List of German Formula Three champions

This page contains a list of German Formula Three champions. The championship has been in existence intermittently since 1950^[1] and has some former champions who later made Formula One. The most notable among these are seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher,^[2] 2004 Monaco Grand Prix winner Jarno Trulli and multiple podium finisher Nick Heidfeld. Eight-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen and 2005 DTM champion Gary Paffett also won the series early in their respective careers.

By season

Season	Champion	Team	Chassis	Engine	Trophy	Rookie
2014	Markus Pommer	Lotus	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	not held	Indy Dontje
2013	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Lotus	Dallara F311	Volkswagen	Sebastian Balthasar	Marvin Kirchhöfer
2012	Jimmy Eriksson	Lotus	Dallara F311	Volkswagen	André Rudersdorf	Lucas Auer
2011	Richie Stanaway	Van Amersfoort Racing	Dallara F307	Volkswagen	Maxim Travin	Richie Stanaway
2010	Tom Dillmann	HS Technik	Dallara F307	Volkswagen	Riccardo Brutschin	Kevin Magnussen
2009	Laurens Vanthoor	van Amersfoort Racing	Dallara F307	Volkswagen	Sergey Chukanov	Stef Dusseldorp
2008	Frédéric Vervisch	Swiss Racing Team	Dallara F307	OPC Challenge	Marco Oberhauser	Sebastián Saavedra
2007	Carlo van Dam	van Amersfoort Racing	Dallara F306	OPC Challenge	Michael Klein	Carlo van Dam
2006	Ho-Pin Tung	JB Motorsport	Lola B06-30	Opel	Harald Schlegelmilch	Harald Schlegelmilch
2005	Peter Elkmann	Jo Zeller Racing	Dallara F304	Opel-Spiess	Kevin Fank	Pascal Kochem
2004	Bastian Kolmsee	HS Technik	Dallara F302	Opel-Spiess	not held	Bastian Kolmsee
2003	João Paulo de Oliveira	JB Motorsport	Dallara F302	Opel-Spiess		Sven Barth
2002	Gary Paffett	Team Rosberg	Dallara F302	Opel		Timo Glock
2001	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Opel Team BSR	Dallara F301	Opel		Markus Winkelhock
2000	Giorgio Pantano	Opel Team KMS	Dallara F300	Opel		André Lotterer
1999	Christijan Albers	Opel Team BSR	Dallara 399	Opel		Walter van Lent
1998	Bas Leinders	van Amersfoort Racing	Dallara 398	Opel		Robert Lechner
Season	Driver	Team	Chassis	Engine	Challenge	Rookie
1997	Nick Heidfeld	Team Opel BSR	Dallara 397	Opel	Jaroslav Kostelecký	Timo Scheider
Season	Driver	Team	Chassis	Engine	B-Cup	Rookie
1996	Jarno Trulli	Opel Team KMS Benetton	Dallara 396	Opel	Johan Stureson	not held
1995	Norberto Fontana	KMS Motorsport	Dallara 395	Opel	Jakob Sund
1994	Jörg Müller	RSM Marko	Dallara 394	Fiat	Arnd Meier
1993	Jos Verstappen	WTS Racing	Dallara 393	Opel	Patrick Bernhardt
1992	Pedro Lamy	WTS Racing	Reynard 923	Opel	Christian Abt
1991	Tom Kristensen	Bertrand Schäfer Racing	Ralt RT 35	Volkswagen	Mathias Arlt
1990	Michael Schumacher	WTS Racing	Reynard 903	Volkswagen	Franz Binder
1989	Karl Wendlinger	RSM Marko	Ralt RT 33	Alfa Romeo	Franz Engstler
1988	Joachim Winkelhock	WTS Racing	Reynard 883	Volkswagen	Daniel Müller
1987	Bernd Schneider	Schübel Rennsport Int.	Dallara 387	Volkswagen	not held
1986	Kris Nissen	Bertrand Schäfer Racing	Ralt RT30	Volkswagen
1985	Volker Weidler	J. Kaufmann Racing	Martini MK 45	Volkswagen
1984	Kurt Thiim	Bongers Motorsport	Ralt RT 3	Alfa Romeo
1983	Franz Konrad	Konrad Racing	Anson SA4	Toyota
1982	John Nielsen	Volkswagen Motorsport	Ralt RT 3	Volkswagen
1981	Frank Jelinski	Bertrand Schäfer Racing	Ralt RT 3	Toyota
1980	Frank Jelinski	Bertrand Schäfer Racing	Ralt RT 3	Toyota
1979	Michael Korten	Korten Motorsport	March 793	Toyota
1978	Bertram Schäfer	Bertrand Schäfer Racing	Ralt RT 1	BMW, Toyota
1977	Peter Scharmann	Team Obermoser Jörg	TOJ-F302	Toyota
1976	Bertram Schäfer	Bertrand Schäfer Racing	Ralt RT 1	BMW
1975	Ernst Maring	Maring Motorsport	Maco 375	Toyota
1974	Giorgio Francia	Scuderia Mirabella Millemiglia	March 743	Toyota
1973	Willi Deutsch	Willi Deutsch	March 733	Ford
Season	Driver	Team	Chassis	Engine	DDR
1972	Willi Sommer	Reifag Racing Team	March 723	Ford	Hartmut Thaßler
1971	Manfred Mohr	Manfred Mohr	Lotus 69	Ford	Wolfgang Küther
1970	No Championship				Klaus-Peter Krause
1969					Frieder Rädlein
1968					Heinz Melkus
1967					Heinz Melkus
1966					Willy Lehmann
1965					Willy Lehmann
1964					Max Byczkowski
1963	Formula Junior
1962
1961
1960
1959	No Championship
1958	No Championship				Heinz Melkus
1957					Willy Lehmann
1956					Willy Lehmann
1955					Willy Lehmann
1954					Willy Lehmann
1953	Adolf Lang	Adolf Lang	Cooper T15	JAP	Willy Lehmann
1952	Hellmut Deutz	Hellmut Deutz	Scampolo 501/4, Scampolo 502/10	DKW, Norton	Willy Lehmann
1951	Walter Komossa	Walter Komossa	Scampolo 502/9	BMW	Werner Lehmann
1950	Toni Kreuzer	Toni Kreuzer	Cooper T11	JAP	Richard Weiser

By driver nationality

Pos	Nation	Championships
1	Germany	27
2	Denmark	4
3	Belgium	3
	Italy	3
	Netherlands	3
6	Austria	2
7	Argentina	1
	Brazil	1
	China	1
	France	1
	Japan	1
	Portugal	1
	United Kingdom	1
	New Zealand	1
	Sweden	1

By team

Pos	Team	Championships	Years
1	Opel Team BSR	9	1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1997, 1999, 2001
2	WTS Racing	4	1988, 1990, 1992, 1993
2	van Amersfoort Racing	4	1998, 2007, 2009, 2011
4	Opel Team KMS	3	1995, 1996, 2000
4	Lotus	3	2012, 2013, 2014
6	HS Technik	2	2004, 2010
	JB Motorsports	2	2003, 2006
	RSM Marko	2	1989, 1994
9	Bongers Motorsport	1	1984
	Josef Kaufmann Racing	1	1985
	Jo Zeller Racing	1	2005
	Konrad Racing	1	1983
	Korten Motorsport	1	1979
	Maring Motorsport	1	1975
	Schübel Rennsport Int.	1	1987
	Swiss Racing Team	1	2008
	Team Obermoser Jörg	1	1977
	Team Rosberg	1	2002
	Volkswagen Motorsport	1	1982

References

↑ German F3 Champions motorsportsetc.com. Retrieved on June 11, 2007.
↑ "Official Website: History". Retrieved 2007-06-11.

German Formula Three Championship

German Formula Three	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

ATS Formel 3 Cup	2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

ADAC Formel Masters	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

See also List of German Formula Three champions

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