2022 Formula Regional Asian Championship

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The 2022 Formula Regional Asian Championship was a multi-event, Formula Regional open-wheel single seater motor racing championship. The championship featured a mix of professional and amateur drivers, competing in Formula Regional cars. It was the fifth season of the championship, and the first season under the Formula Regional moniker, after a rebrand happened due to the FIA ending the F3 category name.[1][2]

The season was held over five consecutive weekends in January and February 2022.

For the first time, the second race of a weekend was a reversed-grid race, reversing the top 10 finishers of race one.[3]

Arthur Leclerc won the drivers' championship with two races to spare, while his team, Mumbai Falcons India Racing, won the teams' championship. Pepe Martí, second overall, won the Rookie Cup, and Khaled Al Qubaisi earned Masters Cup honors.

Teams and drivers[]

Team No. Driver Status Rounds
Australia Evans GP 2 Finland Patrik Pasma[4] 3–5
12 France Sami Meguetounif[5] R 5
14 Italy Nicola Marinangeli[6] All
30 Russia Michael Belov[4] 3–5
74 Turkey Cem Bölükbaşı[7] 1
78 United Kingdom Frederick Lubin[8] R 1–3
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema 3 Estonia Paul Aron[9] All
52 United States Jak Crawford[10] All
66 United Arab Emirates Khaled Al Qubaisi[11] M All
88 United Arab Emirates Hamda Al Qubaisi[12] R All
99 United Arab Emirates Amna Al Qubaisi[11] All
United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix 4 Italy Gabriele Minì[13] 1–2, 4–5
5 Italy Leonardo Fornaroli[13] R 1–3
6 France Isack Hadjar[14] All
7 Switzerland Joshua Dufek[13] R 1–3
France Vladislav Lomko[a][15] R 5
92 France Owen Tangavelou[13] R 3–5
Hong Kong BlackArts Racing 9 Hong Kong Thomas Luedi[b][16] M All
21 Luxembourg Brice Morabito[16] R 1
26 Israel Ido Cohen[17] 1
France Pierre-Louis Chovet[18] 2–5
36 Israel Ido Cohen 4–5
India Mumbai Falcons India Racing 10 Sweden Dino Beganovic[19] All
28 Monaco Arthur Leclerc[19] All
37 United Kingdom Oliver Bearman[19] R 4–5
46 Colombia Sebastián Montoya[19] R 1–3
Australia Evans GP Academy 11 Hungary Levente Révész[20] R All
77 United States David Morales[21] R All
United Arab Emirates 3Y by R-ace GP[22] 15 Monaco Oliver Goethe[c][23] All
16 Spain Lorenzo Fluxá[24] All
17 France Hadrien David[25] 1–2
Switzerland Léna Bühler[23] 4–5
18 Brazil Gabriel Bortoleto[26] 1–2
Italy Francesco Braschi[27] R 3–5
Republic of Ireland Pinnacle Motorsport 23 Spain Pepe Martí[28] R All
27 Netherlands Dilano van 't Hoff[28] R All
34 Turkey Salih Yoluç[28] M All
55 Philippines Ayato Iwasaki[d][28] R All
Icon Status
R Rookie
M Master
G Guest drivers ineligible for points

Race calendar and results[]

The first proposal for the race calendar was announced on 21 September 2021. As the COVID-19 pandemic meant that most parts of Asia still were under heavy restrictions, the calendar only consisted of races in the United Arab Emirates for the second year in a row.[30]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team Rookie Winner Supporting
1 R1 Yas Marina Circuit
(Grand Prix Circuit)
22 January Colombia Sebastián Montoya France Hadrien David Colombia Sebastián Montoya India Mumbai Falcons India Racing Colombia Sebastián Montoya 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi
Gulf Radical Cup'
R2 23 January France Isack Hadjar Brazil Gabriel Bortoleto United Arab Emirates 3Y by R-ace GP Colombia Sebastián Montoya
R3 Italy Gabriele Minì Spain Pepe Martí Italy Gabriele Minì United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix Spain Pepe Martí
2 R1 Dubai Autodrome
(International Circuit)
29 January Colombia Sebastián Montoya France Hadrien David France Hadrien David United Arab Emirates 3Y by R-ace GP Spain Pepe Martí UAE Touring Car Championship
R2 30 January France Hadrien David Monaco Arthur Leclerc India Mumbai Falcons India Racing Spain Pepe Martí
R3 France Hadrien David Spain Pepe Martí France Hadrien David United Arab Emirates 3Y by R-ace GP Spain Pepe Martí
3 R1 Dubai Autodrome
(Grand Prix Circuit)
5 February Colombia Sebastián Montoya Colombia Sebastián Montoya Colombia Sebastián Montoya India Mumbai Falcons India Racing Colombia Sebastián Montoya Gulf Radical Cup
UAE Touring Car Championship
R2 6 February Sweden Dino Beganovic Sweden Dino Beganovic India Mumbai Falcons India Racing Spain Pepe Martí
R3 Netherlands Dilano van 't Hoff Colombia Sebastián Montoya Monaco Arthur Leclerc India Mumbai Falcons India Racing Spain Pepe Martí
4 R1 Dubai Autodrome
(Grand Prix Circuit)
12 February Estonia Paul Aron Estonia Paul Aron France Isack Hadjar United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix Spain Pepe Martí Asian Le Mans Series
R2 13 February United States Jak Crawford Finland Patrik Pasma Australia Evans GP United Kingdom Oliver Bearman
R3 Estonia Paul Aron Sweden Dino Beganovic Monaco Arthur Leclerc India Mumbai Falcons India Racing Spain Pepe Martí
5 R1 Yas Marina Circuit
(Grand Prix Circuit)
19 February Monaco Arthur Leclerc Monaco Arthur Leclerc Monaco Arthur Leclerc India Mumbai Falcons India Racing United Kingdom Oliver Bearman Asian Le Mans Series
R2 France Isack Hadjar Italy Gabriele Minì United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix Spain Pepe Martí
R3 20 February France Isack Hadjar Italy Gabriele Minì France Isack Hadjar United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix Spain Pepe Martí

Championship standings[]

Scoring system[]

Points were awarded to the top ten drivers.

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 ABU1
United Arab Emirates
DUB1
United Arab Emirates
DUB2
United Arab Emirates
DUB3
United Arab Emirates
ABU2
United Arab Emirates
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Monaco Arthur Leclerc 3 3 5 9 1 7 2 3 1 4 5 1 1 3 12 218
2 Spain Pepe Martí Ret Ret 4 2 7 2 4 4 2 3 4 3 12 4 6 158
3 France Isack Hadjar 4 16 3 8 3 3 5 11 Ret 1 11 10 4 25 1 134
4 Italy Gabriele Minì 2 Ret 1 Ret 13 4 5 7 4 8 1 2 130
5 Sweden Dino Beganovic 5 Ret 11 5 2 5 3 1 15 Ret 14 27† 2 2 7 130
6 United States Jak Crawford 11 7 2 4 9 6 12 7 12 6 2 6 3 Ret 4 113
7 Colombia Sebastián Montoya 1 4 10 3 Ret 19 1 9 4 92
8 Estonia Paul Aron Ret 15 7 15 10 23 6 14 Ret 2 8 2 5 Ret 3 80
9 France Hadrien David Ret Ret 9 1 4 1 64
10 Spain Lorenzo Fluxá 6 2 8 13 5 9 11 5 8 11 9 16 16 9 8 64
11 Finland Patrik Pasma 13 8 5 9 1 7 7 Ret 5 63
12 Russia Michael Belov 10 2 6 15 6 5 14 6 9 55
13 Netherlands Dilano van 't Hoff DNS DNS DNS 7 Ret 24† 7 6 3 8 13 12 9 5 11 51
14 Brazil Gabriel Bortoleto 10 1 6 6 Ret 8 46
15 United Kingdom Oliver Bearman 7 3 24 6 Ret 23 29
16 France Pierre-Louis Chovet 10 6 12 8 12 7 12 10 11 10 8 10 26
17 Italy Leonardo Fornaroli 8 5 22† 11 8 11 9 26† 9 22
18 Switzerland Joshua Dufek 9 6 16 12 16 10 16 27† 10 12
19 United Kingdom Frederick Lubin 7 8 21 16 12 14 17 19 18 10
20 France Sami Meguetounif 13 7 22 6
21 Israel Ido Cohen WD WD WD 25† 26† 8 27 11 15 4
22 Italy Francesco Braschi Ret 15 14 10 19 9 11 23 19 3
23 Hungary Levente Révész 13 9 12 18 14 13 15 13 Ret 18 21 17 20 14 14 2
24 Italy Nicola Marinangeli Ret Ret 13 14 11 15 14 10 11 14 17 13 Ret 13 16 1
25 Monaco Oliver Goethe Ret 14 18 19 DNS DNS 23 18 13 13 12 14 17 10 17 1
26 United Arab Emirates Amna Al Qubaisi 14 10 Ret Ret 19 17 21 21 DNS 20 20 20 Ret 18 Ret 1
27 Philippines Ayato Iwasaki 15 11 15 21 18 18 19 25 17 22 16 23 19 16 20 0
28 United Arab Emirates Hamda Al Qubaisi 12 Ret 14 20 17 16 18 16 16 17 Ret 18 18 17 21 0
29 Switzerland Léna Bühler 26† 18 15 15 12 Ret 0
30 Luxembourg Brice Morabito 18 12 17 0
31 France Owen Tangavelou 20 17 20 16 15 25 23 20 13 0
32 Hong Kong Thomas Luedi 19 13 20 24† 22 22 26† 24 22 24 22 22 26 24 25 0
33 United States David Morales 20† 17† Ret 17 15 Ret 24 20 19 19 25 19 22 19 18 0
34 France Vladislav Lomko 21 15 26 0
35 United Arab Emirates Khaled Al Qubaisi 16 Ret 19 22 20 20 22 23 23 23 23 21 24 22 Ret 0
36 Turkey Salih Yoluç 17 Ret Ret 23 21 21 25 22 21 21 24 26† 25 21 24 0
Turkey Cem Bölükbaşı Ret Ret Ret
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
ABU1
United Arab Emirates
DUB1
United Arab Emirates
DUB2
United Arab Emirates
DUB3
United Arab Emirates
ABU2
United Arab Emirates
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd 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

Rookie Cup[]

Pos Driver ABU1
United Arab Emirates
DUB1
United Arab Emirates
DUB2
United Arab Emirates
DUB3
United Arab Emirates
ABU2
United Arab Emirates
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Spain Pepe Martí Ret Ret 4 2 7 2 4 4 2 3 4 3 12 4 6 298
2 Netherlands Dilano van 't Hoff DNS DNS DNS 7 Ret 24† 7 6 3 8 13 12 9 5 11 167
3 Colombia Sebastián Montoya 1 4 10 3 Ret 19 1 9 4 145
4 Hungary Levente Révész 13 9 12 18 14 13 15 13 Ret 18 21 17 20 14 14 135
5 Italy Leonardo Fornaroli 8 5 22† 11 8 11 9 26† 9 104
6 United Arab Emirates Hamda Al Qubaisi 12 Ret 14 20 17 16 18 16 16 17 Ret 18 18 17 21 92
7 Switzerland Joshua Dufek 9 6 16 12 16 10 16 27† 10 89
8 Italy Francesco Braschi Ret 15 14 10 19 9 11 23 19 80
9 Philippines Ayato Iwasaki 15 11 15 21 18 18 19 25 17 22 16 23 19 16 20 80
10 United Kingdom Frederick Lubin 7 8 21 16 12 14 17 19 18 79
11 United Kingdom Oliver Bearman 7 3 24 6 Ret 13 73
12 United States David Morales 20† 17† Ret 17 15 Ret 24 20 19 19 25 19 22 19 18 56
13 France Owen Tangavelou 20 17 20 16 15 25 23 20 13 48
14 France Sami Meguetounif 13 7 22 27
15 Luxembourg Brice Morabito 18 12 17 16
16 France Vladislav Lomko 21 15 26 12
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
ABU1
United Arab Emirates
DUB1
United Arab Emirates
DUB2
United Arab Emirates
DUB3
United Arab Emirates
ABU2
United Arab Emirates

Masters Cup[]

Pos Driver ABU1
United Arab Emirates
DUB1
United Arab Emirates
DUB2
United Arab Emirates
DUB3
United Arab Emirates
ABU2
United Arab Emirates
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 United Arab Emirates Khaled Al Qubaisi 16 Ret 19 22 20 20 22 23 23 23 23 21 24 22 Ret 287
2 Turkey Salih Yoluç 17 Ret Ret 23 21 21 25 22 21 21 24 26† 25 21 24 263
3 Hong Kong Thomas Luedi 19 13 20 24† 22 22 26† 24 22 24 22 22 26 24 25 257
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
ABU1
United Arab Emirates
DUB1
United Arab Emirates
DUB2
United Arab Emirates
DUB3
United Arab Emirates
ABU2
United Arab Emirates

Teams' Championship[]

Ahead of each event, the teams nominated two drivers that accumulate teams' points.

Pos Team Pts
1 India Mumbai Falcons India Racing 348
2 United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix 264
3 Republic of Ireland Pinnacle Motorsport 209
4 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema 193
5 United Arab Emirates 3Y by R-ace GP 128
6 Australia Evans GP 118
7 Hong Kong BlackArts Racing 30
8 Australia Evans GP Academy 8

Notes[]

  1. ^ Lomko is a Russian driver racing under a French licence.
  2. ^ Luedi is a Swiss-Chinese driver racing under a Hongkongese licence.
  3. ^ Goethe is a Danish-German driver racing under a Monégasque licence.
  4. ^ Iwasaki is a Japanese driver racing under a Philippine licence.

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