The 2018 F3 Americas Championship powered by Honda was the inaugural season for the all-new FIA Formula 3 regional series across North America, sanctioned by SCCA Pro Racing, the professional racing division of the Sports Car Club of America. This was the third season in total for Formula 3 racing in the United States, which was last run in 2001 with the United States Formula Three Championship.
The season began on 4 August at Pittsburgh International Race Complex and concluded on 21 October at Circuit of the Americas, after 17 races to be held at 6 meetings.
Teams and drivers
TeamDriverRounds Abel Motorsports 8 Kyle Kirkwood All 51 Jacob Abel 3–6 Global Racing Group 9 Baltazar Leguizamón All 24 Benjamin Pedersen 2, 4–6 66 Parker Locke 4–6 Importante Autosport 13 Peter Portante 1 Southern Motorsports 61 John Paul Southern, Jr. All Howard Motorsports 81 David Glassman 5
Race calendar All races were held on permanent road courses in the United States. The series schedule was announced on May 9, 2018.
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting 1R1 Pittsburgh International Race Complex, Wampum 4 August Trans-Am SeriesAtlantic ChampionshipFormula 4 United States Championship R2 5 August Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Abel Motorsports R3 Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Abel Motorsports 2R4 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington August 10 Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Abel Motorsports NASCAR Xfinity SeriesTrans-Am SeriesR5 Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Abel MotorsportsR6 August 11 Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Abel Motorsports 3R7 New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville September 15 Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Abel Motorsports Atlantic ChampionshipFormula 4 United States ChampionshipR8 September 16 Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Abel MotorsportsR9 Kyle Kirkwood Baltazar Leguizamón Global Racing Group 4R10 Road Atlanta, Braselton September 22 Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Abel Motorsports Historic Sportscar RacingR11 September 23 Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Abel MotorsportsR12 Parker Locke Kyle Kirkwood Abel Motorsports 5R13 NOLA Motorsports Park, Avondale October 13 Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Baltazar Leguizamón Global Racing Group Edge AddictsR14 October 14 Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Abel MotorsportsR15 Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Abel Motorsports 6R16 Circuit of the Americas, Austin October 20 Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Abel Motorsports Formula OneFormula 4 United States ChampionshipR17 October 21 Benjamin Pedersen Kyle Kirkwood Abel Motorsports
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 PIT MOH NJM ROA NOL COTA PtsR1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2 1 Kyle Kirkwood 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 405 2 Baltazar Leguizamón 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 4 1 2 3 3 1 2 2 5 DNS 276 3 Benjamin Pedersen 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 2 2 183 4 Jacob Abel 3 3 3 5 4 4 Ret 5 3 6 4 124 5 John Paul Southern, Jr. 3 Ret 3 Ret 4 4 4 2 Ret Ret DNS DNS Ret DNS Ret 4 5 106 6 Parker Locke 4 5 Ret 3 4 5 3 3 89 7 Peter Portante 4 NC Ret 12 – David Glassman WD WD WD –PosDriverR1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2PtsPITMOHNJMROANOLCOTABold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap† — Did not finish, but classified
Teams Championship Pos Team Pts 1 Abel Motorsports 529 2 Global Racing Group 459 3 Southern Motorsports 106 4 Importante Autosport 12 5 Howard Motorsports 0
Notes
References
External links Official website: F3 Americas Championship