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.

Teams and drivers

• Guest drivers in italics.

Team Chassis Engine No. Driver Status Rounds Cup Class Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara F305/046 Volkswagen 1 Rahel Frey R 1–8 Niall Quinn 9 Dallara F306/023 2 Laurens Vanthoor R All Ombra Racing Dallara F305/064 Mugen-Honda 9 Matteo Chinosi 1–8 Philipp Eng 9 Dallara F306/007 10 Federico Leo R All Neuhauser Racing Dallara F305/045 Mercedes HWA 11 Gerhard Tweraser All HS Technik Motorsport Dallara F305/039 Mercedes HWA 12 Sebastián Saavedra R All Dallara F306/025 14 Philipp Eng R 1 Johnny Cecotto Jr. 2–9 Swiss Racing Team Dallara F306/034 Mercedes HWA 15 Karline Stala R 7–9 Dallara F305/034 OPC-Challenge 16 Max Nilsson All Dallara F305/004 17 Frédéric Vervisch 1–5 Tomi Limmonen 9 Team rhino’s Leipert Dallara F305/063 OPC-Challenge 19 Federico Glorioso 1–6, 9 Dallara F305/040 20 Sergey Chukanov R All Racing Experience Dallara F306/009 Mercedes HWA 24 Karline Stala R 1–4 Mygale M-07/00 Opel Louis Wagner 6 Dallara F306/010 Mercedes HWA 25 David Hauser R All Dallara F305/012 26 Gary Hauser R All Performance Racing Dallara F305/041 OPC-Challenge 28 Rafael Suzuki All Dallara F305/051 29 Adderly Fong R 1, 5–9 Satrio Hermanto 4 Jo Zeller Racing Dallara F306/014 Mercedes HWA 30 Frédéric Vervisch 6–8 Kevin Mirocha 9 Franz Wöss Racing Dallara F305/028 Mercedes HWA 38 Hamad Al Fardan 1–6 GU-Racing Team Dallara F306/030 Mercedes HWA 40 Jens Höing 1–4, 7–9 Josef Kaufmann Racing Dallara F305/027 OPC-Challenge 44 Kevin Mirocha 1–8 Esteban Gutiérrez R 9 Trophy Class HS Technik Motorsport Dallara F303/026 OPC-Challenge 50 Shirley van der Lof All Team rhino’s Leipert Dallara F302/060 Renault 52 Luca Iannaccone All Dallara F304/012 Opel 53 Giulio Glorioso R All KFR Team F3 Dallara F302/044 OPC-Challenge 55 Dennis Swart R All Ombra Racing Dallara F302/075 Mugen-Honda 59 Massimo Rossi 1–4 JMS Jenichen Dallara F302/084 Opel 60 Marcel Schlenker R 1–4 Franz Wöss Racing Dallara F303/007 Opel 62 Bernd Herndlhofer R All Dallara F302/033 63 Francesco Lopez 7–9 Auto-Häckel-Motorsport Dallara F302/033 Opel 64 Klaus-Dieter Häckel 1–4 Neuhauser Racing Dallara F303/022 Opel 66 Marco Oberhauser All Griffith's Dallara F304/004 Opel 71 David Moretti 1 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 Sebastián Saavedra Sebastián 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 Sebastián Saavedra Gerhard Tweraser Gerhard Tweraser Neuhauser Racing Marco Oberhauser ADAC GT Masters R2 11 May Sebastián Saavedra Sebastián 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. Sebastián 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. Sebastián 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 Sebastián 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 Sebastián 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 Sebastián 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 Second place Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) 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 External links Official website (in English and German)