2024 Drexler-Automotive Formula Cup Explained

The 2024 Drexler-Automotive Formula Cup is the 43rd Austria Formula 3 Cup season and the sixth season since Drexler-Automotive took over the title sponsoring of the series.^[1]

The 2024 season is held over eight race weekends across Europe.^[2] It began in April at Vallelunga Circuit and will conclude in October at Autodromo Nazionale Monza. The series continues its cooperation with the F2000 Italian Formula Trophy.

Teams and drivers

Teams and drivers compete in either Formula 3 or the Formula Light Cup. Formula 3 entries are divided between the Cup class and the Trophy class.^[3]

Formula 3 Cup entries

Team	No.	Driver	Car	Engine	Rounds
Franz Wöss Racing	1	Benjámin Berta	Dallara F320	Mercedes	1–6
	20	Stig Larsen	Dallara F320	Mercedes HWA	1–3, 5–6
	32	Victor Smialek	Dallara F316	Mercedes HWA	1–6
Viola Formula Racing	2	Laurence Balestrini	Dallara F317	Volkswagen	6
Puresport	5	Giorgio Venica	Dallara F308	Power Engine	3
	8	Dino Rasero	Dallara F320	Mercedes HWA	1, 3, 6
	12	Christof Ledermann	Dallara F309	Power Engine	1
			Tatuus F3 T-318	Alfa Romeo	2–3, 6
	14	Andrea Benalli	Dallara F317	Mercedes HWA	1–3, 6
	33	Ahmad Shaheen Al Muhannadi	Dallara F312	Volkswagen	1–3, 6
Facondini Racing	41	Franco Cimarelli	Dallara F312	VW	3
Jo Zeller Racing	11	Kurt Böhlen	Dallara F316	Mercedes HWA	4–6
	44	Sandro Zeller	Dallara F316	Mercedes HWA	1–6
Team Automobile Tricolore	46	Riccardo Perego	Dallara F317	Volkswagen	1–3, 6
JMT Racing Klub	65	Roman Roubícek	Dallara F320	Mercedes HWA	2–6
TVS Motorsport	69	Enzo Stentella	Dallara F302	BMW	1–3, 6
Racing in Italy	75	Mei Shibi	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	1–3, 6
G Motorsport	131	Francesco Galli	Dallara F320	Volkswagen	1–3, 5–6
Magyar Racing Team	146	János Magyar	Tatuus N.T07	Honda	2
Source: ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8] ^[9]

Formula 3 Trophy entries

Team	No.	Driver	Car	Engine	Rounds
Jo Zeller Racing	2	Urs Rüttimann	Dallara F306	VW Spiess	2–3
	3	Marcel Tobler	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	2–3, 5
Team Hoffmann Racing	4	Roman Hoffmann	Dallara F317	Toyota	2
		Robert Rowe	Dallara F320	VW Spiess	5–6
	10	Luca Iannacone	Dallara F311	Fiat FTP	2–3
			Dallara F314	Toyota	4
	22	André Petropoulos	Dallara F316	Opel Spiess	2, 4–6
Facondini Racing	6	Enrico Milani	Dallara F308	Fiat FTP	1, 3
	88	Francesco Solfaroli	Dallara F317	Toyota	1, 3
	96	Oliver Kratsch	Dallara F308	Toyota	1–3
Speed Center Team	7	Christian Zeller	Dallara F305	Opel Spiess	5
	13	Philipp Todtenhaupt	Dallara F317	Toyota	5
	199	Thomas Zeltner	Dallara F314	Toyota	5
Giordano Motorsport	9	Giovanni Giordano	Dallara F308	Fiat FTP	1–3, 6
Neri Motorsport	10	Luca Iannacone	Dallara F308	Fiat FTP	6
ASD Living KC	21	Umberto Vaglio	Dallara F308	Toyota	3, 6
Derva Corse ASD	24	Marco de Toffol	Dallara F308	Fiat FTP	1–3, 6
Bellspeed	27	Patrick Bellezza	Dallara F300	Fiat Novamotor	3, 6
Privateer		Sedin Mujagic	Dallara F305	Opel Spiess	4–5
BMG Racing	28	Giorgio Berto	Dallara F308	Fiat FTP	1
Team Automobile Tricolore	39	Edoardo Bonanomi	Dallara F312	Mercedes HWA	1–3, 6
Nannini Racing	42	Davide Pedetti	Dallara F317	Toyota	1–3
	43	Giancarlo Pedetti	Dallara F317	Toyota	1–3, 6
Emotion Motorsport	83	Daniele Radrizzani	Dallara F317	Toyota	2–3
Source:

Formula Light Cup entries

Team	No.	Driver	Car	Engine	Rounds
Alpha Team Racing	3	Giancarlo de Virgilis	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	3
Speed Motor	7	Karim Sartori	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	1–3, 6
Speed Center Team	8	Dennis Hübl	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	5
	88	Karl Todtenhaupt	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	5
Scuderia Cirelli	16	Sara Fruncillo	Tatuus F4-T014	Abarth	6
	17	Tony di Giulio	Tatuus F4-T014	Abarth	1, 3
GTM Motorsport	18	Domenico Terron	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	6
Morel Auto Racing	23	Tristan Morel	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	2
Neri Motorsport		Bruno Mottez	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	3
Viola Formula Racing	25	Valentin Andreiux	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	1–3
	26	Emir Tanju	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	1–3, 6
	67	Alessandro Zucco	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	6
Privateer	31	Sarene Ziffel	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	5
Privateer	33	Andreas Stamann	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	5
ASD Ruote Scoperte M.	34	Sergio Conti	Tatuus F4-T014	Abarth	2–3, 6
	79	Fabio Turchetto	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	3
Derva Corse ASD	40	Andrea Cavigioli	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	3, 6
	95	Stefano Noal	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	3, 6
Conrad Racing Sport	68	Hartmut Bertsch	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	5
Team HARS	71	Luca Guolo	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	3
STAC	91	Jérémy Clavaud	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	3, 6
Team Perodi	92	Romano Cataldo	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	1, 3, 6
Team Hoffmann Racing	122	Dr. Norbert Groer	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	2, 4–6
	123	Diego Romanini	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	4
Franz Wöss Racing	125	Robert Siska	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	2, 6
Privateer	163	Falk Schwarze	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	4
Source:

Race calendar

The championship changed three of its locations compared to 2023. Vallelunga and Monza returned to the calendar after a one-year absence, while the series also returned to the Lausitzring after last racing there in 2018. The rounds at Spa and the Hungaroring left the calendar, as well as the second round at Mugello.

		Circuit	Date	Support bill	Map of circuit locations
1	1	Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	21 April	TCR World Tour TCR Europe Touring Car Series
	2
2	1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	18 May	Rundstreckentrophy Eurocup-3
	2		19 May
3	1	Imola Circuit, Imola	1 June	Italian GT Championship Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
	2		2 June
4	1	Lausitzring, Klettwitz	29 June	Porsche Club Historic Challenge P9 Challenge
	2
5	1	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	27 July	Porsche Club Historic Challenge
	2
6	1	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero	24 August	Euro 4 Championship Italian GT Championship
	2		25 August
7	1	Brno Circuit, Brno	8 September	TCR Europe Touring Car Series TCR Eastern Europe Formula 4 CEZ Championship
	2
8	1	Monza Circuit, Monza	6 October	Euro 4 Championship Italian GT Championship Porsche Carrera Cup Italia F2000 Italian Formula Trophy
	2

Race results

		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	F3 Cup winner	F3 Trophy winner	Formula Light Cup winner
1	1	Vallelunga Circuit	Francesco Galli	Francesco Galli	Francesco Galli	Francesco Solfaroli	Emir Tanju
	2			Francesco Galli	Francesco Galli	Francesco Solfaroli	Emir Tanju
2	1	Red Bull Ring	Benjámin Berta	Benjámin Berta	Francesco Galli	Marcel Tobler	Valentin Andreiux
	2			Benjámin Berta	Sandro Zeller	Marcel Tobler	Karim Sartori
3	1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	Benjámin Berta	Francesco Galli	Benjámin Berta	Marcel Tobler	Karim Sartori
	2			Francesco Galli	Sandro Zeller	Francesco Solfaroli	Emir Tanju
4	1	Lausitzring	Benjámin Berta	Sandro Zeller	Benjámin Berta	André Petropoulos	Falk Schwarze
	2			Benjámin Berta	Benjámin Berta	André Petropoulos	Falk Schwarze
5	1	Hockenheimring	Sandro Zeller	Sandro Zeller	Sandro Zeller	Marcel Tobler	Sarene Ziffel
	2			Benjámin Berta	Victor Smialek	Marcel Tobler	Sarene Ziffel
6	1	Mugello Circuit
	2
7	1	Brno Circuit
	2
8	1	Monza Circuit
	2

Standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded per class. If less than three cars enter in a class, half points are awarded for the race.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

* - half points awarded as less than three cars entered the race

Formula 3 Cup standings

Pos Driver VLL RBR IMO LAU HOC MUG BRN MNZ Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 Benjámin Berta 2 2 2 2 1 3 1 1 2 4 192 2 Sandro Zeller 3 10 3 1 2 1 2 2 1 7 166 3 Victor Smialek 9 4 4 3 3 5 3 3 3 1 136 4 Francesco Galli 1 1 1 Ret Ret 2 6 2 119 5 Stig Larsen 8 7 5 6 6 7 4 5 64 6 Riccardo Perego 4 3 9 5 4 4 63 7 Andrea Benalli 5 5 11 4 5 6 50 8 Roman Roubícek 12 9 10 13 5 5 5 6 41 9 Kurt Böhlen 4 4 Ret 3 39 10 Ahmad Shaheen Al Muhannadi 11 11 6 8 7 8 22 11 Dino Rasero 6 9 8 9 16 12 Enzo Stentella 7 6 10 12 12 14 15 13 Mei Shibi 12 12 7 10 9 10 10 14 Christof Ledermann 10 8 8 11 Ret 12 9 15 János Magyar Ret 7 6 16 Giorgio Venica 11 11 0 17 Franco Cimarelli 13 DNS 0 Laurence Balestrini Pos Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts VLL RBR IMO LAU HOC MUG BRN MNZ

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † — Did not finish, but classified

Formula 3 Trophy standings

Pos	Driver	VLL		RBR		IMO		LAU		HOC		MUG		BRN		MNZ		Pts
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	Marcel Tobler			1	1	1	2			1	1							143
2	Francesco Solfaroli	1	1			2	1											93
3	André Petropoulos			Ret	3			1	1	Ret	2							83
4	Urs Rüttimann			2	2	5	3											61
5	Giovanni Giordano	3	8	Ret	6	3	5											52
6	Davide Pedetti	2	2	Ret	4	Ret	9											50
7	Oliver Kratsch	Ret	4	3	7	4	8											49
8	Sedin Mujagic							3	3	5	7†							46
9	Luca Iannacone			DNS	9	Ret	Ret	2	2									38
10	Enrico Milani	4	6			8	4											36
11	Giancarlo Pedetti	Ret	7	4	10	7	7											31
12	Edoardo Bonanomi	5	3	Ret	8	NC	NC											29
13	Robert Rowe									2	5							28
14	Thomas Zeltner									3	4							27
15	Marco de Toffol	Ret	5	Ret	5													20
16	Philipp Todtenhaupt									4	6							20
17	Umberto Vaglio					6	6											16
18	Christian Zeller									NC	3							15
19	Giorgio Berto	Ret	9															2
—	Daniele Radrizzani			Ret	DNS													0
—	Roman Hoffmann			WD	WD													0
—	Patrick Bellezza					WD	WD											0
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
		VLL		RBR		IMO		LAU		HOC		MUG		BRN		MNZ

Formula Light Cup standings

Pos	Driver	VLL		RBR		IMO		LAU		HOC		MUG		BRN		MNZ		Pts
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	Emir Tanju	1	1	2	2	2	1											129
2	Karim Sartori	2	3	3	1	1	2											116
3	Dr. Norbert Groer			5	4			3	3	3	3							82
4	Valentin Andreiux	Ret	2	1	6	Ret	3											66
=5	Falk Schwarze							1	1									50
=5	Sarene Ziffel									1	1							50
=7	Diego Romanini							2	2									36
=7	Dennis Hübl									2	2							36
=9	Tristan Morel			4	3													27
=9	Fabio Turchetto					3	4											27
11	Karl Todtenhaupt									4	4							24
12	Stefano Noal					4	6											20
13	Jérémy Clavaud					5	5											20
14	Robert Siska			6	5													18
15	Sergio Conti			7	7	9	11											14
16	Romano Cataldo	Ret	4			WD	WD											12
17	Luca Guolo					6	8											12
18	Bruno Mottez					7	9											8
19	Andrea Cavigioli					Ret	7											6
20	Giancarlo de Virgilis					8	10											5
—	Tony di Giulio	Ret	Ret			WD	WD											0
—	Andreas Stamann									WD	WD							0
—	Hartmut Bertsch									WD	WD							0
	Sara Fruncillo
	Domenico Terron
	Alessandro Zucco
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
		VLL		RBR		IMO		LAU		HOC		MUG		BRN		MNZ

External links

• Website of the AFR Cups [German]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Drexler Formel Cup - Drexler Automotive . 2023-01-12 . www.drexler-automotive.com.
2. Web site: Pokale . A. F. R. . Informationen und Ergebnisse 2024 . 2024-01-29 . www.drexler-formel-cup.com . de-de.
3. Web site: Announcement for Drexler-Automotive Formula Cup 2022 .
4. Web site: RACING WEEK-END - ZINOX F2000 TROPHY & F2.0 CUP - VALLELUNGA 2023 - ELENCO ISCRITTI / ENTRY LIST .
5. Web site: RUNDSTRECKENTROPHY am RED BULL RING - BG Sportpromotion - 16 - 19 May 2024 - Provisional Class-Result Qualifying - Drexler Formel Cup / FIA CEZ D2 .
6. Web site: Racing Weekend Imola 2024 - Elenco Iscritti - Entry List .
7. Web site: P 9 CHALLENGE DREXLER FORMEL CUP 28./29. 06. 2024 Lausitzring Entry List . 26 June 2024.
8. Web site: PORSCHE RACE DAYS: DREXLER FORMEL CUP 26./27. 07. 2024 Hockenheim - Entry List .
9. Web site: RACING WEEK-END DREXLER FORMEL CUP MUGELLO 2024 ELENCO ISCRITTI - ENTRY LIST .