2012 German Formula Three Championship

2012 German Formula Three Championship
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The 2012 ATS Formel 3 Cup was the tenth edition of the German F3 Cup and the inaugural edition with one-make Volkswagen Power Engines.^[1] The Cup class is open for cars built between 2008 and 2011 and equipped with the new Volkswagen engine, while cars built between 2002 and 2007 with conventional Formula Three engines will race in the Trophy class.^[2] The season began on 4 May at Circuit Park Zandvoort and will finish on 30 September at Hockenheim after nine race weekends, totalling 27 races.^[3]

Teams and drivers

• All cup cars are powered by VW Power Engine engines.

Team No. Driver Class Car Status Rounds Van Amersfoort Racing[4] 1 René Binder[4] C Dallara F308 All 2 Lucas Auer[5] C Dallara F308 R All 3 Dennis van de Laar[6] C Dallara F308 R 1–3, 5–9 5 Daniel Abt[7] C Dallara F308 4 Performance Racing 9 Luca Stolz[8] C Dallara F311 5–9 10 John Bryant-Meisner[9] C Dallara F310 R 1 11 Yannick Mettler[10] C Dallara F308 All 25 Mitchell Gilbert[11] C Dallara F308 R All Lotus[12] 14 Jimmy Eriksson[13] C Dallara F308 All 15 Artem Markelov[14] C Dallara F311 R All 16 Kimiya Sato[14] C Dallara F308 All 17 Sheban Siddiqi[14] C Dallara F308 R All EuroInternational 18 Michela Cerruti[15] C Dallara F309 7–9 20 6 Alon Day[16] C Dallara F311 9 19 Tom Blomqvist[17] C Dallara F311 2–4, 6, 8 ADM Motorsport 27 Alon Day[8] C Dallara F311 5–8 Rhino's Leipert Motorsport 52 Luca Iannaccone[18] T Dallara F304 – Opel All APEX Engineering 54 Jordi Weckx[18] T Dallara F305 – OPC All Rennsport Rössler 58 Dominik Kocher[18] T Dallara F306 – OPC 1–4, 6–9 HS Engineering 63 Luca Stolz[18] T Dallara F305 – Volkswagen 1–4 ma-con 66 André Rudersdorf[14] T Dallara F305 – Volkswagen R 1–4, 6–8 Michael Aberer 68 Michael Aberer[16] T Dallara F307 – Volkswagen 9 Franz Wöss Racing 72 Maximilian Hackl[8] T Dallara F307 – OPC 6 78 Sylvain Warnecke[8] T Dallara F302 – Opel 6

Icon Class C Cup T Trophy Icon Status R Rookie

Race calendar and results

The 2012 calendar consists of nine meetings, of which five take place on German soil while neighbouring Netherlands, Belgium and Austria will host the remaining four rounds. The F3 Cup will be part of the ADAC Masters Weekend package seven times; GAMMA Race Day at Assen is once again part of the German F3 schedule with an International Superstars Series support round at Spa-Francorchamps. The series will adopt a format used in British Formula 3 and the Formula 3 Euro Series, with three races a weekend, two of which held on the Saturday and the final race on the Sunday.^[3]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Trophy winner	Rookie winner
1	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	5 May	Lucas Auer	Lucas Auer	Jimmy Eriksson	Lotus	Luca Stolz	Lucas Auer
	R2				Kimiya Sato	Yannick Mettler	Performance Racing	Jordi Weckx	John Bryant-Meisner
	R3		6 May	Lucas Auer	Kimiya Sato	Kimiya Sato	Lotus	Jordi Weckx	Mitchell Gilbert
2	R1	Sachsenring	9 June	Kimiya Sato	Kimiya Sato	Kimiya Sato	Lotus	Luca Stolz	Artem Markelov
	R2				Artem Markelov	René Binder	Van Amersfoort Racing	Luca Stolz	Artem Markelov
	R3		10 June	Tom Blomqvist	Kimiya Sato	Kimiya Sato	Lotus	André Rudersdorf	Lucas Auer
3	R1	Oschersleben	7 July	Jimmy Eriksson	Jimmy Eriksson	Jimmy Eriksson	Lotus	André Rudersdorf	Mitchell Gilbert
	R2				Kimiya Sato	Kimiya Sato	Lotus	Luca Stolz	Artem Markelov
	R3		8 July	Jimmy Eriksson	Jimmy Eriksson	Jimmy Eriksson	Lotus	Luca Stolz	Lucas Auer
4	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps*	14 July	Kimiya Sato	Jimmy Eriksson	Jimmy Eriksson	Lotus	André Rudersdorf	Mitchell Gilbert
	R2				Jimmy Eriksson	Tom Blomqvist	EuroInternational	André Rudersdorf	Artem Markelov
	R3		15 July	Kimiya Sato	René Binder	René Binder	Van Amersfoort Racing	André Rudersdorf	Lucas Auer
5	R1	TT Circuit Assen*	3 August	Jimmy Eriksson	Jimmy Eriksson	Jimmy Eriksson	Lotus	Jordi Weckx	Dennis van de Laar
	R2		4 August		Jimmy Eriksson	Mitchell Gilbert	Performance Racing	Jordi Weckx	Mitchell Gilbert
	R3		5 August	Jimmy Eriksson	Mitchell Gilbert	Jimmy Eriksson	Lotus	Jordi Weckx	Lucas Auer
6	R1	Red Bull Ring	11 August	Tom Blomqvist	Mitchell Gilbert	Tom Blomqvist	EuroInternational	André Rudersdorf	Mitchell Gilbert
	R2				Lucas Auer	Lucas Auer	Van Amersfoort Racing	André Rudersdorf	Lucas Auer
	R3		12 August	Tom Blomqvist	Jimmy Eriksson	Tom Blomqvist	EuroInternational	André Rudersdorf	Lucas Auer
7	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	25 August	Mitchell Gilbert	Mitchell Gilbert	Mitchell Gilbert	Performance Racing	André Rudersdorf	Mitchell Gilbert
	R2				Mitchell Gilbert	Artem Markelov	Lotus	André Rudersdorf	Artem Markelov
	R3		26 August	Mitchell Gilbert	Lucas Auer	Lucas Auer	Van Amersfoort Racing	André Rudersdorf	Lucas Auer
8	R1	Nürburgring	15 September	Tom Blomqvist	Tom Blomqvist	Tom Blomqvist	EuroInternational	André Rudersdorf	Lucas Auer
	R2				Kimiya Sato	René Binder	Van Amersfoort Racing	André Rudersdorf	Mitchell Gilbert
	R3		16 September	Tom Blomqvist	Kimiya Sato	Tom Blomqvist	EuroInternational	André Rudersdorf	Lucas Auer
9	R1	Hockenheimring	29 September	Jimmy Eriksson	Jimmy Eriksson	Jimmy Eriksson	Lotus	Dominik Kocher	Mitchell Gilbert
	R2				Lucas Auer	Artem Markelov	Lotus	Dominik Kocher	Artem Markelov
	R3		30 September	Jimmy Eriksson	Jimmy Eriksson	Jimmy Eriksson	Lotus	Dominik Kocher	Lucas Auer

^* The rounds at Spa and Assen will be invitation rounds.

Championship standings

Cup

• Cars built over the period of 2008–2011, and equipped with the Volkswagen Power Engine are eligible for Cup points; points are awarded as follows:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PP	FL
Races 1 & 3	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	3	3
Race 2	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	3

Pos Driver ZAN SAC OSC SPA ASS RBR LAU NÜR HOC Pts 1 Jimmy Eriksson 1 5 6 2 3 4 1 3 1 1 2 4 1 6 1 11 4 3 2 3 6 4 Ret 3 1 3 1 408 2 Lucas Auer 2 DNS 4 6 Ret 2 4 9 2 5 Ret 5 9 4 2 5 1 2 4 4 1 2 4 2 8 2 3 298 3 Kimiya Sato Ret 6 1 1 2 1 5 1 Ret 13 5 3 3 5 3 6 15 5 11 9 3 3 6 11 2 Ret 2 281 4 Mitchell Gilbert 3 4 2 7 8 6 2 DSQ 8 4 7 6 7 1 8 2 2 7 1 6 2 6 2 4 3 4 4 277 5 Tom Blomqvist 3 4 3 3 6 10 2 1 2 1 9 1 1 Ret 1 222 6 René Binder 4 2 13† 8 1 7 6 4 7 3 6 1 2 Ret 7 DNS 5 9 5 2 7 8 1 Ret 7 5 9 191 7 Artem Markelov Ret 9 Ret 4 5 DSQ 8 5 3 8 4 14† 5 7 6 8 8 10 6 1 8 5 5 6 4 1 6 155 8 Yannick Mettler 5 1 DNS 5 14 DSQ 7 2 4 6 8 8 10 8 9 9 3 6 7 5 5 9 14 5 Ret Ret 5 131 9 Dennis van de Laar 10 10 3 9 13 11 9 7 6 4 9 4 17† 12 4 9 8 Ret 10 8 7 5 6 7 110 10 Luca Stolz 8 2 5 4 Ret 8 3 10 4 7 3 9 12 7 8 85 11 Alon Day 6 3 Ret 3 6 13 10 11 Ret 11 7 8 6 Ret Ret 48 12 Sheban Siddiqi 11 11 9 Ret 10 12 11 11 11 14† 11 10 12 10 Ret 7 13 15 13 15 12 15 12 12 9 9 10 30 13 John Bryant-Meisner 7 3 5 24 14 Daniel Abt 7 3 7 18 15 Michela Cerruti 12 16 12 12 12 10 12 10 14 11 10 12 3 Pos Driver ZAN SAC OSC SPA ASS RBR LAU NÜR HOC 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.

Trophy

• Cars built between 2002 and 2007 are eligible for Trophy points.

Pos	Driver	ZAN			SAC			OSC			SPA			ASS			RBR			LAU			NÜR			HOC			Pts
1	André Rudersdorf	9	8	8	11	7	9	10	10	13	9	9	9				10	7	11	8	7	9	13	9	10				377
2	Jordi Weckx	8	7	7	Ret	9	13	13	14	9	11	Ret	DNS	11	11	10	16	11	16	14	13	14	14	11	13				300
3	Dominik Kocher	12	12	11	Ret	11	14	14	12	Ret	12	12	11				14	14	17	15	14	11	16	13	15	10	8	11	268
4	Luca Iannaccone	13	13	12	12	12	15	15	DSQ	12	15	14	12	13	12	11	15	18	19	16	16	13	WD	WD	WD	13	12	14	252
5	Luca Stolz	6	DNS	10	10	6	10	12	8	5	10	10	13†																184
6	Maximilian Hackl																13	10	14										44
7	Sylvain Warnecke																Ret	17	18										14
Guest driver ineligible for points
	Michael Aberer																									14	11	13	0
Pos	Driver	ZAN			SAC			OSC			SPA			ASS			RBR			LAU			NÜR			HOC			Pts

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

SONAX Rookie-Pokal

Rookie drivers are only eligible for the SONAX Rookie-Pokal title, if they have not previously competed in more than two events of national or international Formula 3 racing, and are 25 years old or younger in 2012.

Pos	Driver	ZAN			SAC			OSC			SPA			ASS			RBR			LAU			NÜR			HOC			Pts
1	Lucas Auer	2	DNS	4	6	Ret	2	4	9	2	5	Ret	5	9	4	2	5	1	2	4	4	1	2	4	2	8	2	3	414
2	Mitchell Gilbert	3	4	2	7	8	6	2	DSQ	8	4	7	6	7	1	8	2	2	7	1	6	2	6	2	4	3	4	4	399
3	Artem Markelov	Ret	9	Ret	4	5	DSQ	8	5	3	8	4	14†	5	7	6	8	8	10	6	1	8	5	5	6	4	1	6	291
4	Luca Stolz	6	DNS	10	10	6	10	12	8	5	10	10	13†	8	2	5	4	Ret	8	3	10	4	7	3	9	12	7	8	254
5	Dennis van de Laar	10	10	3	9	13	11	9	7	6				4	9	4	17†	12	4	9	8	Ret	10	8	7	5	6	7	227
6	André Rudersdorf	9	8	8	11	7	9	10	10	13	9	9	9				10	7	11	8	7	9	13	9	10				171
7	Sheban Siddiqi	11	11	9	Ret	10	12	11	11	11	14†	11	10	12	10	Ret	7	13	15	13	15	12	15	12	12†	9	9	10	150
8	John Bryant-Meisner	7	3	5																									34
9	Maximilian Hackl																13	10	14										16
Pos	Driver	ZAN			SAC			OSC			SPA			ASS			RBR			LAU			NÜR			HOC			Pts

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

References

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External links

• Official website (English) (German)