2022 Series One Grand Prix race reports

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Staynish Grand Prix

2022 Staynish Grand Prix
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Layout of the Staynes International Circuit
Race details
Date	27 March 2022
Official name	Series 1 Burgendyk Staynish Grand Prix
Location	Staynes Int'l Circuit Bluebells, Great Morstaybishlia
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.891 km (3.660 miles)
Distance	52 laps, 306.198 km (190.263 miles)
Weather	Early sun, heavy rain, late sun
Attendance	390,000
Pole position
Driver	Marlan Kalming	Spiiker Squadron
Time	1:45.728 (wet)
Fastest lap
Driver	Marlan Kalming	Spiiker Squadron
Time	1:33.015 on lap 8
Podium
First	Matthieu Soyer	Novia Racing
Second	Kasran is'Vaara	Novia Racing
Third	Haaland Rusnák	Spiiker Squadron

The 2022 Staynish Grand Prix (officially known as the Series 1 Burgendyk Staynish Grand Prix 2022) was a Series One race held on 27 March 2022 at the Staynes International Circuit, a dedicated motor racing circuit in Bluebells, located in central Staynes. It was the season opener of the 2022 Series One World Championship. Matthieu Soyer won the race after starting from second on the grid, his first win since the Peragian Grand Prix the previous year. His rookie teammate Kasran is'Vaara and former world champion Haaland Rusnák completed the podium.

Qualifying

Qualifying started at 15:00 local time on 26 March, and lasted for one hour. Rain arrived between the first and second rounds, and intensified by the end; all drivers chose to run on intermediate tyres in Q2 and full wet tyres in Q3. The final qualifying session was interrupted with a red flag when Czesława Pajor spun into the barriers at turn 7; he was cleared to race following a medical checkup. Morstaybishlian driver Marlan Kalming clinched pole position by 9 milliseconds in the dying moments of the session.

Qualifying classification

Grid	No.	Driver	Constructor		Qualifying times
					Q1	Q2	Q3
1	28	Marlan Kalming		Spiiker Squadron	1:32.366	1:42.850	1:45.728
2	22	Matthieu Soyer		Novia Racing	1:31.515	1:42.745	1:45.737
3	67	Haaland Rusnák		Spiiker Squadron	1:32.473	1:42.868	1:45.770
4	34	Kasran is'Vaara		Novia Racing	1:32.743	1:43.317	1:46.236
5	23	Pablo Saez		Bernitti-Domio	1:32.665	1:43.196	1:46.379
6	94	Pedro Wilson		Bernitti-Domio	1:33.713	1:43.506	1:46.640
7	44	Alphonse Dubost		MetroCiv Cosmos	1:33.081	1:44.120	1:47.250
8	21	Žydre Glemzaite		Eclipse Motorsport	1:33.280	1:44.894	1:47.601
9	73	Sirio Kobayashi		Tauríllielle Ftomovíler	1:33.279	1:44.304	1:47.734
10	29	Czesława Pajor		Watervalley Autosports	1:31.984	1:43.734	No time
11	33	Marianna Edifredi		MetroCiv Cosmos	1:33.112	1:44.961	N/A
12	12	Kiha Iveli		Eclipse Motorsport	1:33.501	1:45.239	N/A
13	26	Stefan Amanar		Watervalley Autosports	1:33.626	1:45.482	N/A
14	13	Nákel Intásime		Tauríllielle Ftomovíler	1:33.736	1:45.652	N/A
15	59	Mitch Noxal		Marchitelli Falcon	1:33.961	1:45.753	N/A
16	32	Leo Arntsen		Metropol Racing	1:33.988	N/A	N/A
17	31	Josephina Constantine		Marchitelli Falcon	1:34.182	N/A	N/A
18	77	Alfie Edarr Samatagh		Tamradh Monsal	1:34.437	N/A	N/A
19	88	Aedan Jaosar Lanfie		Tamradh Monsal	1:34.896	N/A	N/A
20	17	Mikal Christoffersen		Metropol Racing	1:35.342	N/A	N/A
107% time: 1:37.921

Race

The race started at 14:00 local time on 27 March and lasted for 52 laps. Kalming had a good start and quickly built a gap to Soyer in his first stint, including setting the fastest lap of the race. Pajor tripped his car's anti-stall mechanism and fell to fourteenth position.

A short but substantial cold front caused a record-breaking total of 79 pit stops as drivers swapped from soft slick tyres designed for dry conditions to intermediate tyres for light rain and later to full wets for heavy rain, before moving back through the range to finish the race on the slicks.

On lap 34, Kalming collided with Eyjarian driver Mikal Christoffersen as he was lapping him. Under these conditions, the driver being lapped is shown the blue flag and is required to move out of the way and slow down so they don't get in the way of the faster cars. Telemetry data showed that although Christoffersen initially lifted off the throttle, he changed his mind and took the racing line through Abbey corner, catching Kalming by surprise. Christoffersen's front left wheel was sheared from the suspension and his car came to a stop in the gravel traps, bringing out a virtual safety car. Although Kalming was able to complete the race, the damage done to his bodywork slowed him significantly and he his lead diminished until he was overtaken by the two Novia drivers and his teammate.

This race marked Novia Racing's first one-two since the 2021 Aszar Grand Prix, and is'Vaara became the seventeenth driver to get a podium on his debut Series 1 race.

Controversy surrounding the lap 34 incident increased when allegations were made that Christoffersen had covertly bet several thousand Kiribs against Kalming winning the Grand Prix.

Race classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor		Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	22	Matthieu Soyer		Novia Racing	52	1:30:51.929	2	25
2	34	Kasran is'Vaara		Novia Racing	52	+23.106	4	18
3	67	Haaland Rusnák		Spiiker Squadron	52	+24.760	3	15
4	28	Marlan Kalming		Spiiker Squadron	52	+25.133	1	12+1
5	23	Pablo Saez		Bernitti-Domio	52	+25.638	5	10
6	94	Pedro Wilson		Bernitti-Domio	52	+49.492	6	8
7	29	Czesława Pajor		Watervalley Autosports	52	+1:14.520	10	6
8	44	Alphonse Dubost		MetroCiv Cosmos	52	+1:20.060	7	4
9	33	Marianna Edifredi		MetroCiv Cosmos	52	+1:25.102	11	2
10	21	Žydre Glemzaite		Eclipse Motorsport	51	+1 Lap	8	1
11	73	Sirio Kobayashi		Tauríllielle Ftomovíler	51	+1 Lap	9
12	13	Nákel Intásime		Tauríllielle Ftomovíler	51	+1 Lap	14
13	32	Leo Arntsen		Metropol Racing	51	+1 Lap	16
14	12	Kiha Iveli		Eclipse Motorsport	51	+1 Lap	12
15	59	Mitch Noxal		Marchitelli Falcon	51	+1 Lap	15
16	77	Alfie Edarr Samatagh		Tamradh Monsal	51	+1 Lap	18
17	31	Josephina Constantine		Marchitelli Falcon	51	+1 Lap	17
18	88	Aedan Jaosar Lanfie		Tamradh Monsal	50	+2 Laps	19
Ret	26	Stefan Amanar		Watervalley Autosports	46	Mechanical failure	13
Ret	17	Mikal Christoffersen		Metropol Racing	34	Accident	20
Fastest lap: Marlan Kalming (Spiiker) — 1:33.015 (lap 8)

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Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship

Pos.		Driver		Points
	1		Matthieu Soyer	25
	2		Kasran is'Vaara	18
	3		Haaland Rusnák	15
	4		Marlan Kalming	13
	5		Pablo Saez	10

Constructors' Championship

Pos.		Constructor		Points
	1		Novia Racing	43
	2		Spiiker Squadron	28
	3		Bernitti-Domio	18
	4=		Watervalley Autosports	6
	4=		MetroCiv Cosmos	6

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.