2019 F3 Americas Championship

The 2019 F3 Americas Championship powered by Honda was the second season for the FIA Formula 3 regional series across North America. The series is sanctioned by SCCA Pro Racing, the professional racing division of the Sports Car Club of America.

The season began on 5 April at Barber Motorsports Park as part of the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama and concluded on 15 September at Sebring International Raceway after six rounds.^[1]

Teams and drivers

All teams are American-registered.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Velocity Racing Developments	5	Parker Locke^[2]	All
	11	Antonio Serravalle^[3]	5
	14	Mathias Soler-Obel^[4]	All
	25	Dominic Cicero^[5]	1–4
Global Racing Group	9	Baltazar Leguizamón^[6]	1–3
	19	Blake Upton^[7]	2–6
	24	Benjamin Pedersen^[2]	1, 4–6
	72	Dakota Dickerson^[8]	All
	95	James Roe Jr.^[9]	All
Momentum Motorsports	16	Kent Vaccaro^[10]	All
	34	Megan Gilkes^[11]	3–4
	49	Quinlan Lall^[12]	4
	67	Shea Holbrook^[13]	1–2, 4
	67	Quinlan Lall^[14]	3
Kiwi Motorsport	34	Austin Kaszuba^[15]	1–2
DEForce Racing	34	James Raven	6
Abel Motorsports	49	Danny van Dongen^[16]	6
Abel Motorsports	51	Jacob Abel^[17]	1–3, 6
Southern Motorsports	61	John Paul Southern, Jr.^[2]	All
Jensen Global Advisors	99	Logan Cusson^[15]	All

Race calendar

All races were held on permanent road courses in the United States. The series schedule was announced on 7 December 2018. On 21 February 2019 the series announced the addition of Road America to the schedule. Four rounds were joint F3 Americas and United States F4 championship rounds, with events at one NTT IndyCar Series and one NASCAR Xfinity Series round each.^[1]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Supporting
1	R1	Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham	6 April	Benjamin Pedersen	Dakota Dickerson	Benjamin Pedersen	Global Racing Group	IndyCar Series
1	R2	Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham	7 April		Logan Cusson	Dakota Dickerson	Global Racing Group	IndyCar Series
2	R3	Road Atlanta, Braselton	19 April	Dakota Dickerson^{[N 1]}	Dakota Dickerson	Jacob Abel	Abel Motorsports	Formula 4 United States Championship Formula Race Promotions
	R4		20 April		Kent Vaccaro	Jacob Abel	Abel Motorsports
	R5		20 April		Dakota Dickerson	Dakota Dickerson	Global Racing Group
3	R6	Pittsburgh International Race Complex, Wampum	22 June	Dakota Dickerson	Dakota Dickerson	Dakota Dickerson	Global Racing Group	Formula 4 United States Championship
	R7		23 June		Dakota Dickerson	Dakota Dickerson	Global Racing Group
	R8		23 June		Dakota Dickerson	Dakota Dickerson	Global Racing Group
4	R9	Virginia International Raceway, Alton	27 July	Benjamin Pedersen	Mathias Soler-Obel	Benjamin Pedersen	Global Racing Group	Formula 4 United States Championship Formula Race Promotions
	R10		28 July		Mathias Soler-Obel	Benjamin Pedersen	Global Racing Group
	R11		28 July		Dakota Dickerson	Mathias Soler-Obel	Velocity Racing Developments
5	R12	Road America, Elkhart Lake	23 August	Mathias Soler-Obel	Benjamin Pedersen	James Roe Jr.	Global Racing Group	NASCAR Xfinity Series Trans-Am Series Stadium Super Trucks
5	R13	Road America, Elkhart Lake	24 August		Benjamin Pedersen	Benjamin Pedersen	Global Racing Group
6	R14	Sebring International Raceway, Sebring	14 September	Benjamin Pedersen	Jacob Abel	Benjamin Pedersen	Global Racing Group	Formula 4 United States Championship
	R15		14 September		Jacob Abel	Benjamin Pedersen	Global Racing Group
	R16		15 September		Jacob Abel	Benjamin Pedersen	Global Racing Group

Championship standings

Points are 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	BAR		ATL			PIT			VIR			ROA		SEB			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Dakota Dickerson	2	1	3	6	1	1	1	1	3	4	4	Ret	2	5	2	2	269
2	Benjamin Pedersen	1	2							1	1	2	5	1	1	1	1	221
3	Mathias Soler-Obel	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	13†	6	6	4	2	2	1	2	3	3	4	9†	161
4	Jacob Abel	3	4	1	1	3	3	3	11						2	Ret	3	155
5	James Roe Jr.	4	7	4	Ret	6	5	7	6	8	5	5	1	6	6	5	5	147
6	John Paul Southern, Jr.	8	Ret	Ret	4	4	4	5	5	Ret	6	Ret	3	4	4	3	4	134
7	Baltazar Leguizamón	5	Ret	2	Ret	2	2	2	2									100
8	Blake Upton			9	5	7	8	10	8	6	8	7	4	5	8	6	7	85
9	Quinlan Lall						11	4	3	4	3	3						69
10	Parker Locke	10	9	7	2	8	7	8	7	9	Ret	NC	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	6	61
11	Kent Vaccaro	9	3	11	8	11	Ret	9	9	10†	9	6	Ret	DNS	7	Ret	DNS	42
12	Logan Cusson	6	11	10	7	9	10	12	12	7	7	NC	Ret	DNS	Ret	7	8	40
13	Shea Holbrook	Ret	6	8	3	10				Ret	DNS	DNS						28
14	Dominic Cicero	7	10	5	Ret	12	12	11	10	5	Ret	Ret						28
15	Austin Kaszuba	Ret	8	6	DSQ	5												22
16	Antonio Serravalle												6	NC				8
17	Megan Gilkes						9	13	13	Ret	DNS	DNS						2
—	James Raven														Ret	Ret	DNS	0
—	Danny van Dongen														Ret	DNS	DNS	0
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	BAR		ATL			PIT			VIR			ROA		SEB			Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

Teams Championship

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Global Racing Group	617
2	Velocity Racing Development	254
3	Abel Motorsports	155
4	Momentum Motorsports	141
5	Southern Motorsports	134
6	Jensen Global Advisors	40
7	Kiwi Motorsport	22
8	DEForce Racing	0