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]

2022 Australian Formula 3 Championship

Drivers' Champion: Noah Sands

Previous

2021

Next

2023 (Australian Formula Open Series)

Supporting series:
Australian Motor Racing Series

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]