2006 German Formula Three Championship Explained

The 2006 ATS Formel 3 Cup season 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, Ligier, Lola and SLC which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It was the fourth edition of the ATS F3 Cup. It commenced on 22 April at Oschersleben and ended on 1 October at the same place after ten double-header rounds.

The title was won by Ho-Pin Tung, who became the first Chinese driver to win the Formula Three championship.^[1] He achieved nine wins, to overcome his teammate Ferdinand Kool by 46 points, who was victorious at Lausitz.^[2] The third place went to Harald Schlegelmilch, who clinched both the Trophy and Rookie titles and won three from four races at Assen. Seyffarth Motorsport driver Renger van der Zande lost two points to Schlegelmilch in both the main and Rookie championship to finish fourth and second respectively. Nico Hülkenberg won the race at Hockenheim and completed the top five.^[3] Schlegelmilch's teammate Joey Foster was the last driver to win more than one race. He did it at Oschersleben, Hockenheim and Nürburgring. Other wins were shared between Nathan Antunes and Johnny Cecotto Jr.

Teams and drivers

2006 Entry List^[4]
Team		Driver	Chassis	Engine	Status	Rounds
Cup Class
HS Technik Motorsport	2	Martin Hippe	Lola B06/30/HU04	Opel		1
	2	Nathan Antunes	Lola B06/30/HU04			7–10
	3	Joey Foster	Lola B06/30/HU03			1–6
JB Motorsport	5	Ferdinand Kool	Lola B06/30/HU01	Opel		All
JB Motorsport	6	Ho-Pin Tung	Lola B06/30/HU02	Opel		All
Seyffarth Motorsport	8	Renger van der Zande	Dallara F306/025	Mercedes		All
Seyffarth Motorsport	9	Cyndie Allemann	Dallara F306/06	Mercedes		All
Swiss Racing Team	10	Dominik Schraml	Dallara F305/004	Opel		1–2
	11	Hiroyuki Matsumura	Dallara F305/039			1–3
	12	Max Nilsson				4–6, 8–10
		Marcello Thomaz				1–5, 8, 10
Van Amersfoort Racing	16	Récardo Bruins Choi	Dallara F305/046	Opel		1–6, 8–10
Van Amersfoort Racing	17	Dominick Muermans	Dallara F306/023	Opel		1–6, 8–10
Leipert Motorsport	18	Norman Knop	Dallara F305/040	Opel		All
Schuler Motorsport	19	Hannes Neuhauser	Dallara F305/034	Toyota		5
Rennsport Rössler	20	Benjamin Leuchter	Dallara F305/024	Opel		10
Ombra Racing	22	Mattia Pavoni	Dallara F306/007	Mugen-Honda		All
	23	Marika Diana	Dallara F305/064			1–4
	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.				5–6
	24	Massimo Rossi				8–10
Josef Kaufmann Racing	25	Nico Hülkenberg		Opel		1–9
Target Racing	27	Riccardo Azzoli	SLC R1/F3003	Opel		1–7, 9–10
	28	Salvatore Gatto	SLC R1/F3002			1–7
	28	Johnny Cecotto Jr.				8–9
Bordoli Motorsport		Natacha Gachnang		Opel		1–6, 8–10
Performance Racing	30	Rodolfo Ávila	Dallara F305/051	Mugen-Honda		3
Trophy Class
JMS Motorsport	31	Christer Jöns	Dallara F302/084	Opel		1–6, 8
Neuhauser Racing	33	Marco Oberhauser	Dallara F303/022	Opel		9
Franz Wöss Racing	35	Martin Konrad	Dallara F302/087	Opel		1–7, 9–10
	36	Denis G. Watt	Dallara F302/074			1–4, 9
	37	Christopher Kuntz	Dallara F301/016			2
	37	Marko Nevalainen	Dallara F303/007			7
Rennsport Rössler	38	Helmut Ebert	Dallara F303/008	Opel		1–5
FS Motorsport	39	Marika Diana	Dallara F302/050	Opel		5–6
Jo Zeller Racing	40	Urs Rüttimann		Opel		4, 7, 9
Seyffarth Motorsport	41	Johannes Theobald	Dallara F303/015	Mercedes		1–6, 8–10
Prinz Schwadtke	42	Ronny Wechselberger	Dallara F302/040	Opel		All
Leipert Motorsport	45	Luca Iannaccone	Dallara F302/060	Renault		All
HS Technik Motorsport		Harald Schlegelmilch		Opel		All
KFR Team F3	47	Leonardo Valois	Dallara F302/044	Opel		6–8, 10
KFR Team F3	48	Petr Samek	Dallara F302/044	Opel		1–5, 9
WM Sporting Formula Racing	51	André Pablo Sander	Dallara F302/021	Renault		1–2
Schuler Motorsport	53	Marcel Schuler	Dallara F303/006	Toyota		All
Schuler Motorsport	54	Rolf Biland	Dallara F303/012			All
Swiss Racing Team	56	Hiroyuki Matsumura	Dallara F302/061	Opel		4
Swiss Racing Team	57	Michael Klein	Dallara F302/061	Opel		8–10
Bernd Deuling	58	Bernd Deuling	Dallara F302/009	Opel		8
Performance Racing	60	Juho Annala	Dallara F302/004	Mugen-Honda		3

Calendar

Round		Location	Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	R1	Oschersleben, Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	22 April	39. ADAC Westfalen-Pokal-Rennen
1	R2	Oschersleben, Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	23 April	39. ADAC Westfalen-Pokal-Rennen
2	R1	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	29 April	Jim Clark Revival
2	R2	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	30 April	Jim Clark Revival
3	R1	Klettwitz, Germany	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	13 May	ADAC "Lausitz Top 10"
3	R2	Klettwitz, Germany	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	14 May	ADAC "Lausitz Top 10"
4	R1	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	27 May	ACV-Sprint-Meeting
4	R2	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	28 May	ACV-Sprint-Meeting
5	R1	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	16 June	24 Hours Nürburgring
5	R2	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	17 June	24 Hours Nürburgring
6	R1	Assen, Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	15 July	ADAC/RSG Hansa-Pokal-Rennen
6	R2	Assen, Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	16 July	ADAC/RSG Hansa-Pokal-Rennen
7	R1	Klettwitz, Germany	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	29 July	ADAC Eastside 100
7	R2	Klettwitz, Germany	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	30 July	ADAC Eastside 100
8	R1	Assen, Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	12 August	Rizla Race Day
8	R2	Assen, Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	13 August	Rizla Race Day
9	R1	Salzburg, Austria	Salzburgring	16 September	Beru Top 10 ADAC Rennsport-Festival
9	R2	Salzburg, Austria	Salzburgring	17 September	Beru Top 10 ADAC Rennsport-Festival
10	R1	Oschersleben, Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	30 September	ADAC-Börde-Preis
10	R2	Oschersleben, Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	1 October	ADAC-Börde-Preis

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Nico Hülkenberg	Joey Foster	Ho-Pin Tung	JB Motorsport	nowrap	Harald Schlegelmilch
1	R2	Nico Hülkenberg	Joey Foster	Joey Foster	HS Technik Motorsport	Harald Schlegelmilch	Joey Foster
2	R1	Hockenheimring	Ferdinand Kool		Joey Foster	HS Technik Motorsport		Joey Foster
2	R2	Hockenheimring	Nico Hülkenberg	Joey Foster	Nico Hülkenberg		Johannes Theobald	Nico Hülkenberg
3	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	Ho-Pin Tung	Joey Foster	Ho-Pin Tung	JB Motorsport		Joey Foster
3	R2	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	Joey Foster	Nico Hülkenberg	Ho-Pin Tung	JB Motorsport	Harald Schlegelmilch	Nico Hülkenberg
4	R1	Nürburgring	Riccardo Azzoli	Ho-Pin Tung	Joey Foster	HS Technik Motorsport	Harald Schlegelmilch	Joey Foster
4	R2	Nürburgring	Ferdinand Kool	Joey Foster	Joey Foster	HS Technik Motorsport	Johannes Theobald	Joey Foster
5	R1	Nürburgring	Ferdinand Kool	Ho-Pin Tung	Ho-Pin Tung	JB Motorsport	Harald Schlegelmilch	Joey Foster
5	R2	Nürburgring	Ho-Pin Tung	Ho-Pin Tung	Ho-Pin Tung	JB Motorsport	Harald Schlegelmilch	Natacha Gachnang
6	R1	TT Circuit Assen	Joey Foster	Joey Foster	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Ombra Racing	Harald Schlegelmilch	Johnny Cecotto Jr.
6	R2	TT Circuit Assen	Joey Foster	Nico Hülkenberg		HS Technik Motorsport	Harald Schlegelmilch	Harald Schlegelmilch
7	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	Cyndie Allemann	Leonardo Valois	Ho-Pin Tung	JB Motorsport	Marcel Schuler	Cyndie Allemann
7	R2	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	Ferdinand Kool		Ferdinand Kool	JB Motorsport	Harald Schlegelmilch	Harald Schlegelmilch
8	R1	TT Circuit Assen		Nico Hülkenberg	Harald Schlegelmilch	HS Technik Motorsport	Harald Schlegelmilch	Harald Schlegelmilch
8	R2	TT Circuit Assen				HS Technik Motorsport
9	R1	Salzburgring		Harald Schlegelmilch	Nathan Antunes	HS Technik Motorsport	Johannes Theobald	Nathan Antunes
9	R2	Salzburgring	Nathan Antunes	Nico Hülkenberg	Ho-Pin Tung	JB Motorsport	Harald Schlegelmilch	Renger van der Zande
10	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Ho-Pin Tung	Ho-Pin Tung	Ho-Pin Tung	JB Motorsport	Ronny Wechselberger	Renger van der Zande
10	R2	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Ho-Pin Tung	Ho-Pin Tung	Ho-Pin Tung	JB Motorsport		Récardo Bruins Choi

Standings

ATS Formel 3 Cup

Points are awarded as follows:

Pos	Driver	OSC1		HOC		LAU1		NÜR1		NÜR2		ASS1		LAU2		ASS2		SAL		OSC2		Pts
1	Ho-Pin Tung	1	6	6	5	1	1	5	2	1	1	6	5	1	7	6	5	2	1	1	1	145
2	Ferdinand Kool	5	5	3	2	19	3	4	3	3	5	18	3	Ret	1	3	2	18	3	3	5	99
3		8	3	7	21	5	4	3	11	4	9	3	1	Ret	2	1	1	15	4	4	4	91
4		2	24†	4	3	3	Ret	Ret	4	7	Ret	5	6	3	4	2	4	3	2	2	6	89
5	Nico Hülkenberg	Ret	2	5	1	4	2	16	8	5	Ret	2	2	14	8	4	3	7	13			78
6	Joey Foster	23	1	1	4	2	Ret	1	1	2	8	4	20									76
7	Récardo Bruins Choi	6	Ret	2	27†	23	Ret	DNS	5	12	4	19	7			Ret	14	8	6	6	2	38
8	Riccardo Azzoli	4	4	8	6	6	5	2	7	Ret	Ret	8	10	9	10			4	9	10	13	38
9	Cyndie Allemann	11	11	16	Ret	8	7	6	9	9	7	Ret	8	2	3	14	7	16	5	16	10	30
10	Nathan Antunes															8	6	1	Ret	5	3	25
11	Johnny Cecotto Jr.									19	Ret	1	4			Ret	8	5	Ret			20
12	Marcello Thomaz	13	14	15	13	7	Ret	Ret	12	6	2					5	10			9	12	17
13	Natacha Gachnang	17	9	26†	9	14	10	9	10	8	3	Ret	12			7	12	Ret	11	7	11	11
14	Johannes Theobald	12	13	9	8	9	15	7	6	10	11	12	22			10	9	6	7	13	15	11
15	Salvatore Gatto	7	10	10	7	11	8	Ret	14	11	6	7	9	11	13							10
16	Dominik Schraml	3	7	12	11																	8
17	Ronny Wechselberger	10	8	11	10	Ret	9	22	15	14	14	11	15	15	6	9	17	9	8	11	8	7
18	Marcel Schuler	Ret	20	28†	15	Ret	18	Ret	24	21	16	13	17	4	12	16	15	22	15	Ret	19	5
19	Leonardo Valois											Ret	21	12	5	Ret	23			DNS	22	5
20	Rolf Biland	16	17	14	14	16	12	10	16	17	13	Ret	14	5	9	15	19	19	16	12	17	4
21	Hiroyuki Matsumura	9	25†	13	Ret	10	6	18	19													3
22	Marko Nevalainen													6	11							3
23	Dominick Muermans	Ret	Ret	22	Ret	17	Ret	12	20	24	10	10	13			Ret	11	14	10	8	7	3
24	Martin Konrad	19	DNS	25	24	20	21	20	25	Ret	20	15	19	7	14			20	19	20	21	2
25	Norman Knop	14	15	29†	17	15	16	8	18	Ret	17	Ret	Ret	8	16	19	18	Ret	DNS	18	20	2
26	Christer Jöns	Ret	19	27	16	13	14	11	13	18	18	9	18			11	21					0
27	Benjamin Leuchter																			14	9	0
28	Mattia Pavoni	24	Ret	21	12	Ret	19	13	17	16	19	Ret	16	Ret	DNS	13	20	10	12	Ret	Ret	0
29	Urs Rüttimann							24	23					10	15			12	23			0
30	Max Nilsson							15	22	15	12	14	11			12	13	11	18	15	14	0
31	Juho Annala					12	11															0
32	Martin Hippe	DNS	12																			0
33	Michael Klein															20	22	13	Ret	17	16	0
34	Luca Iannacone	22	23	DNS	26	22	23	23	28	25	23	17	Ret	13	17	17	24	24	22	22	24	0
35	Hannes Neuhauser									22	13											0
36	Rodolfo Ávila					DNS	13															0
37	Marika Diana	15	22	19	22	Ret	17	14	21	20	Ret	16	Ret									0
38	Marco Oberhauser																	25	14			0
39	Petr Samek	Ret	18	17	20	18	20	17	29	22	15							23	17			0
40	André Pablo Sander	20	16	18	18																	0
41	Massimo Rossi															Ret	20	17	20	19	Ret	0
42	Denis G. Watt	18	26†	24	23	Ret	22	21	27									21	21			0
43	Bernd Deuling															18	25			21	23	0
44	Christopher Kuntz			20	19																	0
45	Helmut Ebert	21	21	23	25	21	Ret	19	26	23	21											0
Pos	Driver	OSC1		HOC		LAU1		NÜR1		NÜR2		ASS1		LAU2		ASS2		SAL		OSC2		Pts

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest Lap

Trophy

Points are awarded as follows:

Pos	Driver	OSC1		HOC		LAU1		NÜR1		NÜR2		ASS1		LAU2		ASS2		SAL		OSC2		Pts
1	Harald Schlegelmilch	8	3	7	21	5	4	3	11	4	9	3	1	Ret	2	1	1	15	4			152
2	Johannes Theobald	12	13	9	8	9	15	7	6	10	11	12	22			10	9	6	7	13	15	126
3	align=left nowrap	Ronny Wechselberger	10	8	11	10	Ret	9	22	15	14	14	11	15	15	6	9	17	9	8	11	8	118
4	Rolf Biland	16	17	14	14	16	12	10	16	17	13	Ret	14	5	9	15	19	19	16	12	17	93
5	Marcel Schuler	Ret	20	28†	15	Ret	18	Ret	24	21	16	13	17	4	12	16	15	22	15	Ret	19	50
6	Christer Jöns	Ret	19	27	16	13	14	11	13	18	18	9	18			11	21					48
7	Martin Konrad	19	DNS	25	24	20	21	20	25	Ret	20	15	19	7	14			20	19	20	21	28
8	Petr Samek	Ret	18	17	20	18	20	17	29	22	15							23	17			19
9	Michael Klein															20	22	13	Ret	17	16	18
10	Marcello Thomaz	13	14	15	13																	18
11	Natacha Gachnang	17	9	26†	9																	17
12	Leonardo Valois											Ret	21	12	5	Ret	23			DNS	22	16
13	Urs Rüttimann							24	23					10	15			12	23			13
14	Juho Annala					12	11															12
15	Marko Nevalainen													6	11							10
16	Luca Iannacone	22	23	DNS	26	22	23	23	28	25	23	17	Ret	13	17	17	24	24	22	22	24	7
17	Hiroyuki Matsumura							18	19													6
18	André Pablo Sander	20	16	18	18																	6
19	Marco Oberhauser																	25	14			5
20	Marika Diana									20	Ret	16	Ret									5
21	Bernd Deuling															18	25			21	23	5
22	Helmut Ebert	21	21	23	25	21	Ret	19	26	23	21											3
23	Denis G. Watt	18	26†	24	23	Ret	22	21	27									21	21			3
24	Christopher Kuntz			20	19																	1
Pos	Driver	OSC1		HOC		LAU1		NÜR1		NÜR2		ASS1		LAU2		ASS2		SAL		OSC2		Pts

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Rookie

Points are awarded as follows:

Pos	Driver	OSC1		HOC		LAU1		NÜR1		NÜR2		ASS1		LAU2		ASS2		SAL		OSC2		Pts
1	Harald Schlegelmilch	8	3	7	21	5	4	3	11	4	9	3	1	Ret	2	1	1	15	4	4	4	117
2	align=left nowrap	Renger van der Zande	2	24	4	3	3	Ret	Ret	4	7	Ret	5	6	3	4	2	4	3	2	2	6	115
3	Nico Hülkenberg	Ret	2	5	1	4	2	16	8	5	Ret	2	2	14	8	4	3	7	13			90
4	Joey Foster	23	1	1	4	2	Ret	1	1	2	8	4	20									75
5	Cyndie Allemann	11	11	16	Ret	8	7	6	9	9	7	Ret	8	2	3	14	7	16	5	16	10	63
6	Récardo Bruins Choi	6	Ret	2	27	23	Ret	DNS	5	12	4	19	7			Ret	14	8	6	6	2	59
7	Natacha Gachnang	17	9	26	9	14	10	9	10	8	3	Ret	12			7	12	Ret	11	7	11	46
8	Salvatore Gatto	7	10	10	7	11	8	Ret	14	11	6	7	9	11	13							41
9	Ronny Wechselberger	10	8	11	10	Ret	9	22	15	14	14	11	15	15	6	9	17	9	8	11	8	37
10	Nathan Antunes															8	6	1	Ret	5	3	33
11	Johnny Cecotto Jr.									19	Ret	1	4			Ret	8	5	Ret			25
12	Dominick Muermans	Ret	Ret	22	Ret	17	Ret	12	20	24	10	10	13			Ret	11	14	10	8	7	19
13	Rolf Biland	16	17	14	14	16	12	10	16	17	13	Ret	14	5	9	15	19	19	16	12	17	15
14	Hiroyuki Matsumura	9	25	13	Ret	10	6	18	19													14
15	Leonardo Valois											Ret	21	12	5	Ret	23			DNS	22	8
16	Mattia Pavoni	24	Ret	21	12	Ret	19	13	17	16	19	Ret	16	Ret	DNS	13	20	10	12	Ret	Ret	8
17	Marcel Schuler	Ret	20	28	15	Ret	18	Ret	24	21	16	13	17	4	12	16	15	22	15	Ret	19	7
18	Max Nilsson							15	22	15	12	14	11			12	13	11	18	15	14	3
19	Benjamin Leuchter																			14	9	2
20	Marika Diana	15	22	19	22	Ret	17	14	21	20	Ret	16	Ret									2
21	André Pablo Sander	20	16	18	18																	1
Pos	Driver	OSC1		HOC		LAU1		NÜR1		NÜR2		ASS1		LAU2		ASS2		SAL		OSC2		Pts

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Notes and References

News: Oschersleben, qualifica 1: Ho Pin Tung da campione . 30 September 2006 . ItaliaRacing.net . Inpagina . Italian . 8 November 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141108151239/http://italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=12613&cat=25 . 8 November 2014 . dmy .
News: Lausitzring, gara 1-2: JB Motorsport imbattibile sull'ovale. 31 July 2006. ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. Italian. 8 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141108151345/http://italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=11912&cat=25. 8 November 2014. dead. dmy-all.
News: Hockenheim, gara 2: Hulkenberg rompe il ghiaccio. 1 May 2006. ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. Italian. 8 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141108150510/http://italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=10847&cat=25. 8 November 2014. dead. dmy-all.
Web site: 2006 Entry List . formel3guide.com. 8 November 2014. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924014720/http://www.formel3guide.com/images/starter/2006-starter-cup.pdf . 24 September 2015 .