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2021 Formula Regional Americas Championship

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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]

2021 Formula Regional Americas Championship

Drivers' champion: Kyffin Simpson
Teams' champion: TJ Speed Motorsports

2020

2022

Feeder series:
Formula 4 United States Championship

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.

More information Team, No. ...

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Jay Howard Driver Development	7	Christian Bogle^[2]	1–3
Crosslink Competition	9	Joshua Car^[3]	All
Crosslink Competition	14	Dylan Tavella^[4]	All
Kiwi Motorsport	15	Kaleb Ngatoa^[5]	6
Velocity Racing Development	11	Hunter Yeany^[6]	1–4
	11	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
Newman Wachs Racing	48	Jordan Missig^[15]	All
Newman Wachs Racing/Abel Motorsport	51	Jacob Abel	3
Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport	78	Ryan Yardley^[7]	5–6
Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport	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]

More information Round, Circuit ...

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Supporting
1	R1	Road Atlanta, Braselton	27 March	Kyffin Simpson	Kyffin Simpson	Kyffin Simpson	TJ Speed Motorsports	Formula 4 United States Championship Trans-Am Series SVRA
	R2		27 March		Kyffin Simpson	Kyffin Simpson	TJ Speed Motorsports
	R3		28 March		Kyffin Simpson	Kyffin Simpson	TJ Speed Motorsports
2	R1	Road America, Elkhart Lake	16 May	Hunter Yeany	Kyffin Simpson	Dylan Tavella^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Crosslink Competition	Formula 4 United States Championship SVRA
	R2		17 May		Joshua Car	Kyffin Simpson	TJ Speed Motorsports
	R3		17 May		Kyffin Simpson	Kyffin Simpson	TJ Speed Motorsports
3	R1	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington	26 June	Joshua Car^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Jacob Abel	Joshua Car	Crosslink Competition	Formula 4 United States Championship Trans-Am Series SVRA International GT
	R2		27 June		Kyffin Simpson	Jacob Abel	Newman Wachs Racing/Abel Motorsport
	R3		27 June		Dylan Tavella	Ernie Francis Jr.	Future Star Racing
4	R1	Brainerd International Raceway, Brainerd	17 July	Joshua Car	Jordan Missig	Ian Rodríguez	Newman Wachs Racing	Formula 4 United States Championship Trans-Am Series SVRA
	R2		18 July		Joshua Car	Joshua Car	Crosslink Competition
	R3		18 July		Joshua Car	Joshua Car	Crosslink Competition
5	R1	Virginia International Raceway, Alton	25 September	Joshua Car	Joshua Car	Jordan Missig	Newman Wachs Racing	Formula 4 United States Championship SVRA
	R2		25 September		Joshua Car	Ernie Francis Jr.	Future Star Racing
	R3		26 September		Kyffin Simpson	Ernie Francis Jr.	Future Star Racing
6	R1	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	5 November	Kyffin Simpson	Kyffin Simpson	Jason Alder	Velocity Racing Development	SVRA
	R2		6 November		Kyffin Simpson	Kyffin Simpson	TJ Speed Motorsports
	R3		6 November		Dylan Tavella	Kyffin Simpson	TJ Speed Motorsports

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:

More information Position, Points ...

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' standings

More information Pos, Driver ...

Pos	Driver	ATL			ROA			MOH			BRA			VIR			COA			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Kyffin Simpson	1	1	1	4	1	1	12	3	2	2	2	2	4	5	2	11	1	1	314
2	Joshua Car	2	DNS	3	8	2	4	1	2	Ret	3	1	1	Ret	4	4	13†	8	3	218
3	Ernie Francis Jr.	11	5	Ret	11	5	Ret	5	4	1	DNS	Ret	7†	5	1	1	3	NC	4	160
4	Varun Choksey	6	7	4	6	3	3	6	11	11	6	3	6	8	Ret	3	8	2	11	144
5	Jordan Missig	4	3	2	3	Ret	DNS	3	Ret	10	4	DNS	8	1	3	Ret	5	NC	13	142
6	Logan Cusson	3	4	6	10	6	Ret	7	9	3	10†	5	4	Ret	6	Ret	4	7	9	118
7	Dylan Tavella	5	2	Ret	1	8	6†	13†	12	9	7	Ret	10	2	8	Ret	DNS	NC	2	114
8	Ian Rodríguez	Ret	DNS	DNS	2	10	2	11	6	5	1	4	Ret							92
9	Baptiste Berthelot	10	8	Ret	7	7	7†	8	10	6	5	7	3	6	Ret	6	9	10	10	87
10	Ryan Yardley													3	2	7	2	11	5	67
11	Nick Persing							9	8	4	8	6	5	10	Ret	9	10	3	6	67
12	Hunter Yeany	7	6	5	9	4	5	10	5	8	9	Ret	9							67
13	Jacob Abel							2	1	Ret										43
14	Jason Alder																1	5	7	41
15	Christian Bogle	8	10	NC	5	9	DNS	4	7	7										41
16	Cooper Becklin													7	7	8	7	6	12	30
17	Kaleb Ngatoa																6	4	8	24
18	Arias Deukmedjian													9	10	5				13
19	Matt Round-Garrido	9	9	7																10
20	Kevin Janzen													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
Pos	Driver	ATL			ROA			MOH			BRA			VIR			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' standings

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

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	ATL			ROA			MOH			BRA			VIR			COA			Pts
Pos	Team	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	TJ Speed Motorsports	1	1	1	4	1	1	6	3	2	2	2	2	4	5	2	4	1	1	529
1	TJ Speed Motorsports	3	4	4	6	3	3	7	9	3	5	3	3	6	6	3	8	2	9	529
2	Crosslink Competition^{[lower-alpha 3]}	2	2	3	1	2	4	1	2	9	3	1	1	2	2	4	2	6	2	398
2	Crosslink Competition^{[lower-alpha 3]}	5	DNS	Ret	8	8	6†	13†	12	Ret	7	Ret	10	3	4	7	7	8	3	398
3	Newman Wachs Racing^{[lower-alpha 4]}	4	3	2	2	10	2	2	1	5	1	4	8	1	3	Ret	5	NC	13	276
3	Newman Wachs Racing^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Ret	DNS	DNS	3	Ret	DNS	3	6	10	4	DNS	Ret							276
4	Velocity Racing Development	7	6	5	9	4	5	9	5	4	8	6	5	9	10	5	1	3	6	200
4	Velocity Racing Development	9	9	7				10	8	8	9	Ret	9	10	Ret	9	10	5	7	200
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
Pos	Driver	ATL			ROA			MOH			BRA			VIR			COA			Pts

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.

References

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"Jordan Missig Rejoins Newman Wachs Racing for 2021 FR Americas Campaign". FR Americas Championship. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
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"Seven-Time Champion Ernie Francis Jr. Selected for FR Americas PMH Powering Diversity Scholarship". FR Americas Championship. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
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"NEWS FLASH: Dylan Tavella Awarded Race 1 Victory at Road America". Formula Regional Americas. Retrieved 22 May 2021.

External links

Official website: Formula Regional Americas

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