1998 German Formula Three Championship
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The 1998 German Formula Three Championship (German: 1998 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 18 April May at Hockenheimring and ended at Nürburgring on 4 October after ten double-header rounds.
Van Amersfoort Racing driver Bas Leinders became the first Belgian champion of the series. He clinched the title, winning seven of 20 races. Robert Lechner won the rookie championship and finished as runner-up with wins on home soil at Salzburgring, losing 21 points to Leinders. Wolf Henzler was victorious at Nürburgring. The other race winners was Pierre Kaffer, Christijan Albers, Timo Scheider, Thomas Jäger and Thomas Mutsch.
Teams and drivers
| 1998 Entry list | ||||||
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| 1998 Entry list Team No. Driver Chassis Engine Status Rounds Germany Opel Team BSR 0 Czech Republic Tomáš Enge Martini MK73/09 Opel 1-2, 4-5 Germany Tom Schwister 6 Germany Timo Rumpfkeil Dallara F397/029 R 9 South Africa Toby Scheckter Martini MK73/09 10 1 Germany Pierre Kaffer Martini MK73/10 All 2 Germany Norman Simon Dallara F397/049 All 3 Germany Steffen Widmann Dallara F397/029 All Switzerland KMS Benetton Junior Team 5 Germany Thomas Mutsch Dallara F397/023 Opel R All 6 Sweden Johnny Mislijevic Dallara F397/002 R 1-9 Germany Alex Müller 10 7 Belgium Jeffrey van Hooydonk Dallara F398/001 R All Germany Josef Kaufmann Racing 8 Germany Wolf Henzler Martini MK73/06 Opel All 9 Germany Timo Scheider Martini MK73/05 3-9 Germany GM-DSF-F3 Team 10 Netherlands Wouter van Eeuwijk Dallara F397/054 Opel R All 11 Austria Robert Lechner Dallara F397/052 R All 12 Germany Tim Bergmeister Dallara F397/062 1, 4 Germany Tim Bergmeister 12 Germany Tim Bergmeister Dallara F397/062 Opel 5-10 Germany Klaus Trella Motorsport 14 Germany Thomas Jäger Martini MK73/11 Opel R All 15 Germany Thomas Braumüller Dallara F396/012 R 1-4 Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing 16 Belgium Bas Leinders Dallara F398/030 Opel All 17 Netherlands Christijan Albers Dallara F398/004 R All Sweden IPS Motorsport 18 Sweden Johan Stureson Dallara F397/046 Opel All Belgium JB Motorsport 19 Belgium Yves Olivier Dallara F398/021 Opel All 20 Poland Marcin Biernacki Dallara F398/031 All Germany MKL F3 Racing 21 Germany Lucas Luhr Dallara F397/056 Opel All Czech Republic TKF Racing 22 Czech Republic Petr Křižan Dallara F396/022 Opel R 7-9 23 Poland Jarosław Wierczuk Dallara F398/009 All 24 Denmark Lasse Jakobsen Dallara F396/022 R 1-6 Germany MKL F3 Racing 27 Germany Michael Becker Dallara F398/023 Opel 1-2, 4-9 Germany Tim Bergmeister Dallara F397/062 3 Sweden Royal Automobile Club of Sweden 28 Sweden Nicklas Karlsson Dallara F395/045 Fiat 4 Austrian Formula 3 Cup Czech Republic Křižan Racing Team 51 Czech Republic Petr Křižan Dallara F396/043 Opel R 3 Austria Franz Wöss Racing 52 Czech Republic Jaromír Zdražil Dallara F396/042 Opel 3 53 Germany André Fibier Dallara F395/015 3 Austria Achleitner Motorsport 54 Austria Josef Neuhauser Dallara F394/021 Opel 3 Germany Jenichen Motorsport 56 Germany Dirk Jenichen Dallara F396/023 Opel 3 Germany Fritz Kopp Racing Team 57 Austria Osmunde Dolischka Dallara F395/070 Opel 3 Czech Republic Leoš Prokopec 59 Czech Republic Leoš Prokopec Dallara F397/047 Fiat 3 Austria Steffek Racing Team 61 Austria Claudia Steffek Dallara F391/002 Alfa Romeo 3 Austria Dietmar Frischmann 62 Austria Dietmar Frischmann Dallara F396/004 Opel 3 | Icon Class R Rookie | |||||
| Team | No. | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Status | Rounds |
| Germany Opel Team BSR | 0 | Czech Republic Tomáš Enge | Martini MK73/09 | Opel | 1-2, 4-5 | |
| Germany Tom Schwister | 6 | |||||
| Germany Timo Rumpfkeil | Dallara F397/029 | R | 9 | |||
| South Africa Toby Scheckter | Martini MK73/09 | 10 | ||||
| 1 | Germany Pierre Kaffer | Martini MK73/10 | All | |||
| 2 | Germany Norman Simon | Dallara F397/049 | All | |||
| 3 | Germany Steffen Widmann | Dallara F397/029 | All | |||
| Switzerland KMS Benetton Junior Team | 5 | Germany Thomas Mutsch | Dallara F397/023 | Opel | R | All |
| 6 | Sweden Johnny Mislijevic | Dallara F397/002 | R | 1-9 | ||
| Germany Alex Müller | 10 | |||||
| 7 | Belgium Jeffrey van Hooydonk | Dallara F398/001 | R | All | ||
| Germany Josef Kaufmann Racing | 8 | Germany Wolf Henzler | Martini MK73/06 | Opel | All | |
| 9 | Germany Timo Scheider | Martini MK73/05 | 3-9 | |||
| Germany GM-DSF-F3 Team | 10 | Netherlands Wouter van Eeuwijk | Dallara F397/054 | Opel | R | All |
| 11 | Austria Robert Lechner | Dallara F397/052 | R | All | ||
| 12 | Germany Tim Bergmeister | Dallara F397/062 | 1, 4 | |||
| Germany Tim Bergmeister | 12 | Germany Tim Bergmeister | Dallara F397/062 | Opel | 5-10 | |
| Germany Klaus Trella Motorsport | 14 | Germany Thomas Jäger | Martini MK73/11 | Opel | R | All |
| 15 | Germany Thomas Braumüller | Dallara F396/012 | R | 1-4 | ||
| Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing | 16 | Belgium Bas Leinders | Dallara F398/030 | Opel | All | |
| 17 | Netherlands Christijan Albers | Dallara F398/004 | R | All | ||
| Sweden IPS Motorsport | 18 | Sweden Johan Stureson | Dallara F397/046 | Opel | All | |
| Belgium JB Motorsport | 19 | Belgium Yves Olivier | Dallara F398/021 | Opel | All | |
| 20 | Poland Marcin Biernacki | Dallara F398/031 | All | |||
| Germany MKL F3 Racing | 21 | Germany Lucas Luhr | Dallara F397/056 | Opel | All | |
| Czech Republic TKF Racing | 22 | Czech Republic Petr Křižan | Dallara F396/022 | Opel | R | 7-9 |
| 23 | Poland Jarosław Wierczuk | Dallara F398/009 | All | |||
| 24 | Denmark Lasse Jakobsen | Dallara F396/022 | R | 1-6 | ||
| Germany MKL F3 Racing | 27 | Germany Michael Becker | Dallara F398/023 | Opel | 1-2, 4-9 | |
| Germany Tim Bergmeister | Dallara F397/062 | 3 | ||||
| Sweden Royal Automobile Club of Sweden | 28 | Sweden Nicklas Karlsson | Dallara F395/045 | Fiat | 4 | |
| Austrian Formula 3 Cup | ||||||
| Czech Republic Křižan Racing Team | 51 | Czech Republic Petr Křižan | Dallara F396/043 | Opel | R | 3 |
| Austria Franz Wöss Racing | 52 | Czech Republic Jaromír Zdražil | Dallara F396/042 | Opel | 3 | |
| 53 | Germany André Fibier | Dallara F395/015 | 3 | |||
| Austria Achleitner Motorsport | 54 | Austria Josef Neuhauser | Dallara F394/021 | Opel | 3 | |
| Germany Jenichen Motorsport | 56 | Germany Dirk Jenichen | Dallara F396/023 | Opel | 3 | |
| Germany Fritz Kopp Racing Team | 57 | Austria Osmunde Dolischka | Dallara F395/070 | Opel | 3 | |
| Czech Republic Leoš Prokopec | 59 | Czech Republic Leoš Prokopec | Dallara F397/047 | Fiat | 3 | |
| Austria Steffek Racing Team | 61 | Austria Claudia Steffek | Dallara F391/002 | Alfa Romeo | 3 | |
| Austria Dietmar Frischmann | 62 | Austria Dietmar Frischmann | Dallara F396/004 | Opel | 3 | |
| Icon | Class | |||||
| R | Rookie |
Calendar
With the exception of round at Salzuburg in Austria, all rounds took place on German soil.
| Round | Location | Circuit | Date | Supporting | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | Hockenheim, Germany | Hockenheimring | 18 April | ADAC-Preis Hockenheim |
| R2 | 19 April | ||||
| 2 | R1 | Nürburg, Germany | Nürburgring | 9 May | 60. ADAC Eifelrennen |
| R2 | 10 May | ||||
| 3 | R1 | Saxony, Germany | Sachsenring | 23 May | ADAC-Preis des mdr Sachsenring" |
| R2 | 24 May | ||||
| 4 | R1 | Nuremberg, Germany | Norisring | 4 July | 56. ADAC Norisring Rennen "200 Meilen von Nürnberg" |
| R2 | 5 July | ||||
| 5 | R1 | Lahr, Germany | Regio-Ring | 18 July | ADAC-Preis Regio Ring Lahr |
| R2 | 19 July | ||||
| 6 | R1 | Wunstorf, Germany | Wunstorf Air Base | 1 August | ADAC-Flugplatzrennen Wunstorf |
| R2 | 2 August | ||||
| 7 | R1 | Zweibrücken, Germany | Zweibrücken Air Base | 15 August | ADAC-Preis Flugplatz Zweibrücken |
| R2 | 16 August | ||||
| 8 | R1 | Salzburg, Austria | Salzburgring | 29 August | ADAC-Alpentrophäe |
| R2 | 30 August | ||||
| 9 | R1 | Oschersleben, Germany | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 12 September | ADAC-Preis der Tourenwagen von "Sachsen-Anhalt" |
| R2 | 13 September | ||||
| 10 | R1 | Nürburg, Germany | Nürburgring | 3 October | 25. ADAC Bilstein Supersprint |
| R2 | 4 October |
Results
Championship standings
Championship
| Pos | Driver | HOC | NÜR1 | SAC | NOR | LAH | WUN | ZWE | SAL | OSC | NÜR2 | Points | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium Bas Leinders | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 200 |
| 2 | Austria Robert Lechner | 8 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 5 | 179 |
| 3 | Germany Wolf Henzler | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 168 |
| 4 | Germany Pierre Kaffer | 2 | Ret | 20 | Ret | 11 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | Ret | 9 | 132 |
| 5 | Netherlands Christijan Albers | 3 | Ret | 6 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 120 |
| 6 | Belgium Jeffrey van Hooydonk | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 9 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 115 |
| 7 | Germany Timo Scheider | 9 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 114 | ||||
| 8 | Germany Lucas Luhr | Ret | 9 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Ret | 9 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 90 |
| 9 | Belgium Yves Olivier | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | Ret | 15 | Ret | 12 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 16 | 9 | Ret | 6 | 6 | 76 |
| 10 | Germany Steffen Widmann | 11 | Ret | 21 | 13 | Ret | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | DNS | 9 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 68 |
| 11 | Germany Thomas Jäger | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 8 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 11 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 13 | Ret | 17 | 10 | 12 | 11 | Ret | 58 |
| 12 | Germany Norman Simon | 15 | Ret | 7 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 19 | Ret | 5 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 56 |
| 13 | Sweden Johan Stureson | 12 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 8 | Ret | 15 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 5 | Ret | 15 | 52 |
| 14 | Germany Tim Bergmeister | Ret | 12 | 10 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | Ret | 10 | 11 | 8 | 21 | Ret | DNS | 14 | Ret | 43 | ||
| 15 | Germany Thomas Mutsch | Ret | Ret | 5 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 15 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | 12 | Ret | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | Ret | 30 |
| 16 | Sweden Johnny Mislijevic | Ret | 11 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 12 | Ret | 18 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 13 | 17 | Ret | 18 | 13 | Ret | 14 | ||
| 17 | Netherlands Wouter van Eeuwijk | Ret | Ret | 9 | 15 | 15 | Ret | 13 | 20 | 17 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 18 | 9 | 9 | Ret | 11 | 13 | 8 | 9 |
| 18 | Denmark Lasse Jakobsen | 10 | 7 | 14 | 16 | Ret | 14 | Ret | 13 | 19 | 16 | 14 | DSQ | 5 | ||||||||
| 19 | Poland Jarosław Wierczuk | 9 | Ret | 15 | 19 | DSQ | 13 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 3 |
| 20 | Czech Republic Tomáš Enge | 14 | DNS | 12 | 9 | Ret | 11 | 10 | 12 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 21 | Germany Thomas Braumüller | 16 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 23 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | Germany Michael Becker | Ret | DNS | 18 | DNS | Ret | Ret | 11 | 10 | 12 | Ret | 14 | Ret | 12 | 13 | Ret | 18 | 1 | ||||
| 23 | Czech Republic Petr Křižan | 17 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 24 | Germany Alex Müller | 9 | 10 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | Germany Tom Schwister | 15 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | Poland Marcin Biernacki | 13 | Ret | 19 | 19 | 22 | Ret | 16 | 18 | 13 | 14 | DNS | DNS | 16 | 16 | Ret | 14 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 0 |
| 27 | South Africa Toby Scheckter | 12 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 28 | Germany André Fibier | 21 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 29 | Germany Timo Rumpfkeil | Ret | 15 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 30 | Austria Claudia Steffek | 18 | 16 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 31 | Austria Josef Neuhauser | 16 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 32 | Germany Dirk Jenichen | 24 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 33 | Norway Ole Martin Lindum | 19 | 18 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 34 | Sweden Nicklas Karlsson | Ret | 19 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Austria Osmunde Dolischka | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Austria Dietmar Frischmann | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Czech Republic Jaromír Zdražil | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Czech Republic Leoš Prokopec | Ret | DSQ | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Germany Jörg Sandek | DNS | DNS | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Germany Frank Brendecke | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | HOC | NÜR1 | SAC | NOR | LAH | WUN | ZWE | SAL | OSC | NÜR2 | Points |
Junior-Pokal (Rookie) standings
| Driver | Points | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria Robert Lechner | 176 |
| 2 | Belgium Jeffrey van Hooydonk | 159 |
| 3 | Netherlands Christijan Albers | 150 |
| 4 | Germany Thomas Jäger | 93 |
| 5 | Germany Thomas Mutsch | 74 |
| 6 | Sweden Johnny Mislijevic | 33 |
| 7 | Netherlands Wouter van Eeuwijk | 29 |
| 8 | Denmark Lasse Jakobsen | 14 |
| 9 | Czech Republic Petr Křižan | 9 |
| 10 | Germany Thomas Braumüller | 3 |
| 11 | Germany Timo Rumpfkeil | 2 |
External links
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