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
	Dallara F305/07	Opel-Spiess	7	Roman Krumins	N	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
			25	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	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 finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

^ 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

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

External links

Official Web Page

[AFO-7] 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]

[new_car-1] "Dallara F312/17 coming for 2021". Australian F3 Championship. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2021.

[Regs-2] "2021 Australian Formula 3 Championship Sporting and Technical Regulations" (PDF). Australian F3 Championship. Retrieved 4 March 2021.

[preview-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.

[AFO-5] "New 'Formula Open' wings and slicks category to debut". SpeedCafe.com. 23 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.

[PhillipIsland-6] "Australian Formula 3 - Results : Phillip Island". Australian F3 Championship. Retrieved 27 November 2022.

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