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]
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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 | |
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1 | R1 | 13 April | European Le Mans Series | |
R2 | ||||
R3 | 14 April | |||
2 | R1 | 4 May | Main event | |
R2 | 5 May | |||
R3 | ||||
3 | R1 | 6 July | Euroformula Open | |
R2 | 7 July | |||
R3 | ||||
4 | R1 | 13 July | International GT Open | |
R2 | 14 July | |||
R3 | ||||
5 | R1 | 31 August | Main event | |
R2 | ||||
R3 | 1 September | |||
R4 | ||||
6 | R1 | 21 September | International GT Open | |
R2 | ||||
R3 | 22 September | |||
7 | R1 | 5 October | Main event | |
R2 | ||||
R3 | 6 October | |||
8 | R1 | 19 October | Main event | |
R2 | 20 October | |||
R3 |
Results
Round | Circuit | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Rookie Winner | |
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1 | R1 | ||||||
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R3 | |||||||
2 | R1 | ||||||
R2 | |||||||
R3 | Race postponed due to weather conditions[35] | ||||||
3 | R1 | ||||||
R2 | |||||||
R3 | |||||||
4 | R1 | ||||||
R2 | |||||||
R3 | |||||||
5 | R1 | ||||||
R2 | |||||||
R3 | |||||||
R4 | |||||||
6 | R1 | ||||||
R2 | |||||||
R3 | |||||||
7 | R1 | ||||||
R2 | |||||||
R3 | |||||||
8 | R1 | ||||||
R2 | |||||||
R3 |
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 |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' standings
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Bold – Pole |
Rookies' standings
Pos | Driver | LEC |
VLL |
HUN |
RBR |
IMO |
CAT |
MUG |
MNZ |
Pts | |||||||||||||||||
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1 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 6 | 5 | Ret | 11 | 6 | C | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 116 | ||||||||||
8 | 10 | 10 | C | 8 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 103 | ||||||||||
9 | 13 | 12 | C | 11 | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 12 | 13 | Ret | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 74 | ||||
10 | 12 | 10 | DNS | 9 | 7 | Ret | 10 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 64 |
Teams' standings
Pos | Team | Pts |
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1 | 870 | |
2 | 480 | |
3 | 397 | |
4 | 264 | |
5 | 189 | |
6 | 43 | |
7 | 17 | |
8 | 12 | |
9 | 0 |
Notes
- Blomqvist is a Swedish driver racing with a Finnish license.[10]
- 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.
- 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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