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
United States Jay Howard Driver Development 7 United States Christian Bogle[2] 1–3
United States Crosslink Competition 9 Australia Joshua Car[3] All
14 United States Dylan Tavella[4] All
New Zealand Kiwi Motorsport 15 New Zealand Kaleb Ngatoa[5] 6
United States Velocity Racing Development 11 United States Hunter Yeany[6] 1–4
United States Arias Deukmedjian[7] 5
27 United Kingdom Matt Round-Garrido[8] 1
29 United States Nick Persing 3–6
77 United States Jason Alder[5] 6
United States Australia TJ Speed Motorsports[9] 17 France Baptiste Berthelot[10] All
19 United States Varun Choksey[11] All
21 Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson[12] All
99 Canada Logan Cusson[13] All
United States WISKO 24 United States Kevin Janzen[7] 5–6
United States Newman Wachs Racing 45 Guatemala Ian Rodríguez[14] 1–4
48 United States Jordan Missig[15] All
United States Newman Wachs Racing/Abel Motorsport 51 United States Jacob Abel 3
United States Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport 78 New Zealand Ryan Yardley[7] 5–6
91 United States Cooper Becklin[7] 5–6
United States Future Star Racing 98 United States 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 Georgia (U.S. state) Road Atlanta, Braselton 27 March Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson United States Australia TJ Speed Motorsports Formula 4 United States Championship
Trans-Am Series
SVRA
R2 Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson United States Australia TJ Speed Motorsports
R3 28 March Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson United States Australia TJ Speed Motorsports
2 R1 Wisconsin Road America, Elkhart Lake 16 May United States Hunter Yeany Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson United States Dylan Tavella[lower-alpha 1] United States Crosslink Competition Formula 4 United States Championship
SVRA
R2 17 May Australia Joshua Car Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson United States Australia TJ Speed Motorsports
R3 Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson United States Australia TJ Speed Motorsports
3 R1 Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington 26 June Australia Joshua Car[lower-alpha 2] United States Jacob Abel Australia Joshua Car United States Crosslink Competition Formula 4 United States Championship
Trans-Am Series
SVRA
International GT
R2 27 June Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson United States Jacob Abel United States Newman Wachs Racing/Abel Motorsport
R3 United States Dylan Tavella United States Ernie Francis Jr. United States Future Star Racing
4 R1 Minnesota Brainerd International Raceway, Brainerd 17 July Australia Joshua Car United States Jordan Missig Guatemala Ian Rodríguez United States Newman Wachs Racing Formula 4 United States Championship
Trans-Am Series
SVRA
R2 18 July Australia Joshua Car Australia Joshua Car United States Crosslink Competition
R3 Australia Joshua Car Australia Joshua Car United States Crosslink Competition
5 R1 Virginia Virginia International Raceway, Alton 25 September Australia Joshua Car Australia Joshua Car United States Jordan Missig United States Newman Wachs Racing Formula 4 United States Championship
SVRA
R2 Australia Joshua Car United States Ernie Francis Jr. United States Future Star Racing
R3 26 September Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson United States Ernie Francis Jr. United States Future Star Racing
6 R1 Texas Circuit of the Americas, Austin 5 November Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson United States Jason Alder United States Velocity Racing Development SVRA
R2 6 November Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson United States Australia TJ Speed Motorsports
R3 United States Dylan Tavella Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson United States Australia 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 Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson 1 1 1 4 1 1 12 3 2 2 2 2 4 5 2 11 1 1 314
2 Australia Joshua Car 2 DNS 3 8 2 4 1 2 Ret 3 1 1 Ret 4 4 13† 8 3 218
3 United States Ernie Francis Jr. 11 5 Ret 11 5 Ret 5 4 1 DNS Ret 7† 5 1 1 3 NC 4 160
4 United States Varun Choksey 6 7 4 6 3 3 6 11 11 6 3 6 8 Ret 3 8 2 11 144
5 United States Jordan Missig 4 3 2 3 Ret DNS 3 Ret 10 4 DNS 8 1 3 Ret 5 NC 13 142
6 Canada Logan Cusson 3 4 6 10 6 Ret 7 9 3 10† 5 4 Ret 6 Ret 4 7 9 118
7 United States Dylan Tavella 5 2 Ret 1 8 6† 13† 12 9 7 Ret 10 2 8 Ret DNS NC 2 114
8 Guatemala Ian Rodríguez Ret DNS DNS 2 10 2 11 6 5 1 4 Ret 92
9 France Baptiste Berthelot 10 8 Ret 7 7 7† 8 10 6 5 7 3 6 Ret 6 9 10 10 87
10 New Zealand Ryan Yardley 3 2 7 2 11 5 67
11 United States Nick Persing 9 8 4 8 6 5 10 Ret 9 10 3 6 67
12 United States Hunter Yeany 7 6 5 9 4 5 10 5 8 9 Ret 9 67
13 United States Jacob Abel 2 1 Ret 43
14 United States Jason Alder 1 5 7 41
15 United States Christian Bogle 8 10 NC 5 9 DNS 4 7 7 41
16 United States Cooper Becklin 7 7 8 7 6 12 30
17 New Zealand Kaleb Ngatoa 6 4 8 24
18 United States Arias Deukmedjian 9 10 5 13
19 United Kingdom Matt Round-Garrido 9 9 7 10
20 United States 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 United States Australia 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 United States 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 United States 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 United States 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 United States Future Star Racing 11 5 Ret 11 5 Ret 5 4 1 DNS Ret 7† 5 1 1 3 NC 4 160
6 United States Jay Howard Driver Development 8 10 NC 5 9 DNS 4 7 7 41
8 New Zealand Kiwi Motorsport 6 4 8 24
7 United States 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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