2005 German Formula Three Championship Explained

The 2005 ATS Formel 3 Cup was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by Dallara which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It was the third edition of the ATS F3 Cup. It commenced on 23 April at Oschersleben and ended on 9 October at the same place after nine double-header rounds.

Jo Zeller Racing driver Peter Elkmann clinched the championship title.^[1] He collected six wins, to overcome his closest rival Michael Devaney by 49 points, who won five races. The third place went to Ho-Pin Tung, who was victorious at both the opening and final race of the season at Oschersleben. Seyffarth Motorsport Pascal Kochem didn't achieve a race win but had eight podiums and won the Rookie Cup. Frank Kechele, who completed the top-five, lost eight points to Kochem in both main and rookie standings. Other wins were shared between Martin Hippe, Ferdinand Kool and Jan Seyffarth, who clinched both the Trophy and Rookie titles.

Teams and drivers

All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.^[2]

Team Driver Chassis Engine Status Rounds Cup Class HS Technik Motorsport 1 Maxime Hodencq F302/033 Opel 1 Michael Devaney 2–9 2 Martin Hippe F303/026 All 33 Harald Schlegelmilch F302/033 8–9 Jo Zeller Racing 3 Peter Elkmann F302/073 Opel All JB Motorsport 5 Ferdinand Kool F302/010 Opel All 6 Ho-Pin Tung F302/072 All FS Motorsport 10 Frank Kechele F302/050 Mercedes 1–8 11 Franz Schmöller All Van Amersfoort Racing 12 Paul Meijer F302/084 Opel 1 Seyffarth Motorsport 15 Pascal Kochem Mercedes All 16 Roberth Kath F302/032 1–3 Jan Seyffarth 8 17 Jochen Nerpel F303/015 2–5 18 Julian Theobald All 19 Johannes Theobald 1–3, 5–7, 9 Leipert Motorsport 20 Norman Knop F302/005 Opel All 21 Marcel Leipert F302/060 Renault 8 32 Luca Iannaccone F302/021 8 Rennsport Rössler 22 Manuel Taxacher F303/022 Opel 2 Thomas Rössler 5 Franz Wöss Racing 23 Sven Barth F302/087 Opel 5 Franz Wöss 8 Christopher Kuntz 9 FBR 24 Frank Brendecke F302/084 Opel 1, 4 Petutschnig Engineering 25 Christopher Wassermann F303/022 Opel 1 Prinz Schwadtke 26 Ronny Wechselberger F302/040 Opel 4, 8 Junior Racing Team 26 Michael Herck F305/005 Opel 1, 5 Swiss Racing Team 29 Dominik Schraml F302/011 Opel 1–7, 9 30 Radi Müller F302/061 2, 4–6, 9 Griffith's 31 Patrick d' Aubreby F302/029 Opel 2 Corbetta Competizioni 34 Davide Valsecchi F302/051 Opel 7 KFR Team F3 34 Petr Samek F302/044 Opel 9 Team Midland Euroseries 36 Frank Kechele F302/044 Toyota 9 Trophy Class Edenbridge Racing 38 Lou Meng Cheong F302/044 Mugen-Honda 6–7 Performance Racing 39 Adam Langley-Khan F302/048 Mugen-Honda 4 JMS Motorsport 51 Kevin Fank F302/084 Opel 1–7, 9 52 Christer Jöns F302/084 Opel 1–7, 9 Franz Wöss Racing 54 Florian Schnitzenbaumer F399/072 Opel 1–6 55 Christopher Kuntz F301/016 1–7 Diego Romanini 9 Rennsport Rössler 57 Luca Iannaccone F301/031 Opel 1–7, 9 Jo Zeller Racing 59 Urs Rüttimann F301/006 Opel 2, 6 60 Daniel Roider F399/051 2 Christian Zeller 61 Christian Zeller F300/050 Opel 2 Remy Striebig 62 Remy Striebig F399/009 Opel 2, 5 Peter Hug 63 Peter Hug F399/011 Opel 2 Leipert Motorsport 64 Tobias Blättler F301/026 Opel 5–7

Calendar

With the exception of round at TT Circuit Assen, all rounds took place on German soil.

Round		Location	Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	R1	Oschersleben, Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	23 April	ADAC Westfalen-Pokal-Rennen
	R2			24 April
2	R1	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	21 May	ADAC Rennsportfestival Würzburg
	R2			22 May
3	R1	Saxony, Germany	Sachsenring	18 June	ADAC Rundstreckenrennen Sachsenring
	R2			19 June
4	R1	Klettwitz, Germany	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	9 July	ADAC F1 Historic
	R2			10 July
5	R1	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	9 July	ADAC Truck Grand Prix
	R2			10 July
6	R1	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	30 July	ACV-Sprint-Meeting
	R2			31 July
7	R1	Assen, Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	6 August	Rizla Race Day
	R2			7 August
8	R1	Klettwitz, Germany	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	27 August	ADAC Eastside 100
	R2			28 August
9	R1	Oschersleben, Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	8 October	ADAC-Börde-Preis
	R2			9 October

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Peter Elkmann	Peter Elkmann	Ho-Pin Tung	JB Motorsport	Kevin Fank	Frank Kechele
	R2	Frank Kechele	Frank Kechele	Frank Kechele	FS Motorsport	Kevin Fank	Frank Kechele
2	R1	Hockenheimring	nowrap	Michael Devaney	Jochen Nerpel	nowrap	Michael Devaney	HS Technik Motorsport	nowrap	Urs Rüttimann	nowrap	Pascal Kochem
	R2		Peter Elkmann	Peter Elkmann	Martin Hippe	nowrap	HS Technik Motorsport	Kevin Fank	Martin Hippe
3	R1	Sachsenring	Peter Elkmann	Peter Elkmann	Peter Elkmann	Jo Zeller Racing	Kevin Fank	Pascal Kochem
	R2		Peter Elkmann	Pascal Kochem	Peter Elkmann	Jo Zeller Racing	nowrap	Christer Jöns	Pascal Kochem
4	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	Martin Hippe	Michael Devaney	Michael Devaney	HS Technik Motorsport	Kevin Fank	Martin Hippe
	R2		Peter Elkmann	Peter Elkmann	Peter Elkmann	Jo Zeller Racing	Christer Jöns	Pascal Kochem
5	R1	Nürburgring	Peter Elkmann	Peter Elkmann	Peter Elkmann	Jo Zeller Racing	Kevin Fank	Frank Kechele
	R2		Peter Elkmann	Peter Elkmann	Peter Elkmann	Jo Zeller Racing	Christer Jöns	Pascal Kochem
6	R1	Nürburgring	Peter Elkmann	Peter Elkmann	Michael Devaney	HS Technik Motorsport	Tobias Blättler	Pascal Kochem
	R2		Ho-Pin Tung	Peter Elkmann	Michael Devaney	HS Technik Motorsport	Kevin Fank	Martin Hippe
7	R1	TT Circuit Assen	Ferdinand Kool	Ho-Pin Tung	Ferdinand Kool	JB Motorsport	Christer Jöns	Ferdinand Kool
	R2		Pascal Kochem	Martin Hippe	Michael Devaney	HS Technik Motorsport	Tobias Blättler	Martin Hippe
8	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	Ferdinand Kool	Julian Theobald	Jan Seyffarth	Seyffarth Motorsport	not held	Ferdinand Kool
	R2		nowrap	Ferdinand Kool	nowrap	Ronny Wechselberger	nowrap	Ferdinand Kool	nowrap	JB Motorsport	nowrap	Ferdinand Kool
9	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Peter Elkmann	Peter Elkmann	Peter Elkmann	Jo Zeller Racing	Kevin Fank	Martin Hippe
	R2		Ho-Pin Tung	Peter Elkmann	Ho-Pin Tung	JB Motorsport	Kevin Fank	Frank Kechele

ATS Formel 3 Cup

• Points are awarded as follows:

Pos Driver OSC1 HOC SAC LAU1 NÜR1 NÜR2 ASS LAU2 OSC2 Pts 1 Peter Elkmann 2 5 5 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 4 2 3 3 10 1 2 150 2 Michael Devaney 1 Ret 2 6 1 2 3 4 1 1 8 1 14 4 3 3 101 3 Ho-Pin Tung 1 3 4 4 16 Ret DNS Ret 4 3 4 2 6 5 Ret 2 2 1 88 4 Pascal Kochem DNS 10 3 6 3 2 4 3 5 2 3 Ret 3 DNS 4 3 5 5 79 5 Frank Kechele 3 1 8 8 4 3 Ret 4 2 6 17 5 5 4 7 9 6 4 71 6 Martin Hippe 9 8 7 1 8 Ret 2 6 12 7 5 3 10 2 6 5 4 6 64 7 Ferdinand Kool 7 4 Ret 3 7 4 10 7 6 Ret 6 6 1 Ret 2 1 Ret 7 63 8 Franz Schmöller 6 7 26 Ret 6 5 6 8 7 Ret 8 9 12 6 8 7 8 8 28 9 Robert Kath 4 2 2 7 15 7 25 10 Jochen Nerpel 6 5 5 Ret 7 5 Ret 5 22 11 Julian Theobald 11 14 15 10 11 8 13 12 14 Ret 10 17 11 10 5 6 7 12 11 12 Jan Seyffarth 1 Ret 10 13 Dominik Schraml 13 16 9 Ret Ret Ret 11 9 8 8 7 7 17 9 Ret 11 7 14 Ronny Wechselberger 5 10 10 8 6 15 Paul Meijer 5 9 5 16 Christer Jöns Ret 18 14 11 17 10 12 13 13 9 12 14 7 12 13 14 3 17 Johannes Theobald 12 11 10 15 10 9 10 Ret Ret 10 9 8 9 10 3 18 Adam Langley-Khan 8 11 1 19 Kevin Fank 15 13 12 9 9 Ret 9 15 11 15 13 8 16 13 10 13 1 20 Harald Schlegelmilch 9 13 Ret 9 0 21 Sven Barth 9 Ret 0 22 Tobias Blättler Ret 10 9 11 15 11 0 23 Maxime Hodencq 10 Ret 0 24 Christopher Kuntz 18 20 19 13 13 11 16 DNS 18 11 11 13 18 16 12 16 0 25 Norman Knop 19 19 25 21 14 13 DNS Ret 16 13 14 14 14 Ret 11 11 11 20 0 26 Urs Rüttimann 11 14 15 12 0 27 align=left nowrap Florian Schnitzenbaumer 17 17 17 Ret 12 12 15 16 19 16 Ret 15 0 28 Manuel Taxacher 13 12 0 29 Franz Wöss 13 12 0 30 align=left nowrap Christopher Wassermann 14 12 0 31 Marcel Leipert 12 15 0 32 Lou Meng Cheong Ret DNS 13 14 0 33 Luca Iannaccone 20 21 23 20 18 14 18 17 21 18 15 Ret 19 15 15 14 16 19 0 34 Frank Brendecke 16 15 14 14 0 35 Diego Romanini 14 15 0 36 Thomas Rössler 17 14 0 37 Radi Müller 21 17 17 Ret 20 Ret 16 16 15 18 0 38 Christian Zeller 18 16 0 39 Patrick d' Aubreby 16 DNS 0 40 Remy Striebig 24 19 22 17 0 41 Petr Samek Ret 17 0 42 Daniel Roider 20 18 0 43 Peter Hug 22 Ret 0 guest drivers ineligible for points Davide Valsecchi 4 7 Michael Herck 8 6 23 DNS Pos Driver OSC1 HOC SAC LAU1 NÜR1 NÜR2 ASS LAU2 OSC2 Pts

Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest Lap

Notes and References

1. Web site: CHAMPIONSHIP SECURED IN OVAL PREMIERE . 28 August 2005 . Spiess Motorenbau GmbH . 22 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224713/http://www.spiess-motorenbau.de/en/f3cup_050830_lausitz_en.php . 3 March 2016 . live . dmy .
2. Web site: STARTERLISTE 2005 RECARO FORMEL 3 CUP. formel3guide.com. German. 22 November 2014.