2014 German Formula Three Championship Explained
The 2014 ATS Formel 3 Cup was the 12th and final edition of the ATS F3 Cup. The final season began on 26 April at Oschersleben and finished on 5 October at Hockenheim after eight race weekends with three races scheduled for each weekend.[1] However, one race was cancelled due to fog, and thus the championship was held over a total of 23 races.
Category veteran Markus Pommer finished the season as the champion, after comfortably winning the most races during the season. Pommer won 14 races for the Motopark Academy-run Lotus team – for a total of 17 podiums – as well as taking 11 pole positions and 10 fastest laps. He finished almost 150 points clear of his nearest rival Nabil Jeffri, who was run by Motopark Academy without Lotus backing. Jeffri won a pair of races at Oschersleben and the first Hockenheim meeting, with his season revolving around consistency, with no fewer than 10 runner-up finishes and 15 podium finishes in total. Jeffri finished 11 points clear of another Lotus driver, Indy Dontje, who was a race winner at the Red Bull Ring, and was the highest finishing rookie in the championship. Dontje was also the winner of the concurrent rookie championship by 45 points.
Three other drivers won races during the season; Van Amersfoort Racing duo Sam MacLeod (three wins) and Weiron Tan (two wins) were joined in victory by Nicolai Sylvest, who won at the Nürburgring for JBR Motorsport & Engineering. With 15 total wins, Lotus were the winners of the teams' championship, 113 points clear of the next best team, Van Amersfoort Racing.
Teams and drivers
Race calendar and results
The championship was a part of the ADAC Masters weekend at six of the season's eight rounds; additional rounds were held at the Stuttgarter Rössle meeting at Hockenheim in June and a round in support of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters at Lausitzring in September.[17] All races were held in Germany, excepting Red Bull Ring round at Austria.
Championship standings
Cup
- Points were awarded as follows:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | PP | FL |
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Race 1 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
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Race 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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Race 3 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
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| Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap | |
- † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
Rookie
- † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
Team
- † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
Notes and References
- Web site: CALENDAR 2014. German Formula Three Championship. Formel-3-Vereinigung e.V.. 30 October 2013.
- News: Jeffri switches to Motopark in German F3. David. Gruz. 15 April 2014. Paddock Scout. 15 April 2014.
- News: Mendez joins Lotus for German F3 campaign. Goddard. Stephen. Paddock Scout. 26 February 2014. 26 February 2014.
- News: Indy Dontje maakt promotie met Team Lotus: "Een mooi deal". Bekking. Casper. 10 March 2014. RaceXpress. Dutch. 11 March 2014. Indy Dontje making promotion with Team Lotus: "A good deal".
- News: Markus Pommer aims at winning the title. 18 April 2014. German Formula Three Championship. Formel-3-Vereinigung e.V.. 19 April 2014.
- News: Weiron Tan enters German F3 with Van Amersfoort Racing. Khorounzhiy. Valentin. PaddockScout.com. Paddock Scout. 14 February 2014. 14 February 2014.
- News: Sam MacLeod joins British Formula 3 grid with Fortec. Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Simmons. Marcus. 7 April 2014. 7 April 2014. The 19-year-old will combine British F3 with a programme in the German F3 Cup with Van Amersfoort Racing..
- Web site: Starterliste. 13 June 2014. German. German Formula Three Championship. Formel-3-Vereinigung e.V.. 13 June 2014.
- Web site: ADAC GT Masters Nürburgring / DEU 29.-31.08.2014. 29 August 2014. German Formula Three Championship. Formel-3-Vereinigung e.V.. 30 August 2014.
- News: Derani con ADM al Sachsenring. 15 September 2014. ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. Italian. 16 September 2014. Derani for ADM at Sachsenring. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006102247/http://www.italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=48249&cat=25. 6 October 2014. dead. dmy-all.
- News: SMP Racing place Zlobin and Trofimov in German F3 with ADM. Khorounzhiy. Valentin. PaddockScout.com. Paddock Scout. 3 March 2014. 3 March 2014.
- News: 15-year-old Santino Ferrucci lands 2014 Euro F3 deal. Simmons. Marcus. Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 5 March 2014. 5 March 2014. In common with new team-mate Michele Beretta, Ferrucci will combine this programme with a German F3 Cup campaign, also with EuroInternational..
- Web site: Starterliste. 29 September 2014. German Formula Three Championship. Formel-3-Vereinigung e.V.. German. 3 October 2014.
- News: First competitors for the 2014 ATS Formula 3 Cup. 28 October 2013. German Formula Three Championship. Formel-3-Vereinigung e.V.. 30 October 2013.
- News: Maximilian Hackl to contest for Amkon Motorsport in 2014. 19 December 2013. German Formula Three Championship. Formel-3-Vereinigung e.V.. 19 January 2014.
- Web site: Starterliste. German Formula Three Championship. Formel-3-Vereinigung e.V.. 6 June 2014.
- News: 2014 ATS Formula 3 Cup calendar finalised. 13 February 2014. German Formula Three Championship. Formel-3-Vereinigung e.V.. 3 August 2014.
- News: German F3 Saturday races called off due to fog. Khorounzhiy. Valentin. 13 September 2014. Paddock Scout. 13 September 2014.