Its the start of the F2 2022 Season, kicking off in Bahrain along side F1, and F3 all starting their seasons as well.
10 teams, 3 drivers per team, (Full driver line up can be found here: F3 Driver Line Up for 2022 – EverythingF1 – Formula 1 News and Updates
With the addition of Finnish driver Niko Kari taking the last driver spot for Jenzer Motorsport as at the time of writing the previous article, it was not confirmed then.
So lets understand how a race weekend looks within F3. Similar to F1 in which its Friday-Sunday format the style of races is a bit different as well with their points system.
Friday starts with a 45 minutes practice session, this normally the first race of the weekend across F1,F2 and F3. Later on in the day its Qualifying a 30 minute session, new for 2022 is that a driver can win points if they win pole position they are awarded 2 points.
Saturday is a single event which is the sprint race this is 40 minutes +1 Lap time frame, however the starting grid is a bit different the top 12 that finished in qualifying on Friday are reversed for example pole position will start p10 for only the sprint race. The sprint race points system has been revised for the 2022 season and its as follows:
As well new for 2022 season fastest lap is awarded a point, like how F1 is on a Sunday race.
Sunday is the big day for F2 its the feature race, the time frame is run over 60 minutes +1 lap. The grid line-up is determined by the position standings from the qualifying race that took place on Friday. The points system is:
Similar to the sprint
Similar to the sprint race new for 2022 fastest lap will be awarded a point.
Standings are:
- A maximum of 39 points can be allocated per race weekend in the driver championships
- A maximum of 89 points can be allocated per race weekend in the team championships
Lots of rookies starting the F3 career, who will come out on top? Well newcomer constructor Van Amersfoort Racing finish well?
Let us know in the comments!