1999 German Formula Three Championship
The 1999 German Formula Three Championship (German: 1999 Deutsche Formel-3-Meisterschaft) was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by Dallara and Martini which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 9 May at Sachsenring and ended at Nürburgring on 17 October after nine double-header rounds. Opel Team BSR driver Christijan Albers became a champion. He clinched the title, winning six of 18 races. Marcel Fässler finished as runner-up with wins at Sachsenring, Oschersleben, and Hockenheim, losing 45 points to Albers. Thomas Jäger was victorious at Zweibrücken, Oschersleben and finished third. The other race winners was Robert Lechner, Yves Olivier and Timo Scheider, who completed the top six in the drivers' championship.[1]
Teams and drivers
1999 Entry list[2] | ||||||
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Team | No. | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Status | Rounds |
Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing | 1 | Germany Thomas Mutsch | Dallara F399/004 | Opel | All | |
2 | South Africa Etienne van der Linde | Dallara F399/058 | R | 1-5 | ||
Netherlands Jacky van der Ende | R | 6-10 | ||||
Germany GM-DSF-F3 Team | 3 | Austria Robert Lechner | Dallara F399/042 | Opel | All | |
4 | Austria Herbert Jerich | Dallara F399/073 | R | 1-5 | ||
Germany Norman Simon | Dallara F399/073 | 6 | ||||
Germany Tony Schmidt | R | 9-10 | ||||
5 | Netherlands Elran Nijenhuis | Dallara F399/005 | R | All | ||
Germany Josef Kaufmann Racing | 6 | Germany Timo Rumpfkeil | Martini MK79/05 | Opel | 1-5 | |
7 | Netherlands Hugo van der Ham | Martini MK79/01 | R | 1 | ||
Germany Opel Team BSR | 8 | Austria Martin Rihs | Dallara F397/049 | Opel | 1, 5-7 | |
9 | Netherlands Christijan Albers | Dallara F399/021 | All | |||
10 | Germany Sven Heidfeld | Dallara F399/023 | R | All | ||
Switzerland KMS Benetton Junior Team | 11 | Germany Thomas Jäger | Dallara F399/020 | Opel | All | |
12 | Switzerland Gabriele Gardel | Dallara F399/001 | All | |||
Germany MKL F3 Racing | 14 | Germany Tom Schwister | Dallara F398/023 | Opel | 1-4 | |
Belgium JB Motorsport | 15 | Belgium Yves Olivier | Dallara F399/003 | Opel | All | |
16 | Netherlands Walter van Lent | Dallara F399/041 | R | All | ||
Germany Klaus Trella Motorsport | 17 | Republic of Ireland Ken Grandon | Dallara F399/009 | Opel | R | 2-10 |
Czech Republic TKF Racing | 19 | Germany Andreas Feichtner | Dallara F398/009 | Opel | R | 1-9 |
Germany D2 Team Rosberg & Lohr | 21 | Netherlands Wouter van Eeuwijk | Dallara F399/060 | Renault | 1-5 | |
Finland Kari Mäenpää | R | All | ||||
22 | Germany Pierre Kaffer | Dallara F399/065 | All | |||
Germany bemani F3-team | 23 | Switzerland Marcel Fässler | Dallara F399/054 | Opel | All | |
24 | Germany Timo Scheider | Dallara F399/068 | All | |||
Germany MCH F3 Team | 25 | Germany Roland Rehfeld | Dallara F397/023 | Opel | R | All |
26 | Germany Patrick Hildenbrandt | Dallara F398/001 | R | 1-4 | ||
Germany ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg | 27 | Germany Stefan Mücke | Dallara F399/007 | Opel | R | All |
Calendar
With the exception of round at Salzuburg in Austria, all rounds took place on German soil.
Round | Location | Circuit | Date | Supporting | |
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1 | R1 | Saxony, Germany | Sachsenring | 8 May | ADAC Sparkassenpreis Sachsenring |
R2 | 9 May | ||||
2 | R1 | Zweibrücken, Germany | Zweibrücken | 22 May | ADAC Preis Zweibrücken |
R2 | 23 May | ||||
3 | R1 | Oschersleben, Germany | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 19 June | ADAC-Preis der Tourenwagen von "Sachsen-Anhalt" |
R2 | 20 June | ||||
4 | R1 | Nuremberg, Germany | Norisring | 3 July | Norisring Speedweekend "Nürnberg 200" |
R2 | 4 July | ||||
5 | R1 | Nürburg, Germany | Nürburgring | 21 August | ADAC Großer Preis der Tourenwagen |
R2 | 22 August | ||||
6 | R1 | Salzburg, Austria | Salzburgring | 4 September | ADAC-Alpentrophäe |
R2 | 5 September | ||||
7 | R1 | Oschersleben, Germany | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 18 September | ADAC-Preis von Niedersachsen |
R2 | 19 September | ||||
8 | R1 | Hockenheim, Germany | Hockenheimring | 2 October | ADAC-Preis Hockenheim |
R2 | 3 October | ||||
9 | R1 | Nürburg, Germany | Nürburgring | 16 October | 26. ADAC Bilstein Supersprint |
R2 | 17 October |
Results
Championship standings
Championship
Pos | Driver | SAC | ZWE | OSC1 | NOR | NÜR1 | SAL | OSC2 | HOC | NÜR2 | Points | |||||||||
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1 | Netherlands Christijan Albers | Ret | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | EX | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 229 |
2 | Switzerland Marcel Fässler | 1 | 2 | Ret | 18 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 184 |
3 | Germany Thomas Jäger | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 179 |
4 | Austria Robert Lechner | Ret | 5 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 163.5 |
5 | Belgium Yves Olivier | 6 | 13 | Ret | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 159 |
6 | Germany Timo Scheider | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | DSQ | Ret | Ret | 4 | 10 | Ret | 16 | 5 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 100 |
7 | Germany Thomas Mutsch | Ret | 6 | 3 | 8 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 4 | Ret | 7 | 8 | Ret | 5 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 97 |
8 | Germany Pierre Kaffer | 17 | 3 | 4 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 8 | Ret | 7 | 71.5 |
9 | Germany Stefan Mücke | 4 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 63 |
10 | Netherlands Walter van Lent | 12 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 6 | Ret | 4 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 62 |
11 | Germany Sven Heidfeld | Ret | 17 | 11 | 6 | Ret | 9 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 10 | Ret | 8 | 4 | EX | 14 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 31.5 |
12 | South Africa Etienne van der Linde | 10 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 5 | Ret | 25 | ||||||||
13 | Netherlands Jacky van der Ende | 14 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 11 | Ret | 6 | 22 | ||||||||||
14 | Switzerland Gabriele Gardel | 7 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 11 | DSQ | 11 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 8 | Ret | 21 |
15 | Germany Andreas Feichtner | 14 | 11 | 5 | Ret | 11 | 17 | 9 | 9 | Ret | 12 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 13 | Ret | 10 | 15 | ||
16 | Austria Herbert Jerich | 9 | 12 | 9 | 7 | DNS | DNS | 17 | 6 | DNS | DNS | 14 | ||||||||
17 | Germany Timo Rumpfkeil | 5 | 15 | Ret | 9 | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 16 | DNS | 10 | ||||||||
18 | Republic of Ireland Ken Grandon | 15 | 11 | 17 | Ret | 10 | 8 | 14 | 9 | Ret | 10 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | ||
19 | Germany Roland Rehfeld | 8 | 20 | Ret | 16 | 16 | 16 | Ret | 14 | 10 | 11 | 7 | Ret | 12 | 11 | Ret | 14 | 14 | 13 | 8 |
20 | Netherlands Elran Nijenhuis | Ret | 19 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 14 | 14 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 10 | 12 | 5 |
21 | Finland Kari Mäenpää | 15 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
22 | Netherlands Wouter van Eeuwijk | 16 | 16 | 13 | 19 | Ret | 11 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||
23 | Germany Tom Schwister | 11 | 18 | 12 | Ret | 15 | 14 | 14 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
24 | Austria Martin Rihs | Ret | Ret | Ret | 15 | 13 | 11 | Ret | 15 | 0 | ||||||||||
25 | Germany Tony Schmidt | 12 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
26 | Netherlands Hugo van der Ham | 13 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
27 | Germany Patrick Hildenbrandt | 15 | Ret | 14 | Ret | 14 | 15 | 15 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
Germany Norman Simon | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | SAC | ZWE | OSC1 | NOR | NÜR1 | SAL | OSC2 | HOC | NÜR2 | Points |
Junior-Pokal (Rookie) standings
Driver | Points | |
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1 | Netherlands Walter van Lent | 179 |
2 | Germany Stefan Mücke | 160.5 |
3 | South Africa Etienne van der Linde | 105 |
4 | Germany Sven Heidfeld | 103 |
5 | Netherlands Jacky van der Ende | 97 |
6 | Republic of Ireland Ken Grandon | 62 |
7 | Netherlands Elran Nijenhuis | 57 |
8 | Austria Herbert Jerich | 51 |
9 | Germany Andreas Feichtner | 50 |
10 | Germany Roland Rehfeld | 29.5 |
11 | Finland Kari Mäenpää | 12 |
12 | Germany Tony Schmidt | 9 |
13 | Germany Patrick Hildenbrandt | 5 |
14 | Netherlands Hugo van der Ham | 2 |
References
- ↑ "Formula 3 Germany 1999 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ↑ "STARTERLISTE 1999 DEUTSCHE FORMEL-3-MEISTERSCHAFT" (PDF) (in German). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
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External links
- Official website (in English and German)