2020 Formula Regional European Championship

The 2020 Formula Regional European Championship 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 conformed to the FIA Formula 3 regulations for the championship. This was the second season of the championship.

The season started on 31 July at Misano Circuit and concluded on 6 December at Autodromo Vallelunga, after eight meetings. Gianluca Petecof won the drivers' championship at the last race, while Prema Powerteam defended the teams' title. Although Petecof came out victorious in the championship, he did not amass the highest number of race wins, with four compared to his teammates' Arthur Leclerc and Oliver Rasmussen six victories. Patrik Pasma also won four races, and Pierre-Louis Chovet, Dennis Hauger and Ian Rodríguez all won one race each.

Teams and drivers

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All teams and drivers competed with the Tatuus-Alfa Romeo F.3 T-318.[1]

Team No. Drivers Status Rounds
  KIC Motorsport 2   Nico Göhler[2] 3, 5
4   Jüri Vips[3] 1–2, 4
5   Patrik Pasma[4] All
7   Nicola Marinangeli[5] 7–8
40   Konsta Lappalainen[4] All
  Van Amersfoort Racing 3   Pierre-Louis Chovet[6] R All
11   Alessandro Famularo[2] R 3–5
23   Facu Regalia[7] G 2
62   Dennis Hauger[8] 6–8
  Prema Powerteam 6   Oliver Rasmussen[9] R All
10   Gianluca Petecof[10] R All
14   Arthur Leclerc[11] R All
55   Jamie Chadwick[12] All
  Monolite Racing[13] 15   Matteo Nannini[8] 6
99   Andrea Cola[14] R 1–5, 8
  Gillian Track Events GTE[15] 33   Gillian Henrion[15] R All
  DR Formula RP Motorsport[15] 41   Emidio Pesce[16] R All
45   Ian Rodríguez[17] 7
Icon Status
R Rookie
G Guest

Race calendar

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The initial calendar was announced on 16 September 2019.[22] After multiple postponements due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a revised calendar was announced on 19 May 2020.[23] On 3 June 2020 it was announced that the season opener at Hungaroring was pushed back 2 weeks.[24] The current version of the amended calendar was published on 11 June 2020 and saw the round at the Hungaroring replaced by a visit to Misano Circuit.[25]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Rookie Winner
1 R1   Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli 1 August   Arthur Leclerc   Jüri Vips   Oliver Rasmussen   Prema Powerteam   Oliver Rasmussen
R2   Arthur Leclerc   Gianluca Petecof   Arthur Leclerc   Prema Powerteam   Arthur Leclerc
R3 2 August   Arthur Leclerc   Arthur Leclerc   Gianluca Petecof   Prema Powerteam   Gianluca Petecof
2 R1   Circuit Paul Ricard 22 August   Arthur Leclerc   Arthur Leclerc   Arthur Leclerc   Prema Powerteam   Arthur Leclerc
R2   Gianluca Petecof   Jüri Vips   Gianluca Petecof   Prema Powerteam   Gianluca Petecof
R3 23 August   Gianluca Petecof   Gianluca Petecof   Arthur Leclerc   Prema Powerteam   Arthur Leclerc
3 R1   Red Bull Ring 12 September   Gianluca Petecof   Gianluca Petecof   Gianluca Petecof   Prema Powerteam   Gianluca Petecof
R2 13 September   Gianluca Petecof   Gianluca Petecof   Oliver Rasmussen   Prema Powerteam   Oliver Rasmussen
R3   Gianluca Petecof   Gianluca Petecof   Gianluca Petecof   Prema Powerteam   Gianluca Petecof
4 R1   Mugello Circuit 3 October   Oliver Rasmussen   Jüri Vips   Arthur Leclerc   Prema Powerteam   Arthur Leclerc
R2 4 October   Arthur Leclerc   Pierre-Louis Chovet   Arthur Leclerc   Prema Powerteam   Arthur Leclerc
R3   Arthur Leclerc   Gianluca Petecof   Arthur Leclerc   Prema Powerteam   Arthur Leclerc
5 R1   Autodromo Nazionale Monza 17 October   Patrik Pasma   Oliver Rasmussen   Patrik Pasma   KIC Motorsport   Gianluca Petecof
R2 18 October   Patrik Pasma   Oliver Rasmussen   Oliver Rasmussen   Prema Powerteam   Oliver Rasmussen
R3   Arthur Leclerc   Gianluca Petecof   Patrik Pasma   KIC Motorsport   Gianluca Petecof
6 R1   Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 31 October   Pierre-Louis Chovet   Pierre-Louis Chovet   Oliver Rasmussen   Prema Powerteam   Oliver Rasmussen
R2   Dennis Hauger   Oliver Rasmussen   Oliver Rasmussen   Prema Powerteam   Oliver Rasmussen
R3 1 November   Dennis Hauger   Pierre-Louis Chovet   Pierre-Louis Chovet   Van Amersfoort Racing   Pierre-Louis Chovet
7 R1   Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 21 November   Oliver Rasmussen   Dennis Hauger   Ian Rodríguez   DR Formula RP Motorsport   Arthur Leclerc
R2 22 November   Arthur Leclerc   Patrik Pasma   Patrik Pasma   KIC Motorsport   Gianluca Petecof
R3   Patrik Pasma   Patrik Pasma   Patrik Pasma   KIC Motorsport   Arthur Leclerc
8 R1   Autodromo Vallelunga 5 December   Oliver Rasmussen   Patrik Pasma   Dennis Hauger   Van Amersfoort Racing   Oliver Rasmussen
R2 6 December   Oliver Rasmussen Race cancelled due to weather conditions
R3   Oliver Rasmussen   Konsta Lappalainen   Oliver Rasmussen   Prema Powerteam   Oliver Rasmussen

Championship standings

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Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points were 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

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Pos Driver MIS
 
LEC
 
RBR
 
MUG
 
MNZ
 
CAT
 
IMO
 
VLL
 
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1   Gianluca Petecof 4 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 4 3 2 2 6 2 5 6 3 8 3 4 4 C 5 359
2   Arthur Leclerc Ret 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 3 9† 6 2 5 4 3 Ret 2 6 C Ret 343
3   Oliver Rasmussen 1 3 3 6 5 4 3 1 3 3 6 3 4 1 4 1 1 5 DNS 6 6 3 C 1 343
4   Patrik Pasma 2 4 5 5 6 5 4 5 6 8 9 4 1 4 1 4 4 8 6 1 1 2 C 6 290
5   Pierre-Louis Chovet 5 5 7 3 4 7 5 4 7 5 2 7 11 3 5 7 3 1 4 5 3 Ret C 3 244
6   Konsta Lappalainen 9† 7 Ret 8 Ret 6 Ret 7 11 7 DNS 5 7 2 3 6 10 7 5 7 8 5 C 4 140
7   Dennis Hauger 3 2 2 2 4 5 1 C 2 134
8   Jüri Vips Ret 6 4 4 3 3 2 10 Ret 81
9   Jamie Chadwick 3 8 6 10 10† 9 Ret 10 5 9 7 8 10 Ret 8 10 9 10 Ret 9 10 8 C 7 80
10   Gillian Henrion 8† 10 8 9 8 10 Ret Ret 8 DNS 4 10 6 Ret Ret 8 7 9 7 8 Ret 7 C 8 78
11   Alessandro Famularo 7 6 4 6 5 6 5 5 10 73
12   Emidio Pesce 7 11 Ret 11 11† DNS 8 8 9 Ret 8 9 8 7 7 11 11 11 10 11 7 9 C 10 50
13   Ian Rodríguez 1 2 9 45
14   Andrea Cola 6 9 9 12 9 11 9 11 10 Ret Ret 11† 12 8 9 WD C WD 26
15   Matteo Nannini 9 8 6 14
16   Nico Göhler 6 9 Ret 9 Ret DNS 12
17   Nicola Marinangeli 9 10 11 10 C 9 6
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
  Facu Regalia 7 7 8
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
MIS
 
LEC
 
RBR
 
MUG
 
MNZ
 
CAT
 
IMO
 
VLL
 
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

Rookies' standings

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Pos Driver MIS
 
LEC
 
RBR
 
MUG
 
MNZ
 
CAT
 
IMO
 
VLL
 
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1   Gianluca Petecof 4 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 4 3 2 2 6 2 5 6 3 8 3 4 4 C 5 430
2   Oliver Rasmussen 1 3 3 6 5 4 3 1 3 3 6 3 4 1 4 1 1 5 DNS 6 6 3 C 1 387
3   Arthur Leclerc Ret 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 3 9† 6 2 5 4 3 Ret 2 6 C Ret 386
4   Pierre-Louis Chovet 5 5 7 3 4 7 5 4 7 5 2 7 11 3 5 7 3 1 4 5 3 Ret C 3 321
5   Gillian Henrion 8† 10 8 9 8 10 Ret Ret 8 DNS 4 10 6 Ret Ret 8 7 9 7 8 Ret 7 C 8 173
6   Emidio Pesce 7 11 Ret 11 11† DNS 8 8 9 Ret 8 9 8 7 7 11 11 11 10 11 7 9 C 10 168
7   Alessandro Famularo 7 6 4 6 5 6 5 5 10 97
8   Andrea Cola 6 9 9 12 9 11 9 11 10 Ret Ret 11† 12 8 9 WD C WD 92
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
MIS
 
LEC
 
RBR
 
MUG
 
MNZ
 
CAT
 
IMO
 
VLL
 

Teams' standings

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Only the two highest finishing cars of one team were eligible for points.

Pos Team MIS
 
LEC
 
RBR
 
MUG
 
MNZ
 
CAT
 
IMO
 
VLL
 
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1   Prema Powerteam 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 3 3 3 2 3 C 1 842
3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 6 4 2 5 4 8 6 4 4 C 5
2   KIC Motorsport 2 4 4 4 3 3 4 5 6 2 9 4 1 2 1 4 4 7 5 1 1 2 C 4 495
9† 6 5 5 6 5 6 7 11 7 10 5 7 4 3 6 10 8 6 7 8 5 C 6
3   Van Amersfoort Racing 5 5 7 3 4 7 5 4 4 5 2 6 5 3 5 3 2 1 2 4 3 1 C 2 451
7 6 7 6 5 7 11 5 10 7 3 2 4 5 5 Ret C 3
4   DR Formula RP Motorsport 7 11 Ret 11 11† DNS 8 8 9 Ret 8 9 8 7 7 11 11 11 1 2 7 9 C 10 95
10 11 9
5   Gillian Track Events GTE 8† 10 8 9 8 10 Ret Ret 8 DNS 4 10 6 Ret Ret 8 7 9 7 8 Ret 7 C 8 78
6   Monolite Racing 6 9 9 12 9 11 9 11 10 Ret Ret 11† 12 8 9 9 8 6 WD C WD 40
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
MIS
 
LEC
 
RBR
 
MUG
 
MNZ
 
CAT
 
IMO
 
VLL
 

References

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