2020 Formula Regional Americas Championship

The 2020 Formula Regional Americas Championship powered by Honda was the third season for the FIA Formula 3 regional series across North America. The series was sanctioned by SCCA Pro Racing, the professional racing division of the Sports Car Club of America. The 2020 season was first season under the moniker of Formula Regional Americas, after a rebranding to align with the FIA single-seater development pathway.[1] Linus Lundqvist won the championship, finishing 118 points in front of runner-up David Malukas, meanwhile Global Racing Group dominated the team's championship.

Teams and drivers

Relentless Motorsports were the first Canadian-based team to compete in the series.[2] All drivers competed with Honda-powered Ligier JS F3 cars on Hankook tires.

Team No. Driver Status Rounds
United States Crosslink Racing/Kiwi Motorsport 2 Australia Joshua Car R All
Canada Relentless Motorsports 4 Canada Mitch Egner R 2
93 Canada Andrew Dobbie R 2–3
United States Global Racing Group 9 Republic of Ireland James Roe All
22 United States Dario Cangialosi R All
24 Denmark Benjamin Pedersen 1–2
26 Sweden Linus Lundqvist R All
51 United States Nicky Hays R All
United States Jay Howard Driver Development 11 Canada Antonio Serravalle R 1
United States Velocity Racing Development United States Hunter Yeany R G 6
14 Colombia Mathias Soler-Obel 1–2
27 United Kingdom Matt Round-Garrido 4
United States Abel Motorsports 15 United States Jacob Abel All
19 United States Blake Upton 1–3
United States Momentum Motorsports 16 United States Kent Vaccaro 1
United States Newman Wachs Racing 23 Brazil Victor Franzoni R All
48 United States Jordan Missig R All
United States HMD Motorsports 39 Canada Marco Kacic[3] 6
55 Uruguay Santiago Urrutia R 1
59 Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson[4] R 4–6
79 United States David Malukas R All
99 Canada Logan Cusson 3–6
United States Jensen Global Advisors 1–2
United States Andretti Autosport 68 Singapore Danial Frost R 1–4
Source:[5]
Icon Status
R Rookie
G Guest

Race calendar

The series schedule was announced on 19 December 2019.[6] However, after multiple postponements and cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a revised calendar was announced on 29 May 2020. This new calendar includes new rounds at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and Miami Speedway. The round at Circuit Trois-Rivières in Quebec, Canada - the planned first international event for the series - was not included in the reworked calendar.[7][8] The round at Circuit of the Americas was held as a triple-header to finish out the season.[9]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting
1 R1 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington 27 June Sweden Linus Lundqvist Sweden Linus Lundqvist Sweden Linus Lundqvist United States Global Racing Group Formula 4 United States Championship
Trans-Am Series
SVRA
R2 28 June Sweden Linus Lundqvist Sweden Linus Lundqvist United States Global Racing Group
2 R1 Virginia International Raceway, Alton 18 July Sweden Linus Lundqvist Sweden Linus Lundqvist Sweden Linus Lundqvist United States Global Racing Group Formula 4 United States Championship
Formula Race Promotions
R2 19 July Sweden Linus Lundqvist Sweden Linus Lundqvist United States Global Racing Group
R3 Australia Joshua Car Sweden Linus Lundqvist United States Global Racing Group
3 R1 Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham 1 August Sweden Linus Lundqvist Sweden Linus Lundqvist Sweden Linus Lundqvist United States Global Racing Group Formula 4 United States Championship
Radical Cup
Formula Race Promotions
R2 2 August Sweden Linus Lundqvist Sweden Linus Lundqvist United States Global Racing Group
R3 Sweden Linus Lundqvist Sweden Linus Lundqvist United States Global Racing Group
4 R1 Sebring International Raceway, Sebring 26 September Sweden Linus Lundqvist United States David Malukas United States David Malukas United States HMD Motorsports Formula 4 United States Championship
ProtoAmerica
R2 27 September Sweden Linus Lundqvist Sweden Linus Lundqvist United States Global Racing Group
R3 Brazil Victor Franzoni Sweden Linus Lundqvist United States Global Racing Group
5 R1 Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead 3 October Sweden Linus Lundqvist[a] Sweden Linus Lundqvist Sweden Linus Lundqvist United States Global Racing Group Formula 4 United States Championship
R2 4 October Sweden Linus Lundqvist Sweden Linus Lundqvist United States Global Racing Group
R3 Sweden Linus Lundqvist United States David Malukas United States HMD Motorsports
6 R1 Circuit of the Americas, Austin 24 October Sweden Linus Lundqvist Sweden Linus Lundqvist Sweden Linus Lundqvist United States Global Racing Group Formula 4 United States Championship
Radical Cup
Pro SRF3 Series
R2 25 October Sweden Linus Lundqvist Sweden Linus Lundqvist United States Global Racing Group
R3 Sweden Linus Lundqvist Sweden Linus Lundqvist United States Global Racing Group

Championship standings

  • Points are awarded as follows:
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver MOH VIR BAR SEB HMS COA Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Sweden Linus Lundqvist 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 401
2 United States David Malukas 2 2 5 3 3 3 3 2 1 5 3 2 2 1 3 3 2 283
3 Brazil Victor Franzoni 3 8 4 6 4 2 4 4 3 2 2 3 11 3 2 2 3 225
4 United States Nicky Hays 9 7 10 4 7 4 2 3 11 6 7 4 4 6 5 7 8 142
5 United States Jacob Abel 6 6 6 9 Ret 7 5 Ret 5 3 5 7 5 8 4 4 5 133
6 Australia Joshua Car 14 5 2 2 2 5 6 10 4 Ret Ret 11 9 Ret 6 9 Ret 109
7 Republic of Ireland James Roe 5 12 Ret 8 9 8 9 8 9 7 4 5 6 9 7 5 6 92
8 Canada Logan Cusson DNS 14 8 13 Ret 13 12 12 10 4 8 6 3 4 Ret 13 7 64
9 Singapore Danial Frost 8 4 11 NC 5 9 7 5 2 Ret DNS 62
10 United States Jordan Missig 7 13 3 14 8 6 11 6 NC Ret DNS 10 8 10 11 8 Ret 54
11 United States Dario Cangialosi 12 9 Ret 10 Ret 10 10 9 8 9 10 9 10 5 9 11 9 36
12 Denmark Benjamin Pedersen 4 Ret Ret 5 6 30
13 Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson 7 Ret 9 8 7 7 10 10 10 30
14 United States Blake Upton 13 15 7 15 10 11 8 7 17
15 Uruguay Santiago Urrutia 15† 3 15
16 United Kingdom Matthew Round-Garrido NC 8 6 12
17 Colombia Mathias Soler-Obel 11 10 9 7 12 9
18 Canada Antonio Serravalle 10 16 1
19 Canada Marco Kacic 12 12 11 1
20 Canada Mitch Egner Ret 11 11 0
21 Canada Andrew Dobbie 12 12 13 12 Ret 11 0
22 United States Kent Vaccaro NC 11 0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
— United States Hunter Yeany 8 6 4 —
Pos Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
MOH VIR BAR SEB HMS COA
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish, but classified

Teams' Championship

Only a team's two best finishing cars are eligible for teams' championship points.

Pos Team MOH VIR BAR SEB HMS COA Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 United States Global Racing Group 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 573
4 7 10 4 6 4 2 3 8 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 6
2 United States HMD Motorsports 2 2 5 3 3 3 3 2 1 4 3 2 2 1 3 3 2 367
15† 3 13 12 12 7 5 8 6 3 4 10 10 7
3 United States Newman Wachs Racing 3 8 3 6 4 2 4 4 3 2 2 3 8 3 2 2 3 279
7 13 4 14 8 6 11 6 NC Ret DNS 10 11 10 11 8 Ret
4 United States Abel Motorsports 6 6 6 9 Ret 7 5 7 5 3 5 7 5 8 4 4 5 150
13 15 7 15 10 11 8 Ret
5 United States Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport 14 5 2 2 2 5 6 10 4 Ret Ret 11 9 Ret 6 9 Ret 109
6 United States Andretti Autosport 8 4 11 NC 5 9 7 5 2 Ret DNS 62
7 United States Velocity Racing Development 11 10 9 7 12 NC 8 6 8 6 4 21
8 United States Jensen Global Advisors DNS 14 8 13 Ret 4
9 United States Jay Howard Driver Development 10 16 1
10 Canada Relentless Motorsports Ret 11 11 12 Ret 11 0
12 12 13
11 United States Momentum Motorsports NC 11 0
Pos Team R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
MOH VIR BAR SEB HMS COA

Notes

  1. ↑ The qualifying session was canceled due to heavy rain. The Race 1 starting grid was set by point standings.

References

  1. ↑ "FR Americas Championship Gets Rebranded Ahead of 2020 Season". FR Americas Championship. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  2. ↑ "First Canadian-Based Team Enters F3 Americas for 2020". F3 Americas Championship. December 20, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Marco Kacic Joins HMD Motorsports for FR Americas Season Finale". FR Americas Championship. October 15, 2020.
  4. ↑ "KYFFIN SIMPSON STEPS UP TO FORMULA REGIONAL AMERICAS WITH HMD MOTORSPORT". FR Americas Championship. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  5. ↑ "2020 FR Americas Drivers - FR Americas Championship". www.framericas.com. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Formula Regional Americas Championship 2020 Schedule". F3 Americas Championship. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  7. ↑ "F3 AMERICAS CHAMPIONSHIP MAKES INTERNATIONAL DEBUT ON THE STREETS OF QUEBEC IN 2020". F3 Americas Championship. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  8. ↑ "FR Americas Reveals Revised 2020 Schedule, Two New Circuits Added". FR Americas Championship. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  9. ↑ "SCCA Pro Racing Finalizes 2020 F4 U.S. and FR Americas Schedule". F3 Americas Championship. August 20, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
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