The 1988 German Formula Three Championship (German : 1988 Deutsche Formel-3-Meisterschaft ) was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars which conformed to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 3 April at Zolder and ended at Hockenheim on 16 October after twelve rounds.
WTS Liqui Moly Equipe driver Joachim Winkelhock won the championship. He led the championship battle from the start of the season with a series of three consecutive wins. Otto Rensing lost seven points to Winkelhock and finished as runner-up with wins at Hockenheim and Nürburgring . Frank Biela won at Mainz Finthen and Hungaroring (the Hungarian track was in the schedule of German F3 for the first and the last time) and completed the top-three in the drivers' standings. Michael Bartels , Hanspeter Kaufmann and Wolfgang Kaufmann were the other race winners. Daniel Müller clinched the B-Cup championship title.[ 1] The season was marred by the death of Csaba Kesjár in an accident at Norisring .
Teams and drivers
Entry List[ 2]
Team
Driver
Chassis
Engine
Rounds
Class A
West Germany Schübel Rennsport Int.
1
Hungary Csaba Kesjár
Dallara 388/009
Volkswagen
1–7
West Germany
2
West Germany Ralf Kelleners
Dallara 388/008
Volkswagen
All
West Germany WTS Liqui Moly Equipe
3
West Germany Joachim Winkelhock
Reynard 883/004
Volkswagen
All
Switzerland
4
Switzerland Hanspeter Kaufmann
Dallara 388/002
Volkswagen
All
5
Switzerland Gianni Bianchi
Dallara 388/001
1
Switzerland Franco Forini
2–11
Switzerland Daniel Müller
12
25
Switzerland Jacques Isler
Dallara 388/015
2
West Germany Volkswagen Motorsport
6
West Germany Otto Rensing
Reynard 883/005
Volkswagen
All
7
West Germany Frank Krämer
All
West Germany Josef Kaufmann
8
West Germany Peter Zakowski
Martini MK55/03
Volkswagen
1–8
Austria Franz Binder
9, 12
West Germany Ellen Lohr
10
West Germany Team Sonax Autopflege
9
West Germany Frank Biela
Volkswagen
All
West Germany Malte Bongers Motorsport
10
West Germany Michael Bartels
Reynard 883/001
Volkswagen
All
11
West Germany Anreas Buhk
Reynard 883
1
France Franck Fréon
2
West Germany Mönninghoff Racing — Sympathik Cosmetics
12
West Germany Michael Roppes
Reynard 883/017
Volkswagen
All
West Germany
15
West Germany Wolfgang Kaufmann
Dallara 388/033
Volkswagen
All
West Germany
Netherlands Gerrit van Kouwen
Ralt RT31/710
Volkswagen
1–4, 6, 12
Austria Walter Lechner Racing School-Schaeffler Teppichboden
17
West Germany Ellen Lohr
Dallara 388/031
Volkswagen
1–4, 6–9
West Germany Logan Wilms
10–11
Austria Mercedes Stermitz
12
West Germany
18
West Germany Stefan Neuberger
Toyota
All
West Germany P+M Motorsport
21
West Germany Josef Bertzen
Reynard 883/012
Toyota
1–9
Austria Krafft Walzen Team
22
Austria Karl Wendlinger
Ralt RT32/763
Alfa Romeo
All
West Germany HC Hessel Motorsport
23
West Germany Marc Hessel
Dallara 388/042
Toyota
9–12
24
Argentina Víctor Rosso
Berta 88/002
Renault
9–10
Switzerland
24
Switzerland Jo Zeller
Ralt RT30/640
Toyota
2
34
Switzerland Franz Kaiser
Dallara 386/019
Volkswagen
9–10, 12
Sweden Picko Troberg Racing
27
Sweden Rickard Rydell
Reynard 883/045
Volkswagen
7
28
Sweden Peter Albertsson
Reynard 873/083
7
West Germany
30
Austria Herbert Prügl
Ralt RT3/397
Toyota
8, 11
Hungary
Hungary Andras Kövesdan
Ralt RT3/397
Volkswagen
4, 11
Austria Team Theuermann
32
Austria Martin Koller
Ralt RT31
Volkswagen
9
33
Austria Wolfgang Petutschnig
Ralt RT30/563
9
Austria Georg Neyer
35
Austria Georg Neyer
Martini MK49/08
Volkswagen
9
Norway Trond-Aage Krosby
Norway Trond-Aage Krosby
Ralt RT30/649
Volkswagen
11
West Germany Helmut Bross Racing
37
Hungary Kalman Bodis
Reynard 873
Volkswagen
11
West Germany Ewald Gasper
38
West Germany Georg Arbinger
Martini MK49
Volkswagen
12
West Germany
39
West Germany Uwe Wolpert
Ralt RT30/579
Volkswagen
10
Denmark Svend Hansen
40
Denmark Svend Hansen
Reynard 873/078
Volkswagen
12
Class B
West Germany
50
West Germany Sigi Betz
Reynard 863/030
Volkswagen
1–4, 7
West Germany Malte Bongers Motorsport
51
West Germany Anreas Buhk
Reynard 873/061
Volkswagen
2–12
Switzerland
52
Switzerland Daniel Müller
Dallara 386/023
Volkswagen
1–11
57
Switzerland Rene Wartmann
Reynard 873/084
1–2, 4–7, 9–12
68
Switzerland Gianni Bianchi
Dallara 387/010
5–7
West Germany WTS Liqui Moly Equipe
53
West Germany Franz Engstler
Reynard 873/087
Volkswagen
All
68
Switzerland Gianni Bianchi
Dallara 387/010
9–10, 12
West Germany
54
West Germany Gernot Sirrenburg
Reynard 873/045
Volkswagen
2–3, 8–10
64
West Germany Andy Bovensiepen
Ralt RT31/710
10
69
West Germany Stefan Fricke
8
West Germany Johann Stelzer
55
West Germany Johann Stelzer
Reynard 863/039
Volkswagen
2, 9, 11
Austria
56
Austria Walter Zischg
Ralt RT30/614
Volkswagen
2, 5, 7, 9
West Germany Mönninghoff Racing — Sympathik Cosmetics
59
West Germany Logan Wilms
Ralt RT31/711
Volkswagen
7, 9
West Germany Klaus Panchyrz
10
West Germany Andy Bovensiepen
12
West Germany Richard Hamann
60
West Germany Richard Hamann
Reynard 873/051
Volkswagen
5, 7, 9, 11–12
Austria Team Theuermann
62
Belgium Phillip Verellen
Ralt RT31
Volkswagen
1
Austria Martin Koller
11
West Germany
64
West Germany Otmar Fassold
Ralt RT30/550
Volkswagen
3–5, 7, 11–12
West Germany
66
West Germany Justin Sünkel
Dallara 387/014
Volkswagen
1–5, 7, 9–12
West Germany Volkmar Löw
West Germany Volkmar Löw
Ralt RT30/530
Volkswagen
2–3, 7, 9, 12
Belgium
67
Belgium Jacky Eeckelaert
JEC 386B/01
Volkswagen
4
Switzerland
72
Switzerland Jacques Isler
Dallara 388/015
Volkswagen
5
Calendar
Round
Location
Circuit
Date
Supporting
1
Belgium Heusden-Zolder , Belgium
Circuit Zolder
3 April
XIX. AvD/MVBL "Bergischer Löwe"
2
West Germany Hockenheim , West Germany
Hockenheimring
24 April
AvD/MAC Sportwagen-Festival
3
West Germany Nürburg , West Germany
Nürburgring
1 May
50. ADAC Eifelrennen
4
Czechoslovakia Brno , Czechoslovakia
Masaryk Circuit
22 May
AvD/MHSTC "100 Meilen von Brünn"
5
West Germany Hockenheim , West Germany
Hockenheimring
29 May
ADAC-Preis Hockenheim
6
West Germany Mainz , West Germany
Mainz Finthen Airport
5 June
24. AvD/HMSC-Flugplatzrennen Mainz-Finthen
7
West Germany Nuremberg , West Germany
Norisring
26 June
ADAC-Norisring-Trophäe "200 Meilen von Nürnberg"
8
West Germany Wunstorf , West Germany
Wunstorf Air Base
17 July
ADAC-Flugplatzrennen Wunstorf
9
Austria Salzburg , Austria
Salzburgring
28 August
ADAC-Alpentrophäe
10
West Germany Nürburg , West Germany
Nürburgring
4 September
1000 km of Nürburgring
11
Hungary Mogyoród , Hungary
Hungaroring
18 September
ADAC-Rundstrecken-Rennen Hungaroring
12
West Germany Hockenheim , West Germany
Hockenheimring
16 October
10. ADAC "Preis der Stadt Esslingen"
Results
Championship standings
A-Class
Points are awarded as follows:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
20
18
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
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
References
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