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1997 German Formula Three Championship

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The 1997 German Formula Three Championship (German: 1997 Deutsche Formel-3-Meisterschaft) was the 23rd edition of the German Formula Three Championship. It commenced on 26 April 1997 and ended on 15 October. Opel Team BSR driver Nick Heidfeld won the championship title after a title battle with Benetton RTL Junior's Timo Scheider.[1]

Teams and drivers edit

1997 Entry List[2]
Team No. Driver Chassis Engine Status Rounds
Class A
  Benetton RTL Junior Team 1   Timo Scheider Dallara 397/002 Opel R All
2   Dominik Schwager Dallara 397/045 1–5, 7–9
3   Alexander Müller Dallara 397/023 R All
  Opel Team BSR 4   Nick Heidfeld Dallara 397/049 Opel All
5   Sascha Bert Dallara 397/029 All
6   Tim Verbergt Dallara 397/003 All
7   Tomáš Enge Dallara 397/030 R All
22   Andreas Scheld Dallara 397/003 8–9
  GM Jordan F3 Team 8   Norman Simon Dallara 397/052 Opel R All
9   Steffen Widmann Dallara 397/054 1–3
  Josef Kaufmann Racing Martini MK73/05 Opel 5–9
12   Wolf Henzler Martini MK73/02 All
14   Jarosław Wierczuk Martini MK73/01 1–7
36   Tom Schwister 9
  Trella Motorsport 10   Pierre Kaffer Dallara 396/012 Opel R All
  IPS Motorsport 16   Johan Stureson Dallara 397/046 Opel All
  JB Motorsport Boxy's Jeans 17   Yves Olivier Dallara 397/007 Opel All
  Tokmakidis Motorsport 18   Tim Coronel Dallara 397/018 Opel R 1–6
  Van Amersfoort Racing 20   Bas Leinders Dallara 397/009 Opel R All
  GM Motorsport 21   Tim Bergmeister Dallara 397/062 Opel 6–9
25   Ronny Melkus Dallara 395/033 4
Dallara 397/054 5
Dallara 397/051 6–9
  KUG ELU Motorsport 22   Andreas Scheld Dallara 397/051 Opel 1–5
  MKL F3 Racing 27   Lucas Luhr Dallara 397/056 Opel All
  Olympia Sport System 30   Riccardo Moscatelli Dallara 397/057 Opel 6–8
  Leoš Prokopec 31   Leoš Prokopec Dallara 397/047 Fiat 9
Class B
  TKF Racing 50   Luciano Crespi Dallara 396/022 Opel 1, 3–4
56   Marcin Biernacki 5, 7–8
59   Jarosław Wierczuk 9
  Chemopetrol Mus Team F3 Racing 51   Jaroslav Kostelecký Dallara 396/023 Opel R All
  Tokmakidis Motorsport 55   Michael Stelzig Dallara 395/071 Opel R All
58   Nikolaos Stremmenos Dallara 395/071 7–8
  GM Motorsport 52   Michael Becker Dallara 395/062 Opel R All
53   Roman Truschev Dallara 395/033 1–2
Icon Class
R Rookie

Race calendar and results edit

  • The series supported the ADAC events at all nine rounds.[3] With the exception of round at Salzuburg in Austria, all rounds took place on German soil.
Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team B Class Winner
1 R1 Hockenheimring 26 April   Alexander Müller   Nick Heidfeld   Nick Heidfeld   Opel Team BSR   Luciano Crespi
R2 27 April   Nick Heidfeld   Nick Heidfeld   Nick Heidfeld   Opel Team BSR   Michael Stelzig
2 R2 Nürburgring 24 May   Alexander Müller   Nick Heidfeld   Timo Scheider   Benetton RTL Junior Team   Jaroslav Kostelecký
R2 24 May   Timo Scheider   Dominik Schwager   Wolf Henzler   Josef Kaufmann Racing   Jaroslav Kostelecký
3 R1 Sachsenring 14 June   Bas Leinders   Nick Heidfeld   Timo Scheider   Benetton RTL Junior Team   Jaroslav Kostelecký
R2 15 June   Timo Scheider   Timo Scheider   Timo Scheider   Benetton RTL Junior Team   Luciano Crespi
4 R1 Norisring 28 June   Bas Leinders   Alexander Müller   Dominik Schwager   Benetton RTL Junior Team   Luciano Crespi
R2 29 June   Dominik Schwager   Norman Simon   Dominik Schwager   Benetton RTL Junior Team   Jaroslav Kostelecký
5 R1 Wunstorf 12 July   Wolf Henzler   Bas Leinders   Alexander Müller   Benetton RTL Junior Team   Marcin Biernacki
R2 13 July   Alexander Müller   Timo Scheider   Alexander Müller   Benetton RTL Junior Team   Michael Becker
6 R1 Zweibrücken 9 August   Wolf Henzler   Pierre Kaffer   Pierre Kaffer   Trella Motorsport   Michael Becker
R2 10 August   Pierre Kaffer   Nick Heidfeld   Wolf Henzler   Josef Kaufmann Racing   Jaroslav Kostelecký
7 R1 Salzburgring 23 August   Nick Heidfeld   Timo Scheider   Nick Heidfeld   Opel Team BSR   Michael Becker
R2 24 August   Nick Heidfeld   Nick Heidfeld   Nick Heidfeld   Opel Team BSR   Jaroslav Kostelecký
8 R1 Regio-Ring 5 September   Tomáš Enge   Norman Simon   Alexander Müller   Benetton RTL Junior Team   Jaroslav Kostelecký
R2 6 September   Alexander Müller   Norman Simon   Alexander Müller   Benetton RTL Junior Team   Michael Becker
9 R1 Nürburgring 4 October   Nick Heidfeld   Nick Heidfeld   Nick Heidfeld   Opel Team BSR   Jarosław Wierczuk
R2 5 October   Nick Heidfeld   Pierre Kaffer   Norman Simon   GM Jordan F3 Team   Jaroslav Kostelecký

Championship standings edit

A-Class 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

B-Class edit

  • Points are awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6
9 6 4 3 2 1
Pos Driver HOC NÜR1 SAC NOR WUN ZWE SAL LAH NÜR2 Pts
Class A
1   Nick Heidfeld 1 1 2 3 2 6 Ret 8 12 4 5 4 1 1 2 2 1 2 224
2   Timo Scheider 3 9 1 4 1 1 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 16 5 3 3 218
3   Alexander Müller Ret Ret 3 2 4 Ret 15 7 1 1 7 6 11 11 1 1 5 5 147
4   Wolf Henzler Ret 3 4 1 5 3 3 3 Ret Ret 3 1 7 4 3 Ret Ret Ret 144
5   Norman Simon 16† Ret 9 5 15 15† Ret 6 Ret Ret 4 3 3 3 6 4 2 1 113
6   Pierre Kaffer 5 Ret 8 8 9 5 6 10 4 Ret 1 Ret 5 6 7 7 4 4 103
7   Bas Leinders 4 2 6 6 3 2 16† Ret 8 Ret 8 Ret 6 Ret 4 3 9 11 100
8   Sascha Bert 9 8 5 Ret 14 Ret 2 2 9 8 Ret 9 4 5 12 8 8 6 80
9   Tim Verbergt 2 4 7 7 Ret Ret 4 5 5 6 6 Ret 13 10 72
10   Dominik Schwager Ret 5 Ret 9 7 4 1 1 Ret 9 9 Ret 17† Ret Ret 14 68
11   Ronny Melkus 8 Ret 2 2 14 7 DNS DNS 9 6 13 8 48
12   Tomáš Enge 7 Ret 10 13 6 14† 14 Ret 10 7 9 Ret Ret 7 18† 9 6 12 30
13   Steffen Widmann Ret 13 Ret 10 18† 9 7 5 11 5 12 9 10 Ret Ret 15 26
14   Johan Stureson 10 Ret Ret DNS 8 12 7 9 6 11 15 Ret 8 8 13 Ret 7 Ret 26
15   Yves Olivier 11 7 17 18† 17† 8 Ret 15 14† 10 10 8 Ret 13 Ret DNS 11 7 16
16   Lucas Luhr 13 10 10 18 5 Ret 12 13 10
17   Tim Coronel 8 6 13 12 11 Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret 16 12 10
18   Luciano Crespi 6 Ret 13 10 9 Ret 9
19   Andreas Scheld 18 Ret 11 17 10 7 11 11 Ret Ret Ret 14 14 9 7
20   Tim Bergmeister 12 11 15 12 8 10 10 10 6
21   Michael Stelzig 13 10 15 Ret 1
22   Jaroslav Kostelecký 12 12 14 14 12 11 12 14 Ret Ret 19† 13 18 14 11 12 17 16 0
23   Michael Becker 17 11 16 16 16 Ret Ret 13 Ret 12 18 14 14 Ret Ret 11 16 18 0
24   Jarosław Wierczuk 14 DNS 12 11 19† 13† 13 12 13† Ret 17 15† 16 16 15 19† 0
25   Marcin Biernacki 11 13 19 17 14 Ret 0
26   Nikolaos Stremmenos 17 Ret Ret 13 0
27   Riccardo Moscatelli Ret Ret Ret 15 15 15 0
28   Roman Truschev 15 Ret Ret 15 0
29   Tom Schwister 18 17 0
30   Leoš Prokopec 19 Ret 0
Class B
1   Jaroslav Kostelecký 12 12 14 14 12 11 12 14 Ret Ret 19† 13 18 14 11 12 17 16 111
2   Michael Becker 17 11 16 16 16 Ret Ret 13 Ret 12 18 14 14 Ret Ret 11 16 18 83
3   Luciano Crespi 6 Ret 13 10 9 Ret 33
4   Marcin Biernacki 11 13 19 17 14 Ret 30
5   Michael Stelzig 13 10 15 Ret 19
6   Jarosław Wierczuk 14 DNS 12 11 19† 13† 13 12 13† Ret 17 15† 16 16 15 19† 13
7   Nikolaos Stremmenos 17 Ret Ret 13 10
8   Roman Truschev 15 Ret Ret 15 9
Pos Driver HOC NÜR1 SAC NOR WUN ZWE SAL LAH NÜR2 Pts

Junior-Pokal (Rookie) standings edit

Driver Points
1   Timo Scheider 163
2   Alexander Müller 116
3   Bas Leinders 97
4   Norman Simon 91
5   Pierre Kaffer 90
6   Tomáš Enge 62
7   Tim Coronel 21
8   Jaroslav Kostelecký 18
9   Michael Becker 10
10   Michael Stelzig 3
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.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Biography". Pitpass.com. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Fotos 1997 Deutsche Formel 3 Meisterschaft". formel3guide.com (in German). Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Saison 1997" (in German). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 19 February 2012.

External links edit

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