# 2022 ADAC Formula 4 Championship

The 2022 ADAC Formula 4 Championship was the eighth and final season of ADAC Formula 4, an open-wheel motor racing series. It was a multi-event motor racing championship that featured drivers competing in 1.4 litre Tatuus-Abarth single seat race cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | No. | Driver | Class | Rounds |
| Van Amersfoort Racing | 2 | Arias Deukmedjian | G | 2–3 |
| Van Amersfoort Racing | 17 | Emerson Fittipaldi Jr. | G | 2–3 |
| Van Amersfoort Racing | 33 | Brando Badoer | R G | 2–3 |
| Van Amersfoort Racing | 34 | Martinius Stenshorne | R G | 2–3 |
| Van Amersfoort Racing | 96 | Jules Castro | R G | 2–3 |
| BWR Motorsports | 3 | Alfio Spina | R | 1–2 |
| BWR Motorsports | 87 | Rishab Jain | R | 1 |
| BWR Motorsports | 89 | Chris Rosenkranz | R | 1–2 |
| Prema Racing | 7 | Charlie Wurz | | 1–4 |
| Prema Racing | 12 | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | | 1–4, 6 |
| Prema Racing | 13 | James Wharton | R | 1–4, 6 |
| Prema Racing | 16 | Ugo Ugochukwu | R G | 4, 6 |
| Prema Racing | 20 | Conrad Laursen | | 1–4 |
| Prema Racing | 88 | Rafael Câmara | R | 1–3, 6 |
| US Racing | 11 | Pedro Perino | G | 1 |
| US Racing | 30 | Zachary David | R | 5 |
| US Racing | 37 | Kacper Sztuka | | 1, 5 |
| US Racing | 44 | Nikhil Bohra | R | 1–2 |
| US Racing | 52 | Marcus Amand | | 1–2 |
| US Racing | 66 | Ruiqi Liu | R | 5 |
| R-ace GP | 14 | Frederik Lund | R G | 1 |
| R-ace GP | 71 | Marcos Flack | G | 1 |
| PHM Racing | 15 | Nikita Bedrin | | All |
| PHM Racing | 19 | Valentin Kluss | R | 3–6 |
| PHM Racing | 41 | Jonas Ried | | All |
| PHM Racing | 77 | Taylor Barnard | | All |
| Sauter Engineering + Design | 21 | Michael Sauter | | All |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 23 | Oleksandr Partyshev | G | 2 |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 24 | Rasmus Joutsimies | R | All |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 25 | Samir Ben | | 2–5 |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 26 | Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi | R | 1, 3–6 |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 27 | Ethan Ischer | R G | 1 |
| Iron Dames | 83 | Maya Weug | G | 1, 3 |
| Icon | Legend |
| R | Rookie |
| G | Guest drivers ineligible to score points |

## Race calendar and results

The provisional calendar was released on 7 November 2021. The opening two rounds supported the 2022 24H GT Series and the next three raced alongside the 2022 ADAC GT Masters. The finale was a part of ADAC Racing Weekend event.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Rookie Winner |
| 1 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot | 23 April | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Rafael Câmara | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Prema Racing | Rafael Câmara |
| 1 | R2 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot | 23 April | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Prema Racing | Rafael Câmara |
| 1 | R3 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot | 24 April | | Conrad Laursen | Rafael Câmara | Prema Racing | Rafael Câmara |
| 2 | R1 | Hockenheimring, Hockenheim | 14 May | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Prema Racing | Rafael Câmara |
| 2 | R2 | Hockenheimring, Hockenheim | 15 May | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Prema Racing | Rafael Câmara |
| 2 | R3 | Hockenheimring, Hockenheim | 15 May | | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Prema Racing | Rafael Câmara |
| 3 | R1 | Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort | 25 June | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Prema Racing | Rafael Câmara |
| 3 | R2 | Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort | 26 June | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Prema Racing | Rafael Câmara |
| 3 | R3 | Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort | 26 June | | James Wharton | Conrad Laursen | Prema Racing | Rafael Câmara |
| 4 | R1 | Nürburgring, Nürburg (Sprint Circuit) | 6 August | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Taylor Barnard | PHM Racing | James Wharton |
| 4 | R2 | Nürburgring, Nürburg (Sprint Circuit) | 7 August | Taylor Barnard | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Taylor Barnard | PHM Racing | James Wharton |
| 4 | R3 | Nürburgring, Nürburg (Sprint Circuit) | 7 August | | James Wharton | James Wharton | Prema Racing | James Wharton |
| 5 | R1 | Lausitzring, Klettwitz (Sprint Circuit) | 20 August | Taylor Barnard | Nikita Bedrin | Nikita Bedrin | PHM Racing | Rasmus Joutsimies |
| 5 | R2 | Lausitzring, Klettwitz (Sprint Circuit) | 21 August | Taylor Barnard | Taylor Barnard | Taylor Barnard | PHM Racing | Valentin Kluss |
| 5 | R3 | Lausitzring, Klettwitz (Sprint Circuit) | 21 August | | Taylor Barnard | Taylor Barnard | PHM Racing | Valentin Kluss |
| 6 | R1 | Nürburgring, Nürburg (Grand Prix Circuit) | 15 October | Rafael Câmara | Rafael Câmara | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Prema Racing | Rafael Câmara |
| 6 | R2 | Nürburgring, Nürburg (Grand Prix Circuit) | 15 October | Rafael Câmara | Taylor Barnard | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Prema Racing | Rasmus Joutsimies |
| 6 | R3 | Nürburgring, Nürburg (Grand Prix Circuit) | 16 October | | Jonas Ried | Taylor Barnard | PHM Racing | Rafael Câmara |

## Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers (excluding guest drivers) in each race. No points were awarded for pole position or fastest lap. The final classifications for the individual championships were obtained by summing up the scores on the 16 best results obtained during the races held.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |

### Drivers' Championship

| Pos | Driver | SPA | SPA | SPA | HOC | HOC | HOC | ZAN | ZAN | ZAN | NÜR1 | NÜR1 | NÜR1 | LAU | LAU | LAU | NÜR2 | NÜR2 | NÜR2 | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
| 1 | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | 1 | 1 | 6 | 313 |
| 2 | Taylor Barnard | 6 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 266 |
| 3 | Rafael Câmara | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | 2 | 10 | 3 | 193 |
| 4 | Nikita Bedrin | 8 | 5 | 8 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 175 |
| 5 | James Wharton | Ret | 3 | 9 | 18 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | | | | 3 | 5 | 4 | 146 |
| 6 | Conrad Laursen | 4 | Ret | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | 129 |
| 7 | Charlie Wurz | 3 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | 111 |
| 8 | Rasmus Joutsimies | 11 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 8 | 98 |
| 9 | Jonas Ried | 9 | 7 | Ret | 6 | 9 | 5 | Ret | 14 | 13 | 10 | Ret | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | Ret | 7 | 11 | 71 |
| 10 | Kacper Sztuka | DNS | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 2 | 8 | | | | 64 |
| 11 | Valentin Kluss | | | | | | | 11 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 61 |
| 12 | Marcus Amand | 5 | 8 | 6 | DNS | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 48 |
| 13 | Michael Sauter | 14 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 13 | Ret | 12 | 11 | 10 | 5 | Ret | 9 | 6 | Ret | 9 | 41 |
| 14 | Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi | 15 | 15 | 11 | | | | 16 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 38 |
| 15 | Zachary David | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 8 | 5 | | | | 22 |
| 16 | Nikhil Bohra | 7 | Ret | 12 | 12 | Ret | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| 17 | Alfio Spina | Ret | 9 | 7 | 15 | 15 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| 18 | Samir Ben | | | | 13 | 14 | Ret | 15 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 11 | | | | 8 |
| 19 | Ruiqi Liu | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 9 | 10 | | | | 4 |
| 20 | Chris Rosenkranz | 17 | Ret | 17 | 16 | 19 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Rishab Jain | WD | WD | WD | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | – |
| Guest drivers ineligible to score points |||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Ugo Ugochukwu | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 7 | 6 | | | | 5 | 3 | 2 | – |
| – | Martinius Stenshorne | | | | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | – |
| – | Arias Deukmedjian | | | | 8 | Ret | 15 | 14 | 9 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | – |
| – | Emerson Fittipaldi Jr. | | | | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | – |
| – | Oleksandr Partyshev | | | | Ret | 12 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | – |
| – | Brando Badoer | | | | 9 | 17 | 10 | 18 | 16 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | – |
| – | Maya Weug | 16 | Ret | 18 | | | | 9 | 11 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | – |
| – | Frederik Lund | 12 | 10 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | – |
| – | Pedro Perino | 10 | Ret | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | – |
| – | Jules Castro | | | | 17 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | – |
| – | Marcos Flack | Ret | 12 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | – |
| – | Ethan Ischer | 13 | 13 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | – |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | SPA | SPA | SPA | HOC | HOC | HOC | ZAN | ZAN | ZAN | NÜR1 | NÜR1 | NÜR1 | LAU | LAU | LAU | NÜR2 | NÜR2 | NÜR2 | | 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) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

### Rookies' Championship

| Pos | Driver | SPA | SPA | SPA | HOC | HOC | HOC | ZAN | ZAN | ZAN | NÜR1 | NÜR1 | NÜR1 | LAU | LAU | LAU | NÜR2 | NÜR2 | NÜR2 | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
| 1 | Rafael Câmara | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | 2 | 10 | 3 | 285 |
| 2 | Rasmus Joutsimies | 11 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 8 | 269 |
| 3 | James Wharton | Ret | 3 | 9 | 18 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | | | | 3 | 5 | 4 | 242 |
| 4 | Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi | 15 | 15 | 11 | | | | 16 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 163 |
| 5 | Valentin Kluss | | | | | | | 11 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 134 |
| 6 | Nikhil Bohra | 7 | Ret | 12 | 12 | Ret | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 59 |
| 7 | Alfio Spina | Ret | 9 | 7 | 15 | 15 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | 57 |
| 8 | Zachary David | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 8 | 5 | | | | 45 |
| 9 | Chris Rosenkranz | 17 | Ret | 17 | 17 | 19 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | 36 |
| 10 | Ruiqi Liu | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 9 | 10 | | | | 32 |
| – | Rishab Jain | WD | WD | WD | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | – |
| Guest drivers ineligible to score points |||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Ugo Ugochukwu | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 7 | 6 | | | | 5 | 3 | 2 | – |
| – | Martinius Stenshorne | | | | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | – |
| – | Brando Badoer | | | | 9 | 17 | 10 | 18 | 16 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | – |
| – | Frederik Lund | 12 | 10 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | – |
| – | Jules Castro | | | | 17 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | – |
| – | Ethan Ischer | 13 | 13 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | – |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | SPA | SPA | SPA | HOC | HOC | HOC | ZAN | ZAN | ZAN | NÜR1 | NÜR1 | NÜR1 | LAU | LAU | LAU | NÜR2 | NÜR2 | NÜR2 | | Pts |

### Teams' Cup

Only two best team's drivers in each race were eligible to score points. The other drivers were omitted during rewarding the points.
| Pos | Driver | SPA | SPA | SPA | HOC | HOC | HOC | ZAN | ZAN | ZAN | NÜR1 | NÜR1 | NÜR1 | LAU | LAU | LAU | NÜR2 | NÜR2 | NÜR2 | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
| 1 | Prema Racing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | | | | 1 | 1 | 3 | 594 |
| 1 | Prema Racing | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | | | | 2 | 5 | 4 | 594 |
| 2 | PHM Racing | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 531 |
| 2 | PHM Racing | 8 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 531 |
| 3 | Jenzer Motorsport | 11 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 276 |
| 3 | Jenzer Motorsport | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 14 | Ret | 15 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 8 | 10 | 276 |
| 4 | US Racing | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | 4 | 2 | 5 | | | | 184 |
| 4 | US Racing | 7 | 8 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 14 | | | | | | | 6 | 8 | 8 | | | | 184 |
| 5 | Sauter Engineering + Design | 14 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 13 | Ret | 12 | 11 | 10 | 5 | Ret | 9 | 6 | Ret | 9 | 97 |
| 6 | BWR Motorsports | 17 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 15 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25 |
| 6 | BWR Motorsports | Ret | Ret | 17 | 17 | 19 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25 |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | SPA | SPA | SPA | HOC | HOC | HOC | ZAN | ZAN | ZAN | NÜR1 | NÜR1 | NÜR1 | LAU | LAU | LAU | NÜR2 | NÜR2 | NÜR2 | | 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) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |