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 eleven 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. The season was marred by the death of Csaba Kesjár in an accident at Norisring.

Teams and drivers

Entry List
Entry List Team No. Driver Chassis Engine Rounds Class A West Germany Schübel Rennsport Int. 1 Hungary Csaba Kesjár Dallara 388/009 Volkswagen 1–7 West Germany Team der ONS Nachwuchsförderung 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 JSK Generalbau 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 BSR KS388/01 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 Martini MK55/04 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 Style Auto Racing Team 15 West Germany Wolfgang Kaufmann Dallara 388/033 Volkswagen All West Germany Gerd Lünsmann 16 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 Rex Toyota F3 Team Deutschland 18 West Germany Stefan Neuberger Reynard 883/016 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 Formel Rennsport Club 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 MSC Rottenegg 30 Austria Herbert Prügl Ralt RT3/397 Toyota 8, 11 Hungary Team Castrol Racing 31 Hungary András Kövesdán 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 Kálmán Bódis Reynard 873 Volkswagen 11 West Germany Ewald Gasper 38 West Germany Georg Arbinger Martini MK49 Volkswagen 12 West Germany MCS Stuttgart 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 Team Bernal Torantriebe 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 JSK Generalbau 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 Gerd Lünsmann 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 EMCO Sports Team 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 MSC Marktredwitz 64 West Germany Otmar Fassold Ralt RT30/550 Volkswagen 3–5, 7, 11–12 West Germany MSC Scuderia Mitwitz 66 West Germany Justin Sünkel Dallara 387/014 Volkswagen 1–5, 7, 9–12 West Germany Volkmar Löw 67 West Germany Volkmar Löw Ralt RT30/530 Volkswagen 2–3, 7, 9, 12 Belgium Excelsior 67 Belgium Jacky Eeckelaert JEC 386B/01 Volkswagen 4 Switzerland Formel Rennsport Club 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 Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team B Class Winner 1 Belgium Circuit Zolder West Germany Joachim Winkelhock West Germany Otto Rensing West Germany Joachim Winkelhock West Germany WTS Liqui Moly Equipe Switzerland Daniel Müller 2 West Germany Hockenheimring West Germany Joachim Winkelhock West Germany Joachim Winkelhock West Germany Joachim Winkelhock West Germany WTS Liqui Moly Equipe West Germany Franz Engstler 3 West Germany Nürburgring West Germany Joachim Winkelhock Switzerland Hanspeter Kaufmann West Germany Joachim Winkelhock West Germany WTS Liqui Moly Equipe West Germany Franz Engstler 4 Czechoslovakia Masaryk Circuit Switzerland Hanspeter Kaufmann West Germany Frank Biela West Germany Wolfgang Kaufmann West Germany Style Auto Racing Team Switzerland Daniel Müller 5 West Germany Hockenheimring West Germany Joachim Winkelhock Hungary Csaba Kesjár West Germany Otto Rensing West Germany Volkswagen Motorsport Switzerland Daniel Müller 6 West Germany Mainz Finthen Airport West Germany Frank Biela West Germany Otto Rensing West Germany Frank Biela West Germany Team Sonax Autopflege West Germany Andreas Buhk 7 West Germany Norisring West Germany Joachim Winkelhock race cancelled due to fatal accident of Csaba Kesjár 8 West Germany Wunstorf West Germany Otto Rensing West Germany Wolfgang Kaufmann West Germany Joachim Winkelhock West Germany WTS Liqui Moly Equipe West Germany Andreas Buhk 9 Austria Salzburgring West Germany Michael Bartels Switzerland Franco Forini Switzerland Hanspeter Kaufmann Switzerland JSK Generalbau Switzerland Daniel Müller 10 West Germany Nürburgring West Germany Michael Roppes West Germany Michael Bartels West Germany Otto Rensing West Germany Volkswagen Motorsport West Germany Franz Engstler 11 Hungary Hungaroring West Germany Frank Biela West Germany Otto Rensing West Germany Frank Biela West Germany Team Sonax Autopflege West Germany Frank Beyerlein 12 West Germany Hockenheimring West Germany Michael Bartels West Germany Wolfgang Kaufmann West Germany Michael Bartels West Germany Malte Bongers Motorsport West Germany Andreas Buhk 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 Pos Driver ZOL Belgium HOC1 West Germany NÜR1 West Germany BRN Czechoslovakia HOC2 West Germany MAI West Germany NOR West Germany WUN West Germany SAL Austria NÜR2 West Germany HUN Hungary HOC3 West Germany Points 1 West Germany Joachim Winkelhock 1 1 1 3 Ret 2 C 1 5 2 2 Ret 164 2 West Germany Otto Rensing 2 2 Ret 4 1 3 C 2 3 1 3 Ret 157 3 West Germany Frank Biela 3 4 Ret 2 5 1 C 3 6 Ret 1 Ret 132 4 West Germany Frank Krämer 10 5 3 8 Ret 9 C 7 4 3 16 3 119 5 West Germany Michael Bartels 4 7 15 Ret 4 4 C 4 Ret 13 4 1 117 6 Switzerland Hanspeter Kaufmann 5 6 2 Ret 18 10 C Ret 1 8 9 4 111 7 West Germany Wolfgang Kaufmann 8 8 Ret 1 8 Ret C 5 2 Ret Ret 2 103 8 West Germany Michael Roppes Ret 3 8 Ret 6 14 C 9 Ret 5 5 DNS 83 9 West Germany Stefan Neuberger Ret Ret 9 7 3 17 C 11 Ret 6 Ret 5 75 10 Switzerland Daniel Müller 9 19 Ret 10 2 16 C DNS 9 7 10 DNS 71 11 Austria Karl Wendlinger Ret Ret 6 6 11 15 C Ret 16 4 6 Ret 69 12 West Germany Franz Engstler DNS 15 12 Ret 7 13 C Ret 11 12 7 7 68 13 Switzerland Franco Forini 14 5 Ret 15 5 C 6 7 Ret Ret 62 14 West Germany Ellen Lohr 7 13 7 11 Ret C 8 Ret 9 59 15 West Germany Andreas Buhk Ret Ret 13 DNS 19 12 C 14 8 11 11 6 58 16 West Germany Ralf Kelleners 15 9 4 14 Ret Ret C 10 Ret 20 8 Ret 54 17 West Germany Peter Zakowski 14 17 10 5 14 7 C Ret 47 18 Netherlands Gerrit van Kouwen 6 12 DNS Ret 6 9 43 19 Hungary Csaba Kesjár DSQ 10 Ret 9 16 8 C 33 20 Switzerland Rene Wartmann DNS Ret 13 10 18 C 14 16 13 16 33 21 West Germany Josef Bertzen DNS 16 11 12 Ret 11 C 13 DNS 32 22 West Germany Justin Sunkel 13 DNS 16 15 13 C 17 17 15 19 27 23 West Germany Richard Hamann 12 C 13 12 Ret 20 24 West Germany Andy Bovensiepen 10 10 18 25 Austria Franz Binder 10 13 17 26 West Germany Logan Wilms C 15 14 14 14 27 West Germany Sigi Betz 11 20 14 Ret C 13 28 West Germany Georg Arbinger 8 11 29 Switzerland Jacques Isler 18 9 11 30 West Germany Marc Hessel 12 Ret 17 Ret 9 31 Switzerland Jo Zeller 11 8 32 Belgium Phillip Verellen 12 7 33 West Germany Stefan Fricke 12 7 34 Austria Mercedes Stermitz 12 7 35 Switzerland Gianni Bianchi DNS Ret Ret C Ret 18 13 7 36 West Germany Otmar Fassold 18 16 DNS C Ret 17 6 37 Denmark Svend Hansen 14 5 38 Norway Trond-Aage Krosby 15 5 39 Austria Herbert Prügl 15 20 4 40 Switzerland Franz Kaiser 20 19 15 4 41 West Germany Gernot Sirrenburg DNS 17 Ret Ret 2 42 Hungary András Kövesdán 17 19 2 43 Austria Walter Zischg 21 17 C 21 2 44 West Germany Johann Stelzer DNQ 18 18 2 45 Belgium Jacky Eeckelaert 18 1 46 West Germany Volkmar Löw DNQ 19 C Ret DNS 0 47 Austria Wolfgang Petutschnig 19 0 48 Germany Uwe Wolpert 20 0 49 Germany Klaus Panchyrz 21 0 50 Argentina Víctor Rosso 22 Ret 0 Austria Martin Koller Ret Ret 0 France Franck Fréon Ret 0 Hungary Kálmán Bódis Ret 0 Sweden Rickard Rydell C 0 Germany Gerd Lünsmann C 0 Sweden Peter Albertsson C 0 Austria Georg Neyer DNQ 0 Pos Driver ZOL Belgium HOC1 West Germany NÜR1 West Germany BRN Czechoslovakia HOC2 West Germany MAI West Germany NOR West Germany WUN West Germany SAL Austria NÜR2 West Germany HUN Hungary HOC3 West Germany Points Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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 External links (in English and German)
TeamNo.DriverChassisEngineRounds
Class A
West Germany Schübel Rennsport Int.1Hungary Csaba KesjárDallara 388/009Volkswagen1–7
West Germany Team der ONS Nachwuchsförderung2West Germany Ralf KellenersDallara 388/008VolkswagenAll
West Germany WTS Liqui Moly Equipe3West Germany Joachim WinkelhockReynard 883/004VolkswagenAll
Switzerland JSK Generalbau4Switzerland Hanspeter KaufmannDallara 388/002VolkswagenAll
5Switzerland Gianni BianchiDallara 388/0011
Switzerland Franco Forini2–11
Switzerland Daniel Müller12
25Switzerland Jacques IslerDallara 388/0152
West Germany Volkswagen Motorsport6West Germany Otto RensingReynard 883/005VolkswagenAll
7West Germany Frank KrämerBSR KS388/01All
West Germany Josef Kaufmann8West Germany Peter ZakowskiMartini MK55/03Volkswagen1–8
Austria Franz Binder9, 12
West Germany Ellen Lohr10
West Germany Team Sonax Autopflege9West Germany Frank BielaMartini MK55/04VolkswagenAll
West Germany Malte Bongers Motorsport10West Germany Michael BartelsReynard 883/001VolkswagenAll
11West Germany Anreas BuhkReynard 8831
France Franck Fréon2
West Germany Mönninghoff Racing — Sympathik Cosmetics12West Germany Michael RoppesReynard 883/017VolkswagenAll
West Germany Style Auto Racing Team15West Germany Wolfgang KaufmannDallara 388/033VolkswagenAll
West Germany Gerd Lünsmann16Netherlands Gerrit van KouwenRalt RT31/710Volkswagen1–4, 6, 12
Austria Walter Lechner Racing School-Schaeffler Teppichboden17West Germany Ellen LohrDallara 388/031Volkswagen1–4, 6–9
West Germany Logan Wilms10–11
Austria Mercedes Stermitz12
West Germany Rex Toyota F3 Team Deutschland18West Germany Stefan NeubergerReynard 883/016ToyotaAll
West Germany P+M Motorsport21West Germany Josef BertzenReynard 883/012Toyota1–9
Austria Krafft Walzen Team22Austria Karl WendlingerRalt RT32/763Alfa RomeoAll
West Germany HC Hessel Motorsport23West Germany Marc HesselDallara 388/042Toyota9–12
24Argentina Víctor RossoBerta 88/002Renault9–10
Switzerland Formel Rennsport Club24Switzerland Jo ZellerRalt RT30/640Toyota2
34Switzerland Franz KaiserDallara 386/019Volkswagen9–10, 12
Sweden Picko Troberg Racing27Sweden Rickard RydellReynard 883/045Volkswagen7
28Sweden Peter AlbertssonReynard 873/0837
West Germany MSC Rottenegg30Austria Herbert PrüglRalt RT3/397Toyota8, 11
Hungary Team Castrol Racing31Hungary András KövesdánRalt RT3/397Volkswagen4, 11
Austria Team Theuermann32Austria Martin KollerRalt RT31Volkswagen9
33Austria Wolfgang PetutschnigRalt RT30/5639
Austria Georg Neyer35Austria Georg NeyerMartini MK49/08Volkswagen9
Norway Trond-Aage KrosbyNorway Trond-Aage KrosbyRalt RT30/649Volkswagen11
West Germany Helmut Bross Racing37Hungary Kálmán BódisReynard 873Volkswagen11
West Germany Ewald Gasper38West Germany Georg ArbingerMartini MK49Volkswagen12
West Germany MCS Stuttgart39West Germany Uwe WolpertRalt RT30/579Volkswagen10
Denmark Svend Hansen40Denmark Svend HansenReynard 873/078Volkswagen12
Class B
West Germany Team Bernal Torantriebe50West Germany Sigi BetzReynard 863/030Volkswagen1–4, 7
West Germany Malte Bongers Motorsport51West Germany Anreas BuhkReynard 873/061Volkswagen2–12
Switzerland JSK Generalbau52Switzerland Daniel MüllerDallara 386/023Volkswagen1–11
57Switzerland Rene WartmannReynard 873/0841–2, 4–7, 9–12
68Switzerland Gianni BianchiDallara 387/0105–7
West Germany WTS Liqui Moly Equipe53West Germany Franz EngstlerReynard 873/087VolkswagenAll
68Switzerland Gianni BianchiDallara 387/0109–10, 12
West Germany Gerd Lünsmann54West Germany Gernot SirrenburgReynard 873/045Volkswagen2–3, 8–10
64West Germany Andy BovensiepenRalt RT31/71010
69West Germany Stefan Fricke8
West Germany Johann Stelzer55West Germany Johann StelzerReynard 863/039Volkswagen2, 9, 11
Austria EMCO Sports Team56Austria Walter ZischgRalt RT30/614Volkswagen2, 5, 7, 9
West Germany Mönninghoff Racing — Sympathik Cosmetics59West Germany Logan WilmsRalt RT31/711Volkswagen7, 9
West Germany Klaus Panchyrz10
West Germany Andy Bovensiepen12
West Germany Richard Hamann60West Germany Richard HamannReynard 873/051Volkswagen5, 7, 9, 11–12
Austria Team Theuermann62Belgium Phillip VerellenRalt RT31Volkswagen1
Austria Martin Koller11
West Germany MSC Marktredwitz64West Germany Otmar FassoldRalt RT30/550Volkswagen3–5, 7, 11–12
West Germany MSC Scuderia Mitwitz66West Germany Justin SünkelDallara 387/014Volkswagen1–5, 7, 9–12
West Germany Volkmar Löw67West Germany Volkmar LöwRalt RT30/530Volkswagen2–3, 7, 9, 12
Belgium Excelsior67Belgium Jacky EeckelaertJEC 386B/01Volkswagen4
Switzerland Formel Rennsport Club72Switzerland Jacques IslerDallara 388/015Volkswagen5
RoundLocationCircuitDateSupporting
1Belgium Heusden-Zolder, BelgiumCircuit Zolder3 AprilXIX. AvD/MVBL "Bergischer Löwe"
2West Germany Hockenheim, West GermanyHockenheimring24 AprilAvD/MAC Sportwagen-Festival
3West Germany Nürburg, West GermanyNürburgring1 May50. ADAC Eifelrennen
4Czechoslovakia Brno, CzechoslovakiaMasaryk Circuit22 MayAvD/MHSTC "100 Meilen von Brünn"
5West Germany Hockenheim, West GermanyHockenheimring29 MayADAC-Preis Hockenheim
6West Germany Mainz, West GermanyMainz Finthen Airport5 June24. AvD/HMSC-Flugplatzrennen Mainz-Finthen
7West Germany Nuremberg, West GermanyNorisring26 JuneADAC-Norisring-Trophäe "200 Meilen von Nürnberg"
8West Germany Wunstorf, West GermanyWunstorf Air Base17 JulyADAC-Flugplatzrennen Wunstorf
9Austria Salzburg, AustriaSalzburgring28 AugustADAC-Alpentrophäe
10West Germany Nürburg, West GermanyNürburgring4 September1000 km of Nürburgring
11Hungary Mogyoród, HungaryHungaroring18 SeptemberADAC-Rundstrecken-Rennen Hungaroring
12West Germany Hockenheim, West GermanyHockenheimring16 October10. ADAC "Preis der Stadt Esslingen"
RoundCircuitPole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning teamB Class Winner
1Belgium Circuit ZolderWest Germany Joachim WinkelhockWest Germany Otto RensingWest Germany Joachim WinkelhockWest Germany WTS Liqui Moly EquipeSwitzerland Daniel Müller
2West Germany HockenheimringWest Germany Joachim WinkelhockWest Germany Joachim WinkelhockWest Germany Joachim WinkelhockWest Germany WTS Liqui Moly EquipeWest Germany Franz Engstler
3West Germany NürburgringWest Germany Joachim WinkelhockSwitzerland Hanspeter KaufmannWest Germany Joachim WinkelhockWest Germany WTS Liqui Moly EquipeWest Germany Franz Engstler
4Czechoslovakia Masaryk CircuitSwitzerland Hanspeter KaufmannWest Germany Frank BielaWest Germany Wolfgang KaufmannWest Germany Style Auto Racing TeamSwitzerland Daniel Müller
5West Germany HockenheimringWest Germany Joachim WinkelhockHungary Csaba KesjárWest Germany Otto RensingWest Germany Volkswagen MotorsportSwitzerland Daniel Müller
6West Germany Mainz Finthen AirportWest Germany Frank BielaWest Germany Otto RensingWest Germany Frank BielaWest Germany Team Sonax AutopflegeWest Germany Andreas Buhk
7West Germany NorisringWest Germany Joachim Winkelhockrace cancelled due to fatal accident of Csaba Kesjár
8West Germany WunstorfWest Germany Otto RensingWest Germany Wolfgang KaufmannWest Germany Joachim WinkelhockWest Germany WTS Liqui Moly EquipeWest Germany Andreas Buhk
9Austria SalzburgringWest Germany Michael BartelsSwitzerland Franco ForiniSwitzerland Hanspeter KaufmannSwitzerland JSK GeneralbauSwitzerland Daniel Müller
10West Germany NürburgringWest Germany Michael RoppesWest Germany Michael BartelsWest Germany Otto RensingWest Germany Volkswagen MotorsportWest Germany Franz Engstler
11Hungary HungaroringWest Germany Frank BielaWest Germany Otto RensingWest Germany Frank BielaWest Germany Team Sonax AutopflegeWest Germany Frank Beyerlein
12West Germany HockenheimringWest Germany Michael BartelsWest Germany Wolfgang KaufmannWest Germany Michael BartelsWest Germany Malte Bongers MotorsportWest Germany Andreas Buhk
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Pos Driver ZOL Belgium HOC1 West Germany NÜR1 West Germany BRN Czechoslovakia HOC2 West Germany MAI West Germany NOR West Germany WUN West Germany SAL Austria NÜR2 West Germany HUN Hungary HOC3 West Germany Points 1 West Germany Joachim Winkelhock 1 1 1 3 Ret 2 C 1 5 2 2 Ret 164 2 West Germany Otto Rensing 2 2 Ret 4 1 3 C 2 3 1 3 Ret 157 3 West Germany Frank Biela 3 4 Ret 2 5 1 C 3 6 Ret 1 Ret 132 4 West Germany Frank Krämer 10 5 3 8 Ret 9 C 7 4 3 16 3 119 5 West Germany Michael Bartels 4 7 15 Ret 4 4 C 4 Ret 13 4 1 117 6 Switzerland Hanspeter Kaufmann 5 6 2 Ret 18 10 C Ret 1 8 9 4 111 7 West Germany Wolfgang Kaufmann 8 8 Ret 1 8 Ret C 5 2 Ret Ret 2 103 8 West Germany Michael Roppes Ret 3 8 Ret 6 14 C 9 Ret 5 5 DNS 83 9 West Germany Stefan Neuberger Ret Ret 9 7 3 17 C 11 Ret 6 Ret 5 75 10 Switzerland Daniel Müller 9 19 Ret 10 2 16 C DNS 9 7 10 DNS 71 11 Austria Karl Wendlinger Ret Ret 6 6 11 15 C Ret 16 4 6 Ret 69 12 West Germany Franz Engstler DNS 15 12 Ret 7 13 C Ret 11 12 7 7 68 13 Switzerland Franco Forini 14 5 Ret 15 5 C 6 7 Ret Ret 62 14 West Germany Ellen Lohr 7 13 7 11 Ret C 8 Ret 9 59 15 West Germany Andreas Buhk Ret Ret 13 DNS 19 12 C 14 8 11 11 6 58 16 West Germany Ralf Kelleners 15 9 4 14 Ret Ret C 10 Ret 20 8 Ret 54 17 West Germany Peter Zakowski 14 17 10 5 14 7 C Ret 47 18 Netherlands Gerrit van Kouwen 6 12 DNS Ret 6 9 43 19 Hungary Csaba Kesjár DSQ 10 Ret 9 16 8 C 33 20 Switzerland Rene Wartmann DNS Ret 13 10 18 C 14 16 13 16 33 21 West Germany Josef Bertzen DNS 16 11 12 Ret 11 C 13 DNS 32 22 West Germany Justin Sunkel 13 DNS 16 15 13 C 17 17 15 19 27 23 West Germany Richard Hamann 12 C 13 12 Ret 20 24 West Germany Andy Bovensiepen 10 10 18 25 Austria Franz Binder 10 13 17 26 West Germany Logan Wilms C 15 14 14 14 27 West Germany Sigi Betz 11 20 14 Ret C 13 28 West Germany Georg Arbinger 8 11 29 Switzerland Jacques Isler 18 9 11 30 West Germany Marc Hessel 12 Ret 17 Ret 9 31 Switzerland Jo Zeller 11 8 32 Belgium Phillip Verellen 12 7 33 West Germany Stefan Fricke 12 7 34 Austria Mercedes Stermitz 12 7 35 Switzerland Gianni Bianchi DNS Ret Ret C Ret 18 13 7 36 West Germany Otmar Fassold 18 16 DNS C Ret 17 6 37 Denmark Svend Hansen 14 5 38 Norway Trond-Aage Krosby 15 5 39 Austria Herbert Prügl 15 20 4 40 Switzerland Franz Kaiser 20 19 15 4 41 West Germany Gernot Sirrenburg DNS 17 Ret Ret 2 42 Hungary András Kövesdán 17 19 2 43 Austria Walter Zischg 21 17 C 21 2 44 West Germany Johann Stelzer DNQ 18 18 2 45 Belgium Jacky Eeckelaert 18 1 46 West Germany Volkmar Löw DNQ 19 C Ret DNS 0 47 Austria Wolfgang Petutschnig 19 0 48 Germany Uwe Wolpert 20 0 49 Germany Klaus Panchyrz 21 0 50 Argentina Víctor Rosso 22 Ret 0 Austria Martin Koller Ret Ret 0 France Franck Fréon Ret 0 Hungary Kálmán Bódis Ret 0 Sweden Rickard Rydell C 0 Germany Gerd Lünsmann C 0 Sweden Peter Albertsson C 0 Austria Georg Neyer DNQ 0 Pos Driver ZOL Belgium HOC1 West Germany NÜR1 West Germany BRN Czechoslovakia HOC2 West Germany MAI West Germany NOR West Germany WUN West Germany SAL Austria NÜR2 West Germany HUN Hungary HOC3 West Germany PointsColour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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
PosDriverZOL BelgiumHOC1 West GermanyNÜR1 West GermanyBRN CzechoslovakiaHOC2 West GermanyMAI West GermanyNOR West GermanyWUN West GermanySAL AustriaNÜR2 West GermanyHUN HungaryHOC3 West GermanyPoints
1West Germany Joachim Winkelhock1113Ret2C1522Ret164
2West Germany Otto Rensing22Ret413C2313Ret157
3West Germany Frank Biela34Ret251C36Ret1Ret132
4West Germany Frank Krämer10538Ret9C743163119
5West Germany Michael Bartels4715Ret44C4Ret1341117
6Switzerland Hanspeter Kaufmann562Ret1810CRet1894111
7West Germany Wolfgang Kaufmann88Ret18RetC52RetRet2103
8West Germany Michael RoppesRet38Ret614C9Ret55DNS83
9West Germany Stefan NeubergerRetRet97317C11Ret6Ret575
10Switzerland Daniel Müller919Ret10216CDNS9710DNS71
11Austria Karl WendlingerRetRet661115CRet1646Ret69
12West Germany Franz EngstlerDNS1512Ret713CRet11127768
13Switzerland Franco Forini145Ret155C67RetRet62
14West Germany Ellen Lohr713711RetC8Ret959
15West Germany Andreas BuhkRetRet13DNS1912C1481111658
16West Germany Ralf Kelleners159414RetRetC10Ret208Ret54
17West Germany Peter Zakowski1417105147CRet47
18Netherlands Gerrit van Kouwen612DNSRet6943
19Hungary Csaba KesjárDSQ10Ret9168C33
20Switzerland Rene WartmannDNSRet131018C1416131633
21West Germany Josef BertzenDNS161112Ret11C13DNS32
22West Germany Justin Sunkel13DNS161513C1717151927
23West Germany Richard Hamann12C1312Ret20
24West Germany Andy Bovensiepen101018
25Austria Franz Binder101317
26West Germany Logan WilmsC15141414
27West Germany Sigi Betz112014RetC13
28West Germany Georg Arbinger811
29Switzerland Jacques Isler18911
30West Germany Marc Hessel12Ret17Ret9
31Switzerland Jo Zeller118
32Belgium Phillip Verellen127
33West Germany Stefan Fricke127
34Austria Mercedes Stermitz127
35Switzerland Gianni BianchiDNSRetRetCRet18137
36West Germany Otmar Fassold1816DNSCRet176
37Denmark Svend Hansen145
38Norway Trond-Aage Krosby155
39Austria Herbert Prügl15204
40Switzerland Franz Kaiser2019154
41West Germany Gernot SirrenburgDNS17RetRet2
42Hungary András Kövesdán17192
43Austria Walter Zischg2117C212
44West Germany Johann StelzerDNQ18182
45Belgium Jacky Eeckelaert181
46West Germany Volkmar LöwDNQ19CRetDNS0
47Austria Wolfgang Petutschnig190
48Germany Uwe Wolpert200
49Germany Klaus Panchyrz210
50Argentina Víctor Rosso22Ret0
Austria Martin KollerRetRet0
France Franck FréonRet0
Hungary Kálmán BódisRet0
Sweden Rickard RydellC0
Germany Gerd LünsmannC0
Sweden Peter AlbertssonC0
Austria Georg NeyerDNQ0
PosDriverZOL BelgiumHOC1 West GermanyNÜR1 West GermanyBRN CzechoslovakiaHOC2 West GermanyMAI West GermanyNOR West GermanyWUN West GermanySAL AustriaNÜR2 West GermanyHUN HungaryHOC3 West GermanyPoints
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)