2022 Formula 4 UAE Championship

The 2022 Formula 4 UAE Championship was the sixth season of the Formula 4 UAE Championship, a motor racing series for the United Arab Emirates regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations, and organised and promoted by the Emirates Motorsport Organization (EMSO) and AUH Motorsports. This was the first season of using Tatuus F4-T421 chassis.^[1]

2022 Formula 4 UAE Championship

Drivers' Champion: Charlie Wurz
Teams' Champion: Prema Racing
Rookies' Champion: Rafael Câmara

Previous

2021

Next

2023

Parent series:
Formula Regional Asian Championship

It commenced on 20 January at Yas Marina Circuit and concluded at the same venue on 19 February.^[2]

Teams and drivers

Team No. Drivers Class Rounds Hitech GP 4 Alex Dunne[3] All 5 Oliver Gray[3] 1–2 Luke Browning[4] 3–4 Xcel Motorsport[N 1] Mumbai Falcons by Xcel[N 1] 6 Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi[5] R All 11 Ismoilkhuja Akhmedkhodjaev[6] R All 17 Yash Aradhya[7] 3–4 24 Jamie Day[8] TR, All 28 Sohil Shah[7] 1–3, 5 37 Ruhaan Alva[9] R 4 57 Aiden Neate[10] TR 89 Ivan Domingues[11] R All 100 Kyle Kumaran[a][12] R 5 Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema 7 Charlie Wurz[13] TR 13 James Wharton[14] R 1–2, 4–5 20 Conrad Laursen[13] TR, 4–5 57 Aiden Neate[14] All 88 Hamda Al Qubaisi[13] TR 99 Andrea Kimi Antonelli[15] TR, 3 Prema Racing 7 Charlie Wurz[14] All 88 Rafael Câmara[14] R 2–5 99 Andrea Kimi Antonelli[16] 1 MP Motorsport 9 Rik Koen[8] TR, 1–2 10 Valerio Rinicella[17] R 3–5 14 Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak[18] All 17 Dilano van 't Hoff[8] TR 25 Suleiman Zanfari[19] All 26 Vladislav Ryabov[8] TR 51 Christian Ho[20] R 3–5 55 Miron Pingasov[b][8] TR, All PHM Racing 15 Nikita Bedrin[21] All 41 Jonas Ried[21] All 77 Taylor Barnard[22] All AKM Motorsport[23] 19 Brando Badoer[16] R 1–4 91 Loris Spinelli[24] 2 Pinnacle Motorsport 22 Robert de Haan[25] 3–5 52 Jef Machiels[26] R 3–5 96 Jules Castro[26] R 1–2 GRS Team[27] 26 Vladislav Ryabov[28] All Cram – Hitech GP[29] 27 Ricardo Escotto[30] R All 33 Anshul Gandhi[31] All JHR Developments[32] 42 Michael Shin[33] R All 84 Joseph Loake[34] 2–3 3Y by R-ace GP[35] 45 Martinius Stenshorne[36] R All 46 Victoria Blokhina[37] R 1–4 Maksim Arkhangelskiy[38] 5 47 Nikhil Bohra[c][39] R All

Icon Legend R Rookie

• Lucas Alanen was scheduled to compete for Xcel Motorsport, but did not appear in any rounds.^[40]
• Eron Rexhepi was scheduled to compete for AKM Motorsport, but did not appear in any rounds.^[40]
• Carlin were scheduled to enter the championship with two cars, but did not appear in any rounds.^[41]

Race calendar

All rounds were held in the United Arab Emirates. The schedule consisted of 20 races over 5 rounds. Prior to the start of the season, a non-championship Trophy Round was planned be held in the support of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix but due to delays in cargo it was turned into an exhibition-style event with a grid of only 10 cars.^[42][43] Further tweaks in the calendar were published on 2 January 2022, which included postponing the first round at Dubai Autodrome from 12 to 14 January by two weeks.^[2]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Supporting
2021
TR		Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix Circuit)	12 December	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Charlie Wurz	Charlie Wurz	Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema	Formula One
2022
1	R1	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix Circuit)	21 January	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	6 Hours of Abu Dhabi Formula Regional Asian Championship Gulf Radical Cup
	R2		22 January	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing
	R3			Andrea Kimi Antonelli	James Wharton	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak[d]	MP Motorsport
	R4		23 January		Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Taylor Barnard	PHM Racing
2	R1	Dubai Autodrome, Dubai (International Circuit)	29 January	James Wharton	James Wharton	James Wharton	Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema	Formula Regional Asian Championship UAE Touring Car Championship
	R2			James Wharton	Aiden Neate	James Wharton	Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema
	R3		30 January	James Wharton	James Wharton	James Wharton	Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema
	R4				James Wharton	Nikita Bedrin	PHM Racing
3	R1	Dubai Autodrome, Dubai (Grand Prix Circuit)	5 February	Charlie Wurz	Nikita Bedrin	Rafael Câmara	Prema Racing	Formula Regional Asian Championship Gulf Radical Cup UAE Touring Car Championship
	R2		6 February	Charlie Wurz	Charlie Wurz	Charlie Wurz	Prema Racing
	R3			Rafael Câmara	Aiden Neate	Rafael Câmara	Prema Racing
	R4				Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Alex Dunne[e]	Hitech GP
4	R1	Dubai Autodrome, Dubai (Grand Prix Circuit)	12 February	Rafael Câmara	Rafael Câmara	Rafael Câmara	Prema Racing	Asian Le Mans Series Formula Regional Asian Championship
	R2			Charlie Wurz	Rafael Câmara	Rafael Câmara	Prema Racing
	R3		13 February	Ivan Domingues	Charlie Wurz	Charlie Wurz	Prema Racing
	R4				Rafael Câmara	Rafael Câmara	Prema Racing
5	R1	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix Circuit)	18 February	Rafael Câmara	Vladislav Ryabov	Rafael Câmara	Prema Racing	Asian Le Mans Series Formula Regional Asian Championship
	R2			Nikita Bedrin	Rafael Câmara	Nikita Bedrin[f]	PHM Racing
	R3		19 February	Rafael Câmara	Alex Dunne	Alex Dunne	Hitech GP
	R4				Rafael Câmara	James Wharton	Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	FL
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver YMC TR YMC1 DUB1 DUB2 DUB3 YMC2 Pts R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Charlie Wurz 1 8 7 2 6 3 4 2 7 3 1 3 9 2 2 1 8 5 4 2 8 255 2 Rafael Câmara 17 12 9 3 1 4 1 7 1 1 9 1 1 2 Ret 24 210 3 Aiden Neate 7 2 2 4 Ret 4 2 3 8 17 3 2 3 Ret 7 5 7 3 3 19 12 199 4 Nikita Bedrin 6 6 Ret DNS 8 11 7 1 2 2 7 6 3 6 4 5 2 1 Ret 6 198 5 James Wharton 3 5 24 9 1 1 1 6 8 11 10 4 Ret 14 4 1 168 6 Alex Dunne 4 9 23 10 9 6 6 21 8 8 8 1 4 3 7 9 4 5 1 3 168 7 Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak 14 4 1 4 2 3 4 17 6 6 6 8 5 5 Ret 12 7 8 6 9 163 8 Andrea Kimi Antonelli 3 1 1 3 2 4 Ret 10 2 117 9 Taylor Barnard 12 8 6 1 6 8 16 Ret 7 Ret Ret 13 Ret 9 6 15 6 7 21 10 80 10 Martinius Stenshorne 7 Ret Ret 16 5 DNS 12 2 5 Ret 9 4 6 8 13 17 Ret 9 14 11 72 11 Luke Browning 12 5 4 5 9 4 2 Ret 64 12 Conrad Laursen 2 10 12 8 3 Ret 6 5 2 56 13 Jamie Day 5 Ret 15 7 3 7 9 19 15 16 10 19 11 17 19 11 2 22 21 13 13 48 14 Miron Pingasov 8 24 20 9 5 25 Ret 8 10 19 9 Ret Ret 11 27† 12 6 8 Ret 8 4 47 15 Oliver Gray 11 3 11 8 Ret 5 5 9 41 16 Ivan Domingues 17 12 12 11 22 20 13 20 9 25 13 10 7 17 3 Ret 26 11 3 Ret 39 17 Suleiman Zanfari Ret 14 10 12 13 13 11 4 11 22 12 26† Ret Ret 15 14 11 10 7 7 26 18 Rik Koen DSQ 5 11 8 7 12 10 10 13 22 19 Vladislav Ryabov 4 9 24† 5 Ret 11 7 24 22 20 12 17 Ret 15 25 21 21 10 25† 17 23 20 20 Nikhil Bohra 15 Ret Ret 14 14 17 14 25 Ret 7 16 12 Ret 26 29 24 14 18 10 5 17 21 Christian Ho 10 24 5 27† 12 10 16 10 20 16 11 Ret 13 22 Loris Spinelli Ret Ret 17 5 10 23 Jonas Ried 16 13 16 19 15 14 26 11 26 17 20 19 18 13 22 19 9 24† 9 18 4 24 Sohil Shah 10 10 15 Ret 10 15 15 16 13 15 18 17 16 20 18 14 3 25 Ricardo Escotto 13 16 14 15 18 16 23 18 14 Ret 14 14 16 18 19 11 17 Ret 16 25 0 26 Valerio Rinicella Ret Ret 11 18 14 15 Ret 13 15 17 Ret 17 0 27 Joseph Loake 16 Ret 18 24 18 11 23 16 0 28 Brando Badoer Ret 23† 17 23 20 Ret 25 12 25 14 15 25 13 14 14 16 0 29 Michael Shin 18 18 20 13 24 18 28 14 Ret 26 Ret 15 20 21 18 22 12 19 15 20 0 30 Robert de Haan 15 16 22 21 19 16 23 20 13 Ret 12 26 0 31 Maksim Arkhangelskiy 19 12 20 15 0 32 Anshul Gandhi 22 17 18 18 27 19 21 19 21 13 21 20 25 20 17 18 23 13 Ret 27† 0 33 Jules Castro 19 Ret 13 22 21 21 27 27† 0 34 Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi 20 22 21 17 19 23 20 26 28† 19 24 Ret Ret 22 20 Ret 18 15 22 16 0 35 Yash Aradhya 27 18 25 22 22 DSQ 25 26 0 36 Ismoilkhuja Akhmedkhodjaev 23 21 19 20 26 24 29† Ret 24 20 27 23 26 Ret 27 27 25 23 25† 22 0 37 Victoria Blokhina 21 19 22 21 23 22 22 23 23 21 28 Ret 23 24 26 25 0 38 Kyle Kumaran 24 22 23 19 0 39 Jef Machiels 22 23 26 24 24 23 28 28 21 Ret 24 21 0 40 Ruhaan Alva 21 DSQ 24 23 0 Trophy Round-only drivers Hamda Al Qubaisi 6 Dilano van 't Hoff Ret 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 Pos Driver YMC TR R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts YMC1 DUB1 DUB2 DUB3 YMC2

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 † — Did not finish, but classified

Rookies' Championship

Pos Driver YMC TR YMC1 DUB1 DUB2 DUB3 YMC2 Pts R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Rafael Câmara 17 12 9 3 1 4 1 7 1 1 9 1 1 2 Ret 24 303 2 James Wharton 3 5 24 9 1 1 1 6 8 11 10 4 Ret 14 4 1 279 3 Martinius Stenshorne 7 Ret 25‡ 16 5 DNS 12 2 5 Ret 9 4 6 8 13 17 Ret 9 14 11 240 4 Ivan Domingues 17 12 12 11 22 20 13 20 9 25 13 10 7 17 3 Ret 26 11 3 Ret 227 5 Ricardo Escotto 13 16 14 15 18 16 23 18 14 Ret 14 14 16 18 19 11 17 Ret 16 25 160 6 Nikhil Bohra 15 25‡ Ret 14 14 17 14 25 Ret 7 16 12 Ret 26 29 24 14 18 10 5 152 7 Michael Shin 18 18 20 13 24 18 28 14 Ret 26 Ret 15 20 21 18 22 12 19 15 20 120 8 Christian Ho 10 24 5 27† 12 10 16 10 20 16 11 Ret 108 9 Brando Badoer Ret 23† 17 23 20 Ret 25 12 25 14 15 25 13 14 14 16 96 10 Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi 20 22 21 17 19 23 20 26 28† 19 24 Ret Ret 22 20 Ret 18 15 22 16 93 11 Valerio Rinicella Ret Ret 11 18 14 15 Ret 13 15 17 Ret 17 70 12 Victoria Blokhina 21 19 22 21 23 22 22 23 23 21 28 Ret 23 24 26 25 47 13 Ismoilkhuja Akhmedkhodjaev 23 21 19 20 26 24 29† Ret 24 20 27 23 26 Ret 27 27 25 23 25† 22 45 14 Jules Castro 19 26‡ 13 22 21 21 27 27† 37 15 Jef Machiels 22 23 26 24 24 23 28 28 21 Ret 24 21 26 16 Kyle Kumaran 24 22 23 19 13 17 Ruhaan Alva 21 DSQ 24 23 4 Pos Driver YMC TR R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts YMC1 DUB1 DUB2 DUB3 YMC2

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) † — Did not finish, but classified ‡ — Classified only in the rookies'

Teams' Championship

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

Pos	Team	Points
1	Prema Racing	550
2	Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema	385
3	PHM Racing	278
4	Hitech GP	273
5	MP Motorsport	224
6	Xcel Motorsport	90
7	3Y by R-ace GP	89
8	GRS Team	18
9	AKM Motorsport	10
10	Cram – Hitech GP	0
11	JHR Developments	0
12	Pinnacle Motorsport	0

Notes

1. Cars No. 6, 11, 24, 57 and 89 entered as Xcel Motorsport and cars No. 17, 28, 37 and 100 entered as Mumbai Falcons by Xcel.

1. Kumaran is an Indian driver racing under an Emirati licence.
2. Pingasov is a Russian driver racing under a Spanish licence.
3. Bohra is an American-Indian driver racing under a Singaporean licence.
4. Antonelli and Neate finished first and second but were given 10 and 5-second time penalties respectively for crossing the pit exit blend line during racing conditions. Inthraphuvasak inherited the win.
5. Antonelli finished first but was given a 5-second time penalty for breaching the red flag procedure. Dunne inherited the win.
6. Câmara finished first but was given a 5-second time penalty for breaching the red flag procedure. Bedrin inherited the win.