2024 Drexler-Automotive Formula Cup

The 2024 Drexler-Automotive Formula Cup is the 43rd Austria Formula 3 Cup season and the sixth season since Drexler-Automotive took over the title sponsoring of the series.^[1]

The 2024 season is held over eight race weekends across Europe.^[2] It began in April at Vallelunga Circuit and will conclude in October at Autodromo Nazionale Monza. The series continues its cooperation with the F2000 Italian Formula Trophy.

Teams and drivers

Teams and drivers compete in either Formula 3 or the Formula Light Cup. Formula 3 entries are divided between the Cup class and the Trophy class.^[3]

Formula 3 Cup entries

Team	No.	Driver	Car	Engine	Rounds
Franz Wöss Racing	1	Benjámin Berta	Dallara F320	Mercedes	1–3
	20	Stig Larsen	Dallara F320	Mercedes HWA	1–3
	32	Victor Smialek	Dallara F316	Mercedes HWA	1–3
Puresport	5	Giorgio Venica	Dallara F308	Power Engine	3
Puresport	8	Dino Rasero	Dallara F320	Mercedes HWA	1, 3
	12	Christof Ledermann	Dallara F309	Power Engine	1
	12	Christof Ledermann	Tatuus F3 T-318	Alfa Romeo	2–3
	14	Andrea Benalli	Dallara F317	Mercedes HWA	1–3
	33	Ahmad Shaheen Al Muhannadi	Dallara F312	Volkswagen	1–3
Facondini Racing	41	Franco Cimarelli	Dallara F312	VW	3
Jo Zeller Racing	44	Sandro Zeller	Dallara F316	Mercedes HWA	1–3
Team Automobile Tricolore	46	Riccardo Perego	Dallara F317	Volkswagen	1–3
JMT Racing Klub	65	Roman Roubícek	Dallara F320	Mercedes HWA	2–3
TVS Motorsport	69	Enzo Stentella	Dallara F302	BMW	1–3
Racing in Italy	75	Mei Shibi	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	1–3
G Motorsport	131	Francesco Galli	Dallara F320	Volkswagen	1–3
Magyar Racing Team	146	János Magyar	Tatuus N.T07	Honda	2
Source: ^[4]^[5]^[6]

Formula 3 Trophy entries

Team	No.	Driver	Car	Engine	Rounds
Jo Zeller Racing	2	Urs Rüttimann	Dallara F306	VW Spiess	2–3
Jo Zeller Racing	3	Marcel Tobler	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	2–3
Team Hoffmann Racing	4	Roman Hoffmann	Dallara F317	Toyota	2
	10	Luca Iannacone	Dallara F311	Fiat FTP	2–3
	22	André Petropoulos	Dallara F316	Opel Spiess	2
Facondini Racing	6	Enrico Milani	Dallara F308	Fiat FTP	1, 3
	88	Francesco Solfaroli	Dallara F317	Toyota	1, 3
	96	Oliver Kratsch	Dallara F308	Toyota	1–3
Giordano Motorsport	9	Giovanni Giordano	Dallara F308	Fiat FTP	1–3
ASD Living KC	21	Umberto Vaglio	Dallara F308	Toyota	3
Derva Corse ASD	24	Marco de Toffol	Dallara F308	Fiat FTP	1–3
Bellspeed	27	Patrick Bellezza	Dallara F300	Fiat Novamotor	3
BMG Racing	28	Giorgio Berto	Dallara F308	Fiat FTP	1
Team Automobile Tricolore	39	Edoardo Bonanomi	Dallara F312	Mercedes HWA	1–3
Nannini Racing	42	Davide Pedetti	Dallara F317	Toyota	1–3
Nannini Racing	43	Giancarlo Pedetti	Dallara F317	Toyota	1–3
Emotion Motorsport	83	Daniele Radrizzani	Dallara F317	Toyota	2–3
Source: ^[4]^[5]^[6]

Formula Light Cup entries

Team	No.	Driver	Car	Engine	Rounds
Alpha Team Racing	3	Giancarlo de Virgilis	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	3
Speed Motor	5	Karim Sartori	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	1–3
Scuderia Cirelli	17	Tony di Giulio	Tatuus F4-T014	Abarth	1, 3
Morel Auto Racing	23	Tristan Morel	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	2
Neri Motorsport	23	Bruno Mottez	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	3
Viola Formula Racing	25	Valentin Andreiux	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	1–3
Viola Formula Racing	26	Emir Tanju	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	1–3
ASD Ruote Scoperte M.	34	Sergio Conti	Tatuus F4-T014	Abarth	2–3
ASD Ruote Scoperte M.	79	Fabio Turchetto	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	3
Derva Corse ASD	40	Andrea Cavigioli	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	3
Derva Corse ASD	95	Stefano Noal	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	3
Team HARS	71	Luca Guolo	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	3
STAC	91	Jérémy Clavaud	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	3
Team Perodi	92	Romano Cataldo	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	1, 3
Team Hoffmann Racing	122	Dr. Norbert Groer	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	2
Franz Wöss Racing	125	Robert Siska	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	2
Source: ^[4]^[5]^[6]

Race calendar

The championship changed three of its locations compared to 2023. Vallelunga and Monza returned to the calendar after a one-year absence, while the series also returned to the Lausitzring after last racing there in 2018. The rounds at Spa and the Hungaroring left the calendar, as well as the second round at Mugello.^[2]

R.	RN	Circuit	Date	Support bill	Map of circuit locations
1	1	Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	21 April	TCR World Tour TCR Europe Touring Car Series	Mugello Imola Vallelunga Spielberg Lausitzring Hockenheim Brno Monza
1	2	Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	21 April	TCR World Tour TCR Europe Touring Car Series
2	1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	18 May	Rundstreckentrophy Eurocup-3
2	2	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	19 May	Rundstreckentrophy Eurocup-3
3	1	Imola Circuit, Imola	1 June	Italian GT Championship Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
3	2	Imola Circuit, Imola	2 June	Italian GT Championship Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
4	1	Lausitzring, Klettwitz	29 June	Porsche Club Historic Challenge P9 Challenge
4	2	Lausitzring, Klettwitz	29 June	Porsche Club Historic Challenge P9 Challenge
5	1	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	27 July	Porsche Club Historic Challenge
5	2	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	27 July	Porsche Club Historic Challenge
6	1	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero	25 August	Euro 4 Championship Italian GT Championship F2000 Italian Formula Trophy
6	2	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero	25 August
7	1	Brno Circuit, Brno	8 September	TCR Europe Touring Car Series TCR Eastern Europe Formula 4 CEZ Championship
7	2	Brno Circuit, Brno	8 September
8	1	Monza Circuit, Monza	6 October	Euro 4 Championship Italian GT Championship Porsche Carrera Cup Italia F2000 Italian Formula Trophy
8	2	Monza Circuit, Monza	6 October

Race results

R.	RN	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	F3 Cup winner	F3 Trophy winner	Formula Light Cup winner
1	1	Vallelunga Circuit	Francesco Galli	Francesco Galli	Francesco Galli	Francesco Solfaroli	Emir Tanju
1	2	Vallelunga Circuit		Francesco Galli	Francesco Galli	Francesco Solfaroli	Emir Tanju
2	1	Red Bull Ring	Benjámin Berta	Benjámin Berta	Francesco Galli	Marcel Tobler	Valentin Andreiux
2	2	Red Bull Ring		Benjámin Berta	Sandro Zeller	Marcel Tobler	Karim Sartori
3	1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	Benjámin Berta	Francesco Galli	Benjámin Berta	Marcel Tobler	Karim Sartori
3	2	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari		Francesco Galli	Sandro Zeller	Francesco Solfaroli	Emir Tanju
4	1	Lausitzring
4	2	Lausitzring
5	1	Hockenheimring
5	2	Hockenheimring
6	1	Mugello Circuit
6	2	Mugello Circuit
7	1	Brno Circuit
7	2	Brno Circuit
8	1	Monza Circuit
8	2	Monza Circuit

Standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded per class. If less than three cars enter in a class, half points are awarded for the race.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

* - half points awarded as less than three cars entered the race

Formula 3 Cup standings

Pos	Driver	VLL		RBR		IMO		LAU		HOC		MUG		BRN		MNZ		Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
1	Benjámin Berta	2	2	2	2	1	3											112
2	Sandro Zeller	3	10	3	1	2	1											99
3	Francesco Galli	1	1	1	Ret	Ret	2											93
4	Victor Smialek	9	4	4	3	3	5											66
5	Riccardo Perego	4	3	9	5	4	4											63
6	Andrea Benalli	5	5	11	4	5	6											50
7	Stig Larsen	8	7	5	6	6	7											42
8	Ahmad Shaheen Al Muhannadi	11	11	6	8	7	8											22
9	Dino Rasero	6	9			8	9											16
10	Enzo Stentella	7	6	10	12	12	14											15
11	Mei Shibi	12	12	7	10	9	10											10
12	Christof Ledermann	10	8	8	11	Ret	12											9
13	János Magyar			Ret	7													6
14	Roman Roubícek			12	9	10	13											3
15	Giorgio Venica					11	11											0
16	Franco Cimarelli					13	DNS											0
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
Pos	Driver	VLL		RBR		IMO		LAU		HOC		MUG		BRN		MNZ		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

† — Did not finish, but classified

Formula 3 Trophy standings

Pos	Driver	VLL		RBR		IMO		LAU		HOC		MUG		BRN		MNZ		Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
=1	Marcel Tobler			1	1	1	2											93
=1	Francesco Solfaroli	1	1			2	1											93
3	Urs Rüttimann			2	2	5	3											61
4	Giovanni Giordano	3	8	Ret	6	3	5											52
5	Davide Pedetti	2	2	Ret	4	Ret	9											50
6	Oliver Kratsch	Ret	4	3	7	4	8											49
7	Enrico Milani	4	6			8	4											36
8	Giancarlo Pedetti	Ret	7	4	10	7	7											31
9	Edoardo Bonanomi	5	3	Ret	8	NC	NC											29
10	Marco de Toffol	Ret	5	Ret	5													20
11	Umberto Vaglio					6	6											16
12	André Petropoulos			Ret	3													15
=14	Giorgio Berto	Ret	9															2
=14	Luca Iannacone			DNS	9	Ret	Ret											2
—	Daniele Radrizzani			Ret	DNS													0
—	Roman Hoffmann			WD	WD													0
—	Patrick Bellezza					WD	WD											0
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
Pos	Driver	VLL		RBR		IMO		LAU		HOC		MUG		BRN		MNZ		Pts

Formula Light Cup standings

Pos	Driver	VLL		RBR		IMO		LAU		HOC		MUG		BRN		MNZ		Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
1	Emir Tanju	1	1	2	2	2	1											129
2	Karim Sartori	2	3	3	1	1	2											116
3	Valentin Andreiux	Ret	2	1	6	Ret	3											66
=4	Tristan Morel			4	3													27
=4	Fabio Turchetto					3	4											27
6	Dr. Norbert Groer			5	4													22
7	Stefano Noal					4	6											20
8	Jérémy Clavaud					5	5											20
9	Robert Siska			6	5													18
10	Sergio Conti			7	7	9	11											14
11	Romano Cataldo	Ret	4															12
12	Luca Guolo					6	8											12
13	Bruno Mottez					7	9											8
14	Andrea Cavigioli					Ret	7											6
15	Giancarlo de Virgilis					8	10											5
—	Tony di Giulio	Ret	Ret															0
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
Pos	Driver	VLL		RBR		IMO		LAU		HOC		MUG		BRN		MNZ		Pts

References

^ "Drexler Formel Cup - Drexler Automotive". www.drexler-automotive.com. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
^ ^a ^b Pokale, A. F. R. "Informationen und Ergebnisse 2024". www.drexler-formel-cup.com (in German). Retrieved 2024-01-29.
^ "Announcement for Drexler-Automotive Formula Cup 2022" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b ^c "RACING WEEK-END - ZINOX F2000 TROPHY & F2.0 CUP - VALLELUNGA 2023 - ELENCO ISCRITTI / ENTRY LIST" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b ^c "RUNDSTRECKENTROPHY am RED BULL RING - BG Sportpromotion - 16 - 19 May 2024 - Provisional Class-Result Qualifying - Drexler Formel Cup / FIA CEZ D2" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b ^c "Racing Weekend Imola 2024 - Elenco Iscritti - Entry List" (PDF).

External links

Website of the AFR Cups [German]

[1] "Drexler Formel Cup - Drexler Automotive". www.drexler-automotive.com. Retrieved 2023-01-12.

[:0-2] Pokale, A. F. R. "Informationen und Ergebnisse 2024". www.drexler-formel-cup.com (in German). Retrieved 2024-01-29.

[3] "Announcement for Drexler-Automotive Formula Cup 2022" (PDF).

[:1-4] "RACING WEEK-END - ZINOX F2000 TROPHY & F2.0 CUP - VALLELUNGA 2023 - ELENCO ISCRITTI / ENTRY LIST" (PDF).

[:2-5] "RUNDSTRECKENTROPHY am RED BULL RING - BG Sportpromotion - 16 - 19 May 2024 - Provisional Class-Result Qualifying - Drexler Formel Cup / FIA CEZ D2" (PDF).

[:3-6] "Racing Weekend Imola 2024 - Elenco Iscritti - Entry List" (PDF).

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