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. It the inaugural season of the championship. Frederik Vesti is the drivers' champion.

2019 Formula Regional European Championship
Previous: none Next: 2020
Feeder series:
Italian F4 Championship

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

All teams and drivers competed with the Tatuus–Alfa Romeo F3 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

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
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

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
Pos Driver LEC
 VLL
 HUN
 RBR
 IMO
 CAT
 MUG
 MNZ
 Pts
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 LEC
 VLL
 HUN
 RBR
 IMO
 CAT
 MUG
 MNZ
 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd 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 participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish, but classified

Rookies' standings
Pos Driver LEC
 VLL
 HUN
 RBR
 IMO
 CAT
 MUG
 MNZ
 Pts
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

Teams' standings
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
  1. Blomqvist is a Swedish driver racing with a Finnish license.[10]
  2. 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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