1975 German Formula Three Championship

The 1975 German Formula Three Championship (German: 1975 ONS Pokal der Formel 3)[1] was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars held in Germany. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars which conformed to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 31 March at Nürburgring and ended at Hockenheimring on 30 November after thirteen rounds.

Jägermeister Racing Team driver Ernst Maring became a champion. He won five races. Bertram Schäfer finished as runner-up, winning the race Sembach, Hockenheim and Ulm-Mengen. Gunnar Nordström completed the top-three in the drivers' standings with a win at Nürburgring. Rudolf Dötsch, Freddy Kottulinsky and Marc Surer were the only other drivers who were able to win a race in the season.[2]

Calendar edit

All rounds were held in West Germany.

Round Location Circuit Date Supporting
1 Nürburg, West Germany Nürburgring 31 March X. ADAC-300-km-Rennen um den "Good Year-Pokal"
2 Sembach, West Germany Sembach Kaserne 4 May AvD/ISCC-Flugplatzrennen Sembach
3 Saarlouis, West Germany Saarlouis 11 May 2. ADAC Saarlouis "ADAC-Saarland-Trophy"
4 Nürburg, West Germany Nürburgring 31 May XXI. ADAC 1000 km Rennen
5 Berlin, West Germany AVUS 22 June DMV/BAC/AvD-Avus-Rennen "Preis von Berlin"
6 Hockenheim, West Germany Hockenheimring 6 July 5. ADAC "Preis der Stadt Karlsruhe"
7 Hockenheim, West Germany Hockenheimring 20 July ADAC-Südwestpokal-Rennen
8 Wunstorf, West Germany Wunstorf Air Base 27 July ADAC Flugplatz-Rennen Wunstorf
9 Kassel-Calden, West Germany Kassel-Calden Circuit 17 August ADAC-Hessen-Preis
10 Nürburg, West Germany Nürburgring 7 September II. ADAC Super Sprint
11 Ulm-Mengen, West Germany Ulm-Mengen 14 September 10. ADAC-Rundstreckenrennen Ulm-Mengen
12 Hockenheim, West Germany Hockenheimring 9 November 5. ADAC-Rheintal-Rundstreckenrennen
13 Hockenheim, West Germany Hockenheimring 30 November AvD/MHSTC Saison-Finale Hockenheim

Championship standings edit

  • Points are awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
Pos Driver NÜR1 SEM SAA NÜR2 AVU HOC1 HOC2 WUN KAS NÜR3 ULM HOC3 HOC4 Points
1   Ernst Maring 1 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 1 150
2   Bertram Schäfer 1 2 5 3 8 2 2 1 1 2 143
3   Gunnar Nordström 2 3 1 2 1 4 4 102
4   Rudolf Dötsch 1 2 3 5 6 5 69
5   Gernot Lamby 2 3 7 3 3 55
6   Freddy Kottulinsky 3 1 3 5 52
7   Günter Kölmel 5 9 4 9 6 4 3 50
8   Dieter Kern 2 4 5 3 45
9   Heinz Lange 6 2 3 4 43
10   Manfred Leppke 6 2 6 4 7 41
11   Marc Surer 3 1 32
12   Steve Farnsworth 3 5 20
13   Werner Fischer 4 7 8 17
14   Erwin Derichs 8 7 5 9 17
15   Thomas von Löwis 5 6 14
16   Jochen Dauer 8 6 10 8 13
17   Jerry Blaine 4 10
18   Kurt Pfunder 6 7 10
19   Bernhard Brack 5 8
20   Josef Kremer 7 4
21   Erhard Miltz 7 4
22   Heinz Schaltinat 10 1
Pos Driver NÜR1 SEM SAA NÜR2 AVU HOC1 HOC2 WUN KAS NÜR3 ULM HOC3 HOC4 Points
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

References edit

  1. ^ "Saison 1975". formel3guide.com (in German). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Formula 3 Germany 1975 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

External links edit