2021 Formula Regional Americas Championship

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]

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' standings
Pos Driver 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 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
ATL ROA MOH BRA VIR COA
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid 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.

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[lower-alpha 3] 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[lower-alpha 4] 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
  1. Joshua Car was first to take the checkered flag, but was later penalized for causing a collision.[23]
  2. The qualifying session was cancelled due to inclement weather. The grid for Race 1 was set by the results of the practice session.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

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