Motor racing competition
The2021Formula Regional Americas Championship powered by Honda was the fourth season for theFIA 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 bySCCA Pro Racing , the professional racing division of theSports Car Club of America . Drivers competed to win a Honda-backedSuper Formula seat in2022 .[ 1]
Kyffin Simpson took the drivers' championship at the last round at theCircuit of the Americas , while TJ Speed Motorsports secured the teams' title.
All drivers competed withHonda -poweredLigier JS F3 cars onHankook tires.
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 ofHomestead-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 atCircuit Trois-Rivières in Quebec, Canada - the planned first international event for the series - was cancelled due to border restrictions and replaced with a round atMid-Ohio Sports Car Course .[ 22]
Championship standings [ edit ] 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
Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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 – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap † — Did not finish, but classified
Only a team's two best-finishing cars were eligible for teams' championship points.
^ 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. ^ Wood, Elliot (January 18, 2021)."FRegional Americas champion to get scholarship for Super Formula" .Archived from the original on January 18, 2021. ^ "JHDD and Bogle Ready for 2021" .us3.campaign-archive.com . RetrievedJanuary 26, 2021 .^ "Josh Car Returns to Team Crosslink for 2021 FR Americas Season" .Formula Regional Americas Championship . January 18, 2021.^ "DYLAN TAVELLA JOINS TEAM CROSSLINK FOR ROAD ATLANTA IN FR AMERICAS CHAMPIONSHIP POWERED BY HONDA :: RTD Media" .racetechdevelopmentgroup.com . RetrievedFebruary 17, 2021 .^a b "COTA-FR-Entrylist" (PDF) .Archived (PDF) from the original on November 3, 2021.^ "HUNTER YEANY TO COMPETE IN FR AMERICAS PROGRAM IN 2021 :: RTD Media" .racetechdevelopmentgroup.com . RetrievedNovember 24, 2020 .^a b c d "VIR-FR-EntryList 20210920" (PDF) .^ Wood, Ida (March 26, 2021)."Matt Round-Garrido joins Velocity RD for FRegional Americas season" .Formula Scout . RetrievedMarch 26, 2021 . ^ Wood, Elliot (January 21, 2021)."Racing engineer Tim Neff sets up own FRegional Americas team" .FormulaScout . RetrievedJanuary 22, 2021 . ^ "TJ SPEED ADDS FOURTH DRIVER FOR 2021 FR AMERICAS CHAMPIONSHIP :: RTD Media" .racetechdevelopmentgroup.com . RetrievedMarch 24, 2021 .^ "Varun Choksey Graduates to FR Americas with New TJ Speed Motorsports" .FR Americas Championship . RetrievedJanuary 25, 2021 .^ "Kyffin Simpson Returns to FR Americas with New TJ Speed" .^ "Logan Cusson Joins TJ Speed and the 2021 FR Americas Championship" .Formula Regional Americas Championship . March 3, 2021.^ "GUATEMALA'S IAN RODRIGUEZ JOINS NEWMAN WACHS FOR 2021 CAMPAIGN" .FR Americas Championship . RetrievedFebruary 23, 2021 .^ "Jordan Missig Rejoins Newman Wachs Racing for 2021 FR Americas Campaign" .FR Americas Championship . RetrievedJanuary 21, 2021 .^ "Seven-Time Champion Ernie Francis Jr. Selected for FR Americas PMH Powering Diversity Scholarship" .FR Americas Championship . RetrievedFebruary 19, 2021 .^ "Francis & Chambers Join Future Star Racing" .^ "FR Americas Goes West and International in 2021 (Full Schedule)" .FR Americas Championship . RetrievedNovember 5, 2020 .^ Woollard, Craig (November 5, 2020)."FRegional Americas and US F4 to visit classic tracks in 2021" .Formula Scout . RetrievedNovember 5, 2020 . ^ "F4 U.S. and FR Americas Schedules Expand Coast to Coast in 2021 with SpeedTour" .F4 U.S. Championships . RetrievedNovember 5, 2020 .^ "FR Americas Cancels California Tour for 2021" .FR Americas Championship . RetrievedJanuary 27, 2021 .^ "FR Americas Adds Mid-Ohio to 2021 Schedule; Cancels Trip to Canada" .Formula Regional Americas Championship . May 28, 2021. RetrievedJune 5, 2021 .^ "NEWS FLASH: Dylan Tavella Awarded Race 1 Victory at Road America" .Formula Regional Americas . RetrievedMay 22, 2021 .
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