2021 Formula Regional European Championship

The 2021 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine was a multi-event, Formula 3 open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held across Europe. The championship featured a mix of professional and amateur drivers, competing in Formula 3 cars that conform to the FIA Formula 3 regulations for the championship. This was the third season of the championship and the first after a merger with Formula Renault Eurocup which resulted to the change of the engine supplier to Alpine.

2021 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine

Drivers' champion:
Grégoire Saucy
Rookie champion:
Isack Hadjar
Teams' champion:
R-ace GP

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2022

The season commenced on 17 April at Imola Circuit and concluded on 31 October at Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, after ten rounds.

Swiss driver Grégoire Saucy, driving for ART Grand Prix, took the drivers' title in Round 9 at Mugello.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Thirteen teams had been pre-selected to the 2021 championship. Teams had a maximum of three cars, but were allowed to run a fourth car if they enter with a female driver.^[2] G4 Racing took over Bhaitech's entry^[3] and M2 Competition withdrew as only twelve teams are allowed to compete in the series.^[4]

Teams No. Driver Status Rounds Prema Powerteam 1 Paul Aron[5] All 12 David Vidales[6] All 17 Dino Beganovic[7] R All KIC Motorsport 2 Nico Göhler[8] R All 5 Patrik Pasma[9] 1–5 11 Gianluca Petecof[10] 7–10 13 Jasin Ferati[11] R 6, 8–9 40 Konsta Lappalainen[12] G 10 58 Elias Seppänen[13] R 1–7 ART Grand Prix 5 Patrik Pasma[14] 6–10 23 Thomas ten Brinke[15] R 1–5 26 Grégoire Saucy[16] All 46 Gabriele Minì[17] R All R-ace GP 6 Isack Hadjar[18] R All 10 Hadrien David[19] All 15 Léna Bühler[20] R F 2–10 22 Zane Maloney[21] All 97 Sami Meguetounif[22] R G 9–10 G4 Racing[3][23] 7 Axel Gnos[3] R All 9 Callum Hedge[24] R G 10 30 Michael Belov[25] 5–10 55 Alessandro Famularo[26][a] R 2–4 72 Belén García[28] R F 1–2, 4, 8 Arden Motorsport 8 William Alatalo[29] All 14 Nicola Marinangeli[30] All 21 Alex Quinn[31] All FA Racing by MP 9 Alexandre Bardinon[32] 1–8 25 9–10 19 Andrea Rosso[33] R All 85 Gabriel Bortoleto[34] R All 89 Arias Deukmedjian[35] R G 9 Monolite Racing 13 Jasin Ferati[36] R 1–5 35 Pietro Delli Guanti[36] R All 55 Dexter Patterson[37][38] R 6, 10 99 José Garfias[39] R 7–9 JD Motorsport 16 Tommy Smith[40] All 33 Michael Belov[41] G 4 Ido Cohen[42] 6–7, 9–10 91 Eduardo Barrichello[43] R All MP Motorsport 27 Kas Haverkort[44] R All 43 Franco Colapinto[45][46] All 77 Dilano van 't Hoff[47] R G 8–10 96 Oliver Goethe[45][b] R All DR Formula 41 Emidio Pesce[48] All 71 Brad Benavides[48][c] 1–5 Van Amersfoort Racing 51 Francesco Pizzi[49] R All 62 Lorenzo Fluxá[50] All 64 Mari Boya[51] R All

Icon Status R Rookie F Female G Guest drivers ineligible for points

• Casper Stevenson was scheduled to compete for Van Amersfoort Racing, but withdrew prior to the start of the season. His seat was taken by Mari Boya, who was originally set to race for FA Racing by MP. Gabriel Bortoleto, who had initially signed for DR Formula, replaced Boya at FA Racing by MP.^[52]

Race calendar

The initial calendar was revealed on 7 December 2020.^[53] The series adopted the Formula Renault Eurocup weekend format with qualifying session 1 and race 1 on Saturday and qualifying session 2 and race 2 on Sunday.^[54] After rescheduling the season opener at Spa to support the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, the second Imola round was subsequently dropped and plans to reinclude Spa were announced.^[55] A planned round at the Nürburgring was cancelled because of the flood disaster in the region, with a replacement at Circuit Ricardo Tormo added later.^[56][57]

Round		Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	R1	Imola Circuit, Imola	17 April	Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
	R2		18 April
2	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	8 May	Spanish Grand Prix
	R2		9 May
3	R1	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	22 May	Monaco Grand Prix
	R2		23 May
4	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	29 May	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
	R2		30 May
5	R1	Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort	19 June	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
	R2		20 June
6	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	24 July	SRO Spa Speed Week
	R2		25 July
7	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	11 September	International GT Open
	R2		12 September
8	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	25 September	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
	R2		26 September
9	R1	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero	9 October	Main event
	R2		10 October
10	R1	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	30 October	Main event
	R2		31 October

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Rookie winner
1	R1	Imola	David Vidales	Hadrien David	David Vidales	Prema Powerteam	Isack Hadjar
	R2		Grégoire Saucy	David Vidales	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	Gabriele Minì
2	R1	Barcelona	Grégoire Saucy	Grégoire Saucy	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	Gabriele Minì
	R2		Grégoire Saucy	Isack Hadjar	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	Isack Hadjar
3	R1	Monaco	Isack Hadjar	Isack Hadjar	Isack Hadjar	R-ace GP	Isack Hadjar
	R2		Zane Maloney	Zane Maloney	Zane Maloney	R-ace GP	Isack Hadjar
4	R1	Paul Ricard	Grégoire Saucy	Hadrien David	Hadrien David	R-ace GP	Gabriele Minì
	R2		Grégoire Saucy	Michael Belov	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	Isack Hadjar
5	R1	Zandvoort	Grégoire Saucy	Grégoire Saucy	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	Gabriele Minì
	R2		Grégoire Saucy	Franco Colapinto	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	Gabriele Minì
6	R1	Spa-Francorchamps	Michael Belov	Michael Belov	Michael Belov	G4 Racing	Dino Beganovic
	R2		Grégoire Saucy	Michael Belov	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	Gabriele Minì
7	R1	Red Bull Ring	Franco Colapinto	Franco Colapinto	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	Gabriel Bortoleto
	R2		Franco Colapinto	Franco Colapinto	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	Gabriel Bortoleto
8	R1	Valencia	Franco Colapinto	Franco Colapinto	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	Mari Boya
	R2		Michael Belov	Dino Beganovic	Michael Belov	G4 Racing	Isack Hadjar
9	R1	Mugello	Paul Aron	Michael Belov	Paul Aron	Prema Powerteam	Gabriel Bortoleto
	R2		Paul Aron	Paul Aron	Paul Aron	Prema Powerteam	Dino Beganovic
10	R1	Monza	Hadrien David	Isack Hadjar	Hadrien David	R-ace GP	Isack Hadjar
	R2		Dino Beganovic	Dino Beganovic	Isack Hadjar	R-ace GP	Isack Hadjar

Championship standings

Points system

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.

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 IMO CAT MCO LEC ZAN SPA RBR VAL MUG MNZ Points R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 Grégoire Saucy 5 1 1 1 22 Ret DSQ 1 1 1 8 1 5 1 12 3 5 3 4 10 277 2 Hadrien David 3 4 12 Ret 4 3 1 10 3 12 2 3 2 Ret 7 6 23 6 1 3 209 3 Paul Aron 4 2 3 4 3 Ret 14 26 4 7 18 8 3 13 4 12 1 1 6 2 197 4 Zane Maloney Ret 3 9 9 2 1 4 6 15 8 3 2 9 3 8 8 11 14 3 7 170 5 Isack Hadjar 7 12 7 3 1 2 21 4 6 11 7 9 12 6 9 4 12 13 2 1 166 6 Franco Colapinto WD WD 28† Ret WD WD 12 12 5 2 Ret 6 1 4 1 2 Ret 5 7 6 140 7 Gabriele Minì 11 6 2 5 10 10 3 Ret 2 3 6 4 11 12 14 10 9 Ret Ret 5 122 8 Michael Belov[d] 2 2 9 DNS 1 5 6 Ret 5 1 2 4 9 8 116 9 Alex Quinn 2 Ret 4 2 6 4 6 21 10 Ret 10 Ret 4 8 6 15 14 11 13 11 104 10 David Vidales 1 7 Ret Ret 7 6 11 8 11 14 Ret 25 13 7 2 5 3 15 10 Ret 102 11 William Alatalo 6 5 6 7 8 14 9 3 12 4 9 10 8 15 13 13 4 16 14 9 91 12 Patrik Pasma 13 16 10 8 5 5 5 7 Ret 22 5 11 17 10 33 22 16 18 16 Ret 56 13 Dino Beganovic 8 19 15 10 17 Ret 10 11 8 17 4 14 14 11 10 Ret Ret 2 5 Ret 53 14 Mari Boya 10 8 5 19 9 8 Ret 31 7 9 11 13 10 14 3 7 Ret 12 Ret 12 51 15 Gabriel Bortoleto 9 11 23 22 23 21 18 28 17 18 28 12 7 2 11 9 6 8 8 28 44 16 Kas Haverkort Ret 25 Ret 17 14 11 7 15 18 6 14 18 29 Ret 15 14 10 7 11 4 35 17 Thomas ten Brinke WD WD 8 6 16 7 8 9 19 21 28 18 Pietro Delli Guanti 16 Ret 11 13 11 13 17 13 Ret 24 15 Ret 15 5 16 19 7 9 18 22 18 19 Andrea Rosso 12 20 13 11 13 9 13 5 DNS 16 17 21 18 29 26 17 17 Ret Ret 26 14 20 Francesco Pizzi 18 17 21 15 15 12 20 32† 13 5 13 16 22 9 18 16 18 17 12 16 12 21 Dexter Patterson 19 7 WD WD 6 22 Gianluca Petecof Ret 28 22 11 8 10 21 14 5 23 Oliver Goethe 14 9 17 16 18 17 16 16 14 10 24 17 16 18 23 29 15 29 26 27 3 24 Elias Seppänen 15 10 18 Ret 12 15 15 14 16 13 16 19 23 17 1 25 Lorenzo Fluxá 19 13 14 20 DNS Ret Ret 19 20 15 12 20 19 16 19 23 19 24 23 19 0 26 Brad Benavides Ret 14 16 12 24 Ret 28 20 21 20 0 27 Ido Cohen 21 15 25 19 13 Ret 25 Ret 0 28 Axel Gnos 17 15 20 14 19 DNQ Ret 25 28 25 20 23 27 24 27 20 26 19 29 21 0 29 Eduardo Barrichello 20 23 DNS 23 NC 16 19 29 23 19 25 22 24 25 17 26 21 22 31 17 0 30 Nicola Marinangeli Ret 18 Ret 21 Ret Ret 25 Ret 27 28 26 Ret 20 21 31 18 30 28 17 Ret 0 31 Tommy Smith Ret 21 22 25 DNQ Ret 23 17 Ret 29 22 Ret Ret 27 21 21 24 27 28 18 0 32 Alessandro Famularo Ret 18 21 DNQ Ret 18 0 33 Alexandre Bardinon 24 Ret 26 26 DNQ 18 26 23 26 27 Ret Ret 30† Ret Ret 28 28 31 20 29 0 34 Nico Göhler 21 Ret 24 28 DNQ 19 27 27 22 26 23 24 26 22 28 24 Ret 26 19 24 0 35 Jasin Ferati 22 Ret 19 Ret Ret DNQ 22 Ret WD WD Ret Ret 32 31 Ret 30 0 36 José Garfias 28 20 24 Ret 20 23 0 37 Emidio Pesce NC 24 Ret 24 DNQ 20 24 22 25 23 Ret 26 21 23 25 30 Ret 25 27 25 0 38 Léna Bühler 25 27 20 DNQ 29 30 24 30 27 27 Ret 26 30 25 29 32 30 23 0 39 Belén García 23 22 27 29 30 24 29 27 0 Guest drivers ineligible to score points — Sami Meguetounif 22 20 15 13 — — Dilano van 't Hoff 20 Ret 25 21 24 15 — — Callum Hedge 22 20 — — Arias Deukmedjian 27 33 — — Konsta Lappalainen Ret 30 — Pos. Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Points IMO CAT MCO LEC ZAN SPA RBR VAL 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 Rookie

Teams' standings

For teams entering more than two cars only the two best-finishing cars were eligible to score points in the teams' championship.

Pos.	Team	IMO		CAT		MCO		LEC		ZAN		SPA		RBR		VAL		MUG		MNZ		Points
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	R-ace GP	3	3	7	3	1	1	1	4	3	8	2	2	2	3	7	4	11	6	1	1	481
		7	4	9	9	2	2	4	6	6	11	3	3	9	6	8	6	12	13	2	3
2	ART Grand Prix	5	1	1	1	10	7	3	1	1	1	5	1	5	1	12	3	5	3	4	5	422
		11	6	2	5	16	10	8	9	2	3	6	4	11	10	14	10	9	18	16	10
3	Prema Powerteam	1	2	3	4	3	6	10	8	4	7	4	8	3	7	2	5	1	1	5	2	346
		4	7	15	10	7	Ret	11	11	8	14	18	14	13	11	4	12	3	2	6	Ret
4	Arden Motorsport	2	5	4	2	6	4	6	3	6	4	9	10	4	8	6	13	4	11	13	9	195
		6	18	6	7	8	14	9	21	12	28	10	Ret	8	15	13	15	14	16	14	11
5	MP Motorsport	14	9	17	16	14	11	7	12	5	2	14	6	1	4	1	2	10	5	7	4	177
		Ret	25	28†	17	18	17	12	15	14	6	24	17	16	18	15	14	15	7	11	6
6	G4 Racing	17	15	20	14	19	DNQ	30	18	9	25	1	5	6	24	5	1	2	4	9	8	116
		23	22	27	18	21	DNQ	Ret	24	28	DNS	20	23	27	Ret	27	20	26	19	22	20
7	Van Amersfoort Racing	10	8	5	15	9	8	20	19	7	5	11	13	10	9	3	7	18	12	12	12	63
		18	13	14	19	15	12	Ret	31	13	9	12	16	19	14	18	16	19	17	23	16
8	FA Racing by MP	9	11	13	11	13	9	13	5	17	16	17	12	7	2	11	9	6	8	8	26	58
		12	20	23	22	23	18	18	23	26	18	28	21	18	29	26	17	17	31	20	28
9	KIC Motorsport	13	10	10	8	5	5	5	7	16	13	16	19	23	17	22	11	8	10	19	14	51
		15	16	18	28	12	15	15	14	22	22	23	24	26	22	28	24	Ret	26	21	24
10	Monolite Racing	16	Ret	11	13	11	13	17	13	Ret	24	15	7	15	5	16	19	7	9	18	22	24
		22	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	DNQ	22	Ret	WD	WD	19	Ret	28	20	24	Ret	20	23	WD	WD
11	JD Motorsport	20	21	22	23	NC	16	19	17	23	19	21	15	24	19	17	21	13	22	25	17	0
		Ret	23	DNS	25	DNQ	Ret	23	29	Ret	29	22	22	25	25	21	26	21	27	28	18
12	DR Formula	NC	14	16	12	24	20	24	20	21	20	26	26	21	23	25	30	Ret	25	27	25	0
		Ret	24	Ret	24	DNQ	Ret	28	22	25	23
Pos.	Team	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Points
		IMO		CAT		MCO		LEC		ZAN		SPA		RBR		VAL		MUG		MNZ

Notes

1. Famularo is a Venezuelan driver who competed under an Italian licence.^[27]
2. Goethe is a Danish-German driver who competed under a Monégasque licence.^[27]
3. Benavides is an American-Spanish-Guatemalan driver who competed under a Spanish licence.^[27]
4. Belov was ineligible to score points at Le Castellet as he competed as a guest driver.