1999 German Formula Three Championship

The 1999 German Formula Three Championship (German: 1999 Deutsche Formel-3-Meisterschaft) 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 and Martini which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 9 May at Sachsenring and ended at Nürburgring on 17 October after nine double-header rounds.

1999 German Formula Three Championship
Previous: 1998 Next: 2000

Opel Team BSR driver Christijan Albers became a champion. He clinched the title, winning six of 18 races. Marcel Fässler finished as runner-up with wins at Sachsenring, Oschersleben, and Hockenheim, losing 45 points to Albers. Thomas Jäger was victorious at Zweibrücken, Oschersleben and finished third. The other race winners was Robert Lechner, Yves Olivier and Timo Scheider, who completed the top six in the drivers' championship.[1]

Teams and drivers
1999 Entry list[2]
Team No. Driver Chassis Engine Status Rounds
Van Amersfoort Racing 1 Thomas Mutsch Dallara F399/004 Opel All
2 Etienne van der Linde Dallara F399/058 R 1-5
Jacky van der Ende R 6-10
GM-DSF-F3 Team 3 Robert Lechner Dallara F399/042 Opel All
4 Herbert Jerich Dallara F399/073 R 1-5
Norman Simon Dallara F399/073 6
Tony Schmidt R 9-10
5 Elran Nijenhuis Dallara F399/005 R All
Josef Kaufmann Racing 6 Timo Rumpfkeil Martini MK79/05 Opel 1-5
7 Hugo van der Ham Martini MK79/01 R 1
Opel Team BSR 8 Martin Rihs Dallara F397/049 Opel 1, 5-7
9 Christijan Albers Dallara F399/021 All
10 Sven Heidfeld Dallara F399/023 R All
KMS Benetton Junior Team 11 Thomas Jäger Dallara F399/020 Opel All
12 Gabriele Gardel Dallara F399/001 All
MKL F3 Racing 14 Tom Schwister Dallara F398/023 Opel 1-4
JB Motorsport 15 Yves Olivier Dallara F399/003 Opel All
16 Walter van Lent Dallara F399/041 R All
Klaus Trella Motorsport 17 Ken Grandon Dallara F399/009 Opel R 2-10
TKF Racing 19 Andreas Feichtner Dallara F398/009 Opel R 1-9
D2 Team Rosberg & Lohr 21 Wouter van Eeuwijk Dallara F399/060 Renault 1-5
Kari Mäenpää R All
22 Pierre Kaffer Dallara F399/065 All
bemani F3-team 23 Marcel Fässler Dallara F399/054 Opel All
24 Timo Scheider Dallara F399/068 All
MCH F3 Team 25 Roland Rehfeld Dallara F397/023 Opel R All
26 Patrick Hildenbrandt Dallara F398/001 R 1-4
ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg 27 Stefan Mücke Dallara F399/007 Opel R All

Calendar

With the exception of round at Salzuburg in Austria, all rounds took place on German soil.

Round Location Circuit Date Supporting
1 R1 Saxony, Germany Sachsenring 8 May ADAC Sparkassenpreis Sachsenring
R2 9 May
2 R1 Zweibrücken, Germany Zweibrücken 22 May ADAC Preis Zweibrücken
R2 23 May
3 R1 Oschersleben, Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 19 June ADAC-Preis der Tourenwagen von "Sachsen-Anhalt"
R2 20 June
4 R1 Nuremberg, Germany Norisring 3 July Norisring Speedweekend "Nürnberg 200"
R2 4 July
5 R1 Nürburg, Germany Nürburgring 21 August ADAC Großer Preis der Tourenwagen
R2 22 August
6 R1 Salzburg, Austria Salzburgring 4 September ADAC-Alpentrophäe
R2 5 September
7 R1 Oschersleben, Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 18 September ADAC-Preis von Niedersachsen
R2 19 September
8 R1 Hockenheim, Germany Hockenheimring 2 October ADAC-Preis Hockenheim
R2 3 October
9 R1 Nürburg, Germany Nürburgring 16 October 26. ADAC Bilstein Supersprint
R2 17 October

Results
Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Sachsenring Pierre Kaffer Timo Scheider Marcel Fässler bemani F3-team
R2 Pierre Kaffer Timo Scheider Timo Scheider bemani F3-team
2 R1 Zweibrücken Robert Lechner Thomas Jäger Thomas Jäger KMS Benetton Junior Team
R2 Yves Olivier Robert Lechner Thomas Jäger KMS Benetton Junior Team
3 R1 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben Thomas Jäger Christijan Albers Christijan Albers Opel Team BSR
R2 Patrick Friesacher Marcel Fässler Marcel Fässler bemani F3-team
4 R1 Norisring Yves Olivier Thomas Mutsch Christijan Albers Opel Team BSR
R2 Robert Lechner Thomas Mutsch Robert Lechner GM-DSF-F3 Team
5 R1 Nürburgring Christijan Albers Christijan Albers Christijan Albers Opel Team BSR
R2 Christijan Albers Thomas Jäger Christijan Albers Opel Team BSR
6 R1 Salzburgring Christijan Albers Thomas Jäger Christijan Albers Opel Team BSR
R2 Yves Olivier Christijan Albers Yves Olivier JB Motorsport
7 R1 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben Christijan Albers Christijan Albers Marcel Fässler bemani F3-team
R2 Thomas Jäger Pierre Kaffer Thomas Jäger KMS Benetton Junior Team
8 R1 Hockenheimring Christijan Albers Christijan Albers Christijan Albers Opel Team BSR
R2 Christijan Albers Thomas Mutsch Marcel Fässler bemani F3-team
9 R1 Nürburgring Robert Lechner Christijan Albers Robert Lechner GM-DSF-F3 Team
R2 Thomas Mutsch Christijan Albers Robert Lechner GM-DSF-F3 Team

Championship standings

Championship
Pos Driver SAC ZWE OSC1 NOR NÜR1 SAL OSC2 HOC NÜR2 Points
1 Christijan Albers Ret 7 7 3 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 7 3 EX 1 5 2 2 229
2 Marcel Fässler 1 2 Ret 18 3 1 6 5 2 3 15 3 1 3 4 1 5 15 184
3 Thomas Jäger 3 4 1 1 2 2 3 Ret 3 14 5 15 8 1 3 7 4 14 179
4 Robert Lechner Ret 5 Ret 10 6 5 16 1 2 2 3 2 6 14 2 6 1 1 163.5
5 Yves Olivier 6 13 Ret 5 5 7 3 2 7 5 2 1 2 4 8 3 9 4 159
6 Timo Scheider 2 1 2 2 9 8 DSQ Ret Ret 4 10 Ret 16 5 7 Ret Ret 3 100
7 Thomas Mutsch Ret 6 3 8 5 Ret 4 4 Ret 7 8 Ret 5 6 5 17 3 8 97
8 Pierre Kaffer 17 3 4 12 Ret Ret 7 7 9 8 11 5 7 2 9 8 Ret 7 71.5
9 Stefan Mücke 4 10 10 17 12 10 5 15 15 13 4 13 10 9 13 2 6 5 63
10 Walter van Lent 12 9 8 4 7 4 Ret 10 6 6 Ret 4 11 8 11 4 Ret Ret 62
11 Sven Heidfeld Ret 17 11 6 Ret 9 8 13 8 10 Ret 8 4 EX 14 16 7 11 31.5
12 Etienne van der Linde 10 14 6 15 18 6 Ret 7 5 Ret 25
13 Jacky van der Ende 14 6 Ret 7 6 11 Ret 6 22
14 Gabriele Gardel 7 8 17 13 8 12 11 DSQ 11 16 6 12 9 12 16 13 8 Ret 21
15 Andreas Feichtner 14 11 5 Ret 11 17 9 9 Ret 12 12 9 15 13 Ret 10 15
16 Herbert Jerich 9 12 9 7 DNS DNS 17 6 DNS DNS 14
17 Timo Rumpfkeil 5 15 Ret 9 13 Ret Ret Ret 16 DNS 10
18 Ken Grandon 15 11 17 Ret 10 8 14 9 Ret 10 13 10 17 9 11 10 10
19 Roland Rehfeld 8 20 Ret 16 16 16 Ret 14 10 11 7 Ret 12 11 Ret 14 14 13 8
20 Elran Nijenhuis Ret 19 16 14 10 13 12 12 12 18 9 14 14 Ret 10 Ret 10 12 5
21 Kari Mäenpää 15 12 13 9 2
22 Wouter van Eeuwijk 16 16 13 19 Ret 11 13 11 13 17 0
23 Tom Schwister 11 18 12 Ret 15 14 14 Ret 0
24 Martin Rihs Ret Ret Ret 15 13 11 Ret 15 0
25 Tony Schmidt 12 15 12 16 0
26 Hugo van der Ham 13 Ret 0
27 Patrick Hildenbrandt 15 Ret 14 Ret 14 15 15 Ret 0
Norman Simon Ret Ret 0
Pos Driver SAC ZWE OSC1 NOR NÜR1 SAL OSC2 HOC NÜR2 Points

Junior-Pokal (Rookie) standings
Driver Points
1 Walter van Lent 179
2 Stefan Mücke 160.5
3 Etienne van der Linde 105
4 Sven Heidfeld 103
5 Jacky van der Ende 97
6 Ken Grandon 62
7 Elran Nijenhuis 57
8 Herbert Jerich 51
9 Andreas Feichtner 50
10 Roland Rehfeld 29.5
11 Kari Mäenpää 12
12 Tony Schmidt 9
13 Patrick Hildenbrandt 5
14 Hugo van der Ham 2

References
  1. "Formula 3 Germany 1999 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  2. "STARTERLISTE 1999 DEUTSCHE FORMEL-3-MEISTERSCHAFT" (PDF) (in German). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

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