1996 German Formula Three season

1996 German Formula Three season
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The 1996 German Formula Three season was the 22nd German Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on April 14, 1996 and ended on October 13. Italian driver Jarno Trulli won the title with six wins for the Swiss Opel Team KMS Benetton Formula.[1]

Contents

Teams and drivers

1996 Entry List[2]
Team No Driver Class Chassis Engine Rounds
Opel Team KMS Benetton Formula 1 Jarno Trulli A Dallara 396 Opel All
2 Tim Bergmeister A Dallara 396 Opel 1-5
Rui Águas A Dallara 396 Opel 6-8
Opel Team BSR 3 Nick Heidfeld A Dallara 395 Opel All
4 Marcel Tiemann A Dallara 396 Opel All
5 Arnd Meier A Dallara 395 Opel All
Marko RSM 6 Rui Águas A Dallara 395 Alfa Romeo 1-2
7 Oliver Tichy A Dallara 395 Alfa Romeo 1-2
Opel Team GM Motorsport 8 Manuel Gião A Dallara 396 Opel All
9 Sascha Bert A Dallara 395 Opel 1-7
10 Steffen Widmann A Dallara 395 Opel All
Josef Kaufmann Racing 11 Wolf Henzler A Dallara 395 Opel 1-5
Martini MK73 Opel 6-8
Abt & Trella Motorsport 14 Tobias Schlesinger A Dallara 395 Opel 7-8
15 Christian Menzel A Dallara 395 Opel All
16 Dirk Müller A Dallara 395 Opel 2-5
Hofmann Motorsport 14 Gianantonio Pacchioni A Dallara 395 Opel 3-5
16 Dirk Müller A Dallara 395 Opel 6
17 Emmanuel Clérico A Dallara 395 Opel 2-6
Tokmakidis Motorsport 18 Max Wilson A Dallara 395 Opel 1-2
Rui Águas A Dallara 395 Opel 3-5
Tim Bergmeister A Dallara 395 Opel 6-7
Jaroslav Wierczuk A Dallara 395 Opel 8
19 John Barlow A Dallara 395 Opel 1
Markus Friesacher A Dallara 395 Opel 2-5
Richard Westbrook A Dallara 395 Opel 6-8
Parma Motorsport 21 Markus Friesacher A Dallara 396 Alfa Romeo 1
22 Vincent Vosse A Dallara 396 Alfa Romeo 1-2
25 Tim Verbergt A Dallara 395 Fiat 6-8
Prema Powerteam 23 André Couto A Dallara 396 Fiat All
24 Max Wilson A Dallara 395 Fiat 3-6
MB Racing/Autoclub Excelsior 25 Tim Wergebt A Dallara 395 Fiat 1-5
Westwood Racing 30 Klaus Graf A Dallara 395 Toyota 1-4
TKF Racing 50 Philipp Sager B Dallara 394 Opel 1-7
51 Dominik Schwager B Dallara 394 Opel 1-5
Luciano Crespi B Dallara 394 Opel 6-8
IPS Motorsport 52 Johan Stureson B Dallara 394 Opel All
Franz Wöss Racing 53 Jaroslav Wierczuk B Dallara 394 Fiat 1-2
Dallara 393 Opel 3-7
Georg Holzer B Dallara 396 Alfa Romeo 8
54 Tobias Schlesinger B Dallara 393 Opel 1-5
Christoph Fuchs B Dallara 396 Alfa Romeo 8
63 Florian Schnitzenbaumer B Dallara 396 Alfa Romeo 8
Divinol Oils 55 Mario Münch B Dallara 394 Opel All
JB Racing 56 Yves Olivier B Dallara 394 Opel All
Grand Prix Foundation 60 Dietmar Frischmann B Dallara 393 Fiat 2-3
Ingo Gerstl 65 Ingo Gerstl B Dallara 393 Opel 6
Icon Class
A A
B B

Race calendar and results

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team B Class Winner
1 R1 Hockenheimring April 13 Jarno Trulli not recorded[3] Jarno Trulli Opel Team KMS Benetton Formula Dominik Schwager
R2 April 14 Jarno Trulli Jarno Trulli Jarno Trulli Opel Team KMS Benetton Formula Dominik Schwager
2 R Nürburgring April 27 Jarno Trulli Arnd Meier Arnd Meier Opel Team BSR Johan Stureson
3 R1 Nürburgring May 11 Rui Águas Nick Heidfeld Dirk Müller Abt & Trella Motorsport Yves Olivier
R2 May 12 Dirk Müller Rui Águas Marcel Tiemann Opel Team BSR Johan Stureson
4 R1 Norisring June 22 Rui Águas Marcel Tiemann Rui Águas Tokmakidis Motorsport Dominik Schwager
R2 June 23 Rui Águas Rui Águas Jarno Trulli Opel Team KMS Benetton Formula Dominik Schwager
5 R1 Diepholz Airfield Circuit July 6 Jarno Trulli Wolf Henzler Max Wilson Prema Powerteam Dominik Schwager
R2 July 7 Max Wilson Emmanuel Clérico Jarno Trulli Opel Team KMS Benetton Formula Dominik Schwager
6 R1 Nürburgring August 31 Nick Heidfeld Nick Heidfeld Nick Heidfeld Opel Team BSR Johan Stureson
R2 September 1 Nick Heidfeld Nick Heidfeld Nick Heidfeld Opel Team BSR Johan Stureson
7 R1 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours September 14 Jarno Trulli Nick Heidfeld Nick Heidfeld Opel Team BSR Johan Stureson
R2 September 15 Nick Heidfeld Nick Heidfeld Arnd Meier Opel Team BSR Yves Olivier
8 R1 Hockenheimring October 12 Jarno Trulli Rui Águas Jarno Trulli Opel Team KMS Benetton Formula Johan Stureson
R2 October 13 Jarno Trulli Nick Heidfeld Jarno Trulli Opel Team KMS Benetton Formula Johan Stureson

Championship standings

A-Class Standings

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
Pos Driver HOC1
1
 HOC1
2
 NÜR1
1
 NÜR2
1
 NÜR2
2
 NOR
1
 NOR
2
 DIE
1
 DIE
2
 NÜR3
1
 NÜR3
2
 MAG
1
 MAG
2
 HOC2
1
 HOC2
2
 Pts
1 Jarno Trulli 1 1 4 6 5 3 1 3 1 2 2 11 5 1 1 206
2 Arnd Meier 3 Ret 1 2 6 4 Ret 5 2 4 4 2 1 3 6 159
3 Nick Heidfeld 6 Ret 2 4 4 Ret 3 Ret 11 1 1 1 2 17 4 138
4 Marcel Tiemann 2 Ret 3 3 1 2 2 6 8 Ret Ret 12 7 4 8 115
5 Manuel Gião 5 Ret 7 5 11 7 5 7 5 3 3 5 3 11 7 92
6 Rui Águas 14 9 DNS Ret 7 1 4 9 14 8 7 3 11 2 2 87
7 Christian Menzel 7 4 6 7 2 5 20 16 9 5 5 16 10 7 3 82
8 Dominik Schwager 4 2 14 14 20 8 6 8 4 47
9 Steffen Widmann Ret 10 5 10 12 11 7 DNS 12 7 6 4 4 18 Ret 44
10 Max Wilson 13 5 15 19 Ret Ret 19 1 6 17 Ret 34
11 Wolf Henzler 10 3 9 11 Ret 12 8 13 10 12 12 6 Ret 5 Ret 33
12 Dirk Müller Ret 1 3 16 Ret 18 13 DNS DNS 32
13 André Couto Ret 11 8 16 21 10 12 4 3 15 14 10 17 12 Ret 27
14 Tim Verbergt 12 13 Ret 13 8 9 10 Ret Ret 14 16 7 6 8 5 27
15 Emmanuel Clérico 12 8 18 15 9 2 7 DNS DNS 24
16 Johan Stureson Ret 17 11 21 10 13 DNS 15 18 6 9 8 Ret 9 9 16
17 Tim Bergmeister 11 6 Ret 15 Ret DNQ DNQ DNS DNS 9 8 14 13 11
18 Sascha Bert 15 8 10 Ret 9 14 11 14 16 13 10 9 Ret 9
19 Oliver Tichy 8 7 DNS 7
20 Yves Olivier 16 16 20 9 19 Ret 18 17 19 10 Ret 13 8 13 10 7
21 Richard Westbrook 11 11 17 12 6 13 6
22 Gianantonio Pacchioni 12 Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret 6
23 Luciano Crespi 18 15 19 9 10 Ret 3
24 Klaus Graf 9 14 13 18 DNS Ret 14 2
25 Markus Friesacher Ret 18 18 20 16 17 16 10 15 1
26 Mario Münch 18 12 16 17 14 18 13 11 Ret 16 13 19 Ret DSQ DSQ 0
27 Florian Schnitzenbaumer 14 11 0
28 Tobias Schlesinger Ret 19 17 Ret 13 19 15 12 17 15 14 Ret Ret 0
29 Georg Holzer 19 12 0
30 Philipp Sager 21 15 22 23 15 Ret 17 Ret 20 19 17 20 15 0
31 Jaroslav Wierczuk 17 Ret 19 24 22 DNQ DNQ Ret 21 20 18 Ret 16 15 Ret 0
32 Dietmar Frischmann 21 22 17 0
33 Christoph Fuchs 17 Ret 0
34 Vincent Vosse 19 20 23 0
35 Ingo Gerstl 21 19 0
36 John Barlow 20 21 0
Pos Driver HOC1
1
 HOC1
2
 NÜR1
1
 NÜR2
1
 NÜR2
2
 NOR
1
 NOR
2
 DIE
1
 DIE
2
 NÜR3
1
 NÜR3
2
 MAG
1
 MAG
2
 HOC2
1
 HOC2
2
 Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished, in points
Blue Finished, no points
Not classified (NC)
Purple Did not finish (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
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest Lap

B-Class Standings

1 2 3 4 5 6
9 6 4 3 2 1
Pos Driver HOC1
1
 HOC1
2
 NÜR1
1
 NÜR2
1
 NÜR2
2
 NOR
1
 NOR
2
 DIE
1
 DIE
2
 NÜR3
1
 NÜR3
2
 MAG
1
 MAG
2
 HOC2
1
 HOC2
2
 Pts
1 Johan Stureson Ret 17 11 21 10 13 DNS 15 18 6 9 8 Ret 9 9 81
2 Dominik Schwager 4 2 14 14 20 8 6 8 4 66
3 Yves Olivier 16 16 20 9 19 Ret 18 17 19 10 Ret 13 8 13 10 58
4 Mario Münch 18 12 16 17 14 18 13 11 Ret 16 13 19 Ret DSQ DSQ 50
5 Tobias Schlesinger Ret 19 17 Ret 13 19 15 12 17 15 14 Ret Ret 27
6 Philipp Sager 21 15 22 23 15 Ret 17 Ret 20 19 17 20 15 26
7 Luciano Crespi 18 15 19 9 10 Ret 26
8 Jaroslav Wierczuk 17 Ret 19 24 22 DNQ DNQ Ret 21 20 18 Ret 16 15 Ret 13
9 Florian Schnitzenbaumer 14 11 7
10 Georg Holzer 19 12 4
11 Dietmar Frischmann 21 22 17 4
12 Christoph Fuchs 17 Ret 2
14 Ingo Gerstl 21 19 1
Pos Driver HOC1
1
 HOC1
2
 NÜR1
1
 NÜR2
1
 NÜR2
2
 NOR
1
 NOR
2
 DIE
1
 DIE
2
 NÜR3
1
 NÜR3
2
 MAG
1
 MAG
2
 HOC1
1
 HOC1
2
 Pts

See also

References

  1. ^ "30 Years of Formula 3 history". formel3.de (German Formula Three Championship). http://www.formel3.de/historie-30jahre.php. Retrieved 2010-04-09. 
  2. ^ "Fotos 1996 Deutsche Formel 3 Meisterschaft" (in German). formel3guide.com. http://www.formel3guide.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=131. Retrieved 2010-04-09. 
  3. ^ "RENNSPORTFESTIVAL - 1.LAUF DM" (in German). formel3guide.com. http://www.formel3guide.com/images/ergebnisse/1996-hockenheim2.pdf. Retrieved 2010-04-08. 

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