Formula Regional Asia, Abu Dhabi race 1 review and full results 20.02.2022: 2022 Formula Regional Asian Championship Abu Dhabi UAE February 20, 2022 Race 1 Arthur Leclerc blasted off the grid as the lights went out, the champion-in-waiting leaving all comers in his dust. Behind him, team mate Dino Beganovic was on th

2022 Formula Regional Asian Championship
Abu Dhabi UAE
February 20, 2022



Race 1

Arthur Leclerc blasted off the grid as the lights went out, the champion-in-waiting leaving all comers in his dust. Behind him, team mate Dino Beganovic was on the move from P3, pulling alongside Jak Crawford before diving past the Red Bull Junior and up to second.



There was disaster for title contender Pepe Marti, the Pinnacle Motorsport Rookie failing to get away from P6 as the lights went out. The young Spaniard eventually got going and mounted an eye-catching comeback.



Up at the front, Leclerc continued his untroubled charge to the flag – and the championship – while Beganovic could only follow in his wake. Behind him, Crawford led the Hitech GP pair of fellow Red Bull Junior Isack Hadjar and Gabriele Minì, Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema’s Paul Aron and leading Rookie Ollie Bearman.



As Leclerc extended the gap from Beganovic, Hadjar was closing up to Crawford in third, the pair going wheel-to-wheel on Lap 9, but the American resisted the onslaught. Further down the order, Marti was still fighting, staging an epic surge up the order from the back of the field to 12th by the flag – an heroic effort but ultimately out of the points and putting him out of title contention.



Leclerc crossed the line to take his fourth win of the season and lift the 2022 Formula Regional Asian Championship crown, with Beganovic making it a 1-2 finish for the Mumbai Falcons and Crawford taking his third podium of the season.



Bearman took the Rookie Cup win, sixth overall, from Pinnacle Motorsport’s Dilano van’t Hoff and 3Y Technology by R-ace GP’s Francesco Braschi. Khaled Al Qubaisi earned his eighth Master Cup win of the year leading home class rivals Salih Yoluç and Thomas Luedi.



Final result Race 1



1 28 Arthur LECLERC Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited FR 1 -- 17 laps -- 31:31.114 1:50.896 6 170.90


2 10 Dino BEGANOVIC Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited FR 2 2.999 31:34.113 1:50.946 12 170.63


3 52 Jak CRAWFORD Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema FR 3 8.553 31:39.667 1:51.069 12 170.13


4 6 Isack HADJAR Hitech Grand Prix FR 4 9.454 31:40.568 1:51.161 15 170.05


5 3 Paul ARON Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema FR 5 15.844 31:46.958 1:51.563 13 169.48


6 37 Oliver BEARMAN Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited R 1 18.912 31:50.026 1:51.742 14 169.21


7 2 Patrik PASMA Evans GP Pty Ltd FR 6 19.272 31:50.386 1:51.576 15 169.17


8 4 Gabriele MINI Hitech Grand Prix FR 7 21.099 31:52.213 1:51.497 7 169.01


9 27 Dilano van't HOFF Pinnacle Motorsport R 2 23.497 31:54.611 1:51.869 11 168.80


10 26 Pierre Louis CHOVET BlackArts Racing FR 8 23.719 31:54.833 1:51.808 14 168.78


11 18 Francesco BRASCHI 3Y Technology UAE R 3 25.992 31:57.106 1:51.359 7 168.58


12 23 Pepe MARTI Pinnacle Motorsport R 4 29.925 32:01.039 1:51.561 16 168.24


13 12 Sami MEGUETOUNIF Evans GP Academy R 5 34.459 32:05.573 1:52.081 4 167.84


14 30 Michael BELOV Evans GP Pty Ltd FR 9 34.822 32:05.936 1:52.299 14 167.81


15 17 Lena BUHLER 3Y Technology UAE FR 10 36.060 32:07.174 1:52.140 14 167.70


16 16 Lorenzo FLUXA 3Y Technology UAE FR 11 38.438 32:09.552 1:51.649 14 167.49


17 15 Oliver GOETHE 3y Technology UAE FR 12 39.617 32:10.731 1:52.340 6 167.39


18 88 Hamda Al QUBAISI Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema R 6 47.016 32:18.130 1:51.969 17 166.75


19 55 Ayato IWASAKI Pinnacle Motorsport R 7 49.578 32:20.692 1:52.898 7 166.53


20 11 Levente REVESZ Evans GP Academy R 8 50.805 32:21.919 1:52.696 13 166.43


21 7 Vladislav LOMKO Hitech Grand Prix R 9 56.751 32:27.865 1:52.086 3 165.92


22 77 David MORALES Evans GP Academy R 10 58.392 32:29.506 1:53.427 15 165.78


23 92 Owen TANGAVELOU Hitech Grand Prix R 11 59.208 32:30.322 1:53.135 12 165.71


24 66 Khaled Al QUBAISI Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema M 1 1:10.126 32:41.240 1:53.804 12 164.79


25 34 Salih YOLUC Pinnacle Motorsport M 2 1:10.425 32:41.539 1:53.835 12 164.76


26 9 Thomas LUEDI BlackArts Racing M 3 1:17.905 32:49.019 1:54.324 12 164.14


27 36 Ido COHEN BlackArts Racing FR 13 1:28.314 32:59.428 1:51.542 14 163.27

Not Classified Classification limit (75% of 17 Laps) = 12 Laps


DNC 14 Nicola MARINANGELI Evans GP Pty Ltd FR -- 11 laps -- 21:24.936 1:52.658 6 162.75


DNC 99 Amna Al QUBAISI Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema FR -- 8 laps -- 15:32.036 1:53.291 6 163.18




Fastest time : 1:50.896 in lap 6 by nbr. 28 : Arthur LECLERC


Results: www.getraceresults.com


 Nikki Kemp - photo FRAC