2022 F4 Brazilian Championship

The 2022 F4 Brazilian Championship was the inaugural season of the F4 Brazilian Championship. It was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations. The championship used Tatuus F4 T-421 chassis.^[1]

2022 F4 Brazilian Championship

Drivers' Champion: Pedro Clerot
Teams' Champion: Full Time Sports

Previous

none

Next

2023

Parent series:
Stock Car Brasil Championship

Teams and drivers

Start of the first race on May 14, 2022.

All pre-selected teams were Brazilian-registered and each fields 4 cars.^[2] Team allocation for the drivers was decided by a draw.^[3]

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
KTF Sports	1	Victor Backes[4]	1–4
	21	Álvaro Cho	2–6
	28	Richard Annunziata	All
	37	Francisco Soldavini	6
	990	Luan Lopes	All
Full Time Sports	5	Ricardo Gracia Filho	All
	33	Nelson Neto	All
	41	Fernando Barrichello	All
	69	Pedro Clerot	All
TMG Racing	9	Lucca Zucchini	All
	11	Lucas Staico	All
	16	Aurelia Nobels	1–4
	88	Arthur Pavie	5
	99	Nicholas Monteiro	All
Cavaleiro Sports	24	Felipe Barrichello Bartz	All
	29	João Tesser	All
	30	Vinícius Tessaro	All
	31	Nicolas Giaffone	All

Race calendar

All rounds were held in Brazil and all but one supported the 2022 Stock Car Pro Series events. The schedule was revealed on 21 December 2021.^[5] The revised version was published on 5 May 2022.^[6] Further changes were announced on 30 June 2022.^[7] The postponement of the last two rounds, that included moving the round five to support the Copa Truck and the season finale from Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet (Brasília) to Autódromo José Carlos Pace, was announced on 5 October 2022.^[8]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Autódromo Velo Città, Mogi Guaçu	14 May	Pedro Clerot	Pedro Clerot	Pedro Clerot	Full Time Sports
	R2				Ricardo Gracia Filho	Ricardo Gracia Filho	Full Time Sports
	R3		15 May	Lucas Staico	Pedro Clerot	Pedro Clerot	Full Time Sports
2	R1	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	30 July	Pedro Clerot	Pedro Clerot	Pedro Clerot	Full Time Sports
	R2				Luan Lopes	Nicolas Giaffone	Cavaleiro Sports
	R3		31 July	Pedro Clerot	Pedro Clerot	Pedro Clerot	Full Time Sports
3	R1	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	6 August	Pedro Clerot	Pedro Clerot[a]	Pedro Clerot	Full Time Sports
	R2				Fernando Barrichello	Fernando Barrichello	Full Time Sports
	R3		7 August	Nicholas Monteiro	Lucas Staico	Lucas Staico	TMG Racing
4	R1	Autódromo Velo Città, Mogi Guaçu	3 September	Lucas Staico	Pedro Clerot	Pedro Clerot	Full Time Sports
	R2				Nicolas Giaffone	Nicolas Giaffone	Cavaleiro Sports
	R3		4 September	Lucas Staico	Pedro Clerot	Lucas Staico	TMG Racing
5	R1	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, Goiânia	5 November	Felipe Barrichello Bartz	Felipe Barrichello Bartz	Felipe Barrichello Bartz	Cavaleiro Sports
	R2				Álvaro Cho	Nicolas Giaffone	Cavaleiro Sports
	R3		6 November	Felipe Barrichello Bartz	Felipe Barrichello Bartz	Pedro Clerot	Full Time Sports
6	R1	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	10 December	Lucas Staico	Felipe Barrichello Bartz	Felipe Barrichello Bartz	Cavaleiro Sports
	R2				Lucas Staico	Fernando Barrichello	Full Time Sports
	R3		11 December	Lucas Staico	Luan Lopes	Lucas Staico	TMG Racing

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in 25-minute races and for the top eight classified finishers in 18-minute races. The final classification was obtained by dropping two worst results from the first five rounds of the championship.

Races	Position, points per race
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	FL
Qualifying	2
25-minute races	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1
18-minute races	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1			1

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver MOG1 INT1 INT2 MOG2 GYN INT3 Pts 1 Pedro Clerot 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 4 2 1 8 2 2 9 1 Ret 11 5 276 2 Lucas Staico Ret 5 2 2 6 3 4 15 1 2 7 1 3 Ret Ret 4 3 1 213 3 Vinícius Tessaro 11 11 13 5 3 2 2 5 4 5 5 3 13† 3 2 2 Ret 4 163 4 Felipe Barrichello Bartz 8 2 7 Ret 10 8 11 8 8 7 2 10 1 4 10 1 5 3 135 5 Nicolas Giaffone 3 7 10 3 1 10 DSQ 6 5 8 1 Ret 5 1 9 6 2 Ret 129 6 Luan Lopes 10 6 15 4 8 6 12 9 6 3 6 4 6 2 7 3 12 2 126 7 Fernando Barrichello 4 3 14† 12 9 7 7 1 7 6 3 6 4 5 13 8 1 8 123 8 Nicholas Monteiro 2 9 4 11 14 11 3 3 3 12 14 11 12 12 5 7 6 6 100 9 Ricardo Gracia Filho 7 1 3 10 11 5 8 NC 11 4 4 5 10 11 4 Ret WD WD 95 10 Nelson Neto Ret 13 6 6 4 12 9 7 9 Ret 10 9 11 10 14 5 4 7 56 11 Richard Annunziata 6 14 11 DSQ 13 4 6 14 Ret 10 9 7 7 6 6 9 10 DSQ 55 12 Álvaro Cho Ret 7 13 5 2 13† Ret 16† 14 Ret 8 3 Ret 8 10 43 13 Lucca Zucchini 12 12 5 9 12 9 14 11 10 13 15 Ret 8 7 12 12 7 9 25 14 João Tesser 9 10 8 8 5 14 Ret 13 Ret 11 11 13 DSQ 13 8 11 9 11 20 15 Victor Backes 5 8 9 7 16 15 13 12 Ret Ret 13 12 19 16 Aurelia Nobels Ret 15† 12 13 15 16 10 10 12 9 12 8 7 17 Arthur Pavie 9 14 11 2 18 Francisco Soldavini 10 Ret DNS 1

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

Teams' championship

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

Pos Driver MOG1 INT1 INT2 MOG2 GYN INT3 Pts 1 Full Time Sports 1 1 1 1 2 1Q 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 5 1 5 1 5 488 4 3 3 6 4 5 7 4 7 4 4 5 4 9 4 8 4 7 2 Cavaleiro Sports 3 2 7 3 1 2 2 5 4 5 1 3 1 1 2 1 2 3 400 8 7 8 5 3 8 11 6 5 7 2 10 5 3 8 2 5 4 3 TMG Racing 2 5 2Q 2 6 3 3 3 1 2 7 1Q 3 7 5 4 3 1Q 329 12 9 4 9 12 9 4 10 3Q 9 12 8 8 12 11 7 6 6 4 KTF Sports 5 6 9 4 7 4 5 2 6 3 6 4 6 2 3 3 8 2 235 6 8 11 7 8 6 6 9 13† 10 9 7 7 6 6 9 10 10

Notes

1. Giaffone set the fastest lap but was disqualified from the race. Clerot inherited the fastest lap.

References

1. "VICAR ANNOUNCES F4 BRAZILIAN CHAMPIONSHIP CERTIFIED BY FIA". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 13 November 2021.
2. "Vicar revela equipes que disputarão Fórmula 4 Brasil em 2022". Presskit: Vicar (in Brazilian Portuguese). 29 November 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-11-30.
3. "BRB Fórmula 4 Brasil anuncia grid para temporada inaugural com inédito draft de pilotos". Presskit: Vicar (in Brazilian Portuguese). 12 February 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-02-12.
4. "Victor Backes integrará a KTF Sports na BRB Fórmula 4 Brasil em sua temporada de estreia no automobilismo". Portal Kart Motor (in Brazilian Portuguese). 7 April 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-04-07.
5. "Vicar anuncia calendários completos para 2022". Presskit: Vicar (in Brazilian Portuguese). 21 December 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
6. "Vicar altera local de provas de três categorias". F4 Brazilian Championship (in Brazilian Portuguese). 5 May 2022.
7. "Vicar atualiza calendário de 2022 da BRB Fórmula 4 Brasil". F4 Brazilian Championship (in Brazilian Portuguese). 30 June 2022. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
8. "Interlagos sediará definição de títulos em 2022". F4 Brazilian Championship (in Brazilian Portuguese). 5 October 2022.

External links

• Official website