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 Australia Matthew Roesler I 2
R-Tek Motorsport Dallara F305/07 Opel-Spiess 6 Australia Max de Meyrick N 1
Dallara F305/07 Opel-Spiess 7 Australia Andrew Roberts N 1
Australia Roman Krumins 2–6
Dallara F308/11 Mercedes 8 Australia Mitchell Neilson C All
Dallara F302/04 Opel-Spiess 23 Australia Bo Jensen N 2
Tim Macrow Racing Mygale M08/11 Mercedes 9 Australia Ross McAlpine[3] C 1–2, 4
Dallara F308/11 Mercedes 24 Australia Ryan How C 2, 6
25 Australia Ben Taylor C 1–5
Australia Winston Van Laarhove C 6
27 Australia Ethan Brown C 3–6
Dallara F312/16 Mercedes 74 Australia Trent Grubel C 1–3
Gilmour Racing Dallara F308/11 Mercedes 17 Australia Noah Sands C All
Dallara F305/07 Mercedes 3 Australia Chris Gilmour C 4
Mygale M05/07 Mercedes 34 Australia Trent Grubel C 4–6
Ruff Racing Dallara F305/07 Mercedes 22 Australia Gerrit Ruff N 1–2
DiBiase Motorsport Tatuus FT50 Ford 27 Australia Paul DiBiase I 2
Team Woodland Tatuus FT50 Ford 53 Australia Matthew Woodland I 2
Slusarski Racing Tatuus FT50 Ford 93 Australia Chris Slusarski I 2
99 Motorsport Dallara F308/11 Volkswagen 99 Australia Ryan Astley C All
Simworkx Simulators Hyper X1 Suzuki 58 Australia 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 New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park 19 February R1 Australia Mitchell Neilson Australia Trent Grubel Australia Trent Grubel Australia Noah Sands
R2 Australia Mitchell Neilson Australia Trent Grubel Australia Mitchell Neilson
R3 Australia Trent Grubel Australia Trent Grubel Australia Noah Sands
2 South Australia The Bend Motorsport Park 24 April R1 Australia Trent Grubel Australia Trent Grubel Australia Trent Grubel Australia Roman Krumins
R2 Australia Trent Grubel Australia Trent Grubel Australia Gerrit Ruff
R3 Australia Trent Grubel Australia Trent Grubel Australia Roman Krumins
3 Victoria (state) Winton Motor Raceway 12 June R1 Australia Ryan Astley Australia Noah Sands Australia Ryan Astley Australia Roman Krumins
R2 Australia Noah Sands Australia Noah Sands Australia Roman Krumins
R3 Australia Noah Sands Australia Noah Sands Australia Roman Krumins
4 Queensland Queensland Raceway 21 August R1 Australia Noah Sands Australia Noah Sands Australia Noah Sands Australia Roman Krumins
R2 Australia Noah Sands Australia Noah Sands Australia Roman Krumins
R3 Australia Noah Sands Australia Noah Sands Australia Roman Krumins
5 New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park 2 October R1 Australia Noah Sands Australia Noah Sands Australia Noah Sands Australia Roman Krumins
R2 Australia Noah Sands Australia Noah Sands Australia Roman Krumins
R3 Australia Noah Sands Australia Noah Sands Australia Roman Krumins
6 Victoria (state) Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit[lower-alpha 1] 27 November R1 Australia Trent Grubel Australia Mitchell Neilson Australia Trent Grubel Australia Roman Krumins
R2 Australia Ethan Brown Australia Trent Grubel Australia 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 Australia Noah Sands 1 4 1 2 3 2 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 6 223
2 Australia Trent Grubel 2 1 2 1 1 1 DNS DNS DNS 1 3 2 2 2 4 1 1 173
3 Australia Mitchell Neilson 3 2 4 DNS 2 3 4 4 3 2 Ret 6 3 3 2 4 2 139
4 Australia Ryan Astley DNS 6 7 3 6 4 1 3 2 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 Ret 116
5 Australia Ethan Brown 3 2 5 6 4 5 5 4 3 3 3 87
6 Australia Roman Krumins 5 Ret 8 6 6 4 7 6 7 7 6 6 6 7 69
7 Australia Ben Taylor 4 5 5 4 5 5 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 6 Ret Ret 47
8 Australia Chris Gilmour 4 2 3 28
9 Australia Ryan How DNS 4 6 7 4 24
10 Australia Max DeMeyrick Ret 3 3 20
11 Australia Ross McAlpine 6 8 9 9 10 Ret 8 DNS DNS 19
12 Australia Andrew Roberts 5 7 6 16
13 Australia Gerrit Ruff Ret DNS 8 6 7 9 15
14 Australia Winston Van Laarhove 8 5 9
15 Australia Bo Jensen 8 Ret Ret 4
Invitational drivers ineligible to score points
- Australia Luke Klaver 5 5 6 -
- Australia Chris Slusarski 7 8 7 -
- Australia Paul DiBiase 11 9 10 -
- Australia Matthew Roesler 10 11 11 -
- Australia Matthew Woodland 12 12 12 -
Pos Driver SYD1 BEN WIN QLD SYD2 PHI Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid 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]

References
  1. "Dallara F312/17 coming for 2021". Australian F3 Championship. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. "2021 Australian Formula 3 Championship Sporting and Technical Regulations" (PDF). Australian F3 Championship. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  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.
  5. "New 'Formula Open' wings and slicks category to debut". SpeedCafe.com. 23 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  6. "Australian Formula 3 - Results : Phillip Island". Australian F3 Championship. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
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