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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 R All 13 Daniel Nogales R 5–7 20 Victoria Blokhina F G 7 30 Gaël Julien All 71 Noah Lisle R 1 Fórmula de Campeones 2 Max Mayer R All 8 Álvaro García R All 17 Aurelia Nobels R F 4 18 Jorge Campos 1 95 Julius Dinesen R G 6–7 Campos Campos Racing 3 Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. R 1, 6–7 9 Charlie Wurz 2 12 Nikola Tsolov R All 19 Filip Jenić 1–5 29 Georg Kelstrup All 44 Manuel Espírito Santo 3–7 68 Hugh Barter All 75 Noah Strømsted R G 6–7 Monlau Motorsport 4 Martinius Stenshorne 5 25 Jef Machiels All 31 Niels Koolen G 6 41 Jonas Ried G 7 46 Robert de Haan All GRS Team 5 Ricardo Gracia Filho R 1–4, 6–7 15 Lukáš Málek R 1 26 Vladislav Ryabov All 72 Marcos Flack 4, 6–7 99 Daniel Mavlyutov 5–7 Saintéloc Racing 6 Théophile Naël R 4–7 22 Carl Bennett R G 7 27 Ethan Ischer 4 34 Theodor Jensen R 5–7 MP Motorsport MP Motorsports 7 Tymoteusz Kucharczyk R All 14 Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak All 23 Kirill Smal All 24 Miron Pingasov All 35 Sebastian Gravlund R 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 R 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 R G 7 80 Francisco Soldavini R G 7 81 Nelson Neto R 4 JHR Developments 49 Daniel Guinchard G 7 71 Noah Lisle R 5, 7

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.
• 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	Algarve International Circuit, Portimão	30 April	Nikola Tsolov	Nikola Tsolov	Hugh Barter	Campos Racing	Tymoteusz Kucharczyk	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters TCR Europe GT-CER
	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	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	12 November	Nikola Tsolov	Nikola Tsolov	Nikola Tsolov	Campos Racing	Nikola Tsolov	RFEDA Racing Weekend
	R2		13 November	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.

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 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 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 – Pole Italics – 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 – – 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 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 – Pole Italics – 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

Notes

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ 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.

1. ^ 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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External links

• Official website

• 2022 in Formula 4
• Spanish F4 Championship seasons
• 2022 in Spanish motorsport
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