2009 German Formula Three Championship

The 2009 ATS F3 Cup was the seventh edition of the German F3 Cup. It commenced on 12 April and ended on 18 October. Belgian driver Laurens Vanthoor (Van Amersfoort Racing) won the title with two rounds to spare.[1]

Teams and drivers edit

Guest drivers in italics.

Team Chassis Engine No. Driver Status Rounds
Cup Class
  Jo Zeller Racing Dallara F306/014 Mercedes 1   Rahel Frey 1–5
  Tim Sandtler 7
Dallara F305/011 10   Zahir Ali 4–5
  Bernd Herndlhofer 6
  Sandro Zeller[2] R 9
  HS Technik Motorsport Dallara F305/037 Mercedes 2   Bernd Herndlhofer 1–5
Dallara F305/037   Harald Schlegelmilch[3] 6–9
Dallara F306/025 3   Willi Steindl R 1–7
  Joey Foster 9
Dallara F305/039 4   Rafael Suzuki 6–7, 9
  Joey Foster[4] 8
  Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara F306/038 Volkswagen 5   Laurens Vanthoor All
Dallara F306/023 6   Stef Dusseldorp R All
Dallara F305/046 7   Armaan Ebrahim[2] 9
  Performance Racing Dallara F305/041 Volkswagen 8   Rafael Suzuki 1–5
  Zahir Ali 6–7
  Peter Elkmann 8
  Daniel Abt[5] R 9
Dallara F305/051 9   Adderly Fong All
  Neuhauser Racing Dallara F306/034 Mercedes 11   Marco Oberhauser All
Dallara F305/045 12   Tom Dillmann 7–9
  Swiss Racing Team Dallara F305/034 OPC Challenge 14   Max Nilsson All
  Jenichen Motorsport Dallara F305/063 OPC Challenge 17   Rafael Suzuki 8
  Racing Experience Dallara F306/010 Mercedes 21   David Hauser 1–2, 4–9
Dallara F305/012 22   Gary Hauser All
Dallara F306/009 23   Nicolas Marroc R All
Mygale M-07/00 Opel 24   Louis Wagner 7
  Zettl Sportsline Motorsport Dallara F306/008 Mercedes 27   Markus Pommer R All
Dallara F305/030 28   Nico Monien R All
Dallara F307/011 29   Shirley van der Lof All
  ZyXEL RRT Dallara F306/026 Mercedes 35   Vladimir Semenov R All
Trophy Class
  Rhino's Leipert Motorsport Dallara F304/012 Opel 55   Luca Iannaccone All
  Jenichen Motorsport Dallara F302/084 Opel 57   Nikolay Martsenko R 1, 9
  Franz Wöss Racing Dallara F302/050 Opel 59   Stefan Neuburger 3
Dallara F302/033 Opel 60   Francesco Lopez 1–7
  Stromos Art-Line ArtTech F24/007 OPC Challenge 61   Viktor Shaytar R 1
  Dominik Schraml 2–3
  Jesse Krohn 4, 6–7, 9
ArtTech F24/008 62   Sergey Chukanov All
  ADRF Dallara F302/074 Opel 64   Mika Vähämäki R All
Dallara F303/021 65   Marko Vähämäki[2] R 9
  HS Technik Motorsport Dallara F302/065 Opel 66   Nicolas Kvasai 9
  Jo Zeller Racing Dallara F301/006 Opel 67   Urs Rüttimann 3, 9

Calendar edit

Five rounds were part of the ADAC Master Weekend with rounds supporting 24 Hours Nürburgring in May, FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours in June, Rizla Race Day and 1000 km Nürburgring in August. 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 Secondary Class Winner
1 R1 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 12 April   Laurens Vanthoor   Laurens Vanthoor   Laurens Vanthoor   Van Amersfoort Racing T:   Sergey Chukanov
R:   Stef Dusseldorp
R2 13 April   Laurens Vanthoor   Stef Dusseldorp   Stef Dusseldorp   Van Amersfoort Racing T:   Sergey Chukanov
R:   Stef Dusseldorp
2 R1 Nürburgring 22 May   Laurens Vanthoor   Rahel Frey   Laurens Vanthoor   Van Amersfoort Racing T:   Sergey Chukanov
R:   Markus Pommer
R2 23 May   Rahel Frey   Stef Dusseldorp   Rahel Frey   Jo Zeller Racing T:   Sergey Chukanov
R:   Nico Monien
3 R1 Hockenheimring 6 June   Rafael Suzuki   Stef Dusseldorp   Stef Dusseldorp   Van Amersfoort Racing T:   Sergey Chukanov
R:   Stef Dusseldorp
R2 7 June   Laurens Vanthoor   Stef Dusseldorp   Laurens Vanthoor   Van Amersfoort Racing T:   Sergey Chukanov
R:   Stef Dusseldorp
4 R1 Oschersleben 20 June   Stef Dusseldorp   Laurens Vanthoor   Laurens Vanthoor   Van Amersfoort Racing T:   Mika Vähämäki
R:   Markus Pommer
R2 21 June   Laurens Vanthoor   Laurens Vanthoor   Laurens Vanthoor   Van Amersfoort Racing T:   Jesse Krohn
R:   Nico Monien
5 R1 EuroSpeedway Lausitz 4 July   Laurens Vanthoor   Laurens Vanthoor   Laurens Vanthoor   Van Amersfoort Racing T:   Sergey Chukanov
R:   Nico Monien
R2 5 July   Laurens Vanthoor   Laurens Vanthoor   Nico Monien   Zettl Sportsline Motorsport T:   Sergey Chukanov
R:   Nico Monien
6 R1 TT Circuit Assen 8 August   Laurens Vanthoor   Laurens Vanthoor   Laurens Vanthoor   Van Amersfoort Racing T:   Sergey Chukanov
R:   Stef Dusseldorp
R2 9 August   Laurens Vanthoor   Laurens Vanthoor   Laurens Vanthoor   Van Amersfoort Racing T:   Sergey Chukanov
R:   Stef Dusseldorp
7 R1 Nürburgring 21 August   Laurens Vanthoor   Laurens Vanthoor   Laurens Vanthoor   Van Amersfoort Racing T:   Sergey Chukanov
R:   Stef Dusseldorp
R2 22 August   Tom Dillmann   Tom Dillmann   Tom Dillmann   Neuhauser Racing T:   Jesse Krohn
R:   Stef Dusseldorp
8 R1 Sachsenring 19 September   Tom Dillmann   Tom Dillmann   Tom Dillmann   Neuhauser Racing T:   Sergey Chukanov
R:   Stef Dusseldorp
R2 20 September   Laurens Vanthoor   Laurens Vanthoor   Laurens Vanthoor   Van Amersfoort Racing T:   Sergey Chukanov
R:   Stef Dusseldorp
9 R1 Oschersleben 17 October   Markus Pommer   Nico Monien   Laurens Vanthoor   Van Amersfoort Racing T:   Jesse Krohn
R:   Markus Pommer
R2 18 October   Tom Dillmann   Laurens Vanthoor   Tom Dillmann   Neuhauser Racing T:   Sergey Chukanov
R:   Stef Dusseldorp

Standings edit

ATS Formel 3 Cup edit

  • 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 OSC1 NÜR1 HOC OSC2 LAU ASS NÜR2 SAC OSC3 Pts
1   Laurens Vanthoor 1 11 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 12 Ret 1 1 2 163
2   Stef Dusseldorp 2 1 Ret 5 1 2 6 9 10 3 2 4 2 3 2 6 3 3 106
3   Markus Pommer 6 7 5 8 4 5 2 5 6 4 11 Ret 4 8 5 8 2 4 67
4   Rafael Suzuki 4 3 4 7 Ret 4 4 3 2 6 4 3 6 6 9 10 Ret 13 65
5   Nico Monien 17 8 7 3 12 3 3 2 3 1 Ret 6 16 5 10 7 6 Ret 61
6   Tom Dillmann 3 1 1 3 Ret 1 49
7   Rahel Frey 3 4 2 1 3 12 7 11 7 5 45
8   Bernd Herndlhofer 7 2 3 4 Ret 9 10 4 5 7 9 Ret 32
9   Harald Schlegelmilch 6 2 7 4 3 4 Ret 10 30
10   Max Nilsson 8 5 Ret 6 7 7 9 Ret 4 8 3 8 Ret 10 8 9 9 Ret 30
11   Willi Steindl Ret 6 6 14 6 6 5 6 15 14 Ret 12 10 14 19
12   Nicolas Marroc Ret 13 8 20 8 11 11 7 13 11 18 7 23† 16 Ret Ret 5 6 14
13   Sergey Chukanov 10 15 12 11 10 14 21 17 12 9 5 9 8 17 7 13 Ret 5 12
14   Gary Hauser 18 9 11 10 5 15 13 16 11 17 13 10 5 13 13 Ret 8 8 12
15   Tim Sandtler 12 2 8
16   Adderly Fong 9 14 9 9 17 10 14 Ret 8 18 10 5 18 7 11 12 11 Ret 7
17   Marco Oberhauser 5 19 10 13 9 8 8 Ret Ret 12 8 Ret 11 19 15 11 Ret Ret 7
18   David Hauser Ret DNS Ret 12 15 13 9 10 16 11 14 24† 6 Ret 18 9 5
19   Jesse Krohn 19 10 7 Ret 9 9 7 17 5
20   Shirley van der Lof 11 12 Ret 15 Ret 13 12 8 DNS DNS 14 14 13 15 14 Ret 15 14 1
21   Vladimir Semenov 12 10 16 16 Ret Ret 17 DNS Ret 16 12 13 15 11 Ret Ret 16 11 0
22   Francesco Lopez 13 16 14 18 11 18 20 15 16 20 17 15 20 21 0
23   Mika Vähämäki 14 17 13 17 15 Ret 18 14 18† 15 15 16 19 20 12 14 12 20† 0
24   Zahir Ali 16 12 14 13 20 Ret 17 18 0
25   Urs Rüttimann 13 17 19 19 0
26   Dominik Schraml Ret Ret 14 16 0
27   Luca Iannaccone 19 21 15 19 18 20 22 Ret 17 19 19 17 22 23 16 15 20 22 0
28   Viktor Shaytar 15 18 0
29   Stefan Neuburger 16 19 0
30   Nikolay Martsenko 16 20 Ret 16 0
31   Louis Wagner 21 22 0
guest drivers ineligible for points
  Peter Elkmann Ret 2 0
  Joey Foster 4 5 4 15 0
  Daniel Abt 17 7 0
  Armaan Ebrahim 10 12 0
  Marko Vähämäki 13 21† 0
  Nicolas Kvasai 14 Ret 0
  Sandro Zeller Ret 18 0
Pos Driver OSC1 NÜR1 HOC OSC2 LAU ASS NÜR2 SAC OSC3 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

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

ATS Formel 3 Trophy edit

  • Points are awarded for both races as follows:
Pos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Points 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos Driver OSC1 NÜR1 HOC OSC2 LAU ASS NÜR2 SAC OSC3 Pts
1   Sergey Chukanov 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 Ret 1 158
2   Mika Vähämäki 3 3 2 2 5 Ret 1 2 4† 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 5† 115
3   Francesco Lopez 2 2 3 3 2 4 3 3 2 4 4 2 4 4 89
4   Luca Iannaccone 6 6 4 4 7 6 5 Ret 3 3 5 4 5 5 3 3 6 7 74
5   Jesse Krohn 2 1 2 Ret 2 1 1 3 60
7   Urs Rüttimann 3 3 5 4 23
7   Nikolay Martsenko 5 5 Ret 2 16
8   Dominik Schraml Ret Ret 4 2 13
9   Viktor Shaytar 4 4 10
10   Stefan Neuburger 6 5 7
guest drivers ineligible for points
  Marko Vähämäki 3 6† 0
  Nicolas Kvasai 4 Ret 0
Pos Driver OSC1 NÜR1 HOC OSC2 LAU ASS NÜR2 SAC OSC3 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)
  • † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

ATS Formel 3 Junior-Pokal (Rookie) edit

  • Points are awarded for both races as follows:
Pos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Points 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos Driver OSC1 NÜR1 HOC OSC2 LAU ASS NÜR2 SAC OSC3 Pts
1   Stef Dusseldorp 1 1 Ret 2 1 1 4 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 149
2   Markus Pommer 2 3 1 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 Ret 2 3 2 3 1 2 130
3   Nico Monien 7 4 3 1 5 2 2 1 1 1 Ret 2 5 2 3 2 4 Ret 112
4   Willi Steindl Ret 2 2 4 3 4 3 3 5 5 Ret 4 3 5 67
5   Nicolas Marroc Ret 6 4 7 4 5 5 4 4 4 5 3 7 6 Ret Ret 3 3 65
6   Mika Vähämäki 4 7 5 6 6 Ret 7 6 6† 6 4 6 6 7 4 4 5 8† 58
7   Vladimir Semenov 3 5 6 5 Ret Ret 6 DNS Ret 7 3 5 4 4 Ret Ret 7 5 50
8   Nikolay Martsenko 6 9 Ret 6 7
9   Viktor Shaitar 5 8 5
guest drivers ineligible for points
  Daniel Abt 7 4 0
  Marko Vähämäki 6 9† 0
  Sandro Zeller Ret 7 0
Pos Driver OSC1 NÜR1 HOC OSC2 LAU ASS NÜR2 SAC OSC3 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)

ATS Formel 3 Speed-Pokal edit

  • Points are awarded for both races as follows:
PP FL
1 1
Pos Driver OSC1 NÜR1 HOC OSC2 LAU ASS NÜR2 SAC OSC3 Pts
1   Laurens Vanthoor P FL P P P FL P FL P FL P FL P FL P FL P FL P FL FL 21
2   Stef Dusseldorp FL FL FL FL P 5
3   Tom Dillmann P FL P FL P 5
4   Rahel Frey FL P 2
5   Rafael Suzuki P 1
6   Markus Pommer P 1
7   Nico Monien FL 1
Pos Driver OSC1 NÜR1 HOC OSC2 LAU ASS NÜR2 SAC OSC3 Pts

References edit

  1. ^ "The reward for hard work". formel3.de. ATS Formel 3. 2009-08-24. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
  2. ^ a b c "27 cars on the season-finale grid". formel3.de. ATS Formel 3. 2009-10-16. Archived from the original on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  3. ^ "Harald Schlegelmilch is back". formel3.de. ATS Formel 3. 2009-08-04. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
  4. ^ "Joey Foster back in the ATS Formula 3 Cup". formel3.de. ATS Formel 3. 2009-09-09. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
  5. ^ "Daniel Abt to compete in the ATS Formula 3 Cup". formel3.de. ATS Formel 3. 2009-10-05. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-10-22.

External links edit