2009 German Formula Three Championship

2009 German Formula Three Championship
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The 2009 ATS F3 Cup was the seventh edition of the German F3 Cup. It commenced on April 12, 2009 and ended on October 18. Belgian driver Laurens Vanthoor (Van Amersfoort Racing) won the title with two rounds to spare.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Guest drivers in italics.

Team No. Driver Class Chassis Engine Status Rounds Jo Zeller Racing 1 Rahel Frey C Dallara F307 Mercedes 1–5 Tim Sandtler 7 10 Zahir Ali C Dallara F307 Mercedes 4–5 Bernd Herndlhofer 6 Sandro Zeller[2] R 9 67 Urs Rüttimann T Dallara F301 Opel 3, 9 HS Technik Motorsport 2 Bernd Herndlhofer C Dallara F307 Mercedes 1–5 Harald Schlegelmilch[3] 6–9 3 Willi Steindl C Dallara F307 Mercedes R 1–7 Joey Foster 9 4 Rafael Suzuki C Dallara F307 Mercedes 6–7, 9 Joey Foster[4] 8 66 Nicolas Kvasai T Dallara F304 Opel 9 Van Amersfoort Racing 5 Laurens Vanthoor C Dallara F307 Volkswagen All 6 Stef Dusseldorp C Dallara F307 Volkswagen R All 7 Armaan Ebrahim[2] C Dallara F307 Volkswagen 9 Performance Racing 8 Rafael Suzuki C Dallara F307 Volkswagen 1–5 Zahir Ali 6–7 Peter Elkmann 8 Daniel Abt[5] R 9 9 Adderly Fong C Dallara F307 Volkswagen All Neuhauser Racing 11 Marco Oberhauser C Dallara F307 Mercedes All 12 Tom Dillmann C Dallara F307 Mercedes 7–9 Swiss Racing Team 14 Max Nilsson C Dallara F307 Mercedes 1–5 OPC Challenge 6–9 Jenichen Motorsport 17 Rafael Suzuki C Dallara F307 OPC Challenge 8 57 Nikolay Martsenko T Dallara F304 Opel R 1, 9 Racing Experience 21 David Hauser C Dallara F307 Mercedes 1–2, 4–9 22 Gary Hauser C Dallara F307 Mercedes All 23 Nicolas Marroc C Dallara F307 Mercedes R All 24 Louis Wagner C Mygale M-07 Opel 7 Zettl Sportsline Motorsport 27 Markus Pommer C Dallara F307 Mercedes R All 28 Nico Monien C Dallara F307 Mercedes R All 29 Shirley van der Lof C Dallara F307 Mercedes All ZyXEL RRT 35 Vladimir Semenov C Dallara F307 Mercedes R All Rhino's Leipert Motorsport 55 Luca Iannaccone T Dallara F304 Opel All Franz Wöss Racing 59 Stefan Neuburger T Dallara F304 Opel 3 60 Francesco Lopez T Dallara F304 Opel 1–7 Stromos Art-Line 61 Viktor Shaitar T ArtTech F24 OPC Challenge R 1 Dominik Schraml 2–3 Jesse Krohn 4, 6–7, 9 62 Sergey Chukanov T ArtTech F24 OPC Challenge All ADRF 64 Mika Vähämäki T Dallara F304 Opel R All 65 Marko Vähämäki[2] T Dallara F304 Opel R 9

Icon Class C Cup T Trophy Icon Status R Rookie

Calendar

Five rounds were part of the ADAC Master Weekend with rounds supporting 24 Hours Nürburgring in May, FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours in June, Rizla Race Day and 1000 km Nürburgring in August. 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	Rookie winner
1	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	12 April	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	Sergey Chukanov	Stef Dusseldorp
	R2		13 April	Laurens Vanthoor	Stef Dusseldorp	Stef Dusseldorp	Van Amersfoort Racing	Sergey Chukanov	Stef Dusseldorp
2	R1	Nürburgring	22 May	Laurens Vanthoor	Rahel Frey	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	Sergey Chukanov	Markus Pommer
	R2		23 May	Rahel Frey	Stef Dusseldorp	Rahel Frey	Jo Zeller Racing	Sergey Chukanov	Nico Monien
3	R1	Hockenheimring	6 June	Rafael Suzuki	Stef Dusseldorp	Stef Dusseldorp	Van Amersfoort Racing	Sergey Chukanov	Stef Dusseldorp
	R2		7 June	Laurens Vanthoor	Stef Dusseldorp	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	Sergey Chukanov	Stef Dusseldorp
4	R1	Oschersleben	20 June	Stef Dusseldorp	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	Mika Vähämäki	Markus Pommer
	R2		21 June	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	Jesse Krohn	Nico Monien
5	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	4 July	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	Sergey Chukanov	Nico Monien
	R2		5 July	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Nico Monien	Zettl Sportsline Motorsport	Sergey Chukanov	Nico Monien
6	R1	TT Circuit Assen	8 August	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	Sergey Chukanov	Stef Dusseldorp
	R2		9 August	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	Sergey Chukanov	Stef Dusseldorp
7	R1	Nürburgring	21 August	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	Sergey Chukanov	Stef Dusseldorp
	R2		22 August	Tom Dillmann	Tom Dillmann	Tom Dillmann	Neuhauser Racing	Jesse Krohn	Stef Dusseldorp
8	R1	Sachsenring	19 September	Tom Dillmann	Tom Dillmann	Tom Dillmann	Neuhauser Racing	Sergey Chukanov	Stef Dusseldorp
	R2		20 September	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	Sergey Chukanov	Stef Dusseldorp
9	R1	Oschersleben	17 October	Markus Pommer	Nico Monien	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	Jesse Krohn	Markus Pommer
	R2		18 October	Tom Dillmann	Laurens Vanthoor	Tom Dillmann	Neuhauser Racing	Sergey Chukanov	Stef Dusseldorp

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 OSC1 NÜR1 HOC OSC2 LAU ASS NÜR2 SAC OSC3 Pts 1 Laurens Vanthoor 1 11 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 12 Ret 1 1 2 163 2 Stef Dusseldorp 2 1 Ret 5 1 2 6 9 10 3 2 4 2 3 2 6 3 3 106 3 Markus Pommer 6 7 5 8 4 5 2 5 6 4 11 Ret 4 8 5 8 2 4 67 4 Rafael Suzuki 4 3 4 7 Ret 4 4 3 2 6 4 3 6 6 9 10 Ret 13 65 5 Nico Monien 17 8 7 3 12 3 3 2 3 1 Ret 6 16 5 10 7 6 Ret 61 6 Tom Dillmann 3 1 1 3 Ret 1 49 7 Rahel Frey 3 4 2 1 3 12 7 11 7 5 45 8 Bernd Herndlhofer 7 2 3 4 Ret 9 10 4 5 7 9 Ret 32 9 Harald Schlegelmilch 6 2 7 4 3 4 Ret 10 30 10 Max Nilsson 8 5 Ret 6 7 7 9 Ret 4 8 3 8 Ret 10 8 9 9 Ret 30 11 Willi Steindl Ret 6 6 14 6 6 5 6 15 14 Ret 12 10 14 19 12 Nicolas Marroc Ret 13 8 20 8 11 11 7 13 11 18 7 23† 16 Ret Ret 5 6 14 13 Sergey Chukanov 10 15 12 11 10 14 21 17 12 9 5 9 8 17 7 13 Ret 5 12 14 Gary Hauser 18 9 11 10 5 15 13 16 11 17 13 10 5 13 13 Ret 8 8 12 15 Tim Sandtler 12 2 8 16 Adderly Fong 9 14 9 9 17 10 14 Ret 8 18 10 5 18 7 11 12 11 Ret 7 17 Marco Oberhauser 5 19 10 13 9 8 8 Ret Ret 12 8 Ret 11 19 15 11 Ret Ret 7 18 David Hauser Ret DNS Ret 12 15 13 9 10 16 11 14 24† 6 Ret 18 9 5 19 Jesse Krohn 19 10 7 Ret 9 9 7 17 5 20 Shirley van der Lof 11 12 Ret 15 Ret 13 12 8 DNS DNS 14 14 13 15 14 Ret 15 14 1 21 Vladimir Semenov 12 10 16 16 Ret Ret 17 DNS Ret 16 12 13 15 11 Ret Ret 16 11 0 22 Francesco Lopez 13 16 14 18 11 18 20 15 16 20 17 15 20 21 0 23 Mika Vähämäki 14 17 13 17 15 Ret 18 14 18† 15 15 16 19 20 12 14 12 20† 0 24 Zahir Ali 16 12 14 13 20 Ret 17 18 0 25 Urs Rüttimann 13 17 19 19 0 26 Dominik Schraml Ret Ret 14 16 0 27 Luca Iannaccone 19 21 15 19 18 20 22 Ret 17 19 19 17 22 23 16 15 20 22 0 28 Viktor Shaitar 15 18 0 29 Stefan Neuburger 16 19 0 30 Nikolay Martsenko 16 20 Ret 16 0 31 Louis Wagner 21 22 0 guest drivers ineligible for points Peter Elkmann Ret 2 0 Joey Foster 4 5 4 15 0 Daniel Abt 17 7 0 Armaan Ebrahim 10 12 0 Marko Vähämäki 13 21† 0 Nicolas Kvasai 14 Ret 0 Sandro Zeller Ret 18 0 Pos Driver OSC1 NÜR1 HOC OSC2 LAU ASS NÜR2 SAC OSC3 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

• † — 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 for both races as follows:

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

Pos Driver OSC1 NÜR1 HOC OSC2 LAU ASS NÜR2 SAC OSC3 Pts 1 Sergey Chukanov 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 Ret 1 158 2 Mika Vähämäki 3 3 2 2 5 Ret 1 2 4† 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 5† 115 3 Francesco Lopez 2 2 3 3 2 4 3 3 2 4 4 2 4 4 89 4 Luca Iannaccone 6 6 4 4 7 6 5 Ret 3 3 5 4 5 5 3 3 6 7 74 5 Jesse Krohn 2 1 2 Ret 2 1 1 3 60 7 Urs Rüttimann 3 3 5 4 23 7 Nikolay Martsenko 5 5 Ret 2 16 8 Dominik Schraml Ret Ret 4 2 13 9 Viktor Shaitar 4 4 10 10 Stefan Neuburger 6 5 7 guest drivers ineligible for points Marko Vähämäki 3 6† 0 Nicolas Kvasai 4 Ret 0 Pos Driver OSC1 NÜR1 HOC OSC2 LAU ASS NÜR2 SAC OSC3 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)

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

ATS Formel 3 Junior-Pokal (Rookie)

• Points are awarded for both races as follows:

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

Pos Driver OSC1 NÜR1 HOC OSC2 LAU ASS NÜR2 SAC OSC3 Pts 1 Stef Dusseldorp 1 1 Ret 2 1 1 4 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 149 2 Markus Pommer 2 3 1 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 Ret 2 3 2 3 1 2 130 3 Nico Monien 7 4 3 1 5 2 2 1 1 1 Ret 2 5 2 3 2 4 Ret 112 4 Willi Steindl Ret 2 2 4 3 4 3 3 5 5 Ret 4 3 5 67 5 Nicolas Marroc Ret 6 4 7 4 5 5 4 4 4 5 3 7 6 Ret Ret 3 3 65 6 Mika Vähämäki 4 7 5 6 6 Ret 7 6 6† 6 4 6 6 7 4 4 5 8† 58 7 Vladimir Semenov 3 5 6 5 Ret Ret 6 DNS Ret 7 3 5 4 4 Ret Ret 7 5 50 8 Nikolay Martsenko 6 9 Ret 6 7 9 Viktor Shaitar 5 8 5 guest drivers ineligible for points Daniel Abt 7 4 0 Marko Vähämäki 6 9† 0 Sandro Zeller Ret 7 0 Pos Driver OSC1 NÜR1 HOC OSC2 LAU ASS NÜR2 SAC OSC3 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)

ATS Formel 3 Speed-Pokal

• Points are awarded for both races as follows:

PP	FL
1	1

Pos	Driver	OSC1		NÜR1		HOC		OSC2		LAU		ASS		NÜR2		SAC		OSC3		Pts
1	Laurens Vanthoor	P FL	P	P			P	FL	P FL	P FL	P FL	P FL	P FL	P FL			P FL		FL	21
2	Stef Dusseldorp		FL		FL	FL	FL	P												5
3	Tom Dillmann														P FL	P FL			P	5
4	Rahel Frey			FL	P															2
5	Rafael Suzuki					P														1
6	Markus Pommer																	P		1
7	Nico Monien																	FL		1
Pos	Driver	OSC1		NÜR1		HOC		OSC2		LAU		ASS		NÜR2		SAC		OSC3		Pts

References

1. "The reward for hard work". formel3.de. ATS Formel 3. 2009-08-24. Archived from the original on 2009-09-26. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
2. "27 cars on the season-finale grid". formel3.de. ATS Formel 3. 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
3. "Harald Schlegelmilch is back". formel3.de. ATS Formel 3. 2009-08-04. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
4. "Joey Foster back in the ATS Formula 3 Cup". formel3.de. ATS Formel 3. 2009-09-09. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
5. "Daniel Abt to compete in the ATS Formula 3 Cup". formel3.de. ATS Formel 3. 2009-10-05. Retrieved 2009-10-22.

External links

• Official website (English) (German)