2008 German Formula Three season

2008 German Formula Three season
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The 2008 ATS F3 Cup season was the sixth German F3 Cup season. 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
	1	Niall Quinn	C	Dallara F307	Volkswagen		9
	2	Laurens Vanthoor	C	Dallara F307	Volkswagen	R	All
Ombra Racing	9	Matteo Chinosi^[2]	C	Dallara F307	Mugen-Honda		1–8
	9	Philipp Eng	C	Dallara F307	Mugen-Honda		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
Neuhauser Racing	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
	14	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	C	Dallara F307	Mercedes HWA		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
	17	Tomi Limmonen	C	Dallara F307	OPC-Challenge		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
	24	Louis Wagner	C	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
	29	Satrio Hermanto	C	Dallara F307	OPC-Challenge		4
Jo Zeller Racing	30	Frédéric Vervisch^[5]	C	Dallara F307	Mercedes HWA		6–8
Jo Zeller Racing	30	Kevin Mirocha	C	Dallara F307	Mercedes HWA		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
GU-Racing Team	40	Jens Höing	C	Dallara F307	Mercedes HWA		3, 4, 7–9
Josef Kaufmann Racing	44	Kevin Mirocha	C	Dallara F307	OPC-Challenge		1–8
Josef Kaufmann Racing	44	Esteban Gutiérrez	C	Dallara F307	OPC-Challenge	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

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

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	HOC 1	HOC 2	OSC 1	OSC 2	NUR 1	NUR 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	TTA 1	TTA 2	NUR 1	NUR 2	LAU 1	LAU 2	SAC 1	SAC 2	OSC 1	OSC 2	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	Ret	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	Ret	Ret	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	HOC 1	HOC 2	OSC 1	OSC 2	NUR 1	NUR 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	TTA 1	TTA 2	NUR 1	NUR 2	LAU 1	LAU 2	SAC 1	SAC 2	OSC 1	OSC 2	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest Lap
W - Wet Race

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	HOC 1	HOC 2	OSC 1	OSC 2	NUR 1	NUR 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	TTA 1	TTA 2	NUR 1	NUR 2	LAU 1	LAU 2	SAC 1	SAC 2	OSC 1	OSC 2	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	HOC 1	HOC 2	OSC 1	OSC 2	NUR 1	NUR 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	TTA 1	TTA 2	NUR 1	NUR 2	LAU 1	LAU 2	SAC 1	SAC 2	OSC 1	OSC 2	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate
Blank	Excluded (EX)

References

↑ "Retrospect of a champion". formel3.de (ATS Formel 3). 2008-10-24. Archived from the original on 2009-09-28. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
↑ "Blue stands for Italy". formel3.de (ATS Formel 3). 2008-02-06. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
↑ 3.0 3.1 "Three drivers already confirmed by rhino’s Leipert". formel3.de (ATS Formel 3). 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
↑ "Attention: Fast Latvian girl racer!". formel3.de (ATS Formel 3). 2008-03-06. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
↑ "New team – new chance". formel3.de (ATS Formel 3). 2008-08-18. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
↑ "New driver – new nation". formel3.de (ATS Formel 3). 2008-03-26. Retrieved 2009-09-26.

External links

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See also List of German Formula Three champions