2022 · SPORTING
2022 Sporting Regulations
2022 was the first full season of the new ground-effect technical platform and the second year of the financial regulations (cost cap). The Sporting Regulations ran with three sprint weekends (pre-redesign), the two-compound race rule, and the 25-18-15-... points scale. Ten constructors × 2 cars = 20 drivers. The headline sporting item was the lowered cost-cap ceiling on its declining schedule from 2021's debut figure.
Sprint format — original version
Three sprint events in 2022. Format: Friday FP1 + main Qualifying (which set the sprint grid), Saturday FP2 + Sprint (result set the Sunday grand prix grid), Sunday GP. Parc-fermé closed after Friday qualifying. This version was superseded by the 2023 redesign.
Calendar, entries & points
10 constructors × 2 cars. GP points 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for P1-P10 plus 1 for fastest lap set by a top-10 finisher. Sprint points 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 for P1-P8 (a change from 2021's sprint scoring, which awarded only the top three). The full-points/partial-points regulation for shortened races was revised at the end of the season following the Spa-2021 half-point controversy — the revised sliding scale applied from 2022.
Key changes
- Sprint points expanded to P1-P8 (from P1-P3 in 2021).
- Sliding scale for shortened-race points introduced.
Race format & tyre allocation
Two-compound rule for dry grands prix retained. Pirelli supplied three dry compounds per weekend on the new 18-inch construction. Allocation sizes per driver were set in the sporting code with a reduced pool at sprint weekends.
Cost cap — first decline
2022 was the first of the planned cost-cap declines: the ceiling was lowered vs 2021's debut figure on the regulatory schedule (the published plan stepped down again for 2023). Mid-season, an adjustment was made to accommodate inflation pressures reported by teams, widely covered as a one-off uplift. CapEx allowance tiers continued, scaled to team size.
The exact cost-cap figures and the inflation uplift percentage were not inlined — verify against the Financial Regulations document and associated FIA communications.
Last updated: 2026-04-24
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