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. It was also the first full season in which the series is partnered with the Richard Mille Young Talent Academy. The Championship was won by Bulgarian driver Nikola Tsolov with a round to spare, at Navarra.
Entry list Campos Racing and MP Motorsport split their teams in order to follow the four-car limit per entrant.
Team No. Driver Class Rounds Drivex School 1 Maksim Arkhangelskiy All 11 Bruno del Pino All 13 Daniel Nogales 5–7 20 Victoria Blokhina F 7 30 Gaël Julien All 71 Noah Lisle 1 Fórmula de Campeones 2 Max Mayer All 8 Álvaro García All 17 Aurelia Nobels F 4 18 Jorge Campos 1 95 Julius Dinesen 6–7 Campos Campos Racing 3 Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. 1, 6–7 9 Charlie Wurz 2 12 Nikola Tsolov All 19 Filip Jenić 1–5 29 Georg Kelstrup All 44 Manuel Espírito Santo 3–7 68 Hugh Barter All 75 Noah Strømsted 6–7 Monlau Motorsport 4 Martinius Stenshorne 5 25 Jef Machiels All 31 Niels Koolen 6 41 Jonas Ried 7 46 Robert de Haan All GRS Team 5 Ricardo Gracia Filho 1–4, 6–7 15 Lukáš Málek 1 26 Vladislav Ryabov All 72 Marcos Flack 4, 6–7 99 Daniel Mavlyutov 5–7 Saintéloc Racing 6 Théophile Naël 4–7 22 Carl Bennett 7 27 Ethan Ischer 4 34 Theodor Jensen 5–7 MP Motorsport MP Motorsports 7 Tymoteusz Kucharczyk All 14 Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak All 23 Kirill Smal All 24 Miron Pingasov All 35 Sebastian Gravlund All 51 Christian Ho All 52 Suleiman Zanfari 1–5 55 Valerio Rinicella All Teo Martín Motorsport 10 Lola Lovinfosse F 1–4 13 Daniel Nogales 1–4 28 Daniel Maciá 3 44 Manuel Espírito Santo 1–2 Cram-Pinnacle 33 Anshul Gandhi 1–4 77 Ricardo Escotto 1–6 78 Gianmarco Pradel 7 80 Juan Francisco Soldavini 7 81 Nelson Neto 4 JHR Developments 49 Daniel Guinchard 7 71 Noah Lisle 5, 7 Icon Legend Rookie F Female Trophy Guest drivers ineligible to score points Andrea Frassineti was scheduled to compete for Cars Racing, but withdrew prior to the start of the season. Lola Lovinfosse was originally scheduled to compete for GRS Team, but switched to Teo Martín Motorsport prior to the start of the season.
Race calendar and results 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.
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Rookie winner Supporting 1 R1 30 April Nikola Tsolov Nikola Tsolov Hugh Barter Campos Racing Tymoteusz Kucharczyk R2 1 May Nikola Tsolov Nikola Tsolov Nikola Tsolov Campos Racing Nikola Tsolov R3 Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak Nikola Tsolov Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak MP Motorsport Tymoteusz Kucharczyk 2 R1 Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera 28 May Nikola Tsolov Nikola Tsolov Tymoteusz Kucharczyk MP Motorsport Tymoteusz Kucharczyk RFEDA Racing Weekend R2 29 May Nikola Tsolov Nikola Tsolov Nikola Tsolov Campos Racing Nikola Tsolov R3 Nikola Tsolov Nikola Tsolov Nikola Tsolov Campos Racing Nikola Tsolov 3 R1 Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste 11 June Nikola Tsolov Nikola Tsolov Nikola Tsolov Campos Racing Nikola Tsolov RFEDA Racing Weekend R2 12 June Nikola Tsolov Nikola Tsolov Nikola Tsolov Campos Racing Nikola Tsolov R3 Hugh Barter Nikola Tsolov Nikola Tsolov Campos Racing Nikola Tsolov 4 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 8 July Nikola Tsolov Nikola Tsolov Nikola Tsolov Campos Racing Nikola Tsolov 25 Hours VW Fun Cup R2 9 July Nikola Tsolov Hugh Barter Nikola Tsolov Campos Racing Nikola Tsolov R3 Nikola Tsolov Nikola Tsolov Nikola Tsolov Campos Racing Nikola Tsolov 5 R1 MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz 3 September Nikola Tsolov Nikola Tsolov Hugh Barter Campos Racing Nikola Tsolov RFEDA Racing Weekend R2 4 September Nikola Tsolov Nikola Tsolov Nikola Tsolov Campos Racing Nikola Tsolov R3 Hugh Barter Nikola Tsolov Hugh Barter Campos Racing Tymoteusz Kucharczyk 6 R1 Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos 1 October Hugh Barter Hugh Barter Hugh Barter Campos Racing Nikola Tsolov RFEDA Racing Weekend R2 2 October Hugh Barter Hugh Barter Hugh Barter Campos Racing Nikola Tsolov R3 Noah Strømsted Hugh Barter Hugh Barter Campos Racing Tymoteusz Kucharczyk 7 R1 12 November Nikola Tsolov Nikola Tsolov Nikola Tsolov Campos Racing Nikola Tsolov R2 Nikola Tsolov Nikola Tsolov Nikola Tsolov Campos Racing Nikola Tsolov R3 Nikola Tsolov Nikola Tsolov Nikola Tsolov Campos Racing Nikola Tsolov
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 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 RetEX 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 27 260 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 0Guest 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 – – Juan Francisco Soldavini 25 28 Ret – – Victoria Blokhina 28 Ret 27 – Pos Driver ALG JER CRT SPA ARA NAV CAT Pts Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap† — Did not finish but classified
Secondary Classes' standings Pos Driver ALG 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 – – Juan Francisco Soldavini 11 12 Ret – Female Trophy (TBC) 1 Lola Lovinfosse 1† 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 2 Aurelia Nobels 2 2 2 48 Guest drivers ineligible to score points – Victoria Blokhina 1 Ret 1 – Pos Driver ALG JER CRT SPA ARA NAV CAT Pts Bold – PoleItalics – 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 Campos Racing 687 2 MP Motorsport 494 3 MP Motorsports 141 4 Drivex School 104 5 Campos 100 6 Monlau Motorsport 83 7 Saintéloc Racing 11 8 GRS Team 8 9 Cram-Pinnacle 4 10 Teo Martín Motorsport 1 11 Fórmula de Campeones 0 12 JHR Developments 0
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