2022 ADAC Formula 4 Championship

The 2022 ADAC Formula 4 Championship was the eighth and final season of ADAC Formula 4, an open-wheel motor racing series. It was a multi-event motor racing championship that featured drivers competing in 1.4 litre Tatuus-Abarth single seat race cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
Van Amersfoort Racing	2	Arias Deukmedjian^[1]	G	2–3
	17	Emerson Fittipaldi Jr.^[2]	G	2–3
	33	Brando Badoer^[3]	R G	2–3
	34	Martinius Stenshorne^[4]	R G	2–3
	96	Jules Castro^[5]	R G	2–3
BWR Motorsports	3	Alfio Spina^[6]	R	1–2
	87	Rishab Jain^[7]	R	1
	89	Chris Rosenkranz^[6]	R	1–2
Prema Racing	7	Charlie Wurz^[6]		1–4
	12	Andrea Kimi Antonelli^[6]		1–4, 6
	13	James Wharton^[8]	R	1–4, 6
	16	Ugo Ugochukwu^[9]	R G	4, 6
	20	Conrad Laursen^[6]		1–4
	88	Rafael Câmara^[8]	R	1–3, 6
US Racing	11	Pedro Perino^[10]	G	1
	30	Zachary David^[a]^[11]	R	5
	37	Kacper Sztuka^[10]		1, 5
	44	Nikhil Bohra^[b]^[13]	R	1–2
	52	Marcus Amand^[10]		1–2
	66	Ruiqi Liu^[11]	R	5
R-ace GP	14	Frederik Lund^[c]^[6]	R G	1
R-ace GP	71	Marcos Flack^[6]	G	1
PHM Racing^[14]	15	Nikita Bedrin^[d]^[15]		All
	19	Valentin Kluss^[15]	R	3–6
	41	Jonas Ried^[15]		All
	77	Taylor Barnard^[15]		All
Sauter Engineering + Design	21	Michael Sauter^[16]		All
Jenzer Motorsport	23	Oleksandr Partyshev^[12]	G	2
	24	Rasmus Joutsimies^[17]	R	All
	25	Samir Ben^[17]		2–5
	26	Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi^[17]	R	1, 3–6
	27	Ethan Ischer^[17]	R G	1
Iron Dames^[18]	83	Maya Weug^[8]^[19]	G	1, 3

Icon	Legend
R	Rookie
G	Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Race calendar and results

The provisional calendar was released on 7 November 2021. The opening two rounds supported the 2022 24H GT Series and the next three raced alongside the 2022 ADAC GT Masters. The finale was a part of ADAC Racing Weekend event.^[20]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Rookie Winner
1	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	23 April	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Rafael Câmara	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	Rafael Câmara
	R2		23 April	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	Rafael Câmara
	R3		24 April		Conrad Laursen	Rafael Câmara	Prema Racing	Rafael Câmara
2	R1	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	14 May	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	Rafael Câmara
	R2		15 May	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	Rafael Câmara
	R3		15 May		Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	Rafael Câmara
3	R1	Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort	25 June	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	Rafael Câmara
	R2		26 June	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	Rafael Câmara
	R3		26 June		James Wharton	Conrad Laursen	Prema Racing	Rafael Câmara
4	R1	Nürburgring, Nürburg (Sprint Circuit)	6 August	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Taylor Barnard	PHM Racing	James Wharton
	R2		7 August	Taylor Barnard	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Taylor Barnard	PHM Racing	James Wharton
	R3		7 August		James Wharton	James Wharton	Prema Racing	James Wharton
5	R1	Lausitzring, Klettwitz (Sprint Circuit)	20 August	Taylor Barnard	Nikita Bedrin	Nikita Bedrin	PHM Racing	Rasmus Joutsimies
	R2		21 August	Taylor Barnard	Taylor Barnard	Taylor Barnard	PHM Racing	Valentin Kluss
	R3		21 August		Taylor Barnard	Taylor Barnard	PHM Racing	Valentin Kluss
6	R1	Nürburgring, Nürburg (Grand Prix Circuit)	15 October	Rafael Câmara	Rafael Câmara	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	Rafael Câmara
	R2		15 October	Rafael Câmara	Taylor Barnard	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	Rasmus Joutsimies
	R3		16 October		Jonas Ried	Taylor Barnard	PHM Racing	Rafael Câmara

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers (excluding guest drivers) in each race. No points were awarded for pole position or fastest lap. The final classifications for the individual championships were obtained by summing up the scores on the 16 best results obtained during the races held.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	SPA			HOC			ZAN			NÜR1			LAU			NÜR2			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	1	1	4	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	4				1	1	6	313
2	Taylor Barnard	6	6	15	3	4	3	6	6	4	1	1	3	2	1	1	4	2	1	266
3	Rafael Câmara	2	2	1	2	2	4	2	2	5							2	10	3	193
4	Nikita Bedrin	8	5	8	Ret	3	Ret	4	5	7	3	3	8	1	3	2	9	9	5	175
5	James Wharton	Ret	3	9	18	6	Ret	5	4	6	4	5	1				3	5	4	146
6	Conrad Laursen	4	Ret	3	7	8	9	3	7	1	5	6	2							129
7	Charlie Wurz	3	Ret	5	4	10	6	7	3	3	6	4	7							111
8	Rasmus Joutsimies	11	14	10	10	11	16	12	12	9	7	8	5	3	6	4	Ret	4	8	98
9	Jonas Ried	9	7	Ret	6	9	5	Ret	14	13	10	Ret	9	7	5	7	Ret	7	11	71
10	Kacper Sztuka	DNS	4	2										4	2	8				64
11	Valentin Kluss							11	Ret	Ret	8	10	Ret	Ret	4	3	8	6	7	61
12	Marcus Amand	5	8	6	DNS	7	2													48
13	Michael Sauter	14	11	16	11	18	13	13	13	Ret	12	11	10	5	Ret	9	6	Ret	9	41
14	Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi	15	15	11				16	Ret	Ret	11	9	11	9	7	6	7	8	10	38
15	Zachary David													6	8	5				22
16	Nikhil Bohra	7	Ret	12	12	Ret	14													10
17	Alfio Spina	Ret	9	7	15	15	Ret													8
18	Samir Ben				13	14	Ret	15	15	12	13	12	12	8	10	11				8
19	Ruiqi Liu													10	9	10				4
20	Chris Rosenkranz	17	Ret	17	16	19	Ret													0
–	Rishab Jain	WD	WD	WD																–
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
–	Ugo Ugochukwu										9	7	6				5	3	2	–
–	Martinius Stenshorne				5	5	7	8	10	8										–
–	Arias Deukmedjian				8	Ret	15	14	9	Ret										–
–	Emerson Fittipaldi Jr.				14	13	12	10	8	10										–
–	Oleksandr Partyshev				Ret	12	8													–
–	Brando Badoer				9	17	10	18	16	11										–
–	Maya Weug	16	Ret	18				9	11	Ret										–
–	Frederik Lund	12	10	19																–
–	Pedro Perino	10	Ret	14																–
–	Jules Castro				17	16	11	17	17	14										–
–	Marcos Flack	Ret	12	13																–
–	Ethan Ischer	13	13	20																–
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	SPA			HOC			ZAN			NÜR1			LAU			NÜR2			Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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 – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish but classified

Rookies' Championship

Pos	Driver	SPA			HOC			ZAN			NÜR1			LAU			NÜR2			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Rafael Câmara	2	2	1	2	2	4	2	2	5							2	10	3	285
2	Rasmus Joutsimies	11	14	10	10	11	16	12	12	9	7	8	5	3	6	4	Ret	4	8	269
3	James Wharton	Ret	3	9	18	6	Ret	5	4	6	4	5	1				3	5	4	242
4	Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi	15	15	11				16	Ret	Ret	11	9	11	9	7	6	8	8	10	163
5	Valentin Kluss							11	Ret	Ret	8	10	Ret	Ret	4	3	9	6	7	134
6	Nikhil Bohra	7	Ret	12	12	Ret	14													59
7	Alfio Spina	Ret	9	7	15	15	Ret													57
8	Zachary David													6	8	5				45
9	Chris Rosenkranz	17	Ret	17	17	19	Ret													36
10	Ruiqi Liu													10	9	10				32
–	Rishab Jain	WD	WD	WD																–
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
–	Ugo Ugochukwu										9	7	6				5	3	2	–
–	Martinius Stenshorne				5	5	7	8	10	8										–
–	Brando Badoer				9	17	10	18	16	11										–
–	Frederik Lund	12	10	19																–
–	Jules Castro				17	16	11	17	17	14										–
–	Ethan Ischer	13	13	20																–
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	SPA			HOC			ZAN			NÜR1			LAU			NÜR2			Pts

Teams' Cup

Only two best team's drivers in each race were eligible to score points. The other drivers were omitted during rewarding the points.

Pos	Driver	SPA			HOC			ZAN			NÜR1			LAU			NÜR2			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Prema Racing	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1				1	1	3	594
1	Prema Racing	2	2	3	2	2	4	2	2	2	4	4	2				2	5	4	594
2	PHM Racing	6	5	8	3	3	3	4	5	4	1	1	3	1	1	1	4	2	1	531
2	PHM Racing	8	6	15	6	4	5	6	6	7	3	3	8	2	3	2	8	6	5	531
3	Jenzer Motorsport	11	13	10	10	11	16	12	12	9	7	8	5	3	6	4	7	4	8	276
3	Jenzer Motorsport	13	14	11	13	14	Ret	15	15	12	11	9	11	8	7	6	Ret	8	10	276
4	US Racing	5	4	2	12	7	2							4	2	5				184
4	US Racing	7	8	6	Ret	Ret	14							6	8	8				184
5	Sauter Engineering + Design	14	11	16	11	18	13	13	13	Ret	12	11	10	5	Ret	9	6	Ret	9	97
6	BWR Motorsports	17	9	7	15	15	Ret													25
6	BWR Motorsports	Ret	Ret	17	17	19	Ret													25
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	SPA			HOC			ZAN			NÜR1			LAU			NÜR2			Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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)

† — Did not finish but classified

Notes

^ David is a Filipino driver competing under a Maltese licence.
^ Bohra is an American-Indian driver competing under a Singaporean licence.^[12]
^ Lund is a Danish-Nicaraguan driver competing under a Costa Rican licence.
^ Bedrin is a Russian driver who competed under an Italian licence as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

References

External links

Official website

[11] David is a Filipino driver competing under a Maltese licence.

[14] Bohra is an American-Indian driver competing under a Singaporean licence.^[12]

[16] Lund is a Danish-Nicaraguan driver competing under a Costa Rican licence.

[18] Bedrin is a Russian driver who competed under an Italian licence as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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