2019 Formula Regional European Championship

The 2019 Formula Regional European Championship was a multi-event, Formula 3 open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held across Europe. The championship features a mix of professional and amateur drivers, competing in Formula 3 cars that conform to the FIA Formula 3 regulations for the championship. In the inaugural season of the championship, Frederik Vesti was the drivers' champion.

The season commenced on 14 April at Circuit Paul Ricard and concluded on 20 October at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, after eight meetings.

Teams and drivers edit

All teams and drivers competed with the Tatuus-Alfa Romeo F.3 T-318.[1]

Team No. Drivers Status Rounds
  Prema Powerteam[2] 2   Frederik Vesti[3] R All
64   Olli Caldwell[4] R All
74   Enzo Fittipaldi[5] R All
  KIC Motorsport[6] 6   Niko Kari[7] 8
10   Konsta Lappalainen[8] R All
11   Jake Hughes[9] 7
46   Isac Blomqvist[8][N 1] R 1–5
  Scorace Team-Viola Formula 7   Sharon Scolari[11] All
  Scuderia DF Corse by Corbetta[12] 15   Matteo Nannini[13][N 2] R 4–7
115 G 2
  DR Formula RP Motorsport[14][15] 17   Igor Fraga[16] All
41   Raúl Guzmán[17] R All
  Mas du Clos Racing Team 25   Alexandre Bardinon[18][19] R 2
  Van Amersfoort Racing 3–8
65   Dan Ticktum[20] 6–7
66   Andreas Estner[7] 8
96   Joey Mawson[21] 2
99   Sophia Flörsch[22] All
  US Racing[23] 27   David Schumacher[24] R All
28   Marcos Siebert[25] 2–5
44   Lirim Zendeli[26] 7
  Technorace[27] 95   Tom Beckhäuser[28] R 3–5, 7–8
Icon Status
R Rookie
G Guest

Race calendar edit

The provisional calendar was announced on 31 October 2018.[29] The schedule was altered on 9 November 2018 with Hockenheimring replaced by Circuit Paul Ricard,[30] and on 1 December 2018, with the round at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari moved from its original 9 June date.[31] The last two race weekends of the season at Monza and Mugello were swapped.[32] The cancelled race from Vallelunga Circuit was rescheduled and run at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Round 5 as a fourth race.[33]


Round Circuit Date Supporting
1 R1   Circuit Paul Ricard 13 April European Le Mans Series
R2
R3 14 April
2 R1   Vallelunga Circuit 4 May Main event
R2 5 May
R3
3 R1   Hungaroring 6 July Euroformula Open
R2 7 July
R3
4 R1   Red Bull Ring 13 July International GT Open
R2 14 July
R3
5 R1   Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 31 August Main event
R2
R3 1 September
R4
6 R1   Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 21 September International GT Open
R2
R3 22 September
7 R1   Mugello Circuit 5 October Main event
R2
R3 6 October
8 R1   Autodromo Nazionale Monza 19 October Main event
R2 20 October
R3

Results edit

Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Rookie Winner
1 R1   Circuit Paul Ricard   Enzo Fittipaldi   Enzo Fittipaldi   Frederik Vesti   Prema Powerteam   Frederik Vesti
R2   Olli Caldwell   Enzo Fittipaldi   Enzo Fittipaldi   Prema Powerteam   Enzo Fittipaldi
R3   Frederik Vesti   Frederik Vesti   Frederik Vesti   Prema Powerteam   Frederik Vesti
2 R1   Vallelunga Circuit   David Schumacher[N 3]   Enzo Fittipaldi   David Schumacher   US Racing   David Schumacher
R2   Isac Blomqvist   Igor Fraga   Frederik Vesti   Prema Powerteam   Frederik Vesti
R3   Isac Blomqvist Race postponed due to weather conditions[35]
3 R1   Hungaroring   Frederik Vesti   Frederik Vesti   Frederik Vesti   Prema Powerteam   Frederik Vesti
R2   Frederik Vesti   Enzo Fittipaldi   Frederik Vesti   Prema Powerteam   Frederik Vesti
R3   Frederik Vesti   Marcos Siebert   Frederik Vesti   Prema Powerteam   Frederik Vesti
4 R1   Red Bull Ring   Frederik Vesti   Frederik Vesti   Frederik Vesti   Prema Powerteam   Frederik Vesti
R2   Frederik Vesti   Frederik Vesti   Frederik Vesti   Prema Powerteam   Frederik Vesti
R3   Frederik Vesti   Sophia Flörsch   Igor Fraga   DR Formula   Enzo Fittipaldi
5 R1   Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari   Igor Fraga   Frederik Vesti   Igor Fraga   DR Formula   Olli Caldwell
R2   Frederik Vesti   Frederik Vesti   Frederik Vesti   Prema Powerteam   Frederik Vesti
R3   Frederik Vesti   Frederik Vesti   Enzo Fittipaldi   Prema Powerteam   Enzo Fittipaldi
R4   Isac Blomqvist   Frederik Vesti   Olli Caldwell   Prema Powerteam   Olli Caldwell
6 R1   Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya   Enzo Fittipaldi   David Schumacher   Frederik Vesti   Prema Powerteam   Frederik Vesti
R2   David Schumacher   David Schumacher   David Schumacher   US Racing   David Schumacher
R3   David Schumacher   Matteo Nannini   David Schumacher   US Racing   David Schumacher
7 R1   Mugello Circuit   Frederik Vesti   Frederik Vesti   Frederik Vesti   Prema Powerteam   Frederik Vesti
R2   David Schumacher   Jake Hughes   Frederik Vesti   Prema Powerteam   Frederik Vesti
R3   David Schumacher   David Schumacher   David Schumacher   US Racing   David Schumacher
8 R1   Autodromo Nazionale Monza   Igor Fraga   Igor Fraga   Igor Fraga   DR Formula   Frederik Vesti
R2   Igor Fraga   Igor Fraga   Igor Fraga   DR Formula   Raúl Guzmán
R3   Igor Fraga   Enzo Fittipaldi   Frederik Vesti   Prema Powerteam   Frederik Vesti

Championship standings edit

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap.

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

Drivers' standings edit

Pos Driver LEC
 
VLL
 
HUN
 
RBR
 
IMO
 
CAT
 
MUG
 
MNZ
 
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1   Frederik Vesti 1 2 1 5 1 C 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 3 6 1 3 10 1 1 4 2 3 1 467
2   Enzo Fittipaldi 2 1 2 2 2 C 2 2 3 4 5 2 4 7 1 Ret 5 2 3 4 4 6 13† 4 2 336
3   Igor Fraga 3 3 7 7 8 C 5 DNS 4 2 9 1 1 3 2 3 10 4 7 5 5 5 1 1 3 300
4   David Schumacher 8 6 3 1 7 C 6 5 7 3 2 6 8 5 6 4 3 1 1 2 14 1 7 7 6 285
5   Olli Caldwell 4 DSQ 4 8 3 C 3 3 2 7 Ret 7 2 2 Ret 1 7 6 4 9 11 10 5 8 7 213
6   Raúl Guzmán 5 4 8 6 9 C 8 7 5 5 Ret 4 5 4 7 12 4 7 6 10 12 8 3 2 5 180
7   Sophia Flörsch 9 8 5 9 5 C 7 4 6 6 6 5 7 8 4 7 9 8 5 6 8 9 6 10 9 149
8   Marcos Siebert 3 13† C 4 6 10 11 4 10 Ret 10 5 5 70
9   Dan Ticktum 2 5 2 8 6 7 64
10   Isac Blomqvist 6 5 Ret 11 6 C 9 8 8 10 11 8 9 11 12 2 62
11   Konsta Lappalainen 7 7 Ret 12 11 C 10 9 Ret 12 3 9 11 9 8 8 Ret 9 8 12 9 13 9 9 10 56
12   Jake Hughes 3 3 3 45
13   Matteo Nannini[N 2] 10 10 C 8 8 11 6 6 9 9 6 10 9 11 7 11 43
14   Lirim Zendeli 7 2 2 42
15   Niko Kari 8 5 4 26
16   Joey Mawson 4 4 C 24
17   Andreas Estner 4 6 8 24
18   Sharon Scolari 10 9 6 14 Ret C 13 11 11 13 10 12 13 14 11 11 8 12 Ret Ret DNS Ret 12 13 DNS 17
19   Tom Beckhäuser 12 10 DNS 9 7 Ret 10 12 10 13 10 14 11 12 12 12
20   Alexandre Bardinon 13 12 C 11 Ret 9 Ret Ret DNS 12 13 Ret 10 11 11 11 14 13 12 10 11 11 5
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
LEC
 
VLL
 
HUN
 
RBR
 
IMO
 
CAT
 
MUG
 
MNZ
 
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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 – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish, but classified

Rookies' standings edit

Pos Driver LEC
 
VLL
 
HUN
 
RBR
 
IMO
 
CAT
 
MUG
 
MNZ
 
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1   Frederik Vesti 1 2 1 5 1 C 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 3 6 1 3 10 1 1 4 2 3 1 506
2   Enzo Fittipaldi 2 1 2 2 2 C 2 2 3 4 5 2 4 7 1 Ret 5 2 3 4 4 6 13† 4 2 381
3   David Schumacher 8 6 3 1 7 C 6 5 7 3 2 6 8 5 6 4 3 1 1 2 14 1 7 7 6 347
4   Olli Caldwell 4 DSQ 4 8 3 C 3 3 2 7 Ret 7 2 2 Ret 1 7 6 4 9 11 10 5 8 7 288
5   Raúl Guzmán 5 4 8 6 9 C 8 7 5 5 Ret 4 5 4 7 12 4 7 6 10 12 8 3 2 5 284
6   Konsta Lappalainen 7 7 Ret 12 11 C 10 9 Ret 12 3 9 11 9 8 8 Ret 9 8 12 9 13 9 9 10 157
7   Isac Blomqvist 6 5 Ret 11 6 C 9 8 8 10 11 8 9 11 12 2 116
8   Matteo Nannini[N 2] 10 10 C 8 8 11 6 6 9 9 6 10 9 11 7 11 103
9   Alexandre Bardinon 13 12 C 11 Ret 9 Ret Ret DNS 12 13 Ret 10 11 11 11 14 13 12 10 11 11 74
10   Tom Beckhäuser 12 10 DNS 9 7 Ret 10 12 10 13 10 14 11 12 12 64
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
LEC
 
VLL
 
HUN
 
RBR
 
IMO
 
CAT
 
MUG
 
MNZ
 

Teams' standings edit

Pos Team Pts
1   Prema Powerteam 870
2   DR Formula 480
3   US Racing 397
4   Van Amersfoort Racing 264
5   KIC Motorsport 189
6   Scuderia DF Corse by Corbetta 43
7   Scorace Team-Viola Formula 17
8   Technorace 12
9   Mas du Clos Racing Team 0

Notes edit

  1. ^ Blomqvist is a Swedish driver racing with a Finnish license.[10]
  2. ^ a b c Nannini was not eligible to classify or score points at Vallelunga due to age restrictions. This points restriction also included the Vallelunga make-up race at Imola.
  3. ^ Isac Blomqvist was the fastest qualifier but received a grid penalty from an incident during one of the earlier sessions.[34]

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