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.
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.
The 2022 Peregrinese Grand Prix (officially known as the Series 1 Burgendyk Peregrinese Grand Prix 2022) was a Series One race held on 3 April 2022 at the Peregrinia International Circuit, a permanent motor racing circuit in Astryon, the capital of Peregrinia. It was the second race of the 2022 Series One World Championship. Following controversy where Metropol driver Mikal Chrisetoffersen was alleged to have bet money against Spiiker's Marlan Kalming winning the Staynish Grand Prix before crashing into him, Metropol withdrew Christoffersen from the Peregrinese Grand Prix and replaced him with their reserve driver, Haulan Edzhurat.
Qualifying
Qualifying started at 14:00 local time on 2 April, and lasted for one hour. Morstaybishlian driver Marlan Kalming claimed his second pole of the season with a margin of four tenths of a second.
The race started at 14:00 local time on 27 March and lasted for 52 laps. Light rain fell during the first six laps, but quickly cleared, causing chaos in the pit lane as nearly all the drivers changed over to slick tyres, leaving is'Vaara, Rusnák and Kobayashi waiting for their teams' pit boxes to clear, costing each driver several seconds. Aivintian driver Stefan Amanar was one of the five who stayed out and pitted on the following lap; on pit exit he was clipped by Mitch Noxal. Pablo Saez and Alphonse Dubost made contact three times during lap 12, causing both to need new front wings. Alfie Edarr Samatagh retired on the same lap due to unrelated mechanical issues.
The 2022 Blueacia Grand Prix (officially known as the Series 1 Burgendyk Grutte Priis fan Blauasia 2022) was a Series One race held on 17 April 2022 at the Blueacia Street Circuit, a permanent motor racing circuit in the city-state of Blueacia. It was the third race of the 2022 Series One World Championship, and the first night race of the season. Eyjarian driver Mikal Christoffersen returned to his Metropol seat after being suspended following his controversial crash at the Staynish Grand Prix. The race was the second in the season won by Novia Racing's Matthieu Soyer.
Qualifying
Qualifying started at 19:00 local time on 26 March, and lasted for one hour and fifteen minutes. During the second flying lap of the second qualifying session, Metropol's Mikal Christoffersen, fresh from his one-week suspension, spun out at the Nouvelle Chicane, impacting the barriers and coming to a rest at the exit of turn 11. Pedro Wilson, running close behind, was unable to avoid the stranded car and made contact. Both cars suffered terminal damage and the session was red flagged. Although Wilson's first time was still good enough to qualify into the third round, his car could not be repaired in time to compete in it. This incident marked the second session-ending crash of the season; both have involved Mikal Christoffersen and a Morstaybishlian driver.
The race began at 20:00 local time on 27 March. Matthieu Soyer overtook Marlan Kalming at the start and went on to lead the entire race. The Blueacia street circuit is known to be one of the hardest grands prix to overtake at due to the narrow track, and as such the majority of position changes relied on not getting caught behind long trains of slower cars. On lap 44, Novia driver Kasran is'Vaara suffered a mechanical failure and stopped on the run-off road at Mirabeau, bringing out a safety car.
Race classification
Pos.
No.
Driver
Constructor
Laps
Time/Retired
Grid
Points
1
22
Matthieu Soyer
Novia Racing
78
1:33:30.844
2
25
2
28
Marlan Kalming
Spiiker Squadron
78
+18.355
1
18
3
67
Haaland Rusnák
Spiiker Squadron
78
+55.769
5
15
4
23
Pablo Saez
Bernitti-Domio
78
+56.574
4
12+1
5
94
Pedro Wilson
Bernitti-Domio
77
+1 Lap
10
10
6
29
Czesława Pajor
Watervalley Autosports
77
+1 Lap
7
8
7
26
Stefan Amanar
Watervalley Autosports
77
+1 Lap
11
6
8
33
Marianna Edifredi
MetroCiv Cosmos
77
+1 Lap
6
4
9
59
Mitch Noxal
Marchitelli Falcon
77
+1 Lap
19
2
10
32
Leo Arntsen
Metropol Racing
76
+2 Laps
16
1
11
44
Alphonse Dubost
MetroCiv Cosmos
76
+2 Laps
8
12
50
Mikal Christoffersen
Metropol Racing
76
+2 Laps
15
13
12
Kiha Iveli
Eclipse Motorsport
76
+2 Laps
12
14
31
Josephina Constantine
Marchitelli Falcon
76
+2 Laps
17
15
73
Sirio Kobayashi
Taurílliener Otomóvir
76
+2 Laps
9
16
21
Žydre Glemzaite
Eclipse Motorsport
76
+2 Laps
13
17
13
Nákel Intásime
Taurílliener Otomóvir
76
+2 Laps
14
18
77
Alfie Edarr Samatagh
Tamradh Monsal
76
+2 Laps
18
19
88
Aedan Jaosar Lanfie
Tamradh Monsal
75
+3 Laps
20
Ret
34
Kasran is'Vaara
Novia Racing
44
Engine
3
Fastest lap: Pablo Saez (Bernitti-Domio) — 1:27.613 (lap 76)
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings
Pos.
Driver
Points
1
Matthieu Soyer
62
2
Marlan Kalming
57
3
Haaland Rusnák
48
4
Pedro Wilson
33
5
Pablo Saez
31
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos.
Constructor
Points
1
Spiiker Squadron
105
2
Novia Racing
90
3
Bernitti-Domio
64
4
Watervalley Autosports
22
5
MetroCiv Cosmos
15
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
The 2022 Tuvalti Grand Prix (officially known as the Series 1 Burgendyk Tuvalti Grand Prix 2022) was a Series One race held on 1 May 2022 at the Tuvaltastan Speedway, a permanent motor racing circuit in Tuvaltastan. It was the fourth race of the 2022 Series One World Championship. This race was the second win in a row for Alkari driver Matthieu Soyer.
The race began at 14:00 local time. Although initially predicted as a three-stop dry race, rain arrived earlier than expected, to the benefit of the Novia, Eclipse, and Metropol drivers, who overcut the rest of the pack. On lap 33, Taurílliener Otomóvir's Sirio Kobayashi suffered an engine failure along the pit straight, causing a safety care, under which nearly the entire field pitted for intermediate weather tyres. Alkari driver Alphonse Dubost retired from the race with a hydraulics issue two laps later, resulting in a total of six laps under the safety car.
The 2022 Petrovian Grand Prix (officially known as the Series 1 Burgendyk Petrovian Grand Prix 2022) was the fifth round of the 2022 Series One World Championship at the Petrovian Internazionale street circuit in Petra Cauda, held on 8 May 2022.
The race began at 10:00 local time and lasted for 51 laps. With a three-stop pit strategy, Matthieu Soyer took the lead on lap 23, overtaking the Bernitti-Domio drivers who had taken harder but slower tyres to stay out longer without having to pit. On lap 28, Metropol driver Leo Arntsen suffered a mechanical failure and had to pull into the pits to retire from the race.
On lap 38, the West Borean rookie, Kasran is'Vaara, attempted to take an aggressive line into the first corner and made contact with Vistaraland driver Pablo Saez, spinning him around and destroying is'Vaara's front wing. Although Saez was able to get going again with only cosmetic damage and is'Vaara managed to limp back to the pit lane for a new front wing, MetroCiv's Alphonse Dubost, who had been lapped and was closely following the pair, had little time to react, and impacted is'Vaara's rear left tyre, shearing Dubost's suspension. This brought out a safety car that lasted for three laps; at the restart, is'Vaara made contact with Pedro Wilson, destroying is'Vaara's second front wing in ten minutes. Matthieu Soyer was able to make a successful getaway and avoid the melee between the Bernitti-Domio, Spiiker and Taurílliener drivers and created a large gap to the rest of the pack, claiming his fourth win of the season and increasing his championship lead by 21 points.
The 2022 Auravasi Grand Prix (officially known as the Series 1 Burgendyk Auravasi Grand Prix 2022) was the sixth round of the 2022 Series One World Championship, held at the Uralia Circuit in Uralia City, Auravas, on 22 May 2022.
The race began at 15:00 and ran for 71 laps. Both is'Vaara and Soyer started well and quickly built a gap to the rest of the field. At the end of the first lap, is'Vaara was told by his team to "let Soyer past for the championship". He initially refused, but was given team orders a second time, and let his teammate through the following lap.
Aedan Jaosar Lanfie's engine failed a little over halfway through the race, bringing out the safety car at a convenient time for drivers on one-stop strategies, including both Novias and Spiiker's Marlan Kalming. However, the Spiiker pit mistakenly installed a mixed tyre set on Kalming's car, and he was forced to pit again for a matching set, costing him third place, which promoted Kiha Iveli to a podium position in their and their team's home race. This would prove to be Eclipse's only podium, as the team went bankrupt and was sold to Gyllir at the end of the season.
The 2022 Korćettan Grand Prix (officially known as the Series 1 Burgendyk Korćettan Grand Prix 2022) was a Series One race held on 29 May 2022 at the Dobrogost International Circuit, a temporary motor racing circuit in Dobrogost, the capital of Korćetta. It was the seventh race of the 2022 Series One World Championship.
Qualifying
Qualifying began at 16:00 local time. Novia driver Kasran is'Vaara was blocked by traffic from various sources during his first flying laps of the first qualifying session (Q1), and by the time he was able to set an unimpeded lap time, rain had arrived and DRS had been disabled by race control for safety reasons; although he was still able to run on the slick tyres, the track was wet enough to slow him down by an estimated three seconds.
The 2022 United Malordian Grand Prix (officially known as the Series 1 Edgemore City United Malordian Grand Prix 2022) was a Series One race held on 12 June 2022 at the Ir. Surya Abdi Street Circuit, a temporary motor racing circuit in Edgemore City, a metropolis in United Malordia. It was the eighth race of the 2022 Series One World Championship.
The race began at 20:00 local time. The Spiiker drivers made good starts and led the race until lap 36, when West Borean rookie driver Kasran is'Vaara suffered his second mechanical failure of the season and stopped at turn 19, bringing out the safety car. The awkward positioning of the car relative to track exit points meant is'Vaara's car had to be lifted out of the course by a crane. Under the extended safety car conditions, drivers had to weave along the straights in order to keep temperature in their tyres and subsequently preserve grip. Shortly before the safety car was due to pull into the pit lane on lap 40, Watervalley's Czesława Pajor lost the rear end and hit the wall along the turn 6 straight. The United Malordian Grand Prix briefly trended on Pigeon after Pajor's race engineer's team radio was broadcasted on S1TV where he said "I think Christoffersen hit us!"; the Metropol driver was nowhere near the Watervalley car at the time, however his hydraulics system coincidentally failed three laps later and he pulled into the pits to retire the car, following the safety car which had led the race for a record nine consecutive laps.
On lap 56, Mirhaimian driver Aedan Jaosar Lanfie was shown the blue flag as he was being lapped for the second time. He slowed down into turn 6, and pulled over to the middle of the track. However, Bernitti's Pedro Wilson had taken the inside line and got squeezed against the concrete barrier, spinning him out of the race. Accusations of match fixing were levied by Wilson fans, as this accident meant Lanfie's teammate inherited 10th place, scoring Tamradh Monsal's first point of the season. However, the UMF ruled that these were "unsubstantiated rumours".
Pablo Saez brought home Bernitti-Domio's second win in a row after overtaking the two duelling Spiiker drivers who had forced each other wide at Sheares Corner at the safety car restart, netting him joint 4th place in the 2022 championship.
The 2022 Peragian Grand Prix (officially known as the Series 1 Gran Premio del Peragen 2022) was a Series One race held on 26 June 2022 at the Circuito Internacional de Conoso, a motor racing circuit in Conoso, a co-capital of Peragen. It was the ninth race of the 2022 Series One World Championship.
The 2022 Puntalian Grand Prix (officially known as the Series 1 Burgendyk Puntalian Grand Prix 2022) was a Series One race held on 3 July 2022 at the Circuit of Puntalia, a motor racing circuit in San Agustin, a Puntalia. It was the tenth race of the 2022 Series One World Championship.
The 2022 West Borean Grand Prix (officially known as the 2022 S1 Caldera-5 AZFTU West Borean Grand Prix) was a Series One race held on 31 July 2022 at the Caldera Circuit, a temporary street circuit surrounding a lake in the caldera of the dormant Zlovskavaar Island supervolcano, which comprises one half of the West Borean capital of Azmarin/Zlovskavaar. It was the eleventh race of the 2022 Series One World Championship.
The 2022 Aszar Grand Prix (officially known as the 2022 Caslun T. Vasri'ia Jurut-Tinai Aszar GP) was a Series One race held on 7 August 2022 at the Jurut-Tinai Circuit, a motor racing circuit in Vasri'ia, a city in central Aduraszna. It was the twelfth race of the 2022 Series One World Championship. Although the grand prix was cancelled after one year on the calendar, following a devastating quake and tsunami that displaced nearly two and a half million people in July 2021, the newly-electedAK/ER-Solidarity government announced in November that the race would return to Jurut-Tinai pending rebuilding targets being met. One week before the season began in Staynes, Prime MinisterSkárun declared that the targets were on course for completion, and that Series One would therefore return to Aduraszna.
The 2022 Neo-Fantøm Grand Prix (officially known as the 2022 Gemdal Neo-Fantøm Grand Prix) was a Series One race held on 31 July 2022 at the Atsira Urasha Street Circuit on the shoreline of Handelvaar: the Rikevaarland portion of the Neo-Fantøm conurbation. It was the thirteenth race of the 2022 Series One World Championship.
The 2022 Côtois Grand Prix (officially known as the 2022 S1 Unity-8, FCS-Izu Grand Prix) was a Series One race held on 28 August 2022 at the Julia's Memorial Circuit in Collines-de-l'Ombre, Federation of the Southern Coast. It was the fourteenth race of the 2022 Series One World Championship.
The 2022 Asendavian Grand Prix (officially known as the Asendavian Grand Prix Series One 2022) was a Series One race held on 18 September 2022 at the Kansaintalnen Sooluring kuht Drangleic in Drangleic, Asendavia. It was the fifteenth race of the 2022 Series One World Championship.
The 2022 Morstaybishlia Grand Prix (officially known as the 2022 Burgendyk Morstaybishlian Grand Prix Series One) was a Series One race held on 2 October 2022 at the Mayrin Stearns Circuit on the island of Crasterport in Caltharus, Great Morstaybishlia. It was the sixteenth race of the 2022 Series One World Championship.
The 2022 Alkari Grand Prix (officially known as the 2022 Burgendyk Alkari Series One Grand Prix) was a Series One race held on 16 October 2022 at the Thave-Cours circuit in Thave, Alksearia. It was the seventeenth race of the 2022 Series One World Championship.
The 2022 Arsal Grand Prix (officially known as the 2022 Series 1 Gran Premio del Arsal) was a Series One race held on 30 October 2022 at Real Circuito Arsalio in Arsal, Peragen. It was the eighteenth and third-to-last race of the 2022 Series One World Championship.