1994 German Formula Three Championship Explained

The 1994 German Formula Three Championship (German: 1994 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 9 April at Zolder and ended at Hockenheim on 9 October after ten double-header rounds.

Marko RSM driver Jörg Müller became a champion. He dominated the season, winning eleven of 20 races. Alexander Wurz finished as runner-up with three wins, all achieved at Hockenheim, losing 71 points to Müller. Ralf Schumacher won at Singen, completing the top-three in the drivers' championship. Norberto Fontana and Philipp Peter were the other race winners. Arnd Meier clinched the B-Cup championship title.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Entry List^[2]
Team		Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Class A
Opel Team WTS	1	Sascha Maassen	Dallara F394/003	Opel	All
	2	Ralf Schumacher	Dallara F394/002		All
Volkswagen Motorsport	3	Massimiliano Angelelli	Dallara F394/007	Volkswagen	All
	4	Patrick Bernhardt	Dallara F394/008		All
G+M Escom Motorsport	5	Michael Graf	Dallara F394/018	Opel	All
	6	Alexander Wurz	Dallara F394/019		All
Abt Motorsport	7	Dino Lamby	Dallara F394/005	Opel	1-4
		Ronny Melkus			5-10
	8	Christian Abt	Dallara F394/006		All
Marko RSM	9	Jörg Müller	Dallara F394/012	Fiat	All
	10	Anreas Reiter	Dallara F394/039		1-7, 9-10
Elf Team Formel 3	11	Philipp Peter	Dallara F394/037	Fiat	All
	12	Roberto Colciago	Dallara F394/049		1-4
		Marco Werner	Dallara F394/049		5-10
Eggenberger Motorsport	14	Johnny Hauser	Dallara F394/032	Mugen-Honda	1-5, 7-8
		Christian Fischer			6
KMS	15	Norberto Fontana	Dallara F394/015	Opel	All
	16	Frederico Viegas	Dallara F394/016		1-6
		Martijn Koene			7
		Ralf Kalastchek			10
	17	Manuel Gião	Dallara F394/021	Opel	1-8
		Rui Águas			10
	18	Pedro Couceiro	Dallara F394/020		All
	20	André Fibier	Jak JK26/0003	Opel	1-3
		Brian Taulborg			5
Parma Motorsport	21	Hans Fertl	Dallara F394/043	Fiat	1-5
		Sebastian Mordillo	Dallara F394/060		10
	22	Ralf Kalaschek			1-6
Saulnier Sport	23	Christophe Tinseau	Dallara F393/022	Opel	7, 10
	25	Benjamin Roy	Dallara F393/041		10
Pilette Speed Tradition	24	Paolo Coloni	Pilette PWT 94C/1032	Fiat	9
		Dirk Müller			10
Richard Arnold Developments	27	Steven Arnold	Dallara F393/043	Fiat	10
Class B
Volkswagen Motorsport	50	Oliver Tichy	Dallara F393/033	Volkswagen	All
KMS	51	Klaus Graf	Dallara F393/009	Opel	All
Franz Wöss Racing	52	Patrick Vallant	Dallara F393/018	Volkswagen	1-2
		Martin Albrecht			5
		Franz Wöss			3-4, 6-7, 9-10
	53	Josef Neuhauser	Ralt RT36/956		5
		Georg Holzer			10
WTS-TKF Racing	54	Tomas Karhanek	Dallara F393/040	Opel	1
		André Fibier			4-10
	55	Katsumi Yamamoto	Dallara F393/034		All
AMC Diepholz	56	Arnd Meier	Dallara F393/020	Opel	All
Racing Team Aberer	58	Raphael Künzi	Dallara F393/031	Fiat	1
Bergmeister Sport	59	Tim Bergmeister	Dallara F393/004	Opel	All
Westwood Racing	60	Helmut Schwitalla	Dallara F393/003	Opel	1-2
		Wolf Henzler			8-10
	61	Wolfgang Koslowski	Dallara F393/065		10
Hofmann Motorsport	62	Thomas Winkelhock	Dallara F393/036	Opel	All
	63	Christian Menzel	Dallara F393/035		All
Jo Zeller Racing	64	Jo Zeller	Dallara F393/002	Fiat	5, 9-10
	65	Urs Rüttimann	Ralt RT37/1004	Mugen-Honda	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	9 April	25. Bergischer Löwe
	R2			10 April
2	R1	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	23 April	AvD/MAC-Rennsportfestival
	R2			24 April
3	R1	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	7 May	56. ADAC Eifelrennen
	R2			8 May
4	R1	Wunstorf, Germany	Wunstorf	11 June	ADAC Flugplatzrennen Wunstorf
	R2			12 June
5	R1	Nuremberg, Germany	Norisring	25 June	52. ADAC Norisring-Rennen - 200 Meilen von Nürnberg
	R2			26 June
6	R1	Diepholz, Germany	Diepholz Airfield Circuit	23 July	27. ADAC-Flugplatzrennen Diepholz
	R2			24 July
7	R1	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	20 August	ADAC Großer Preis der Tourenwagen
	R2			21 August
8	R1	Berlin, Germany	AVUS	3 September	ADAC Avus Rennen
	R2			4 September
9	R1	Singen, Germany	Alemannenring	17 September	4. ADAC-Preis Singen
	R2			18 September
10	R1	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	14 October	DMV-Preis Hockenheim
	R2			15 October

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	B Class Winner
1	R1	Circuit Zolder	Jörg Müller	Cancelled due to snow^[3]
	R2		Jörg Müller	Sascha Maassen	Jörg Müller	Marko RSM	Oliver Tichy
2	R1	Hockenheimring	Sascha Maassen	Sascha Maassen	Alexander Wurz	G+M Escom Motorsport	Oliver Tichy
	R2		Alexander Wurz	Alexander Wurz	Alexander Wurz	G+M Escom Motorsport	Thomas Winkelhock
3	R1	Nürburgring	Sascha Maassen	Alexander Wurz	Jörg Müller	Marko RSM	Christian Menzel
	R2		Jörg Müller	Ralf Schumacher	Jörg Müller	Marko RSM	Klaus Graf
4	R1	Wunstorf	Arnd Meier	Sascha Maassen	Norberto Fontana	KMS	Arnd Meier
	R2		Norberto Fontana	Jörg Müller	Jörg Müller	Marko RSM	Arnd Meier
5	R1	Norisring	Jörg Müller	Christian Abt	Jörg Müller	Marko RSM	Thomas Winkelhock
	R2		Jörg Müller	Pedro Couceiro	Philipp Peter	Elf Team Formel 3	Thomas Winkelhock
6	R1	Diepholz Airfield Circuit	Sascha Maassen	Patrick Bernhardt	Jörg Müller	Marko RSM	Tim Bergmeister
	R2		Jörg Müller	Andreas Reiter	Jörg Müller	Marko RSM	André Fibier
7	R1	Nürburgring	Norberto Fontana	Ralf Schumacher	Norberto Fontana	KMS	André Fibier
	R2		Norberto Fontana	Alexander Wurz	Norberto Fontana	KMS	André Fibier
8	R1	AVUS	Jörg Müller	Jörg Müller	Jörg Müller	Marko RSM	Arnd Meier
	R2		Jörg Müller	Jörg Müller	Jörg Müller	Marko RSM	Arnd Meier
9	R1	Alemannenring	Sascha Maassen	Jörg Müller	Ralf Schumacher	Opel Team WTS	Arnd Meier
	R2		Ralf Schumacher	Jörg Müller	Jörg Müller	Marko RSM	Arnd Meier
10	R1	Hockenheimring	Ralf Schumacher	Ralf Schumacher	Jörg Müller	Marko RSM	Oliver Tichy
	R2		Jörg Müller	Ralf Schumacher	Alexander Wurz	G+M Escom Motorsport	Tim Bergmeister

Notes

Championship standings

A-Class

• Points are awarded as follows:

Pos Driver ZOL HOC1 NÜR1 WUN NOR DIE NÜR2 AVU SIN HOC2 Points 1 Jörg Müller C 1 4 3 1 1 14 1 1 2 1 1 6 5 1 1 2 1 1 7 290 2 Alexander Wurz C 4 1 1 3 3 Ret 6 4 3 3 3 3 2 4 3 5 3 7 1 219 3 Ralf Schumacher C 3 3 9 Ret 8 2 Ret Ret 10 2 2 2 3 2 14 1 2 DSQ 6 158 4 Sascha Maassen C 2 14 10 4 Ret 4 4 2 5 12 8 4 4 6 4 3 5 4 2 153 5 Pedro Couceiro C 5 2 2 2 2 5 2 14 4 18 Ret 19 11 7 6 17 11 3 3 135 6 Norberto Fontana C 15 11 8 Ret 9 1 8 5 20 Ret 13 1 1 3 2 Ret DNS 2 Ret 118 7 Philipp Peter C 13 5 4 13 Ret 8 5 3 1 5 4 7 7 8 Ret 9 6 5 4 116 8 Christian Abt C 6 10 6 11 11 16 Ret 8 6 Ret 7 5 6 5 5 4 Ret 17 11 66 9 C 12 Ret 12 6 7 7 7 11 7 6 5 15 14 10 7 8 4 6 8 63 10 Frederico Viegas C 8 9 7 10 5 6 3 Ret 14 13 12 36 11 Arnd Meier C 14 17 16 8 16 3 11 15 16 DNS Ret 11 Ret 9 10 6 7 15 13 28 12 Andreas Reiter C 7 7 Ret 14 Ret 11 Ret DNQ DNQ 11 6 Ret 16 14 DSQ 10 5 23 13 Christian Menzel C 10 19 17 5 6 DNS DNS 10 12 Ret 16 13 13 Ret 16 7 8 12 14 23 14 Marco Werner 6 8 8 Ret 23 22 11 8 10 Ret 8 9 21 15 Klaus Graf C 18 16 20 7 4 Ret DNS DNQ DNQ Ret 17 20 Ret Ret Ret 13 Ret 14 18 14 16 Patrick Bernhardt C Ret DSQ EX 12 10 17 17 Ret 13 4 9 DNS DNS 14 Ret Ret Ret 22 Ret 13 17 Roberto Colciago C 21 8 5 21 17 Ret 18 11 18 André Fibier C Ret Ret Ret 24 18 13 15 Ret Ret 9 10 9 8 16 11 11 9 19 16 10 19 Manuel Gião C Ret 20 Ret 19 15 10 9 13 9 Ret 15 10 10 DNS DNS 7 20 Johnny Hauser C 19 6 Ret 15 Ret Ret 13 19 Ret 12 12 15 Ret 6 21 Michael Graf C 16 22 15 22 12 12 10 7 Ret DNS DNS DNS 17 13 Ret 16 Ret 20 DNS 5 22 Tim Bergmeister C 23 15 18 18 14 15 12 17 19 7 11 16 18 DNS 13 15 10 13 12 5 23 Martijn Koene 8 9 5 24 Oliver Tichy C 9 12 13 Ret DNS 9 16 20 Ret 10 Ret 14 Ret Ret 12 18 12 11 Ret 5 25 Christophe Tinseau DNS DNS 9 10 3 26 Katsumi Yamamoto C 20 Ret 19 9 13 Ret 14 DNQ DNQ 15 18 18 19 Ret Ret Ret 15 21 20 2 27 Thomas Winkelhock C 17 13 11 17 Ret 20 Ret 9 11 Ret Ret 17 15 12 Ret 19 14 26 Ret 2 28 Ronny Melkus DNQ DNQ 16 Ret 21 20 Ret 9 12 Ret 25 21 2 Dino Lamby C 11 21 14 Ret Ret DNS DNS 0 Christian Fischer 14 14 0 Wolf Henzler 17 15 Ret 13 DNS DNS 0 Steven Arnold 18 15 0 Sebastian Mordillo 24 22 0 Raphael Künzi C 22 0 Franz Wöss C 24 23 19 19 19 17 19 22 21 Ret 17 27 23 0 Ralf Kalaschek C Ret Ret Ret 16 20 Ret Ret 16 17 Ret Ret 23 17 0 Jo Zeller 18 18 20 16 16 19 0 Wolfgang Koslowski 29 24 0 Dirk Müller 31 25 0 Georg Holzer 30 26 0 Urs Rüttimann 28 Ret 0 Patrick Vallant C Ret Ret Ret 0 Hans Fertl C Ret 18 Ret 20 DNS 18 Ret 12 15 0 Helmut Schwitalla C Ret DNS DNS 0 Benjamin Roy DNS 27 0 Rui Águas DSQ 28 0 Paolo Coloni DNS DNS 0 Jérémie Dufour DNS DNS 0 Tomas Karhanek C DNS 0 Brian Taulborg DNQ DNQ 0 Martin Albrecht DNQ DNQ 0 Josef Neuhauser DNQ DNQ 0 Pos Driver ZOL HOC1 NÜR1 WUN NOR DIE NÜR2 AVU SIN HOC2 Points

Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest Lap

Notes and References

1. Web site: Formula 3 Germany 1994 standings. driverdb.com. Driver Database. 11 October 2016.
2. Web site: STARTERLISTE 1994 DEUTSCHE FORMEL-3-MEISTERSCHAFT. formel3guide.com. German. 11 October 2016.
3. Web site: Saisonauftakt-Rennen verschoben. 9 April 1994. formel3guide.com. German. 11 October 2016.