2022 Australian Formula 3 Championship

The 2022 Australian Formula 3 Championship is an Australian open-wheel racing series for FIA Formula 3 cars constructed and conforming to the regulations before and including 2016,[1] having previously been before and including 2011 the previous season. Organized by Formula Three Management Pty Ltd,[2] it is to be the 22nd season of Australian Formula 3, with the 2020 and 2021 season having been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers contested the 2022 Australian Formula 3 Championship. All teams are Australian-registered.

Team Chassis Engine No. Driver Class Rounds
Roesler Motorsport Tatuus FT50 Ford 4 Matthew Roesler I 2
R-Tek Motorsport Dallara F305/07 Opel-Spiess 6 Max de Meyrick N 1
Dallara F305/07 Opel-Spiess 7 Andrew Roberts N 1
Roman Krumins 2–6
Dallara F308/11 Mercedes 8 Mitchell Neilson C All
Dallara F302/04 Opel-Spiess 23 Bo Jensen N 2
Tim Macrow Racing Mygale M08/11 Mercedes 9 Ross McAlpine[3] C 1–2, 4
Dallara F308/11 Mercedes 24 Ryan How C 2, 6
25 Ben Taylor C 1–5
Winston Van Laarhove C 6
27 Ethan Brown C 3–6
Dallara F312/16 Mercedes 74 Trent Grubel C 1–3
Gilmour Racing Dallara F308/11 Mercedes 17 Noah Sands C All
Dallara F305/07 Mercedes 3 Chris Gilmour C 4
Mygale M05/07 Mercedes 34 Trent Grubel C 4–6
Ruff Racing Dallara F305/07 Mercedes 22 Gerrit Ruff N 1–2
DiBiase Motorsport Tatuus FT50 Ford 27 Paul DiBiase I 2
Team Woodland Tatuus FT50 Ford 53 Matthew Woodland I 2
Slusarski Racing Tatuus FT50 Ford 93 Chris Slusarski I 2
99 Motorsport Dallara F308/11 Volkswagen 99 Ryan Astley C All
Simworkx Simulators Hyper X1 Suzuki 58 Luke Klaver I 3
Icon Class
C Championship
N National
I Invitational

Classes

Competing cars were nominated into one of three classes:[2]

  • Championship Class – for automobiles constructed in accordance with the FIA Formula 3 regulations that applied in the year of manufacture between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2016. It was announced that new for this season, all cars entered would qualify for Championship Class.[4]
  • National Class – for automobiles constructed in accordance with the FIA Formula 3 regulations that applied in the year of manufacture between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2007.
  • Invitation Category – for automobiles constructed in accordance with the FIA Formula 3 regulations that applied in the year of manufacture before 2002, as well as other open wheel ‘wings and slicks’ cars including Formula 1000, Formula Ford 2000, Formula Renault, Formula BMW, TRS, Formula 4, etc.
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Championship Class Winner National Class Winner
1 Sydney Motorsport Park 19 February R1 Mitchell Neilson Trent Grubel Trent Grubel Noah Sands
R2 Mitchell Neilson Trent Grubel Mitchell Neilson
R3 Trent Grubel Trent Grubel Noah Sands
2 The Bend Motorsport Park 24 April R1 Trent Grubel Trent Grubel Trent Grubel Roman Krumins
R2 Trent Grubel Trent Grubel Gerrit Ruff
R3 Trent Grubel Trent Grubel Roman Krumins
3 Winton Motor Raceway 12 June R1 Ryan Astley Noah Sands Ryan Astley Roman Krumins
R2 Noah Sands Noah Sands Roman Krumins
R3 Noah Sands Noah Sands Roman Krumins
4 Queensland Raceway 21 August R1 Noah Sands Noah Sands Noah Sands Roman Krumins
R2 Noah Sands Noah Sands Roman Krumins
R3 Noah Sands Noah Sands Roman Krumins
5 Sydney Motorsport Park 2 October R1 Noah Sands Noah Sands Noah Sands Roman Krumins
R2 Noah Sands Noah Sands Roman Krumins
R3 Noah Sands Noah Sands Roman Krumins
6 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit[a] 27 November R1 Trent Grubel Mitchell Neilson Trent Grubel Roman Krumins
R2 Ethan Brown Trent Grubel Roman Krumins
R3 Race abandoned due to poor weather conditions.

Championship standings

Points system

Points for are awarded as follows:[2]

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th FL Pole
Race 1 and 2 12 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1
Race 3 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 1

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver SYD1 BEN WIN QLD SYD2 PHI Pts
1 Noah Sands 1 4 1 2 3 2 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 6 223
2 Trent Grubel 2 1 2 1 1 1 DNS DNS DNS 1 3 2 2 2 4 1 1 173
3 Mitchell Neilson 3 2 4 DNS 2 3 4 4 3 2 Ret 6 3 3 2 4 2 139
4 Ryan Astley DNS 6 7 3 6 4 1 3 2 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 Ret 116
5 Ethan Brown 3 2 5 6 4 5 5 4 3 3 3 87
6 Roman Krumins 5 Ret 8 6 6 4 7 6 7 7 6 6 6 7 69
7 Ben Taylor 4 5 5 4 5 5 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 6 Ret Ret 47
8 Chris Gilmour 4 2 3 28
9 Ryan How DNS 4 6 7 4 24
10 Max DeMeyrick Ret 3 3 20
11 Ross McAlpine 6 8 9 9 10 Ret 8 DNS DNS 19
12 Andrew Roberts 5 7 6 16
13 Gerrit Ruff Ret DNS 8 6 7 9 15
14 Winston Van Laarhove 8 5 9
15 Bo Jensen 8 Ret Ret 4
Invitational drivers ineligible to score points
- Luke Klaver 5 5 6 -
- Chris Slusarski 7 8 7 -
- Paul DiBiase 11 9 10 -
- Matthew Roesler 10 11 11 -
- Matthew Woodland 12 12 12 -
Pos Driver SYD1 BEN WIN QLD SYD2 PHI Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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

Notes

  1. ^ Prior to the Phillip Island event, a new competition known as the Australian Formula Open was launched.[5] This competition ran various types of machinery in several different classes, with Class 1 effectively absorbing the Australian Formula 3 entries. The results of Class 1 only counted towards the 2022 Australian Formula 3 Championship.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Dallara F312/17 coming for 2021". Australian F3 Championship. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "2021 Australian Formula 3 Championship Sporting and Technical Regulations" (PDF). Australian F3 Championship. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  3. ^ "2021 Preview-Young Guns set to take Centre Stage". Australian F3 Championship. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  4. ^ "2021 Info Guide and Technical Regulations Released". Australian F3 Championship. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  5. ^ "New 'Formula Open' wings and slicks category to debut". SpeedCafe.com. 23 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Australian Formula 3 - Results : Phillip Island". Australian F3 Championship. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
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