2022 Gran Turismo World Series World Finals/Nations Cup

The Nations Cup portion of the 2022 Gran Turismo World Series World Finals weekend was divided into two days:
* The Regional Finals took place on November 25 in four elimination stages (for each regional division, plus a repechage/last chance qualifier) leading to the grand finals.
* The Grand Final was held on November 27, consisting of a single race to determine the champion.
==Entry List==
The Nations Cup consists of drivers from the 2022 GTWS Showdown and top drivers from the GT1 League of 2022 GTWS Online Series Season 2.
Region 	Driver
Europe/Middle East/Africa	Kylian Drumont
Europe/Middle East/Africa	Baptiste Beauvois
Europe/Middle East/Africa	Jose Serrano
Europe/Middle East/Africa	Valerio Gallo (c)
Europe/Middle East/Africa	Thomas Labouteley
Europe/Middle East/Africa	Nikita Moysov
Europe/Middle East/Africa	Coque López
Europe/Middle East/Africa	Nicholas Romero
Europe/Middle East/Africa	Saruthan Seelan
Europe/Middle East/Africa	Giorgio Mangano
Central/South Americas 	Igor Fraga (fc)
Central/South Americas 	Lucas Bonelli
Central/South Americas 	Angel Inostroza
Central/South Americas 	Martin Marza
Central/South Americas 	Arthur Mosso
Central/South Americas 	Fabián Portilla
North America 	Dean Heldt
North America 	Robert Heck
North America 	Mark Pinnell
Asia 	Ryota Kokobun
Asia 	Kanata Kawakami
Asia 	Takuma Miyazono (fc)
Asia 	Seiya Suzuki
Asia 	Jonathan Wong
Oceania 	Guy Barbara
Oceania 	Emily Jones
Oceania 	Simon Bishop
===Notes===
==Regional Finals==
Note that for the regional finals portion of the event, the grid numbers are determined by their starting grid.
===General Qualifying===
The General Qualifying determines the grid position of the drivers in each region's race. All regions compete with the same qualifying combination, regardless of the actual combination they would use in their races.
; Asia-Oceania
Pos	Driver 	Time
1 	Takuma Miyazono 	01:01.027
2 	Seiya Suzuki 	01:01.217
3 	Tomoaki Yamanaka	01:01.271
4 	Kanata Kawakami 	01:01.388
5 	Ryota Kokobun 	01:01.502
6 	Guy Barbara 	01:01.514
7 	Simon Bishop 	01:01.537
8 	Matthew McEwen 	01:01.584
9 	Emily Jones 	01:01.647
10 	Jonathan Wong 	01:01.766
; EMEA
Pos	Driver 	Time
1 	Thomas Labouteley	01:01.214
2 	Coque López 	01:01.248
3 	Valerio Gallo 	01:01.271
4 	Saruthan Seelan 	01:01.315
5 	Kylian Drumont 	01:01.368
6 	Baptiste Beauvois	01:01.434
7 	Nikita Moysov 	01:01.435
8 	Nicolas Romero 	01:01.481
9 	Giorgio Mangano 	01:01.513
10 	Jose Serrano 	01:01.517
; Americas
Pos	Driver 	Time
1 	Angel Inostroza 	01:01.210
2 	Lucas Bonelli 	01:01.264
3 	Adriano Carrazza	01:01.383
4 	Fabián Portilla 	01:01.512
5 	Igor Fraga 	01:01.544
6 	Martin Marza 	01:01.616
7 	Mark Pinnell 	01:01.632
8 	Robert Heck 	01:01.657
9 	Dean Heldt 	01:01.675
10 	Arthur Mosso 	01:01.833
===Asia-Oceania Regional Finals===
The Asia-Oceania Regional Finals determines the drivers from the Asia-Oceania region that will advance to the Grand Finals and the Repechage round.
Pos	No	Driver 	Time 	Points	Advance To
1 	1 	Takuma Miyazono 	29:51.845	6 	Advanced
2 	3 	Tomoaki Yamanaka	+01.478 	5 	Advanced
3 	5 	Ryota Kokobun 	+05.116 	4 	Advanced
4 	2 	Seiya Suzuki 	+05.666 	 	1 (R)
5 	4 	Kanata Kawakami 	+10.169 	 	4 (R)
6 	8 	Matthew McEwen 	+10.408 	 	7 (R)
7 	9 	Emily Jones 	+12.498 	 	10 (R)
8 	7 	Simon Bishop 	+15.886 	 	Out
9 	6 	Guy Barbara 	+20.756 	 	Out
10 	10	Jonathan Wong 	+23.748 	 	Out
Fastest Lap: Tomoaki Yamanaka (1:42.798)
* In the Advance To row, Advanced indicates the player advanced to the Grand Finals, while a number with (R) on it indicates their starting position for the repechage race.
* Bold indicates drivers that advanced to next round.
* Italics indicates drivers that advanced to repechage round.
===EMEA Regional Finals===
The EMEA Regional Finals determines the drivers from the EMEA region that will advance to the Grand Finals and the Repechage round.
Pos	No	Driver 	Time 	Points	Advance To
1 	2 	Coque López 	28:11.378	6 	Advanced
2 	3 	Valerio Gallo 	+01.402 	5 	Advanced
3 	6 	Baptiste Beauvois	+06.352 	4 	Advanced
4 	10	Jose Serrano 	+07.687 	 	3 (R)
5 	1 	Thomas Labouteley	+09.136 	 	5 (R)
6 	5 	Kylian Drumont 	+10.569 	 	9 (R)
7 	7 	Nikita Moysov 	+14.712 	 	12 (R)
8 	9 	Giorgio Mangano 	+19.929 	 	Out
9 	8 	Nicolas Romero 	+29.762 	 	Out
10 	4 	Saruthan Seelan 	+44.923 	 	Out
Fastest Lap: Baptiste Beauvois (1:31.704)
* In the Advance To row, Advanced indicates the player advanced to the Grand Finals, while a number with (R) on it indicates their starting position for the repechage race.
* Bold indicates drivers that advanced to next round.
* Italics indicates drivers that advanced to repechage round.
===Americas Regional Finals===
The Americas Regional Finals determines the drivers from the Americas region that will advance to the Grand Finals and the Repechage round.
Pos	No	Driver 	Time 	Points	Advance To
1 	1 	Angel Inostroza 	29:23.600	6 	Advanced
2 	5 	Igor Fraga 	+00.824 	5 	Advanced
3 	2 	Lucas Bonelli 	+10.308 	4 	Advanced
4 	10	Arthur Mosso 	+15.039 	 	2 (R)
5 	3 	Adriano Carrazza	+17.020 	 	5 (R)
6 	9 	Dean Heldt 	+20.349 	 	8 (R)
7 	6 	Martin Marza 	+24.899 	 	11 (R)
8 	8 	Robert Heck 	+36.540 	 	Out
9 	7 	Mark Pinnell 	+39.771 	 	Out
10 	4 	Fabián Portilla 	+50.671 	 	Out
Fastest Lap: Arthur Mosso (1:17.910)
* In the Advance To row, Advanced indicates the player advanced to the Grand Finals, while a number with (R) on it indicates their starting position for the repechage race.
* Bold indicates drivers that advanced to next round.
* Italics indicates drivers that advanced to repechage round.
===Repechage Round===
The Repechage Round is the last-chance qualifier for drivers finishing fourth to seventh in each region's regional finals, with the top three finishers (just like the regional finals) advancing to the Grand Finals.
; Starting Line-Up
Pos	Driver 	Previous Finish
1 	Seiya Suzuki 	5th in Asia-Oceania race
2 	Arthur Mosso 	5th in Americas race
3 	Jose Serrano 	5th in EMEA race
4 	Kanata Kawakami 	6th in Asia-Oceania race
5 	Adriano Carrazza 	6th in Americas race
6 	Thomas Labouteley	6th in EMEA race
7 	Matthew McEwen 	7th in Asia-Oceania race
8 	Dean Heldt 	7th in Americas race
9 	Kylian Drumont 	7th in EMEA race
10 	Emily Jones 	8th in Asia-Oceania race
11 	Martin Marza 	8th in Americas race
12 	Nikita Moysov 	8th in EMEA race
; Race
Pos	No	Driver 	Time 	Points	Advance/Out
1 	1 	Seiya Suzuki 	18:55.320	3 	Advanced
2 	3 	Jose Serrano 	+00.355 	2 	Advanced
3 	5 	Adriano Carrazza 	+02.335 	1 	Advanced
4 	11	Martin Marza 	+03.250 	 	Out
5 	4 	Kanata Kawakami 	+05.103 	 	Out
6 	6 	Thomas Labouteley	+05.261 	 	Out
7 	7 	Matthew McEwen 	+07.776 	 	Out
8 	9 	Kylian Drumont 	+08.917 	 	Out
9 	10	Emily Jones 	+09.488 	 	Out
10 	12	Nikita Moysov 	+14.131 	 	Out
11 	2 	Arthur Mosso 	+21.993 	 	Out
12 	8 	Dean Heldt 	+23.441 	 	Out
Fastest Lap: Seiya Suzuki (1:01.410)
* Bold indicates drivers that advanced to next round.
==Grand Finals==
The Grand Finals determines the winner of the World Finals and the 2022 GTWS Nations Cup winner. As the event is held on a separate day from the regional finals, there will be a separate qualifying session.
===Qualifying===
Pos	Driver 	Time
1 	Takuma Miyazono 	01:27.006
2 	Coque López 	01:27.007
3 	Angel Inostroza 	01:27.129
4 	Adriano Carrazza 	01:27.202
5 	Igor Fraga 	01:27.234
6 	Tomoaki Yamanaka 	01:27.249
7 	Baptiste Beauvois	01:27.287
8 	Lucas Bonelli 	01:27.410
9 	Ryota Kokubun 	01:27.572
10 	Valerio Gallo 	01:27.698
11 	Seiya Suzuki 	01:27.768
12 	José Serrano 	01:34.440
===Race===
The race was filled with action and chaos that lasted right through to the final lap. The race began with an early battle for the lead between Takuma Miyazono and Coque López who both started on Soft tires - a battle that would be a major factor in the race. Behind them, Angel Inostroza, Igor Fraga, Tomoaki Yamanaka and Baptiste Beauvois started fighting for third on track, eventually being joined by Adriano Carrazza. However, both Yamanaka and Carrazza would end up losing out when the Japanese driver hit the rear of the Brazilian, spinning him out and gaining a penalty through Turn 12 on Lap 8.
As the lead pack of drivers started making their first pit stops, Lopez and Miyazono had split their strategies; Miyazono had opted for the Soft tires while Lopez the Medium tires. While this saw an end to their initial battle, they ended up drifting back together during the following stint. During this time, Inostroza showed his pace and managed to overtake Lopez on track, only to end up losing that place again when he stopped for Hard tires versus the Spaniard's Soft compound.
Around them, other drivers began making unforced errors that ended their chances of winning the race. Ryoto Kokubun spun out of the Turn 7 hairpin on Lap 7, and José Serrano crashed into the wall before Turn 12 on Lap 15. Both Fraga and Beauvois made the same mistake of crossing the painted island lines at the pit entry, earning them both a 3 second slow down penalty that saw their chances of winning come to an end. Furthermore, Beauvois was compounded with an issue with his wheel that saw him DNF on Lap 24.Baptiste Beauvois post-race tweet, in response to a question regarding the reason for DNF: "Wheel issue."
The upshot of all of this was that it gave Vallerio Gallo a chance to challenge for position and overtake other drivers, despite his poor qualifying position. Eventually, he was able to fight for a podium place, but it would end up being immaterial in the end as he could not pass Inostroza end ended up behind both Fraga and Bonelli in the end.
By Lap 20, both Miyazono and Lopez had made their second stops, opting to go for Medium and Soft tires respectively and leaving the Hard compound for the final lap. Inostroza behind them had used all of his mandatory compounds and stopped on Lap 22 to put on the Soft tires to the end of the race. With the Chilean charging behind them, both Lopez and Miyazono made their final stops on the penultimate lap to put on the Hard compound. Inostroza managed to come out in between both drivers as they exited the pits, putting him in position to challenge Lopez for the lead. Although the Chilean had the run on the back straight, Lopez had the inside line and Inostroza ended up going wide and allowing Miyazono through.
What followed next saw controversy and a delayed final result. Through the turn 9-10 sequence, Miyazono ended up colliding with Lopez who collided with the wall, and then ended up being crashed into by Inostroza, spinning the Japanese driver out and into the wall, ending his chances of winning. What actually happened and how it unfolded was unclear, as viewing of the incident was largely obscured by the in-game scenery. Inostroza managed to come back through to take the lead, but only momentarily when Lopez dived down the inside of the Chilean through the tunnel and retook the lead of the race. In doing so, the Spaniard crossed the line to take first place on track ahead of Inostroza; Miyazono managed to come through in third.
But with the incident between Lopez, Inostroza and Miyazono under investigation, everyone had to wait while the stewards investigated the incident to see if any penalties needed to be applied. Eventually, the conclusion was that it was a racing incident and no penalties were applied. The result of this was that, because he finished ahead on track despite being equal on points with Inostroza, Coque López was declared the 2022 Nations Cup champion. The decision itself was controversial, with Inostroza criticizing the stewards during the post-race press conference and calling for a total replacement of them.
Pos	No	Driver 	Time 	Points	Q Grid
1 	9 	Coque López 	45:46.769 	24 	2
2 	2 	Angel Inostroza 	+00.300 	20 	3
3 	6 	Takuma Miyazono 	+05.007 	16 	1
4 	1 	Igor Fraga 	+08.274 	14 	5
5 	5 	Lucas Bonelli 	+08.699 	12 	8
6 	4 	Valerio Gallo 	+12.112 	10 	10
7 	10	Tomoaki Yamanka 	+16.911 	8 	6
8 	11	Seiya Suzuki 	+18.366 	6 	11
9 	12	Adriano Carrazza 	+19.565 	4 	4
10 	8 	José Serrano 	+26.341 	2 	12
11 	3 	Ryota Kokubun 	+29.430 	 	9
12 	7 	Baptiste Beauvois	DNF (hardware)	 	7
Fastest Lap: Valerio Gallo - 1:27.232
==Winners==
Nations Cup Champion 	Coque López
Michelin Driver of the Day (Regional Finals)	Coque López
Michelin Driver of the Day (Grand Final) 	Takuma Miyazono
==Championship Standings (Top 5)==
Pos 	Driver 	Points
1 ⬆️	Coque López 	30López and Inostroza tied with both 30 points. As the tiebreaker is decided by the finishing position in the race, López is determined to be the winner.
2 ➡️	Angel Inostroza	30
3 ⬇️	Igor Fraga 	26
4 ⬆️	Takuma Miyazono	23
5 ➡️	Lucas Bonelli 	20
==Notes==
==External links==
*Race Report (Regional Finals): The Best of the Best Gather to Earn Their Access to the Grand Final - gran-turismo.com
* Race Report (Grand Finals): With Different Strategies at Play, the Result Was Undecided Even at the Race's Conclusion - gran-turismo.com
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