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
Crosslink Racing/Kiwi Motorsport	2	Joshua Car	R	All
Relentless Motorsports	4	Mitch Egner	R	2
Relentless Motorsports	93	Andrew Dobbie	R	2–3
Global Racing Group	9	James Roe Jr.		All
	22	Dario Cangialosi	R	All
	24	Benjamin Pedersen		1–2
	26	Linus Lundqvist	R	All
	51	Nicky Hays	R	All
Jay Howard Driver Development	11	Antonio Serravalle	R	1
Velocity Racing Development	11	Hunter Yeany	R G	6
	14	Mathias Soler-Obel		1–2
	27	Matt Round-Garrido		4
Abel Motorsports	15	Jacob Abel		All
Abel Motorsports	19	Blake Upton		1–3
Momentum Motorsports	16	Kent Vaccaro		1
Newman Wachs Racing	23	Victor Franzoni	R	All
Newman Wachs Racing	48	Jordan Missig	R	All
HMD Motorsports	39	Marco Kacic^[3]		6
	55	Santiago Urrutia	R	1
	59	Kyffin Simpson^[4]	R	4–6
	79	David Malukas	R	All
	99	Logan Cusson		3–6
Jensen Global Advisors	99	Logan Cusson		1–2
Andretti Autosport	68	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	Linus Lundqvist	Linus Lundqvist	Linus Lundqvist	Global Racing Group	Formula 4 United States Championship Trans-Am Series SVRA
1	R2	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington	28 June		Linus Lundqvist	Linus Lundqvist	Global Racing Group
2	R1	Virginia International Raceway, Alton	18 July	Linus Lundqvist	Linus Lundqvist	Linus Lundqvist	Global Racing Group	Formula 4 United States Championship Formula Race Promotions
	R2		19 July		Linus Lundqvist	Linus Lundqvist	Global Racing Group
	R3		19 July		Joshua Car	Linus Lundqvist	Global Racing Group
3	R1	Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham	1 August	Linus Lundqvist	Linus Lundqvist	Linus Lundqvist	Global Racing Group	Formula 4 United States Championship Radical Cup Formula Race Promotions
	R2		2 August		Linus Lundqvist	Linus Lundqvist	Global Racing Group
	R3		2 August		Linus Lundqvist	Linus Lundqvist	Global Racing Group
4	R1	Sebring International Raceway, Sebring	26 September	Linus Lundqvist	David Malukas	David Malukas	HMD Motorsports	Formula 4 United States Championship ProtoAmerica
	R2		27 September		Linus Lundqvist	Linus Lundqvist	Global Racing Group
	R3		27 September		Victor Franzoni	Linus Lundqvist	Global Racing Group
5	R1	Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead	3 October	Linus Lundqvist^[a]	Linus Lundqvist	Linus Lundqvist	Global Racing Group	Formula 4 United States Championship
	R2		4 October		Linus Lundqvist	Linus Lundqvist	Global Racing Group
	R3		4 October		Linus Lundqvist	David Malukas	HMD Motorsports
6	R1	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	24 October	Linus Lundqvist	Linus Lundqvist	Linus Lundqvist	Global Racing Group	Formula 4 United States Championship Radical Cup Pro SRF3 Series
	R2		25 October		Linus Lundqvist	Linus Lundqvist	Global Racing Group
	R3		25 October		Linus Lundqvist	Linus Lundqvist	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
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Linus Lundqvist	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	6	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	401
2	David Malukas	2	2	5	3	3	3	3	2	1	5	3	2	2	1	3	3	2	283
3	Victor Franzoni	3	8	4	6	4	2	4	4	3	2	2	3	11	3	2	2	3	225
4	Nicky Hays	9	7	10	4	7	4	2	3	11	6	7	4	4	6	5	7	8	142
5	Jacob Abel	6	6	6	9	Ret	7	5	Ret	5	3	5	7	5	8	4	4	5	133
6	Joshua Car	14	5	2	2	2	5	6	10	4	Ret	Ret	11	9	Ret	6	9	Ret	109
7	James Roe Jr.	5	12	Ret	8	9	8	9	8	9	7	4	5	6	9	7	5	6	92
8	Logan Cusson	DNS	14	8	13	Ret	13	12	12	10	4	8	6	3	4	Ret	13	7	64
9	Danial Frost	8	4	11	NC	5	9	7	5	2	Ret	DNS							62
10	Jordan Missig	7	13	3	14	8	6	11	6	NC	Ret	DNS	10	8	10	11	8	Ret	54
11	Dario Cangialosi	12	9	Ret	10	Ret	10	10	9	8	9	10	9	10	5	9	11	9	36
12	Benjamin Pedersen	4	Ret	Ret	5	6													30
13	Kyffin Simpson									7	Ret	9	8	7	7	10	10	10	30
14	Blake Upton	13	15	7	15	10	11	8	7										17
15	Santiago Urrutia	15†	3																15
16	Matthew Round-Garrido									NC	8	6							12
17	Mathias Soler-Obel	11	10	9	7	12													9
18	Antonio Serravalle	10	16																1
19	Marco Kacic															12	12	11	1
20	Mitch Egner			Ret	11	11													0
21	Andrew Dobbie			12	12	13	12	Ret	11										0
22	Kent Vaccaro	NC	11																0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
—	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
Pos	Driver	MOH		VIR			BAR			SEB			HMS			COA			Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did 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
Pos	Team	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Global Racing Group	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	6	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	573
1	Global Racing Group	4	7	10	4	6	4	2	3	8	6	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	573
2	HMD Motorsports	2	2	5	3	3	3	3	2	1	4	3	2	2	1	3	3	2	367
2	HMD Motorsports	15†	3				13	12	12	7	5	8	6	3	4	10	10	7	367
3	Newman Wachs Racing	3	8	3	6	4	2	4	4	3	2	2	3	8	3	2	2	3	279
3	Newman Wachs Racing	7	13	4	14	8	6	11	6	NC	Ret	DNS	10	11	10	11	8	Ret	279
4	Abel Motorsports	6	6	6	9	Ret	7	5	7	5	3	5	7	5	8	4	4	5	150
4	Abel Motorsports	13	15	7	15	10	11	8	Ret										150
5	Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport	14	5	2	2	2	5	6	10	4	Ret	Ret	11	9	Ret	6	9	Ret	109
6	Andretti Autosport	8	4	11	NC	5	9	7	5	2	Ret	DNS							62
7	Velocity Racing Development	11	10	9	7	12				NC	8	6				8	6	4	21
8	Jensen Global Advisors	DNS	14	8	13	Ret													4
9	Jay Howard Driver Development	10	16																1
10	Relentless Motorsports			Ret	11	11	12	Ret	11										0
10	Relentless Motorsports			12	12	13													0
11	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
Pos	Team	MOH		VIR			BAR			SEB			HMS			COA			Pts

Notes

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

References

^ "FR Americas Championship Gets Rebranded Ahead of 2020 Season". FR Americas Championship. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
^ "First Canadian-Based Team Enters F3 Americas for 2020". F3 Americas Championship. 20 December 2019.
^ "Marco Kacic Joins HMD Motorsports for FR Americas Season Finale". FR Americas Championship. 15 October 2020.
^ "KYFFIN SIMPSON STEPS UP TO FORMULA REGIONAL AMERICAS WITH HMD MOTORSPORT". FR Americas Championship. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
^ "2020 FR Americas Drivers - FR Americas Championship". www.framericas.com. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
^ "Formula Regional Americas Championship 2020 Schedule". F3 Americas Championship. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
^ "F3 AMERICAS CHAMPIONSHIP MAKES INTERNATIONAL DEBUT ON THE STREETS OF QUEBEC IN 2020". F3 Americas Championship. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
^ "FR Americas Reveals Revised 2020 Schedule, Two New Circuits Added". FR Americas Championship. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
^ "SCCA Pro Racing Finalizes 2020 F4 U.S. and FR Americas Schedule". F3 Americas Championship. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.

External links

Official website: Formula Regional Americas

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

[1] "FR Americas Championship Gets Rebranded Ahead of 2020 Season". FR Americas Championship. Retrieved 2020-03-10.

[Relentless-2] "First Canadian-Based Team Enters F3 Americas for 2020". F3 Americas Championship. 20 December 2019.

[3] "Marco Kacic Joins HMD Motorsports for FR Americas Season Finale". FR Americas Championship. 15 October 2020.

[4] "KYFFIN SIMPSON STEPS UP TO FORMULA REGIONAL AMERICAS WITH HMD MOTORSPORT". FR Americas Championship. Retrieved 2020-09-24.

[5] "2020 FR Americas Drivers - FR Americas Championship". www.framericas.com. Retrieved 2020-06-23.

[6] "Formula Regional Americas Championship 2020 Schedule". F3 Americas Championship. Retrieved 10 March 2020.

[7] "F3 AMERICAS CHAMPIONSHIP MAKES INTERNATIONAL DEBUT ON THE STREETS OF QUEBEC IN 2020". F3 Americas Championship. Retrieved 2019-12-11.

[8] "FR Americas Reveals Revised 2020 Schedule, Two New Circuits Added". FR Americas Championship. Retrieved 2020-05-29.

[9] "SCCA Pro Racing Finalizes 2020 F4 U.S. and FR Americas Schedule". F3 Americas Championship. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.

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