2021 Formula Regional Americas Championship
Motor racing competition
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The 2021 Formula Regional Americas Championship powered by Honda was the fourth season for the FIA Formula 3 regional series across North America, and the second season under the Formula Regional moniker after a rebrand in 2020. The series was sanctioned by SCCA Pro Racing, the professional racing division of the Sports Car Club of America. Drivers competed to win a Honda-backed Super Formula seat in 2022.[1]
Kyffin Simpson took the drivers' championship at the last round at the Circuit of the Americas, while TJ Speed Motorsports secured the teams' title.
Teams and drivers
All drivers competed with Honda-powered Ligier JS F3 cars on Hankook tires.
| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|
 Jay Howard Driver Development |
7 | Christian Bogle[2] |
1–3 |
| Crosslink Competition |
9 |  Joshua Car[3] |
All |
| 14 | Dylan Tavella[4] |
All | |
 Kiwi Motorsport |
15 | Kaleb Ngatoa[5] |
6 |
| Velocity Racing Development |
11 | Hunter Yeany[6] |
1–4 |
| Arias Deukmedjian[7] |
5 | ||
| 27 |  Matt Round-Garrido[8] |
1 | |
| 29 | Nick Persing |
3–6 | |
| 77 | Jason Alder[5] |
6 | |
| TJ Speed Motorsports[9] |
17 |  Baptiste Berthelot[10] |
All |
| 19 | Varun Choksey[11] |
All | |
| 21 |  Kyffin Simpson[12] |
All | |
| 99 |  Logan Cusson[13] |
All | |
| WISKO |
24 | Kevin Janzen[7] |
5–6 |
| Newman Wachs Racing |
45 |  Ian Rodríguez[14] |
1–4 |
| 48 | Jordan Missig[15] |
All | |
| Newman Wachs Racing/Abel Motorsport |
51 | Jacob Abel |
3 |
| Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport |
78 | Ryan Yardley[7] |
5–6 |
| 91 | Cooper Becklin[7] |
5–6 | |
| Future Star Racing |
98 | Ernie Francis Jr.[16][17] |
All |
- Erikson Evans was contracted to drive for Velocity Racing Development, but didn't appear in any rounds.
Race calendar
The 2021 calendar was announced on 5 November 2020. Each round featured three races.[18] A pre-season test was held at Virginia International Raceway as well as a Winter Cup at the road course of Homestead-Miami Speedway in February.[19][20] Two rounds at Sonoma and Laguna Seca were later replaced by Road America and Brainerd International Raceway.[21] The round at Circuit Trois-Rivières in Quebec, Canada - the planned first international event for the series - was cancelled due to border restrictions and replaced with a round at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.[22]
Championship standings
Points were 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
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Teams' standings
Only a team's two best-finishing cars were eligible for teams' championship points.
| Pos | Team | ATL | ROA | MOH | BRA | VIR | COA | Pts | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | |||
| 1 | TJ Speed Motorsports |
1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 529 |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Crosslink Competition[c] |
2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 398 |
| 5 | DNS | Ret | 8 | 8 | 6† | 13† | 12 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | |||
| 3 | Newman Wachs Racing[d] |
4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | Ret | 5 | NC | 13 | 276 |
| Ret | DNS | DNS | 3 | Ret | DNS | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | DNS | Ret | |||||||||
| 4 | Velocity Racing Development |
7 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 200 |
| 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | Ret | 9 | 10 | Ret | 9 | 10 | 5 | 7 | ||||||
| 5 | Future Star Racing |
11 | 5 | Ret | 11 | 5 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 1 | DNS | Ret | 7† | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | NC | 4 | 160 |
| 6 | Jay Howard Driver Development |
8 | 10 | NC | 5 | 9 | DNS | 4 | 7 | 7 | 41 | |||||||||
| 8 | Kiwi Motorsport |
6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | WISKO |
11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
| ATL | ROA | MOH | BRA | VIR | COA | |||||||||||||||
Notes
- Joshua Car was first to take the checkered flag, but was later penalized for causing a collision.[23]
- The qualifying session was cancelled due to inclement weather. The grid for Race 1 was set by the results of the practice session.
- Entry list has Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport listed as a separate team of two cars, while official points list Crosslink Competition and Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport as the same team.
- Entry list has Newman Wachs Racing/Abel Motorsport listed as a separate team of one car, while official points list Newman Wachs Racing and Newman Wachs Racing/Abel Motorsport as the same team.