The 2022 Formula D season (officially titled Formula Drift Pro Championship) was the nineteenth season of the Formula D series. The season began on April 2 at Long Beach and concluded on October 15 at Irwindale Speedway after eight events. The eight-round season saw an unprecedented seven different winners, including three first-time winners in Dylan Hughes, Travis Reeder and Kazuya Taguchi. The only driver to score multiple victories during the season was Aasbø.
Entries For 2022, Formula Drift imposed a limit of 37 drivers that could be awarded a full-season entry. Forrest Wang attempted to return to the series, having last competed in 2019 before taking a break from competition to raise a family. However, his two-year absence meant he no longer had priority status for a full-season entry, and his admission was not accepted.
Team No. Car Tires Driver Round(s) After Hours Autosports 711 BMW M3 E46 GT Radial Joshua Love All Alec Robbins Racing 35 Nissan 350Z Federal Alec Robbins All Bakchis Motorsports, LLC 723 Nissan Silvia S15 Falken Aurimas Bakchis All Beechum Racing 999 Ford Mustang Nexen Trenton Beechum All BUY NOW JAPAN 530 Nissan Silvia S15 NexenFederal Wataru Masuyama All Cash Racing 16 BMW M3 E46 NexenGT Radial Jonathan Hurst All Drift Force 33 Toyota GT86 Nexen Joshua Correa Reynolds 1–4 91 Toyota GT86 Nexen Yves Meyer All Essa Autosport 101 BMW M3 E46 GT Radial Michael Essa All FFF DRIFTINGDEPARTMENT.COM 117 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano Nexen Federico Sceriffo 1–7 Five Bar Motorsports 357 Chevrolet Corvette C7 Z06 NexenGT Radial João Barion All Forsberg Racing 64 Nissan Z (RZ34) GT Radial Chris Forsberg All Garagistic 171 BMW M3 E36 Federal Rome Charpentier All JCR 17 Toyota GR86 Nexen Jhonnattan Castro All Jeff Jones Racing 818 Nissan 370Z GT Radial Jeff Jones All Jerry Yang Racing and Fabrication 123 Toyota GT86 GT Radial Kazuya Taguchi All Ken Gushi Motorsports 21 Toyota GR86 Nexen Ken Gushi All Kyle Mohan Racing 99 Mazda RX-8 Federal Kyle Mohan All Matt Field 777 Chevrolet Corvette C6 Falken Matt Field All Mspek Performance 527 Nissan Silvia S14.9 GT Radial Daniel Stuke All Noback Racing / KoruWorks 54 BMW M3 E46 GT Radial Nick Noback All Papadakis Racing 151 Toyota GR Supra Nitto Fredric Aasbø All Pawlak Racing 13 Ford Mustang Falken Justin Pawlak All Power Racing 919 Nissan Silvia S15 GT Radial Mike Power All RAD Industries 34 Toyota Supra A80 GT Radial Dan Burkett All RTR Motorsports 5 Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-D Nitto Adam LZ All 88 Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-D Nitto Chelsea DeNofa All Ryan Litteral Racing 909 Nissan Silvia S15 GT Radial Ryan Litteral All Ryan Tuerck 411 Toyota GR Corolla Nitto Ryan Tuerck All Simen 707 Toyota GR Supra NexenFederalGT Radial Simen Olsen All Sorensen Motorsports 513 BMW M4 F82 Nexen Branden Sorensen All Taylor Hull 82 Chevrolet Corvette C6 NexenGT Radial Taylor Hull All Team DHR 129 BMW M3 E46 Falken Dylan Hughes All Team Japan Auto 153 Toyota Supra A80 Nexen Ola Jæger 2–8 Team Karnage 43 Dodge Viper (VX I) Nexen Dean Kearney All The Heart of Racing222 26 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT Radial Darren Kelly All Travis Reeder Motorsports 77 BMW M3 E46 GT Radial Travis Reeder All
Schedule Round Title Circuit Location Date Winner Car 1 AutoZone The Streets of Long BeachPresented by TYPE S Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California April 2 Ryan Tuerck Toyota GR Corolla 2 AutoZone Road to the ChampionshipPresented by TYPE S Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia May 7 Fredric Aasbø Toyota GR Supra 3 TYPE S ScorchedPresented by AutoZone Orlando Speed World Orlando, Florida May 21 Dylan Hughes BMW M3 E46 4 The TYPE S GauntletPresented by AutoZone Englishtown Raceway Park Englishtown, New Jersey June 11 Travis Reeder BMW M3 E46 5 Crossroads World Wide Technology Raceway Madison, Illinois July 16 Kazuya Taguchi Toyota GT86 6 Throwdown Evergreen Speedway Monroe, Washington August 6 Chelsea DeNofa Ford Mustang RTR 7 TYPE S ElevatedPresented by AutoZone Utah Motorsports Campus Grantsville, Utah September 17 Ken Gushi Toyota GR86 8 TYPE S Title Fightpresented by AutoZone Irwindale Speedway Irwindale, California October 15 Fredric Aasbø Toyota GR SupraSources:
Championship standings Scoring system During qualifying, drivers perform solo runs which are judged on parameters such as line, angle, fluidity and commitment and assigned a numerical score up to 100. These scores are then ranked to determine the qualifying classification and hence populate the brackets for the competition phase. 2022 sees the return of championship points being awarded for qualifying: the top qualifier is awarded three points, the second-placed qualifier two points and the third-placed qualifier one point.
The qualifiers proceed through a series of competition heats, with those eliminated in the first round (Top 32) receiving 35 points and classifying 17th through 32nd, the second round (Top 16) receiving 52 points and classifying 9th through 16th, the third round (Great 8) receiving 67 points and classifying 5th through 8th, and the fourth round (Final Four) receiving 80 points and classifying 3rd and 4th. In the Final, the runner-up receives 91 points and the winner 100 points. Final classification within each round is then determined by highest qualifying position; for example, of the two drivers eliminated in the Final Four, the driver who qualified higher is awarded 3rd position and the final place on the podium.
If 22 or fewer drivers are present, an alternative qualifying format is used in which a Last Chance Bracket (LCB) is populated by the drivers who qualify from 15th down. The top two LCB qualifiers enter the competition heats as normal, while the remaining LCB qualifiers (3rd down to a maximum of 8th if 22 drivers are present) receive 35 points, equivalent to the 17th–32nd positions at a regular event.
In the event of a tie on points at the end of the season, the driver who classified higher in the most recent round will be awarded the higher position.
Qualifying stage Position 1st 2nd 3rd Points321
Competition stage Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th–8th 9th–16th 17th–32nd LCB 3rd–8th Points10091808067523535
Pro Championship standings PosDriverLBHATLORLENGWWTEVSUTAIRWPts 1 Fredric Aasbø 4 13 31 8 10 6 21 11 647 2 Matt Field 23 31 4 4 3 2 15 9 610 3 Ryan Tuerck 11 5 10 5 2 7 17 2 573 4 Chelsea DeNofa 52 92 52 31 26 12 3 13 544 5 Chris Forsberg 8 2 2 15 27 33 6 29 519 6 Dylan Hughes 7 17 1 93 53 5 52 12 511 7 Travis Reeder 28 11 63 1 18 14 13 6 461 8 Ken Gushi 21 24 18 7 4 11 1 15 456 9 Aurimas Bakchis 3 4 21 10 15 30 11 7 453 10 Rome Charpentier 6 18 26 2 12 23 19 11 402 11 Wataru Masuyama 14 21 22 14 7 10 7 172 397 12 Branden Sorensen 12 6 24 12 23 21 27 53 379 13 Jeff Jones 31 8 11 DNQ 11 13 22 3 373 14 Michael Essa 17 26 7 172 19 9 28 8 363 15 Kazuya Taguchi DNQ 15 9 13 11 171 12 DNQ 349 16 Justin Pawlak 27 12 19 6 172 12 18 19 348 17 Mike Power 30 14 32 21 13 32 8 24 346 18 Dan Burkett 19 7 13 31 32 4 DNQ 32 339 19 Jonathan Hurst 16 20 23 25 9 31 10 23 331 20 Daniel Stuke 10 22 8 11 20 DNQ 16 22 328 21 Taylor Hull 15 19 12 29 24 8 14 DNQ 328 22 Dean Kearney 13 DNQ 16 22 16 15 23 31 313 23 Nick Noback 29 27 28 18 6 22 20 21 312 24 Simen Olsen 26 29 DNQ 27 25 29 4 16 307 25 Adam LZ 18 25 31 19 21 27 DNQ 4 290 26 Alec Robbins 24 13 20 32 DNQ 20 32 10 279 27 Yves Meyer 25 31 14 20 14 19 DNQ 18 279 28 Jhonnattan Castro 9 10 17 DNQ DNQ 16 93 20 279 29 Ryan Litteral 20 DNQ 27 16 28 26 29 26 262 30 Federico Sceriffo DNQ 16 29 23 8 28 25 259 31 Kyle Mohan 11 23 DNQ DNQ 30 24 26 14 244 32 Darren Kelly 32 28 15 26 DNQ DNQ 24 28 227 33 Ola Jæger 32 25 30 31 DNQ 30 25 210 34 João Barion 22 30 DNQ 24 29 18 DNQ 30 210 35 Joshua Love 23 DNQ DNQ DNQ 22 25 21 27 175 36 Trenton Beechum DNQ DNQ 30 28 DNQ DNQ 31 DNQ 105 37 Joshua Correa Reynolds DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0In-line notation Superscript number Qualifying position(Top 3 only)BoldTop qualifierRookie of the YearRookie
Auto Cup standings Auto Cup points are awarded each round to the two drivers with the highest classified finish for each manufacturer. To be eligible, both the chassis and engine must have been constructed by that manufacturer. PosManufacturerLBHATLORLENGWWTEVSUTAIRWPts 1 Toyota 11 13 31 5 2 4 1 11 1326 4 5 9 7 4 6 21 2 2 Chevrolet 23 31 4 4 3 2 14 9 973 15 19 12 29 24 8 15 30 3 Ford 52 92 52 31 172 12 3 4 937 18 12 19 6 21 12 18 13 4 Nissan 8 2 2 15 27 33 6 26 781 20 DNQ 27 16 28 26 29 29 5 BMW 17 26 7 172 19 9 28 8 363 6 Dodge 13 DNQ 16 22 16 15 23 31 313 7 Ferrari DNQ 16 29 23 8 28 25 259 8 Mazda 11 23 DNQ DNQ 30 24 26 14 244
Tire Cup standings Tire Cup points are awarded each round to the two drivers with the highest classified finish for each tire manufacturer. PosTireLBHATLORLENGWWTEVSUTAIRWPts 1 Nitto 11 13 31 31 2 12 21 11 1333 4 5 52 5 10 6 3 2 2 GT Radial 8 2 2 1 11 33 4 3 1213 10 7 63 11 6 4 6 6 3 Falken 23 31 1 4 3 2 52 7 1208 3 4 4 6 53 5 11 9 4 Nexen 9 10 12 7 4 11 1 15 887 13 16 14 20 8 15 23 18 5 Federal 6 13 20 2 7 10 7 10 831 11 18 26 14 12 20 19 11
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