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The 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship was a motor racing championship for Formula 3 cars that was sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The championship was the thirteenth season of Formula 3 racing and the fourth season run under the FIA Formula 3 Championship moniker, as well as the second season of marble racing. It was an open-wheel racing category that served as the third tier of formula racing in the FIA Global Pathway. The category was run in support of selected rounds of the 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship.

Prema Racing entered the championship as the reigning teams' champion, having secured their title at the last race of the 2021 season.

Team changes
Van Amersfoort Racing joined the series after purchasing HWA Racelab's assets in October 2021. As part of regulation changes, Campos Racing and Jenzer Motorsport returned back to the series following an unpopular line-up in 2021.

Driver changes
2021 teams' champions Prema Racing saw two of its drivers graduate to Formula 2, Dennis Hauger left Formula 3 after winning the championship in 2021 and joined Formula 2 with the team. Olli Caldwell also graduated to Formula 2 with Charouz Racing System. His seat was taken by Ferrari-backed ADAC and Italian F4 champion Oliver Bearman. Alongside him, Prema signed Jak Crawford, moving over from Hitech Grand Prix to replace Olli Caldwell, who stepped up to Formula 2 with Campos Racing. Arthur Leclerc with the team for a second season.

Trident saw all of its drivers graduate to Formula 2, Jack Doohan signing with Virtuosi Racing, Clément Novalak with MP Motorsport, and David Schumacher with Campos Racing. They were replaced by Red Bull Junior Jonny Edgar, who moved from Carlin after achieving 16th in the 2021 season, and 2019 British F4 champion Zane Maloney, who came 4th in the 2021 Formula Regional European Championship. Roman Staněk returns for his third year in the series after driving with Hitech Grand Prix in 2021.

Charouz Racing System lined up László Tóth, moving from the currently defunct International Formula 4 coming sixth in the standings. He replaced Logan Sargeant, who would compete in Formula 2 with Carlin. Tóth was partnered by Francesco Pizzi, graduating from the Formula Regional European Championship, where he came 20th in 2021, and International Formula 4 runner-up Oliver Rasmussen. They replaced Enzo Fittipaldi, who graduated to Formula 2 with the team, and Calan Williams, who graduated to Formula 2 with Trident.

Hitech Grand Prix driver Ayumu Iwasa also graduated to Formula 2 after signing for DAMS. His replacement was new Red Bull Junior Isack Hadjar, fifth place in the Formula Regional European Championship. Jak Crawford and Roman Staněk also left the team, joining Prema Racing and Trident, respectively. They were replaced by International Formula 4 champion Kaylen Frederick, and Nazim Azman, graduating from the Euroformula Open.

MP Motorsport signed 2020 BRDC British Formula 3 runner-up Kush Maini to replace Tijmen van der Helm, who moved to endurance racing full-time. Maini was joined by Alexander Smolyar, who switched from ART Grand Prix for his third year in the series, swapping teams with Victor Martins.

Carlin saw their two drivers Jonny Edgar, Grégoire Saucy and Jake Hughes move to Trident and Hitech. Jake Hughes left Formula 3 completely and moved to Formula E as a reserve driver. The team promoted GB3 champion and new Williams junior Zak O'Sullivan from their GB3 division, and Brad Benavides and 2021 F4 UAE champion Enzo Trulli from their Euroformula Open team.

ART Grand Prix also promoted one driver to the higher rank, with Frederik Vesti graduating to the outfit's Formula 2 team. His teammate Alexander Smolyar left the team and was replaced by reigning Formula Regional European champion Grégoire Saucy. Vesti's seat was filled by Victor Martins, who moved over from MP Motorsport for his second season.

Campos Racing returned and fielded Josep María Martí, who raced for Campos' Spanish F4 team in 2021. He was partnered by Hunter Yeany, who switched from Charouz Racing System, and David Vidales, who joined the series after coming tenth in the Formula Regional European Championship.

Jenzer Motorsport also returned, signing drivers Calan Williams Ido Cohen. The team also signed Formula Regional European Championship podium finisher William Alatalo, and later Hadrien David, the vice-champion of the Formula Regional European Championship.

Van Amersfoort Racing signed Rafael Villagómez, rejoining the team after racing for them in the Euroformula Open and finishing third in International Formula 4, as well as rookies Franco Colapinto, a race winner in the Formula Regional European Championship and the European Le Mans Series, and Reece Ushijima, who came fourth in the GB3 Championship.

With HWA Racelab withdrawing from F3, 2021 vice-champion Matteo Nannini graduated to F2 with Virtuosi Racing. Lorenzo Colombo left Formula 3 to race in the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship with Prema Orlen Team while Amaury Cordeel was promoted to F2 with Van Amersfoort Racing.

Race calendar
A provisional nine-round calendar was announced on 15 October 2021:

Calendar changes
After changing the weekend format to three races per weekend in 2021, the format was reverted back to more race weekends with two races each in 2022. As in Formula 2, the race weekends featured a sprint race and a feature race, with the latter being longer and worth more points.


 * The Bahrain International Circuit featured on the calendar for the first time as the season opener.
 * The Imola Circuit also featured on the calendar for the first time.
 * The rounds at Silverstone and Monza returned after not featuring in the 2021 season.
 * The rounds at Paul Ricard and Sochi were not featured on the calendar after appearing in 2021.

Sporting changes
The race weekend format returned to a similar format to the seasons before 2021. On Saturday, only one race was held, with the grid still formed by reversing the top twelve drivers from qualifying, while the Sunday race was started in qualifying order.

The championship scoring format was reprofiled. The points for pole position and fastest lap were each cut in half; now awarding 2 points for pole, and 1 for the fastest lap in each race. Due to criticism from drivers and fans on the 2021 season, the points for the sprint race and feature racewere changed significantly. 10 points being awarded for the winner, 9 points for 2nd, then 8 for 3rd, descending all the way to 1 point for 10th. The feature race was also amended to be restored to the standard F1 scoring system, with 25 points granted for the winner, 18 for 2nd, 15 for 3rd, 12 for 4th, and so on until 1 point for tenth. In contrast to 2021, when drivers who retired or finished 11th gained points, that structure would be discontinued. These changes were also applied to Formula 1's other feeder series, the FIA Formula 2 Championship.

Season report
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Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in both races. The feature race pole-sitter also received four points, and one point was given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten in both races. No extra points were awarded to the sprint race pole-sitter, as the grid for that was set by reversing the top twelve qualifiers.


 * Sprint race points

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers. One point was awarded to the driver who set the fastest lap if he finished in the top 10. No fastest lap point was awarded if it was set by a driver outside the top 10.


 * Feature race points

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers. Bonus points were awarded to the pole-sitter.

Drivers' championship
Notes:


 * † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.