Formula Regional European Championship

The Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine is a FIA-certified regional European Formula 3 racing series. The inaugural season of it started in 2019. On 12 October 2018 was confirmed that Italian autosport regulator Automobile Club d’Italia (ACI) and karting promoter WSK will organize the championship.[1] Their bid was chosen over Renault Sport's bid with the same chassis, who attracted fewer votes from Single-Seater Commission members.[1] Following the 2020 season, the Formula Renault Eurocup merged with the Formula Regional European Championship to become the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine.[2]

Formula Regional European Championship
CategoryFormula Regional
RegionEurope
Inaugural season2019
ConstructorsTatuus
Engine suppliersRenault
Tyre suppliersPirelli
Drivers' champion Grégoire Saucy
Teams' champion R-ace GP
Official websiteOfficial Website
Current season

The championship's first season featured eight rounds on the circuits across Europe with half of them in Italy.[3]

The driver champions receive FIA Super License points. The series is intended to be a stepping stone between Formula 4 and the international FIA Formula 3 Championship.[4]

Car

The championship features Tatuus-designed and built cars. The cars will be constructed out of carbon fibre and feature a monocoque chassis which feature a number of enhanced safety features including the new Halo device and improved side impact protection, and will have a six-speed paddle-shift sequential gearbox.[1] In the 2019 and 2020 seasons, the car was powered by a Alfa Romeo 270PS (200kW) turbo engine tuned by Autotecnica.[1] After the merge with Formula Renault Eurocup for the 2021 season, the championship runs Tatuus powered by Renault engines.

Champions

Drivers'
Season Driver Team Poles Wins Podiums Fastest laps Points Clinched Margin
2019 Frederik Vesti Prema Powerteam 10 13 20 9 467 Race 21 of 24 131
2020 Gianluca Petecof Prema Powerteam 5 4 14 7 359 Race 24 of 24 16
2021 Grégoire Saucy ART Grand Prix 7 8 10 2 277 Race 17 of 20 68

Teams'
Season Team Poles Wins Podiums Fastest laps Points Clinched Margin
2019 Prema Powerteam 13 16 40 14 870 Race 23 of 24 390
2020 Prema Powerteam 18 16 43 12 842 Race 22 of 24 347
2021 R-ace GP 3 5 21 6 481 Race 20 of 20 59

Rookie
Season Driver Team Poles Wins (Rookie) Podiums (Rookie) Fastest laps Points (Rookie) Clinched Margin
2019 Frederik Vesti Prema Powerteam 10 14 21 9 506 Race 21 of 24 125
2020 Gianluca Petecof Prema Powerteam 5 7 20 7 430 Race 24 of 24 43
2021 Isack Hadjar R-ace GP 1 2 (8) 6 3 166 Race 20 of 20 44

Drivers graduated to FIA Formula 2/3 Championship
Driver Formula Regional European FIA Formula 3 FIA Formula 2 Other major titles before FREC
Seasons Races Wins Podiums Seasons First team Races Wins Podiums Seasons First team Races Wins Podiums
Olli Caldwell 2019 24 1 7 2020-2021 Trident 38 1 4 2021 Campos Racing 6 0 0
Pierre-Louis Chovet 2020 23 1 7 2020-2021 Hitech Grand Prix 10 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Enzo Fittipaldi 2019 24 2 13 2020-2021 HWA Racelab 30 0 1 2021 Charouz Racing System 8 0 0 Italian F4 Championship
Sophia Flörsch 2019 24 0 0 2020 Campos Racing 16 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Igor Fraga 2019 24 4 11 2020 Charouz Racing System 16 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Jake Hughes 2019 3 0 3 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2020–2022 BWT HWA Racelab 10* 0* 0* BRDC F4 Championship
Arthur Leclerc 2020 23 6 15 2021–2022 Prema Racing 20* 2* 3* N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Matteo Nannini 2019–2020 18 0 0 2020–2021 Jenzer Motorsport 38 1 3 2021 HWA Racelab 5 0 0 F4 UAE Championship
Gianluca Petecof 2020 23 4 14 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2021 Campos Racing 6 0 0
Oliver Rasmussen 2020 23 6 13 2021 HWA Racelab 20 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Grégoire Saucy 2021 20 8 10 2022 ART Grand Prix N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
David Schumacher 2019 24 4 9 2019–2021 Campos Racing 40 1 2 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Frederik Vesti 2019 24 13 20 2020–2021 Prema Racing 38 4 9 2022 ART Grand Prix 0* 0* 0*
Jüri Vips 2020 9 0 3 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2020–2022 DAMS 31* 2* 7* ADAC F4 Championship
Lirim Zendeli 2019 3 0 2 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2021 MP Motorsport 17 0 0 ADAC F4 Championship

* Season still in progress.

Notes:

  • Gold background denotes Formula Regional European champion.

Circuits
Number Countries, Circuits Years
1 Circuit Paul Ricard 2019–2021
2 Vallelunga Circuit 2019–2020
3 Hungaroring 2019
4 Red Bull Ring 2019–2021
5 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 2019–2021
6 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 2019–2021
7 Mugello Circuit 2019–2021
8 Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2019–2021
9 Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli 2020
10 Circuit de Monaco 2021
11 Circuit Zandvoort 2021
12 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 2021
13 Circuit Ricardo Tormo 2021

References
  1. Wood, Elliot (12 October 2018). "Italian bid beats Renault to run European regional F3 series". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  2. Smith, Luke (31 October 2020). "Formula Regional Europe merges with Renault Eurocup for 2021". Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  3. Allen, Peter (2 November 2018). "Prema commits to Italian-promoted European Regional F3 championship". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  4. "The Championship". Formula Regional by Alpine. 2021-02-02. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
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