2022 Astyrian Formula One Championship
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Previous: | 2021 | Next: | 2023 |
The 2022 Astyrian Formula One Championship is a future motor racing championship marking the 63rd running of Astyrian Formula One. It is the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars by the Astyrian Motorsport Federation (AMF). The season will being in February and will end in November, covering 21 grands prix in 20 countries throughout Astyria. Drivers and constructors will be competing to win the Drivers' Championship and Constructors' Championship, respectively.
Pekka Koivu's retirement in 2021 means that it will be the second season in a row that a reigning Drivers' Champion will not be competing, the first being the 2020 season with Simo Rassinen.
Entries
Entrant | Constructor | Chassis | Engine | Race Drivers | ||
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AMZ Grand Prix Racing | AMZ | AMZ S22 | AMZ MH 1.6 S1 |
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Angelbridge Racing | Angelbridge-Phaeton | Angelbridge AB15 | Phaeton T72 |
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Breuer NidEnergie Racing Team | Breuer | Breuer BR10 | Breuer BH10-16 |
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Delaney Grand Prix Team | Delaney-Sidus | Delaney RD47 | Sidus 616M-2 |
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Kappaksturslid F1 Team | Kappaksturslid-Breuer | Kappaksturslid KP18 | Breuer BH10-16 |
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LZS F1 Racing Team | LZS-FMK | LZS F1.22 | FMK WW6-14 H-power |
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MacGregor F1 Team | MacGregor-Sidus | MacGregor MG2022 | Sidus 616M-2 |
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Stabulum Phaethonti | Phaeton | Phaeton SPT73 | Phaeton T72 |
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Raamaker F1 Team | Raamaker-FMK | Raamaker RM-26 | FMK WW6-14 H-power |
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Sevir F1 Team | Sevir-FMK | Sevir SE-07 | FMK WW6-14 H-power |
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Sidus F1 Racing Team | Sidus | Sidus FS-222 | Sidus 616M-2 |
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Urbina Grand Prix | Urbina | Urbina WY10 | Urbina CHE1 |
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Team changes
- Merlin was sold to Urbina in August 2021 and was renamed as Urbina Grand Prix for 2022. This marks Urbina's return to AstyF1 as a works constructor since their departure in 2017.
- AMZ will be officially competing in 2022 with their own works engine, called the MH 1.6 S1. Prior to this, they used rebadged Sidus engines for the 2021 season while the team was still developing their own powertrains.
Driver changes
- Phaeton will be debuting an all-new driver lineup for the 2022 season, with Gianpiero Santoro and Decius Whitewall due to replace the outgoing Tertius DiParadisa and Pekka Koivu, respectively. Rookies Mitchell Townsend and Athan Lille will in turn fill in Santoro's and Whitewall's seats at their respective teams. Townsend will graduate from Astyrian F2 as that year's champion while Lille will graduate from the WGP2 Championship. The latter would become the first ever Lisandrian driver to compete in the sport.
- Astyrian F2 runner-up Henri Makitalö will also graduate to F1 with AMZ Grand Prix Racing, replacing Dalriny Mikov.
Technical changes
Due to Steven Grey's accident at the 2021 Caprican Grand Prix which paralyzed him from the waist down, the AMF brought about a number of changes to further bolster driver safety for the 2022 season. These changes combined brought up the minimum weight of the cars to 790 kg, the heaviest in AstyF1's history.