Facundo "Facu" Regalia (born 23 November 1991 in Tigre) is an Argentine former racing driver. He competed in his first two Formula BMW seasons under a Spanish racing licence.
Career
Karting Regalia began karting in 2006 and raced primarily in Spain for the majority of his career.
Formula BMW Regalia began his formula racing career in 2008 in the newly created Formula BMW Europe with EuroInternational. He finished sixteenth overall in the championship, with nine point-scoring finishes and 60 points.
Regalia remained in the series for the following season but switched to Josef Kaufmann Racing. He improved to eighth in standings, taking thirteen points-scoring positions in sixteen races. In 2010, Regalia completed his third season, joining Eifelland Racing. He finished eighth in the championship for the second successive season, achieving his first podium at Zandvoort.
Formula Three 2011 saw Regalia move to the Italian Formula Three Championship, competing for Arco Motorsport. He finished tenth in the championship with two podiums at Imola and Vallelunga. Also in 2011, he joined Mücke Motorsport to compete in Formula 3 Euro Series in the finale at Hockenheim. He had two finishes on the tenth position and retired in the last race of the week-end.
In 2012, Regalia switched to the European F3 Open Championship, joining Campos Racing.
Auto GP World Series As well as his European F3 Open commitments, Regalia also participated in the Auto GP World Series with Campos Racing.
GP3 Series Regalia made his GP3 Series debut, in the fourth round of the 2012 season at Silverstone. He replaced Jakub Klášterka at Jenzer Motorsport. In 2013, Regalia competed with ART Grand Prix with whom he finished runner-up to Daniil Kvyat.
GP2 Series In 2014, Regalia graduated to GP2 with Hilmer Motorsport. After just four rounds where he failed to score a point, Regalia left the team and the series.
Formula 3.5 Regalia signed with Zeta Course for the 2015 season. However, the team withdrew from the sport due to lack of funding. Regalia attempted to enter the sport with Comtec Racing, but terminated his contract after three days with the team, leaving him without a drive.
Racing record
Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2008 Formula BMW Europe EuroInternational 15 0 0 0 0 60 16th Formula BMW World Final Josef Kaufmann Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 10th 2009 Formula BMW Europe Josef Kaufmann Racing 16 0 0 0 0 148 8th Formula BMW Pacific EuroInternational 3 2 2 2 2 N/A NC† 2010 Formula BMW Europe Eifelland Racing 16 0 0 0 1 148 8th 2011 Italian Formula 3 Championship Arco Motorsport 14 0 1 2 2 55 10th Formula 3 Euro Series Mücke Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 N/A NC† 2012 Auto GP World Series Campos Racing 10 0 0 0 2 68 7th European F3 Open Championship 16 3 3 2 6 186 4th GP3 Series Jenzer Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 25th Atech CRS Grand Prix 2 0 0 0 0 2013 GP3 Series ART Grand Prix 16 1 1 2 6 138 2nd 2014 GP2 Series Hilmer Motorsport 8 0 0 0 0 0 31st 2015 Auto GP FMS Racing 4 1 1 2 3 68 2nd‡ FIA European Formula 3 Championship EuroInternational 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC 24H Series – 997 MSG Motorsport2016 24H Series – 991 MSG Motorsport 2020 Formula Regional European Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 3 0 0 0 0 N/A NC† † As Regalia was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. ‡ Position when the season was cancelled.
Complete Formula BMW Europe results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points 2008 EuroInternational CAT1 CAT2 ZOL1 ZOL2 SIL1 SIL2 HOC1 HOC2 HUN1 HUN2 VSC1 VSC2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 16th 60 2009 Josef Kaufmann Racing CAT1 CAT2 ZAN1 ZAN2 SIL1 SIL2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 VSC1 VSC2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 8th 148 2010 Eifelland Racing CAT1 CAT2 ZAN1 ZAN2 VSC1 VSC2 SIL1 SIL2 HOC1 HOC2 HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 8th 172
Complete Formula BMW Pacific results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pos Points 2009 EuroInternational SEP11 SEP12 SEP21 SEP22 SEP23 SEP24 SEN1 SEN2 SEN3 SEN4 SIN1 SIN2 OKA1 OKA2 MAC NC 0
Complete Italian Formula Three Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points 2011 Arco Motorsport Dallara F308 FPT FRA1 FRA2 MIS1 MIS2 IMO1 IMO2 SPA1 SPA2 ADR1 ADR2 VLL1 VLL2 MUG1 MUG2 MZA1 MZA2 10th 55
Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Pos Points 2011 Mücke Motorsport Dallara F308 MercedesLEC1LEC2LEC3HOC1HOC2HOC3ZAN1ZAN2ZAN3RBR1RBR2RBR3NOR1NOR2NOR3NÜR1NÜR2NÜR3SIL1SIL2SIL3VAL1VAL2VAL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 NC 0
Complete European F3 Open Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points 2012 Campos Racing ALG1 ALG2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPA1 SPA2 BRH1 BRH2 LEC1 LEC2 HUN1 HUN2 MNZ1 MNZ2 CAT1 CAT2 4th 186
Complete Auto GP World Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Points 2012 Campos Racing MNZ1 MNZ2 VAL1 VAL2 MAR1 MAR2 HUN1 HUN2 ALG1 ALG2 CUR1 CUR2 SON1 SON2 7th 68 2015 FMS Racing HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 2nd‡ 68‡ ‡ Position when season was cancelled.
Complete GP3 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points 2012 Jenzer Motorsport CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR 27th 0 Atech CRS Grand Prix HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 2013 ART Grand Prix CATFEA24† CATSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 2nd 138
Complete GP2 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points 2014 Hilmer Motorsport BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 31st 0
Complete Formula Regional European Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points 2020 Van Amersfoort RacingMIS1MIS2MIS3 LEC1 LEC2 LEC3RBR1RBR2RBR3MUG1MUG2MUG3MNZ1MNZ2MNZ3CAT1CAT2CAT3IMO1IMO2IMO3VLL1VLL2VLL3 NC –
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