The 2020 Formula Regional Americas Championship powered by Honda was the third season for the FIA Formula 3 regional series across North America. The series was sanctioned by SCCA Pro Racing, the professional racing division of the Sports Car Club of America. The 2020 season was first season under the moniker of Formula Regional Americas, after a rebranding to align with the FIA single-seater development pathway.[1] Linus Lundqvist won the championship, finishing 118 points in front of runner-up David Malukas, meanwhile Global Racing Group dominated the team's championship.
Teams and drivers edit
Relentless Motorsports were the first Canadian-based team to compete in the series.[2] All drivers competed with Honda-powered Ligier JS F3 cars on Hankook tires.
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Race calendar edit
The series schedule was announced on 19 December 2019.[6] However, after multiple postponements and cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a revised calendar was announced on 29 May 2020. This new calendar includes new rounds at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and Miami Speedway. The round at Circuit Trois-Rivières in Quebec, Canada - the planned first international event for the series - was not included in the reworked calendar.[7][8] The round at Circuit of the Americas was held as a triple-header to finish out the season.[9]
Championship standings edit
- Points are awarded as follows:
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' standings edit
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Teams' Championship edit
Only a team's two best finishing cars are eligible for teams' championship points.
| Pos | Team | MOH | VIR | BAR | SEB | HMS | COA | Pts | |||||||||||
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| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | |||
| 1 |  Global Racing Group
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 573 |
| 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 2 | HMD Motorsports
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2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 367 |
| 15† | 3 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | ||||||
| 3 | Newman Wachs Racing
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3 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 279 |
| 7 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 6 | NC | Ret | DNS | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 8 | Ret | |||
| 4 | Abel Motorsports
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6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | Ret | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 150 |
| 13 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 8 | Ret | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport
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14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 9 | Ret | 6 | 9 | Ret | 109 |
| 6 | Andretti Autosport
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8 | 4 | 11 | NC | 5 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | Ret | DNS | 62 | ||||||
| 7 | Velocity Racing Development
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11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 12 | NC | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 21 | ||||||
| 8 | Jensen Global Advisors
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DNS | 14 | 8 | 13 | Ret | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Jay Howard Driver Development
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10 | 16 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10 |  Relentless Motorsports
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Ret | 11 | 11 | 12 | Ret | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 12 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Momentum Motorsports
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NC | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Pos | Team | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
| MOH | VIR | BAR | SEB | HMS | COA | ||||||||||||||
Notes edit
- ^ The qualifying session was canceled due to heavy rain. The Race 1 starting grid was set by point standings.
References edit
- ^ "FR Americas Championship Gets Rebranded Ahead of 2020 Season". FR Americas Championship. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
- ^ "First Canadian-Based Team Enters F3 Americas for 2020". F3 Americas Championship. 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Marco Kacic Joins HMD Motorsports for FR Americas Season Finale". FR Americas Championship. 15 October 2020.
- ^ "KYFFIN SIMPSON STEPS UP TO FORMULA REGIONAL AMERICAS WITH HMD MOTORSPORT". FR Americas Championship. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
- ^ "2020 FR Americas Drivers - FR Americas Championship". www.framericas.com. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
- ^ "Formula Regional Americas Championship 2020 Schedule". F3 Americas Championship. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "F3 AMERICAS CHAMPIONSHIP MAKES INTERNATIONAL DEBUT ON THE STREETS OF QUEBEC IN 2020". F3 Americas Championship. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
- ^ "FR Americas Reveals Revised 2020 Schedule, Two New Circuits Added". FR Americas Championship. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
- ^ "SCCA Pro Racing Finalizes 2020 F4 U.S. and FR Americas Schedule". F3 Americas Championship. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
External links edit
- Official website: Formula Regional Americas