2022 NACAM Formula 4 Championship

The 2022 NACAM Formula 4 Championship season was the sixth season of the NACAM Formula 4 Championship. It began on 26 March at Autódromo de Quéretaro in El Marqués and ended on 30 October at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City with the additional, non-championship, round held on 9–10 December at the same circuit.[1][2]

Teams and drivers

All teams were Mexican-registered.

Team No. Driver Rounds
Ram Racing 2 Mexico Arturo Flores 5–6[a]
8 Mexico Eduardo Alquicira 1
12 Mexico Luis Carlos Pérez[3] All
16 Mexico Alejandro Berumen 5
33 Colombia Lucas Medina 6
36 Colombia Pedro Juan Moreno NC
55 Colombia Juan Felipe Pedraza[3] All
SP Driver Academy 2 Mexico Arturo Flores 4–5[a]
21 Mexico Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. 4
RRK Motorsports 3 Mexico Emil Abed 1
7 Mexico Manuel Roza All
Richards Motorsports 4 Mexico Diego de la Torre 4–6, NC
14 Mexico Dewey Richards 6, NC
Morelia F4 RT 5 Mexico Julián Díaz 5–6
9 Mexico Daniel Forcadell 5
10 Mexico Juan Contreras 5–6
Easy-Shop.com Racing 9 Mexico Daniel Forcadell[4] 1, 3–4
RE Motorsport 11 Mexico Esteban Rodríguez 2–6
24 Mexico Joe Sandoval 1
88 Mexico Cristian Cantú[3] 1, 3, 5–6
Santinel Racing Team 13 Mexico Oscar Alquicira 2–3
Mexico Marco Alquicira 3–6
44 Mexico Eduardo Alquicira 2–4, 6
ProRally Mothers 19 Mexico Rodrigo Rejón[3] 1–2, 4–5
Mexico Gerardo Rejón Jr. 3
99 Mexico Julio Rejón[3] 1–2, 4–5
Mexico Gerardo Rejón Sr. 3

Notes

  1. ^ a b Arturo Flores did Round 5 with two different teams: R1 with SP Driver Academy and then R2 and R3 with Ram Racing.

Race calendar

All rounds were held in Mexico. The first five rounds were a part of the Copa Notiauto series roster, whereas the last round was held in the support of the 2022 Mexico City Grand Prix.[1] The non-championship round staged after the season finale was confirmed later, and was held in the support of the Copa Notiauto's Endurance 24 race.[2]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Autódromo de Querétaro
(El Marqués, Querétaro) 		26 March Mexico Manuel Roza Mexico Manuel Roza Mexico Julio Rejón Mexico Mothers ProRally
R2 27 March Mexico Julio Rejón Colombia Juan Felipe Pedraza Mexico Ram Racing
R3 Mexico Manuel Roza Mexico Manuel Roza Mexico Manuel Roza Mexico RRK Motorsports
2 R1 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (Vintage Circuit)
(Mexico City) 		21 May Mexico Julio Rejón Mexico Julio Rejón Mexico Julio Rejón Mexico Mothers ProRally
R2 22 May Mexico Julio Rejón Mexico Julio Rejón Mexico Mothers ProRally
R3 Mexico Julio Rejón Colombia Juan Felipe Pedraza Colombia Juan Felipe Pedraza Mexico Ram Racing
3 R1 Autódromo Miguel E. Abed (Short Int. Circuit)
(Amozoc, Puebla) 		26 June Colombia Juan Felipe Pedraza Colombia Juan Felipe Pedraza Colombia Juan Felipe Pedraza Mexico Ram Racing
R2 Mexico Cristian Cantú Colombia Juan Felipe Pedraza Mexico Ram Racing
R3 Mexico Cristian Cantú Colombia Juan Felipe Pedraza Colombia Juan Felipe Pedraza Mexico Ram Racing
4 R1 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (GP Circuit)
(Mexico City) 		19 August Colombia Juan Felipe Pedraza Mexico Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. Mexico Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. Mexico SP Driver Academy Team
R2 Mexico Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. Mexico Arturo Flores Mexico SP Driver Academy Team
R3 20 August Colombia Juan Felipe Pedraza Mexico Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. Mexico Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. Mexico SP Driver Academy Team
5 R1 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (GP Circuit)
(Mexico City) 		2 September Colombia Juan Felipe Pedraza Colombia Juan Felipe Pedraza Colombia Juan Felipe Pedraza Mexico Ram Racing
R2 3 September Colombia Juan Felipe Pedraza Mexico Rodrigo Rejón Mexico Mothers ProRally
R3 Colombia Juan Felipe Pedraza Colombia Juan Felipe Pedraza Colombia Juan Felipe Pedraza Mexico Ram Racing
6 R1 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (GP Circuit)
(Mexico City) 		29 October Colombia Lucas Medina Colombia Lucas Medina Colombia Juan Felipe Pedraza Mexico Ram Racing
R2 30 October Mexico Manuel Roza Mexico Manuel Roza Mexico RRK Motorsports
NC R1 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (GP Circuit)
(Mexico City) 		10 December Colombia Pedro Juan Moreno Mexico Diego de la Torre Colombia Pedro Juan Moreno Mexico Ram Racing
R2 Colombia Pedro Juan Moreno Mexico Diego de la Torre Colombia Pedro Juan Moreno Mexico Ram Racing
R3 Mexico Diego de la Torre Colombia Pedro Juan Moreno Mexico Ram Racing

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. The final standings were obtained by summing best four out of first five rounds and the final round.

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 QUE AHR1 PUE AHR2 AHR3 AHR4 AHR5 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3
1 Colombia Juan Felipe Pedraza 4 1 6 Ret 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 6 1 2 1 1 2 274
2 Mexico Julio Rejón 1 3 2 1 1 2 5 5 7 3 3 6 190
3 Mexico Manuel Roza 2 Ret 1 Ret 3 3 3 3 3 6 6 5 Ret 8 DNS 2 1 187
4 Mexico Luis Carlos Pérez 3 5 5 2 4 4 4 5 4 8 8 8 10† 7 3 Ret 6 141
5 Mexico Rodrigo Rejón NC 2 3 3 Ret Ret 3 3 4 8 1 2 137
6 Mexico Cristian Cantú 6 6 7 Ret 4 Ret 7 6 7 4 3 81
7 Mexico Daniel Forcadell 7 DNS 8 2 2 2 7 7 10† 9 DNS DNS 79
8 Mexico Arturo Flores 4 1 2 11 Ret WD 3 NC 70
9 Mexico Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. 1 2 1 68
10 Mexico Diego de la Torre Ret 12 3 2 DNS 4 7 4 2 2 2 63
11 Mexico Eduardo Alquicira DNP 7† DNS 4 6 Ret 6 7 5 10 11 Ret 8 Ret 55
12 Mexico Marco Alquicira 5 6 DNS 9 9 Ret 5 4 8 Ret 9 50
13 Mexico Esteban Rodríguez Ret 5 5 WD WD WD 11 10 9 6 10† Ret 6 5 50
14 Mexico Alejandro Berumen 4 5 5 32
15 Mexico Emil Abed Ret 4 4 24
16 Mexico Joe Sandoval 5 DNS Ret 10
17 Colombia Lucas Medina 5 Ret 10
18 Mexico Julián Díaz 12 9 9 9 8 10
19 Mexico Oscar Alquicira DNP 7 Ret WD WD WD 6
20 Mexico Dewey Richards Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret 6
21 Mexico Juan Contreras DNS 11† DNS 10 10 2
– Mexico Gerardo Rejón Jr. Ret DNS DNS –
– Mexico Gerardo Rejón Sr. Ret DNS DNS –
Non Championship Round-only drivers
– Colombia Pedro Juan Moreno 1 1 1 –
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 Pts
QUE AHR1 PUE AHR2 AHR3 AHR4 AHR5
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

References

  1. ^ a b "Copa Notiauto y F4 NACAM unen esfuerzos en 2022". Copa Notiauto (in Spanish). 27 January 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-01-27.
  2. ^ a b "TEMPORADA 2022 FORMULA 4 NACAM". Copa Notiauto (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e Dickinson, Adam (23 March 2022). "Your season guide to the 2022 F4 NACAM Championship". F1 Feeder Series. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022.
  4. ^ Copa Notiauto [@copanotiauto] (March 23, 2022). "Daniel Forcadell del equipo easy-shop.com estará presente en el arranque de temporada de la F4 NACAM" (Tweet) – via Twitter.