1993 German Formula Three Championship Explained

The 1993 German Formula Three Championship (de|1993 Deutsche Formel-3-Meisterschaft) was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that held in Germany and in Belgium. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars majorly built by Dallara which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 3 April at Zolder and ended at Hockenheim on 19 September after ten double-header rounds.

Opel Team WTS driver Jos Verstappen became the first Dutch champion. He won eight races and collected another six podium finishes. Massimiliano Angelelli finished as runner-up with win at Diepholz Airfield Circuit, losing 41 points to Verstappen. Sascha Maassen won at Hockenheimring, Nürburgring and Alemannenring. Michael Krumm and Roberto Colciago completed the top-five in the drivers' championship. Markus Liesner and Jörg Müller were the other race winners. Patrick Bernhardt clinched the B-Cup championship title.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Entry List^[2]
Team		Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Class A
Opel Team WTS	1	Jos Verstappen	Dallara 393/034	Opel	All
	2	Claudia Hürtgen	Dallara 393/040		1-4, 6-8
		Marco Werner			5
		Sandy Grau			9-10
G+M Escom Motorsport	3	Michael Krumm	Dallara 393/036	Opel	All
	4	Michael Graf	Dallara 393/035		All
Volkswagen Motorsport	5	Sascha Maassen	Dallara 393/033	Volkswagen	All
	6	Massimiliano Angelelli	Dallara 393/018		All
Jacques Isler Racing	7	Dino Lamby	Dallara 393/039	Fiat	1-8
		Patrick Vallant			9
	8	Philipp Peter	Dallara 393/021		All
Abt Motorsport - ADAC F3 Junior Team	12	Christian Abt	Dallara 393/020	Opel	All
Vienna Racing	14	Peter Kox	Eufra 393/01	Mugen-Honda	1-2
	15	Marko Mankonen			3-4
		Frank Krämer			5
KMS	16	Gian-Maria Regazzoni	Dallara 393/065	Opel	4-10
	17	Markus Liesner	Dallara 393/003		All
	18	Ruedi Schurter	Dallara 393/048		5, 10
Elf Team Formel 3	19	Danny Pfeil	Reynard 933/015	Opel	1
		Thomas Wöhrle			2-5, 7-10
	20	Marco Werner	Dallara 393/067		6-10
	20	Danny Pfeil	Reynard 923/014	Opel]	2
Marko RSM	33	Jörg Müller	Dallara 393/068	Fiat	5-7, 9-10
	37	Alexander Wurz	Dallara 393/031		1-7, 9-10
RC Motorsport	38	Roberto Colciago	Dallara 393/009	Opel	2-10
	39	Michele Gasparini	Dallara 393/038		2
		Danny Pfeil			3-10
Richard Arnold Developments	41	Warren Hughes	Dallara 393/061	Fiat	10
	42	Steven Arnold	Dallara 393/043	Mugen-Honda	10
Class B
G+M Escom Motorsport	50	Frank Kremer	Ralt RT36/962	Opel	All
	51	Hans Fertl	Ralt RT36/980		All
Abt Motorsport - ADAC F3 Junior Team	52	Anreas Schüssler	Ralt RT35/892	Volkswagen	1-5
	53	Tomáš Karhánek	Reynard 923/005	Opel	All
KMS	55	Christian Fischer	Dallara 392/036	Opel	1-3, 8, 10
Detlef Schoch	56	Detlef Schoch	Ralt RT30/529	Volkswagen	1-3, 5-7
	57	Franz Binder	Reynard 923/014	Opel	1, 3, 5, 7, 10
		Anreas Reiter			9
	58	Günter Aberer	Reynard 923/011	Alfa Romeo	1-2, 4
		Claudia Kreuzsaler			7
		Hans Egger-Richter			9-10
Thomas Wagner	59	Thomas Wagner	Reynard 903/038	Volkswagen	1-2
Franz Wöss Racing	60	André Fibier	Ralt RT36/956	Volkswagen	All
	61	Georg Holzer	Ralt RT35/884		1, 4, 7
		Franz Wöss			3, 5-6, 8, 10
	63	Arnold Wagner	Reynard 913/016	Volkswagen	1-2
Volkswagen Motorsport	66	Patrick Bernhardt	Ralt RT36/950	Volkswagen	All
Roger Studhalter	68	Roger Studhalter	Dallara 391/038	Volkswagen	10
Formel Vau Club Schweiz	69	Rudolf Meyer	Dallara 389/007	Alfa Romeo	10

Calendar

With the exception of round at Zolder in Belgium, all rounds took place on German soil.

Round		Location	Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	R1	Heusden-Zolder, Belgium	Circuit Zolder	3 April	AvD/MVBL Bergischer Löwe
	R2			4 April
2	R1	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	17 April	AvD/MAC-Rennsportfestival
	R2			18 April
3	R1	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	1 May	55. ADAC Eifelrennen
	R2			2 May
4	R1	Wunstorf, Germany	Wunstorf	15 May	ADAC Flugplatzrennen Wunstorf
	R2			16 May
5	R1	Nuremberg, Germany	Norisring	26 June	ADAC-Norisring-Trophäe "200 Meilen von Nürnberg"
	R2			27 June
6	R1	Diepholz, Germany	Diepholz Airfield Circuit	7 August	26. ADAC-Flugplatzrennen Diepholz
	R2			8 August
7	R1	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	21 August	ADAC-Formel Festival
	R2			22 August
8	R1	Singen, Germany	Alemannenring	28 August	3. ADAC-Preis Singen
	R2			29 August
9	R1	Berlin, Germany	AVUS	11 September	ADAC-Avus-Rennen
	R2			12 September
10	R1	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	18 September	DMV-Preis Hockenheim
	R2			19 September

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	B Class Winner
1	R1	Circuit Zolder	Michael Krumm	Jos Verstappen	Michael Krumm	G+M Escom Motorsport	André Fibier
	R2		Michael Krumm	Philipp Peter	Michael Krumm	G+M Escom Motorsport	Franz Binder
2	R1	Hockenheimring	Philipp Peter	Michael Krumm	Markus Liesner	KMS	André Fibier
	R2		Markus Liesner	Jos Verstappen	Sascha Maassen	Volkswagen Motorsport	Thomas Winkelhock
3	R1	Nürburgring	Sascha Maassen	Sascha Maassen	Sascha Maassen	Volkswagen Motorsport	André Fibier
	R2		Sascha Maassen	Markus Liesner	Michael Krumm	G+M Escom Motorsport	Patrick Bernhardt
4	R1	Wunstorf	Sascha Maassen	Jos Verstappen	Jos Verstappen	Opel Team WTS	André Fibier
	R2		Jos Verstappen	Jos Verstappen	Jos Verstappen	Opel Team WTS	Patrick Bernhardt
5	R1	Norisring	Jos Verstappen	Jos Verstappen	Jos Verstappen	Opel Team WTS	Patrick Bernhardt
	R2		Jos Verstappen	Jos Verstappen	Jos Verstappen	Opel Team WTS	Patrick Bernhardt
6	R1	Diepholz Airfield Circuit	Jörg Müller	Jörg Müller	Jörg Müller	Marko RSM	André Fibier
	R2		Jörg Müller	Sascha Maassen	Massimiliano Angelelli	Volkswagen Motorsport	André Fibier
7	R1	Nürburgring	Jos Verstappen	Jos Verstappen	Michael Krumm	G+M Escom Motorsport	André Fibier
	R2		Michael Krumm	Michael Krumm	Jos Verstappen	Opel Team WTS	Patrick Bernhardt
8	R1	Alemannenring	Sascha Maassen	Jos Verstappen	Sascha Maassen	Volkswagen Motorsport	Patrick Bernhardt
	R2		Sascha Maassen	Massimiliano Angelelli	Jos Verstappen	Opel Team WTS	Patrick Bernhardt
9	R1	AVUS	Jos Verstappen	Massimiliano Angelelli	Jos Verstappen	Opel Team WTS	Patrick Bernhardt
	R2		Jos Verstappen	Jos Verstappen	Jos Verstappen	Opel Team WTS	Patrick Bernhardt
10	R1	Hockenheimring	Massimiliano Angelelli	Jos Verstappen	Roberto Colciago	RC Motorsport	André Fibier
	R2		Roberto Colciago	Sascha Maassen	Sascha Maassen	Volkswagen Motorsport	Patrick Bernhardt

Championship standings

A-Class

• Points are awarded as follows:

Pos Driver ZOL HOC1 NÜR1 WUN NOR DIE NÜR2 SIN AVU HOC2 Points 1 Jos Verstappen 3 Ret 5 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 Ret 2 1 2 1 1 1 7 11 269 2 2 2 4 10 4 4 3 3 5 6 3 1 4 3 5 3 2 4 2 2 228 3 Sascha Maassen 5 4 2 1 1 3 2 4 4 4 Ret 5 5 Ret 1 2 4 5 6 1 225 4 Michael Krumm 1 1 Ret 8 3 1 8 Ret 7 3 4 Ret 1 2 6 9 3 2 3 3 198 5 Roberto Colciago 3 9 6 10 4 2 3 2 Ret Ret DNS 6 3 Ret 5 3 1 4 141 6 Philipp Peter Ret 3 Ret Ret 7 6 Ret 6 2 5 5 3 9 8 4 Ret 9 DNS 5 DNS 96 7 Christian Abt 8 6 8 3 8 7 5 5 Ret 10 13 11 3 4 7 Ret Ret Ret 8 5 85 8 Markus Liesner 4 5 1 Ret 9 5 18 7 9 9 Ret 6 17 5 8 Ret 6 DNS Ret 12 79 9 Jörg Müller 6 Ret 1 Ret 6 7 DNS 6 4 7 56 10 André Fibier 9 10 10 Ret 11 Ret 6 9 20 14 6 2 11 15 Ret 8 DNS 12 12 10 37 11 Marco Werner 8 DNS 7 7 7 9 9 4 7 7 Ret Ret 37 12 Claudia Hürtgen Ret Ret 6 2 5 11 DNS 11 Ret 8 Ret 10 12 DNS 33 13 Alexander Wurz Ret 7 9 6 20 12 Ret DNS 10 11 9 4 Ret 12 DNS 11 9 19 27 14 Dino Lamby 6 12 7 5 17 15 12 18 11 DNS 11 Ret Ret 16 10 6 25 15 Patrick Bernhardt Ret Ret 14 14 Ret 13 7 8 13 8 Ret Ret 12 11 11 5 12 8 22 9 23 16 Michael Graf Ret 13 13 11 10 9 10 Ret 12 7 10 Ret Ret Ret 14 7 DNS 13 17 6 19 17 Danny Pfeil 11 Ret 16 Ret 13 8 9 10 16 13 Ret 10 8 13 Ret 11 11 10 11 Ret 11 18 Frank Kremer 10 9 15 15 Ret DNS 11 13 14 12 8 9 13 14 13 10 Ret 14 18 13 9 19 Gian Maria Regazzoni Ret 14 Ret DNS Ret 13 10 18 Ret 12 8 9 10 21 7 20 Peter Kox 7 Ret Ret Ret 4 21 Christian Fischer Ret Ret 11 7 12 19 Ret DSQ Ret Ret 4 22 Franz Binder 12 8 15 Ret 15 16 Ret DNS 14 14 3 23 Steven Arnold Ret 8 3 24 Patrick Vallant 10 17 1 25 Günter Aberer 16 11 19 Ret 16 15 0 26 Tomáš Karhánek 13 DNS 17 Ret 19 20 15 16 17 17 12 12 15 17 DNS Ret 13 16 15 15 0 27 Michele Gasparini 12 12 0 28 Marko Mankonen 14 14 13 12 0 29 Thomas Wöhrle 18 13 16 17 DNS DNS 18 Ret DNS DNS 15 13 DNS DNS DNS 16 0 30 Ruedi Schurter Ret DNS 13 DNS 0 31 Andreas Schüssler 14 DNS Ret 16 18 18 14 Ret Ret 15 0 32 Hans Fertl 15 14 20 Ret 21 16 Ret Ret 19 18 Ret 14 14 19 16 14 14 18 16 Ret 0 33 Franz Wöss Ret 21 DNQ DNQ 14 15 17 15 19 20 0 34 Georg Holzer 17 15 17 17 18 21 0 35 Detlef Schoch DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 22 22 DNQ DNQ 15 Ret Ret 22 0 36 Sandy Grau DNS 15 DNS DNS 0 37 Claudia Kreuzsaler 16 20 0 38 Hans Egger-Richter DNS Ret 20 17 0 39 Arnold Wagner DNS DNS DNS 17 0 40 Roger Studhalter Ret 18 0 41 Rudolf Meyer 21 22 0 Andreas Reiter Ret Ret 0 Warren Hughes Ret DNS 0 Thomas Wagner DNQ DNQ DNS DNS 0 Frank Krämer DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver ZOL HOC1 NÜR1 WUN NOR DIE NÜR2 SIN AVU HOC2 Points

Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest Lap

Notes and References

1. Web site: Formula 3 Germany 1993 standings. driverdb.com. Driver Database. 11 October 2016.
2. Web site: STARTERLISTE 1993 DEUTSCHE FORMEL-3-MEISTERSCHAFT. formel3guide.com. German. 11 October 2016.