ALG [ a]
JER
CRT
SPA
ARA
NAV
CAT
Pts
Rookie Trophy
1
Nikola Tsolov
3
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
417
2
Tymoteusz Kucharczyk
1
2
1
1
2
6
2
4
2
Ret
4
3
2
2
1
2
2
1
2
2
2
332
3
Bruno del Pino
4
3
11†
3
3
2
4
3
3
2
2
2
Ret
4
4
7
7
3
Ret
7
6
209
4
Daniel Nogales
7
4
3
5
Ret
8†
5
6
4
6
9
Ret
4
3
3
3
4
4
4
6
5
182
5
Sebastian Gravlund
2
8
4
Ret
5
5
3
8
7
5
Ret
6
7
5
Ret
6
5
11
5
5
3
153
6
Max Mayer
5
9
7
4
4
7
6
2
5
Ret
5
5
5
7
5
8
8
6
Ret
11
7
132
7
Théophile Naël
9
3
Ret
3
8
7†
5
6
5
6
4
4
94
8
Ricardo Gracia Filho
9
Ret
6
Ret
Ret
4
7
7
6
4
6
4
10
12†
8
7
11
9
84
9
Álvaro García
6
7
9
Ret
6
3
Ret
5
8†
7
Ret
7
Ret
9†
Ret
13
11
10
9
Ret
8
65
10
Theodor Jensen
6
6
6
11
9
7
12
10
Ret
34
11
Nelson Neto
3
7
Ret
17
12
Jesse Carrasquedo Jr.
10
10
5
12
10
Ret
13†
9
10
17
13
Lukáš Málek
8
5
10
11
14
Aurelia Nobels
8
8
8
9
15
Noah Lisle
11
6
8
8
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
–
Noah Strømsted
4
3
Ret
3
3
12†
–
–
Gianmarco Pradel
8
8
11
–
–
Julius Dinesen
9
13
9
WD
WD
WD
–
–
Carl Bennett
10
Ret
Ret
–
–
Francisco Soldavini
11
12
Ret
–
Female Trophy (TBC)
1
Lola Lovinfosse
1†
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Ret
1
1
1
65
2
Aurelia Nobels
2
2
2
48
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
–
Victoria Blokhina
1
Ret
1
–
Pos
Driver
ALG [ a]
JER
CRT
SPA
ARA
NAV
CAT
Pts
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Retired (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 – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap † — Did not finish but classified
Two best finishers score points for their team. Bonus points are not counted.
^ a b c d e f Arkhangelskiy, Ryabov and Pingasov are Russian, but they competed under a Spanish licence as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine . Smal and Blokhina, also Russians, competed under a Kyrgyz and an Italian licence respectively for the same reason. Mavlyutov, a Turkish-Russian, competed under a British licence.[ 4]
^ a b Cars No. 3, No. 9, No. 12 (Round 1) and No. 44 entered as Campos, cars No. 12 (Round 2 onwards), No. 19, No. 29 and No. 68 entered as Campos Racing.
^ a b 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.
^ a b c d e 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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