The 2022 RoKit F4 British Championship was a multi-event, Formula 4 open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held across United Kingdom. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, competing in Formula 4 cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. This, the eighth season, following on from the British Formula Ford Championship , was the eighth year that the cars conform to the FIA's Formula 4 regulations.[ 1] Part of the TOCA tour, it forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece.
The season commenced on 23 April at Donington Park and concluded on 9 October at Brands Hatch , utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after thirty races held at ten meetings, all in the support of the 2022 British Touring Car Championship .
This was the first season of the championship using the combination of Tatuus chassis and the engines supplied by Abarth .[ 2]
Teams and drivers
All teams were British-registered. Seven teams were chosen initially to compete in the series.[ 3]
Race calendar
All races were held in the United Kingdom. All rounds supported 2022 British Touring Car Championship . The provisional calendar was announced by BTCC on 30 June 2021 and Motorsport UK , the new organiser of the Formula 4 series, confirmed its presence alongside on 24 September 2021.[ 25] [ 26]
Championship standings
Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in races 1 and 3 and for the top eight classified finishers in race 2. Race two, which had its grid formed by reversing the order of the ten best drivers from the qualifying session, awarded extra points for positions gained from the drivers' respective starting positions.[ 27] Bonus points counted towards only the drivers' standings.
Races
Position, points per race
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
FL
Races 1 & 3
25
18
15
12
10
8
6
4
2
1
1
Race 2
15
12
10
8
6
4
2
1
1
Drivers' Standings
Rookie Cup
Pos
Driver
DON
BHI
THR1
OUL
CRO
KNO
SNE
THR2
SIL
BHGP
Pen.
Pts
1
Ugo Ugochukwu
3
9
5
4
4
1
2
6
2
Ret
3
10
2
13†
13†
11
8
1
15
2
6
2
9
2
Ret
2
6
4
5
6
506
2
Daniel Guinchard
7
6
10
11
9
7
7
2
5
5
1
4
5
9
14†
15†
7
10
6
3
13
5
3
5
2
14
7
3
8
13
3
471
3
Oliver Stewart
12
10
11
8
8
8
12
14
9
8
7
14†
9
14†
4
7
9
7
8
5
5
7
1
9
9
Ret
8
11
12
12
395
4
Adam Fitzgerald
11
12
15
13
12
12
10
11
8
14
10
11
11
11
7
12
11
12
10
17
12
9
5
8
12
13
10
10
9
16
324
5
Noah Lisle
10
11
12
9
Ret
Ret
11
3
10
11
12
8
13
5
9
10
13
15
11
13
11
12
Ret
Ret
6
Ret
11
9
11
9
309
6
Daniel Mavlyutov
15
13
14
15
13
15
16
12
13
15
13
14
16
12
12†
14
15
13
16
15
15
15
14
14
15
9
17
16
15
18
224
7
Jaden Pariat
11
7
15
18
17
15
47
8
Isaac Barashi
13
8
16
17
16
17
38
Pos
Driver
DON
BHI
THR1
OUL
CRO
KNO
SNE
THR2
SIL
BHGP
Pen.
Pts
Teams Cup
Notes
^ Mavlyutov is a Turkish-Russian driver competing under a British licence.[ 7]
^ Dimitrov is a British-Bulgarian driver competing under a Bulgarian licence.
^ Barashi is a British-Israeli-Portuguese driver competing under an Israeli licence.
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