2008 German Formula Three Championship

2008 German Formula Three Championship
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The 2008 ATS F3 Cup was the sixth edition of the German F3 Cup. It commenced on 24 May 2008 and ended on 12 October after eighteen rounds. The title was won by Frédéric Vervisch.^[1]

Teams and drivers

• Guest drivers in italics.

Team No. Driver Class Chassis Engine Status Rounds van Amersfoort Racing 1 Rahel Frey C Dallara F307 Volkswagen R 1–8 Niall Quinn 9 2 Laurens Vanthoor C Dallara F307 Volkswagen R All Ombra Racing 9 Matteo Chinosi[2] C Dallara F307 Mugen-Honda 1–8 Philipp Eng 9 10 Federico Leo C Dallara F307 Mugen-Honda R All 59 Massimo Rossi T Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 1–4 Neuhauser Racing 11 Gerhard Tweraser C Dallara F307 Mercedes HWA All 66 Marco Oberhauser T Dallara F304 Opel All HS Technik Motorsport 12 Sebastian Saavedra C Dallara F307 Mercedes HWA R All 14 Philipp Eng C Dallara F307 Mercedes HWA R 1 Johnny Cecotto Jr. 2–9 50 Shirley van der Lof T Dallara F304 OPC-Challenge All Swiss Racing Team 15 Karline Stala C Dallara F307 Mercedes HWA R 7–9 16 Max Nilsson C Dallara F307 OPC-Challenge All 17 Frédéric Vervisch C Dallara F307 OPC-Challenge 1–5 Tomi Limmonen 9 Team rhino’s Leipert 19 Federico Glorioso[3] C Dallara F307 OPC-Challenge 1–6, 9 20 Sergey Chukanov[3] C Dallara F307 OPC-Challenge R All 52 Luca Iannaccone T Dallara F304 Renault All 53 Giulio Glorioso T Dallara F304 Opel R All Racing Experience 24 Karline Stala[4] C Dallara F307 Mercedes HWA R 1–4 Louis Wagner Mygale M-07 Opel 6 25 David Hauser C Dallara F307 Mercedes HWA R All 26 Gary Hauser C Dallara F307 Mercedes HWA R All Performance Racing 28 Rafael Suzuki C Dallara F307 OPC-Challenge All 29 Adderly Fong C Dallara F307 OPC-Challenge R 1, 5–9 Satrio Hermanto 4 Jo Zeller Racing 30 Frédéric Vervisch[5] C Dallara F307 Mercedes HWA 6–8 Kevin Mirocha 9 Franz Wöss Racing 38 Hamad Al Fardan[6] C Dallara F307 Mercedes HWA 1–6 62 Bernd Herndlhofer T Dallara F304 Opel R All 63 Francesco Lopez T Dallara F304 Opel 7–9 GU-Racing Team 40 Jens Höing C Lola B06-30 Opel 1, 2 Dallara F307 Mercedes HWA 3, 4, 7–9 Josef Kaufmann Racing 44 Kevin Mirocha C Dallara F307 OPC-Challenge 1–8 Esteban Gutiérrez R 9 KFR Team F3 55 Dennis Swart T Dallara F304 OPC-Challenge R All JMS Jenichen 60 Marcel Schlenker T Dallara F304 Opel R 1–4 Auto-Häckel-Motorsport 64 Klaus-Dieter Häckel T Dallara F304 Opel 1–4 Griffith's 71 David Moretti T Dallara F304 Opel 1

Icon Class C Cup T Trophy Icon Status R Rookie

Calendar

With the exception of round at TT Circuit Assen, all rounds took place on German soil.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Trophy winner	Supporting
1	R1	Hockenheim	26 April	Sebastian Saavedra	Sebastian Saavedra	Matteo Chinosi	Ombra Racing	Bernd Herndlhofer	Jim Clark Revival
	R2		27 April	Philipp Eng	Philipp Eng	Gerhard Tweraser	Neuhauser Racing	Bernd Herndlhofer
2	R1	Oschersleben	10 May	Sebastian Saavedra	Gerhard Tweraser	Gerhard Tweraser	Neuhauser Racing	Marco Oberhauser	ADAC GT Masters
	R2		11 May	Sebastian Saavedra	Sebastian Saavedra	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	HS Technik Motorsport	Dennis Swart
3	R1	Nürburgring	23 May	Matteo Chinosi	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Frédéric Vervisch	Swiss Racing Team	Marco Oberhauser	24 Hours Nürburgring
	R2		24 May	Matteo Chinosi	Gerhard Tweraser	Matteo Chinosi	Ombra Racing	Marco Oberhauser
4	R1	Hockenheim	14 June	Laurens Vanthoor	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Sebastian Saavedra	HS Technik Motorsport	Dennis Swart	ADAC GT Masters
	R2		15 June	Rafael Suzuki	Rahel Frey	Frédéric Vervisch	Swiss Racing Team	Dennis Swart
5	R1	Assen	2 August	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Frédéric Vervisch	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	HS Technik Motorsport	Bernd Herndlhofer	Rizla+ Race Day
	R2		3 August	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Sebastian Saavedra	HS Technik Motorsport	Dennis Swart
6	R1	Nürburgring	16 August	Frédéric Vervisch	Frédéric Vervisch	Frédéric Vervisch	Jo Zeller Racing	Marco Oberhauser	1000 km Nürburgring
	R2		17 August	Frédéric Vervisch	Frédéric Vervisch	Frédéric Vervisch	Jo Zeller Racing	Shirley van der Lof
7	R1	EuroSpeedway	6 September	Frédéric Vervisch	Frédéric Vervisch	Frédéric Vervisch	Jo Zeller Racing	Dennis Swart	ADAC GT Masters
	R2		7 September	Sebastian Saavedra	Frédéric Vervisch	Frédéric Vervisch	Jo Zeller Racing	Shirley van der Lof
8	R1	Sachsenring	20 September	Laurens Vanthoor	Frédéric Vervisch	Frédéric Vervisch	Jo Zeller Racing	Dennis Swart	ADAC GT Masters
	R2		21 September	Frédéric Vervisch	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Laurens Vanthoor	van Amersfoort Racing	Marco Oberhauser
9	R1	Oschersleben	11 October	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Sebastian Saavedra	HS Technik Motorsport	Marco Oberhauser	ADAC Master Weekend
	R2		12 October	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	van Amersfoort Racing	Shirley van der Lof

Standings

ATS Formel 3 Cup

• Points are awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	PP	FL
10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1	1

Pos Driver HOC1 OSC1 NÜR1 HOC2 ASS NÜR2 LAU SAC OSC2 Pts 1 Frédéric Vervisch 3 25† 5 2 1 3 4 1 5 7 1 1 1 1 1 4 120 2 Sebastian Saavedra 2 24† 3 22† 4 4 1 11 4 1 Ret 5 4 2 4 3 1 3 99 3 Johnny Cecotto Jr. 7 1 3 6 2 5 1 2 10 4 10 3 3 2 2 2 99 4 Laurens Vanthoor 12 Ret 2 8 Ret 2 Ret 7 6 3 2 2 2 11 2 1 18† 1 85 5 Matteo Chinosi 1 2 22 3 2 1 6 3 7 5 7 10 3 7 5 20 73 6 Kevin Mirocha 8 Ret 4 6 13 12 3 2 2 4 3 6 6 8 Ret 5 6 14 56 7 Rafael Suzuki 4 5 9 4 10 14 5 8 3 6 5 3 7 5 6 6 Ret 5 55 8 Gerhard Tweraser 11 1 1 Ret Ret 5 9 6 11 8 8 7 5 4 7 7 4 6 54 9 Federico Leo 6 3 8 5 7 7 8 23 9 Ret 6 Ret 9 10 Ret 11 20† 9 23 10 Max Nilsson Ret 6 11 Ret 6 13 13 12 22† 10 4 8 DNS 6 8 14 5 Ret 20 11 Philipp Eng 9 4 3 4 18 12 Hamad Al Fardan DNS 14 Ret 18 5 8 7 4 8 21† 21† Ret 13 13 Sergey Chukanov 5 9 10 7 11 9 10 21 16 9 12 9 16 9 Ret 12 11 8 8 14 Rahel Frey 10 10 6 Ret 9 11 11 18 18 12 9 13 8 Ret 18 23† 5 15 David Hauser 7 8 12 10 22 18 Ret 17 10 11 11 Ret 11 14 11 8 10 11 5 16 Gary Hauser Ret 7 13 20 Ret 15 12 Ret 12 18 Ret Ret Ret 17 10 10 9 12 4 17 Jens Höing Ret Ret DNS DNS 8 10 14 10 Ret 12 9 9 Ret Ret 1 Federico Glorioso Ret 23 Ret 19 12 16 Ret Ret 15 16 17 11 12 Ret 0 Karline Stala 16 26† 19 Ret 23 20 19 DNS 19 16 20† 15 15 16 0 Satrio Hermanto Ret 9 0 Adderly Fong 17 20 Ret Ret 13 12 Ret 15 12 13 21 DNS 0 Louis Wagner 19 19 0 Marco Oberhauser 15 16 14 16 14 17 16 20 20 15 14 15 15 Ret 14 16 13 19 0 Bernd Herndlhofer 13 11 18 11 19 21 Ret 16 13 14 16 17 13 19 15 19 14 17 0 Massimo Rossi 14 15 16 13 15 25 17 19 0 Dennis Swart Ret 12 Ret 9 17 19 15 17 14 13 20 16 12 Ret 13 18 23† 20 0 Shirley van der Lof Ret 13 15 14 16 23 Ret 14 19 17 18 14 15 13 Ret 17 16 15 0 Giulio Glorioso 19 19 21 12 18 27† Ret Ret 17 19 15 18 14 18 19† 22 17 21 0 Marcel Schlenker Ret 18 17 15 20 22 18 Ret 0 Klaus-Dieter Häckel 18 17 Ret 17 21 24 DNS DNS 0 Luca Iannaccone 20 22 20 21 24 26 20 22 21 20 Ret 20 20 21 17 24 22† 22 0 David Moretti Ret 21 0 Francesco Lopez 18 20 16 21 19 18 0 guest drivers ineligible for points Niall Quinn 7 7 0 Tomi Limmonen 8 13 0 Esteban Gutiérrez Ret 10 0 Pos Driver HOC1 OSC1 NÜR1 HOC2 ASS NÜR2 LAU SAC OSC2 Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest Lap W - Wet Race

• † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

ATS Formel 3 Trophy

• Points are awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos	Driver	HOC1		OSC1		NÜR1		HOC2		ASS		NÜR2		LAU		SAC		OSC2		Pts
1	Marco Oberhauser	3	5	1	7	1	1	2	6	5	3	1	2	5	Ret	2	1	1	4	118
2	Bernd Herndlhofer	1	1	5	2	6	3	Ret	4	1	2	3	4	2	3	3	4	2	2	116
3	Dennis Swart	Ret	2	Ret	1	4	2	1	1	2	1	5	3	1	Ret	1	3	7†	5	111
4	Shirley van der Lof	Ret	3	2	5	3	5	Ret	2	4	4	4	1	4	1	Ret	2	3	1	100
5	Giulio Glorioso	5	8	7	3	5	9	Ret	3	3	5	2	5	3	2	6†	6	4	6	73
6	Massimo Rossi	2	4	3	4	2	7	3	5											44
7	Luca Iannaccone	6	10	6	9	9	8	5	7	6	6	Ret	6	7	5	5	7	6†	7	39
8	Francesco Lopez													6	4	4	5	5	3	27
9	Marcel Schlenker	Ret	7	4	6	7	4	4	Ret											22
10	Klaus-Dieter Häckel	4	6	Ret	8	8	6	DNS	DNS											13
	David Moretti	Ret	9																	0
Pos	Driver	HOC1		OSC1		NÜR1		HOC2		ASS		NÜR2		LAU		SAC		OSC2		Pts

• † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

References

1. "Retrospect of a champion". formel3.de. ATS Formel 3. 2008-10-24. Archived from the original on 2009-09-28. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
2. "Blue stands for Italy". formel3.de. ATS Formel 3. 2008-02-06. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
3. "Three drivers already confirmed by rhino's Leipert". formel3.de. ATS Formel 3. 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
4. "Attention: Fast Latvian girl racer!". formel3.de. ATS Formel 3. 2008-03-06. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
5. "New team – new chance". formel3.de. ATS Formel 3. 2008-08-18. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
6. "New driver – new nation". formel3.de. ATS Formel 3. 2008-03-26. Retrieved 2009-09-26.

External links

• Official website (English) (German)