2009 German Formula Three Championship Explained

The 2009 ATS F3 Cup was the seventh edition of the German F3 Cup. It commenced on 12 April and ended on 18 October. Belgian driver Laurens Vanthoor (Van Amersfoort Racing) won the title with two rounds to spare.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Guest drivers in italics.

Team	Chassis	Engine		Driver	Rounds
Cup Class
Jo Zeller Racing	Dallara F306/014	Mercedes	1	Rahel Frey	1–5
	Dallara F306/014		1	Tim Sandtler	7
	Dallara F305/011		10	Zahir Ali	4–5
				Bernd Herndlhofer	6
				Sandro Zeller^[2]	9
HS Technik Motorsport		Mercedes	2	Bernd Herndlhofer	1–5
	Dallara F305/037		2	Harald Schlegelmilch^[3]	6–9
	Dallara F306/025		3	Willi Steindl	1–7
	Dallara F306/025		3	Joey Foster	9
	Dallara F305/039		4	Rafael Suzuki	6–7, 9
	Dallara F305/039		4	Joey Foster^[4]	8
Van Amersfoort Racing	Dallara F306/038	Volkswagen	5	Laurens Vanthoor	All
	Dallara F306/023		6	Stef Dusseldorp	All
	Dallara F305/046		7	Armaan Ebrahim	9
Performance Racing	Dallara F305/041	Volkswagen	8	Rafael Suzuki	1–5
				Zahir Ali	6–7
				Peter Elkmann	8
				Daniel Abt^[5]	9
	Dallara F305/051		9	Adderly Fong	All
Neuhauser Racing		Mercedes	11	Marco Oberhauser	All
Neuhauser Racing	Dallara F305/045	Mercedes	12	Tom Dillmann	7–9
Swiss Racing Team	Dallara F305/034	OPC Challenge	14	Max Nilsson	All
Jenichen Motorsport	Dallara F305/063	OPC Challenge	17	Rafael Suzuki	8
Racing Experience	Dallara F306/010	Mercedes	21	David Hauser	1–2, 4–9
	Dallara F305/012		22	Gary Hauser	All
	Dallara F306/009		23	Nicolas Marroc	All
	Mygale M-07/00	Opel	24	Louis Wagner	7
Zettl Sportsline Motorsport	Dallara F306/008	Mercedes	27	Markus Pommer	All
	Dallara F305/030		28	Nico Monien	All
			29	Shirley van der Lof	All
ZyXEL RRT	Dallara F306/026	Mercedes	35	Vladimir Semenov	All
Trophy Class
Rhino's Leipert Motorsport	Dallara F304/012	Opel	55	Luca Iannaccone	All
Jenichen Motorsport	Dallara F302/084	Opel	57	Nikolay Martsenko	1, 9
Franz Wöss Racing	Dallara F302/050	Opel	59	Stefan Neuburger	3
Franz Wöss Racing	Dallara F302/033	Opel	60	Francesco Lopez	1–7
Stromos Art-Line	ArtTech F24/007	OPC Challenge	61	Viktor Shaytar	1
				Dominik Schraml	2–3
				Jesse Krohn	4, 6–7, 9
	ArtTech F24/008		62	Sergey Chukanov	All
ADRF	Dallara F302/074	Opel	64	Mika Vähämäki	All
ADRF	Dallara F303/021	Opel	65	Marko Vähämäki	9
HS Technik Motorsport	Dallara F302/065	Opel	66	Nicolas Kvasai	9
Jo Zeller Racing	Dallara F301/006	Opel	67	Urs Rüttimann	3, 9

Calendar

Five rounds were part of the ADAC Master Weekend with rounds supporting 24 Hours Nürburgring in May, FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours in June, Rizla Race Day and 1000 km Nürburgring in August. With the exception of round at TT Circuit Assen, all rounds took place on German soil.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Secondary Class Winner
1	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	12 April					nowrap	Sergey Chukanov : Stef Dusseldorp
1	R2	13 April	Laurens Vanthoor	Stef Dusseldorp	Stef Dusseldorp	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: Sergey Chukanov R: Stef Dusseldorp
2	R1	Nürburgring	22 May	Laurens Vanthoor	Rahel Frey	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: Sergey Chukanov R: Markus Pommer
2	R2	Nürburgring	23 May	Rahel Frey	Stef Dusseldorp	Rahel Frey	Jo Zeller Racing	T: Sergey Chukanov R: Nico Monien
3	R1	Hockenheimring	6 June	Rafael Suzuki	Stef Dusseldorp	Stef Dusseldorp	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: Sergey Chukanov R: Stef Dusseldorp
3	R2	Hockenheimring	7 June	Laurens Vanthoor	Stef Dusseldorp	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: Sergey Chukanov R: Stef Dusseldorp
4	R1	Oschersleben	20 June	Stef Dusseldorp	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: Mika Vähämäki R: Markus Pommer
4	R2	Oschersleben	21 June	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: Jesse Krohn R: Nico Monien
5	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	4 July	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: Sergey Chukanov R: Nico Monien
5	R2	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	5 July	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Nico Monien		T: Sergey Chukanov R: Nico Monien
6	R1	TT Circuit Assen	8 August	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: Sergey Chukanov R: Stef Dusseldorp
6	R2	TT Circuit Assen	9 August	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: Sergey Chukanov R: Stef Dusseldorp
7	R1	Nürburgring	21 August	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: Sergey Chukanov R: Stef Dusseldorp
7	R2	Nürburgring	22 August	Tom Dillmann	Tom Dillmann	Tom Dillmann	Neuhauser Racing	T: Jesse Krohn R: Stef Dusseldorp
8	R1	Sachsenring	19 September	Tom Dillmann	Tom Dillmann	Tom Dillmann	Neuhauser Racing	T: Sergey Chukanov R: Stef Dusseldorp
8	R2	Sachsenring		Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: Sergey Chukanov R: Stef Dusseldorp
9	R1	Oschersleben	17 October	Markus Pommer	Nico Monien	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: Jesse Krohn R: Markus Pommer
9	R2	Oschersleben	18 October	Tom Dillmann	Laurens Vanthoor	Tom Dillmann	Neuhauser Racing	T: Sergey Chukanov R: Stef Dusseldorp

Standings

ATS Formel 3 Cup

Points are awarded as follows:

Pos	Driver	OSC1		NÜR1		HOC		OSC2		LAU		ASS		NÜR2		SAC		OSC3		Pts
1	Laurens Vanthoor	1	11	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	12	Ret	1	1	2	163
2	Stef Dusseldorp	2	1	Ret	5	1	2	6	9	10	3	2	4	2	3	2	6	3	3	106
3	Markus Pommer	6	7	5	8	4	5	2	5	6	4	11	Ret	4	8	5	8	2	4	67
4	Rafael Suzuki	4	3	4	7	Ret	4	4	3	2	6	4	3	6	6	9	10	Ret	13	65
5	Nico Monien	17	8	7	3	12	3	3	2	3	1	Ret	6	16	5	10	7	6	Ret	61
6	Tom Dillmann													3	1	1	3	Ret	1	49
7	Rahel Frey	3	4	2	1	3	12	7	11	7	5									45
8	Bernd Herndlhofer	7	2	3	4	Ret	9	10	4	5	7	9	Ret							32
9	align=left nowrap	Harald Schlegelmilch											6	2	7	4	3	4	Ret	10	30
10	Max Nilsson	8	5	Ret	6	7	7	9	Ret	4	8	3	8	Ret	10	8	9	9	Ret	30
11	Willi Steindl	Ret	6	6	14	6	6	5	6	15	14	Ret	12	10	14					19
12	Nicolas Marroc	Ret	13	8	20	8	11	11	7	13	11	18	7	23†	16	Ret	Ret	5	6	14
13	Sergey Chukanov	10	15	12	11	10	14	21	17	12	9	5	9	8	17	7	13	Ret	5	12
14	Gary Hauser	18	9	11	10	5	15	13	16	11	17	13	10	5	13	13	Ret	8	8	12
15	Tim Sandtler													12	2					8
16	Adderly Fong	9	14	9	9	17	10	14	Ret	8	18	10	5	18	7	11	12	11	Ret	7
17	Marco Oberhauser	5	19	10	13	9	8	8	Ret	Ret	12	8	Ret	11	19	15	11	Ret	Ret	7
18	David Hauser	Ret	DNS	Ret	12			15	13	9	10	16	11	14	24†	6	Ret	18	9	5
19	Jesse Krohn							19	10			7	Ret	9	9			7	17	5
20	Shirley van der Lof	11	12	Ret	15	Ret	13	12	8	DNS	DNS	14	14	13	15	14	Ret	15	14	1
21	Vladimir Semenov	12	10	16	16	Ret	Ret	17	DNS	Ret	16	12	13	15	11	Ret	Ret	16	11	0
22	Francesco Lopez	13	16	14	18	11	18	20	15	16	20	17	15	20	21					0
23	Mika Vähämäki	14	17	13	17	15	Ret	18	14	18†	15	15	16	19	20	12	14	12	20†	0
24	Zahir Ali							16	12	14	13	20	Ret	17	18					0
25	Urs Rüttimann					13	17											19	19	0
26	Dominik Schraml			Ret	Ret	14	16													0
27	Luca Iannaccone	19	21	15	19	18	20	22	Ret	17	19	19	17	22	23	16	15	20	22	0
28	Viktor Shaytar	15	18																	0
29	Stefan Neuburger					16	19													0
30	Nikolay Martsenko	16	20															Ret	16	0
31	Louis Wagner													21	22					0
guest drivers ineligible for points
	Peter Elkmann															Ret	2			0
	Joey Foster															4	5	4	15	0
	Daniel Abt																	17	7	0
	Armaan Ebrahim																	10	12	0
	Marko Vähämäki																	13	21†	0
	Nicolas Kvasai																	14	Ret	0
	Sandro Zeller																	Ret	18	0
Pos	Driver	OSC1		NÜR1		HOC		OSC2		LAU		ASS		NÜR2		SAC		OSC3		Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

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

ATS Formel 3 Trophy

Points are awarded for both races as follows:

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Pos	Driver	OSC1		NÜR1		HOC		OSC2		LAU		ASS		NÜR2		SAC		OSC3		Pts
1	Sergey Chukanov	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	Ret	1	158
2	Mika Vähämäki	3	3	2	2	5	Ret	1	2	4†	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	5†	115
3	Francesco Lopez	2	2	3	3	2	4	3	3	2	4	4	2	4	4					89
4	Luca Iannaccone	6	6	4	4	7	6	5	Ret	3	3	5	4	5	5	3	3	6	7	74
5	Jesse Krohn							2	1			2	Ret	2	1			1	3	60
7	Urs Rüttimann					3	3											5	4	23
7	Nikolay Martsenko	5	5															Ret	2	16
8	Dominik Schraml			Ret	Ret	4	2													13
9	Viktor Shaytar	4	4																	10
10	Stefan Neuburger					6	5													7
guest drivers ineligible for points
	Marko Vähämäki																	3	6†	0
	Nicolas Kvasai																	4	Ret	0
Pos	Driver	OSC1		NÜR1		HOC		OSC2		LAU		ASS		NÜR2		SAC		OSC3		Pts

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

ATS Formel 3 Junior-Pokal (Rookie)

Points are awarded for both races as follows:

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Pos	Driver	OSC1		NÜR1		HOC		OSC2		LAU		ASS		NÜR2		SAC		OSC3		Pts
1	Stef Dusseldorp	1	1	Ret	2	1	1	4	5	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	149
2	Markus Pommer	2	3	1	3	2	3	1	2	2	3	2	Ret	2	3	2	3	1	2	130
3	Nico Monien	7	4	3	1	5	2	2	1	1	1	Ret	2	5	2	3	2	4	Ret	112
4	Willi Steindl	Ret	2	2	4	3	4	3	3	5	5	Ret	4	3	5					67
5	Nicolas Marroc	Ret	6	4	7	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	3	7	6	Ret	Ret	3	3	65
6	Mika Vähämäki	4	7	5	6	6	Ret	7	6	6†	6	4	6	6	7	4	4	5	8†	58
7	Vladimir Semenov	3	5	6	5	Ret	Ret	6	DNS	Ret	7	3	5	4	4	Ret	Ret	7	5	50
8	Nikolay Martsenko	6	9															Ret	6	7
9	Viktor Shaitar	5	8																	5
guest drivers ineligible for points
	Daniel Abt																	7	4	0
	Marko Vähämäki																	6	9†	0
	Sandro Zeller																	Ret	7	0
Pos	Driver	OSC1		NÜR1		HOC		OSC2		LAU		ASS		NÜR2		SAC		OSC3		Pts

ATS Formel 3 Speed-Pokal

Points are awarded for both races as follows:

Pos	Driver	OSC1		NÜR1		HOC		OSC2		LAU		ASS		NÜR2		SAC		OSC3		Pts
1	Laurens Vanthoor	P FL	P	P			P	FL	P FL	P FL	P FL	P FL	P FL	P FL			P FL		FL	21
2	Stef Dusseldorp		FL		FL	FL	FL	P												5
3	Tom Dillmann														P FL	P FL			P	5
4	Rahel Frey			FL	P															2
5	Rafael Suzuki					P														1
6	Markus Pommer																	P		1
7	Nico Monien																	FL		1
Pos	Driver	OSC1		NÜR1		HOC		OSC2		LAU		ASS		NÜR2		SAC		OSC3		Pts

Notes and References

News: The reward for hard work . formel3.de . ATS Formel 3 . 2009-08-24 . 2009-09-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716070421/http://www.formel3.de/news.php?id=870 . 2011-07-16 . dead .
News: 27 cars on the season-finale grid. formel3.de. ATS Formel 3. 2009-10-16. 2009-10-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20120225002715/http://www.formel3.de/news.php?id=892. 2012-02-25. dead.
News: Harald Schlegelmilch is back. formel3.de. ATS Formel 3. 2009-08-04. 2009-09-23. 2011-07-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716070428/http://www.formel3.de/news.php?id=853. dead.
News: Joey Foster back in the ATS Formula 3 Cup. formel3.de. ATS Formel 3. 2009-09-09. 2009-09-23. 2011-07-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716070437/http://www.formel3.de/news.php?id=876. dead.
News: Daniel Abt to compete in the ATS Formula 3 Cup. formel3.de. ATS Formel 3. 2009-10-05. 2009-10-22. 2011-07-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716070636/http://www.formel3.de/news.php?id=888. dead.