2021 Formula Regional Americas Championship Explained

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.

TeamDriverRounds
Jay Howard Driver Development7 Christian Bogle[2] 1–3
Crosslink Competition9 Joshua Car[3] All
14 Dylan Tavella[4] All
Kiwi Motorsport15 Kaleb Ngatoa[5] 6
Velocity Racing Development11 Hunter Yeany[6] 1–4
Arias Deukmedjian[7] 5
27 Matt Round-Garrido[8] 1
29 Nick Persing3–6
77 Jason Alder6
TJ Speed Motorsports[9] 17 Baptiste Berthelot[10] All
19 Varun Choksey[11] All
21 Kyffin Simpson[12] All
99 Logan Cusson[13] All
WISKO24 Kevin Janzen5–6
Newman Wachs Racing45 Ian Rodríguez[14] 1–4
48 Jordan Missig[15] All
Newman Wachs Racing/Abel Motorsport51 Jacob Abel3
Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport78 Ryan Yardley5–6
91 Cooper Becklin5–6
Future Star Racing98 Ernie Francis Jr.[16] [17] All

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]

RoundCircuitDatePole PositionFastest LapWinning DriverWinning TeamSupporting
1R1 Road Atlanta, Braselton27 Marchnowrap Kyffin Simpsonnowrap Kyffin Simpsonnowrap Kyffin Simpsonnowrap TJ Speed MotorsportsFormula 4 United States Championship
Trans-Am Series
SVRA
R2 Kyffin Simpson Kyffin Simpson TJ Speed Motorsports
R328 March Kyffin Simpson Kyffin Simpson TJ Speed Motorsports
2R1 Road America, Elkhart Lake16 May Hunter Yeany Kyffin Simpsonnowrap Dylan Tavella Crosslink CompetitionFormula 4 United States Championship
SVRA
R217 May Joshua Car Kyffin Simpson TJ Speed Motorsports
R3 Kyffin Simpson Kyffin Simpson TJ Speed Motorsports
3R1 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington26 June Joshua Car Jacob Abel Joshua Car Crosslink Competitionnowrap rowspan=3Formula 4 United States Championship
Trans-Am Series
SVRA
International GT
R227 June Kyffin Simpson Jacob Abelnowrap Newman Wachs Racing/Abel Motorsport
R3 Dylan Tavellanowrap Ernie Francis Jr. Future Star Racing
4R1 Brainerd International Raceway, Brainerd17 July Joshua Car Jordan Missig Ian Rodríguez Newman Wachs RacingFormula 4 United States Championship
Trans-Am Series
SVRA
R218 July Joshua Car Joshua Car Crosslink Competition
R3 Joshua Car Joshua Car Crosslink Competition
5R1 Virginia International Raceway, Altonnowrap rowspan="2" 25 September Joshua Car Joshua Car Jordan Missig Newman Wachs RacingFormula 4 United States Championship
SVRA
R2 Joshua Carnowrap Ernie Francis Jr. Future Star Racing
R326 September Kyffin Simpsonnowrap Ernie Francis Jr. Future Star Racing
6R1 Circuit of the Americas, Austin5 November Kyffin Simpson Kyffin Simpson Jason Alder Velocity Racing DevelopmentSVRA
R26 November Kyffin Simpson Kyffin Simpson TJ Speed Motorsports
R3 Dylan Tavella Kyffin Simpson TJ Speed Motorsports

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th 
Points251815121086421

Drivers' standings

valign=top
PosDriverATLROAMOHBRAVIRCOAPts
R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3
1 Kyffin Simpson11141112322224521111314
2 Joshua Car2DNS382412Ret311Ret4413†83218
3 Ernie Francis Jr.115Ret115Ret541DNSRet7†5113NC4160
4 Varun Choksey674633611116368Ret38211144
5 Jordan Missig4323RetDNS3Ret104DNS813Ret5NC13142
6 Logan Cusson346106Ret79310†54Ret6Ret479118
7 Dylan Tavella52Ret186†13†1297Ret1028RetDNSNC2114
8 Ian RodríguezRetDNSDNS2102116514Ret92
9 Baptiste Berthelot108Ret777†81065736Ret69101087
10 Ryan Yardley327211567
11 Nick Persing98486510Ret9103667
12 Hunter Yeany76594510589Ret967
13 Jacob Abel21Ret43
14 Jason Alder15741
15 Christian Bogle810NC59DNS47741
16 Cooper Becklin778761230
17 Kaleb Ngatoa64824
18 Arias Deukmedjian910513
19 Matt Round-Garrido99710
20 Kevin Janzen11910129145
PosDriverR1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3Pts
ATLROAMOHBRAVIRCOA
valign=topBold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish, but classified

Teams' standings

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

PosTeamATLROAMOHBRAVIRCOAPts
R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3
1 TJ Speed Motorsports111411632222452411529
344633793533663829
2 Crosslink Competition223124129311224262398
5DNSRet886†13†12Ret7Ret10347783
3 Newman Wachs Racing432210221514813Ret5NC13276
RetDNSDNS3RetDNS36104DNSRet
4 Velocity Racing Development7659459548659105136200
99710889Ret910Ret91057
5 Future Star Racing115Ret115Ret541DNSRet7†5113NC4160
6 Jay Howard Driver Development810NC59DNS47741
8 Kiwi Motorsport64824
7 WISKO11910129145
PosDriverR1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3Pts
ATLROAMOHBRAVIRCOA

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wood. Elliot. 18 January 2021. FRegional Americas champion to get scholarship for Super Formula. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210118144451/https://formulascout.com/fregional-americas-champion-to-get-scholarship-for-super-formula/74143 . 2021-01-18 .
  2. Web site: JHDD and Bogle Ready for 2021. 2021-01-26. us3.campaign-archive.com.
  3. News: Josh Car Returns to Team Crosslink for 2021 FR Americas Season. Formula Regional Americas Championship. 18 January 2021.
  4. Web site: DYLAN TAVELLA JOINS TEAM CROSSLINK FOR ROAD ATLANTA IN FR AMERICAS CHAMPIONSHIP POWERED BY HONDA :: RTD Media. 2021-02-17. racetechdevelopmentgroup.com.
  5. Web site: COTA-FR-Entrylist. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211103111211/https://cdn.connectsites.net/user_files/f3/downloads/000/059/323/COTA-FR-EntryList%2020211028.pdf?1635912589 . 2021-11-03 .
  6. Web site: HUNTER YEANY TO COMPETE IN FR AMERICAS PROGRAM IN 2021 :: RTD Media. 2020-11-24. racetechdevelopmentgroup.com.
  7. Web site: VIR-FR-EntryList 20210920.
  8. Web site: Wood. Ida. 2021-03-26. Matt Round-Garrido joins Velocity RD for FRegional Americas season. 2021-03-26. Formula Scout. en-US.
  9. Web site: Racing engineer Tim Neff sets up own FRegional Americas team. Wood. Elliot. FormulaScout. January 21, 2021. January 22, 2021.
  10. Web site: TJ SPEED ADDS FOURTH DRIVER FOR 2021 FR AMERICAS CHAMPIONSHIP :: RTD Media. 2021-03-24. racetechdevelopmentgroup.com.
  11. Web site: Varun Choksey Graduates to FR Americas with New TJ Speed Motorsports. 2021-01-25. FR Americas Championship. en.
  12. News: Kyffin Simpson Returns to FR Americas with New TJ Speed.
  13. News: Logan Cusson Joins TJ Speed and the 2021 FR Americas Championship. Formula Regional Americas Championship. 3 March 2021.
  14. Web site: GUATEMALA'S IAN RODRIGUEZ JOINS NEWMAN WACHS FOR 2021 CAMPAIGN. 2021-02-23. FR Americas Championship. en.
  15. Web site: Jordan Missig Rejoins Newman Wachs Racing for 2021 FR Americas Campaign. 2021-01-21. FR Americas Championship. en.
  16. Web site: Seven-Time Champion Ernie Francis Jr. Selected for FR Americas PMH Powering Diversity Scholarship. 2021-02-19. FR Americas Championship. en.
  17. News: Francis & Chambers Join Future Star Racing.
  18. Web site: FR Americas Goes West and International in 2021 (Full Schedule). 2020-11-05. FR Americas Championship. en.
  19. Web site: Woollard. Craig. 2020-11-05. FRegional Americas and US F4 to visit classic tracks in 2021. 2020-11-05. Formula Scout. en-US.
  20. Web site: F4 U.S. and FR Americas Schedules Expand Coast to Coast in 2021 with SpeedTour. 2020-11-05. F4 U.S. Championships. en.
  21. Web site: FR Americas Cancels California Tour for 2021. 2021-01-27. FR Americas Championship. en.
  22. News: FR Americas Adds Mid-Ohio to 2021 Schedule; Cancels Trip to Canada. Formula Regional Americas Championship. 28 May 2021. 5 June 2021.