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Motorsport season

The 2022 Italian F4 Championship Powered by Abarth was the ninth season of the Italian F4 Championship. The series moved onto new generation of the Formula 4 cars, continuing its collaboration with Tatuus and Abarth.[1]

Teams and drivers[edit]

Icon Legend
R Rookie
W Woman Trophy
G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Race calendar and results[edit]

The calendar was revealed on 8 October 2021.[1]

Championship standings[edit]

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points were awarded for pole position or fastest lap. The final classifications for the individual standings 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[edit]

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[edit]

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)

† — Did not finish, but classified

Teams’ championship[edit]

Each team acquired the points earned by their two best drivers in each race.

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

  1. ^ a b Bedrin and Blokhina are Russian, but they compete under an Italian licence as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Blokhina entered round 1 under a neutral flag.[32][23]
  2. ^ a b Car No. 47 and No. 89 entered as Iron Lynx, car No. 83 entered as Iron Dames.
  1. ^ Kim is a South Korean driver who raced under a Portuguese licence in round 2 and a South Korean licence from round 3.[23][24]
  2. ^ Perino is a Mozambican-Portuguese driver who raced under a Portuguese licence in rounds 1–2 and a Mozambican licence from round 3.[23][24]
  3. ^ David is a Filipino driver racing under a Maltese licence.
  4. ^ Bohra is an American-Indian driver who raced under a Singaporean licence in round 1 and an American licence from round 2.[32][23]
  5. ^ Weug is a Dutch-Belgian-Spanish driver racing under a Spanish licence.[32]
  6. ^ Alex Dunne set the fastest time in qualifying, but received a five-place grid penalty for failing to slow down for a yellow flag. Frederik Lund was promoted to pole position in his place.
  7. ^ Due to too high a number of participants, the Red Bull Ring round was held in a different format—there were 4 races, with each driver competing in two of the first three races and the 36 best qualifying for race 4.[50]
  8. ^ The official standings (for unknown reasons) do not include Domingues’ and Bohra’s penalties in R1 and R3 respectively.
  9. ^ In the official standings, the team has wrongly allocated 1 point (instead of 0) for SPA R1.
  10. ^ In the official standings, the team has wrongly allocated 1 point (instead of 4) for MIS R2 and 10 points (instead of 0) for VLL R2.

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