2002 German Formula Three Championship

The 2002 German Formula Three Championship (German: 2002 Deutsche Formel-3-Meisterschaft) was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that was held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by Dallara which conformed to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 20 April at Hockenheim and ended at the same place on 6 October after ten double-header rounds.

Team Rosberg driver Gary Paffett became the first and only British champion. He won the title, securing six race wins. Kosuke Matsuura finished as runner-up with wins at Hockenheim and Zandvoort. Timo Glock won the Rookie title and three races with a one-point gap to Matsuura in the main championship. The other race winners were Frank Diefenbacher, Jeffrey van Hooydonk, Norbert Siedler, Markus Winkelhock and Kimmo Liimatainen.[1]

Teams and drivers

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All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.[2]

Team No. Driver Chassis Engine Status Rounds
  Opel Team BSR 1   Bernhard Auinger F302/005 Opel All
2   Vitantonio Liuzzi F302/006 R All
3   Frank Diefenbacher F302/073 All
  Mücke Motorsport 4   Sven Heidfeld F302/032 Mercedes All
5   Markus Winkelhock F302/079 All
35   Marcel Lasée F302/012 R All
  Team Kolles Racing 6   João Paulo de Oliveira F302/076 Mugen-Honda 1-7
  Sakon Yamamoto 8-10
7   Charles Zwolsman Jr. F302/038 R 1-5
  Ross Zwolsman F302/038 R 6-10
8   Stefano Proetto F399/005 R 1-7
  Team Rosberg 9   Kimmo Liimatainen F302/068 Opel All
10   Gary Paffett F302/030 All
  Swiss Racing Team 11   Norbert Siedler F302/011 Opel All
12   Marc Benz F302/062 R 1-8
  Stefano Proetto R 9-10
14   Gilles Tinguely F302/061 All
  Prema Powerteam 15   César Campaniço F302/016 Opel All
16   Kousuke Matsuura F302/044 All
41   Ryan Briscoe F302/089 5-10
  GM Motorsport 18   Sakon Yamamoto F302/088 Toyota 1-7
  Jörg Hardt F302/088 R 8-10
19   Clemens Stadler F302/083 All
  JB Motorsport 21   Stefan de Groot F302/072 Opel R 1-7
  João Paulo de Oliveira F302/072 9
22   Rizal Ramli R 1-4
  Shigeki Ebihara F302/010 R 9-10
  Trella Motorsport 24   Christopher Brück F302/007 Opel R 1-4
  Rizal Ramli R 5-10
  Palfinger F3 Racing Team 25   Marco Schärf F302/033 Opel All
26   Richard Lietz F302/011 R All
  Opel Team KMS 27   Timo Glock F302/009 Opel R All
28   Mirko Venturi F302/050 R 1-3
  Juliano Moro 5
  Catharina Felser R 7-10
  Van Amersfoort Racing 29   Jaap van Lagen F302/087 Opel R 7
  Kaichi Sato 8-10
30   Catharina Felser F300/001 R 1-5
  CCT Racing 32   Camilo Zurcher F302/074 Opel 8
  Josef Kaufmann Racing 33   Marco Knauf F300/041 Opel R 1-7, 9-10
  SLR Motorsport 34   Markus Lehmann F399/068 Opel 1, 3
  Team Ghinzani 97   Robert Doornbos F302/052 Mugen-Honda All
98   Gottfried Grasser F302/042 All
99   Jeffrey van Hooydonk F302/003 All
Icon Class
R Rookie

Calendar

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Round Location Circuit Date Supporting
1 R1   Hockenheim, Germany Hockenheimring 20 April ADAC Preis Hockenheim
R2 21 April
2 R1   Nürburg, Germany Nürburgring 4 May 64. ADAC Eifelrennen
R2 5 May
3 R1   Saxony, Germany Sachsenring 1 June ADAC Preis Sachsenring
R2 2 June
4 R1   Nuremberg, Germany Norisring 29 June 60. Norisring Speedweekend
R2 30 June
5 R1   Klettwitz, Germany EuroSpeedway Lausitz 13 July ADAC-Rundstreckenrennen Lausitz 200
R2 14 July
6 R1   Hockenheim, Germany Hockenheimring 27 July German Grand Prix
R2 28 July
7 R1   Nürburg, Germany Nürburgring 3 August ADAC Großer Preis der Tourenwagen
R2 4 August
8 R1   Spielberg, Austria A1-Ring 7 September Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
R2 8 September
9 R1   Zandvoort, Netherlands Circuit Park Zandvoort 28 September AvD Rundstreckenrennen Zandvoort
R2 29 September
10 R1   Hockenheim, Germany Hockenheimring 5 October DMV-Preis Hockenheim
R2 6 October

Results

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Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1   Hockenheimring   Charles Zwolsman Jr.   Gary Paffett   Gary Paffett   Team Rosberg
R2   Timo Glock   Frank Diefenbacher   Frank Diefenbacher   Opel Team BSR
2 R1   Nürburgring   Markus Winkelhock cancelled due to snow and fog conditions[3]
R2   Gary Paffett
3 R1   Sachsenring   Gary Paffett   Gary Paffett   Gary Paffett   Team Rosberg
R2   Kosuke Matsuura   Timo Glock   Timo Glock   Opel Team KMS
4 R1   Norisring   Gary Paffett   Gary Paffett   Gary Paffett   Team Rosberg
R2   Kosuke Matsuura   Gary Paffett   Gary Paffett   Team Rosberg
5 R1   EuroSpeedway Lausitz   Gary Paffett   Gary Paffett   Gary Paffett   Team Rosberg
NC   Kosuke Matsuura   Timo Glock   Frank Diefenbacher   Opel Team BSR
6 R1   Hockenheimring   Kosuke Matsuura   Markus Winkelhock   Kosuke Matsuura   Prema Powerteam
R2   Kosuke Matsuura   Jeffrey van Hooydonk   Jeffrey van Hooydonk   Team Ghinzani
7 R1   Nürburgring   Vitantonio Liuzzi   Jeffrey van Hooydonk   Timo Glock   Opel Team KMS
R2   Markus Winkelhock   Markus Winkelhock   Markus Winkelhock   Mücke Motorsport
8 R1   A1-Ring   Gary Paffett   Gary Paffett   Gary Paffett   Team Rosberg
R2   Gary Paffett   Jeffrey van Hooydonk   Timo Glock   Opel Team KMS
9 R1   Circuit Park Zandvoort   Kosuke Matsuura   Kosuke Matsuura   Kosuke Matsuura   Prema Powerteam
R2   Kimmo Liimatainen   Kosuke Matsuura   Kimmo Liimatainen   Team Rosberg
10 R1   Hockenheimring   Vitantonio Liuzzi   Timo Glock   Gary Paffett   Team Rosberg
R2   Timo Glock   Markus Winkelhock   Norbert Siedler   Swiss Racing Team

Championship standings

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Championship

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  • Points were awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6 PP
10 6 4 3 2 1 1
Pos Driver HOC1
 
NÜR1
 
SAC
 
NOR
 
LAU
 
HOC2
 
NÜR2
 
A1R
 
ZAN
 
HOC3
 
Pts
1   Gary Paffett 1 16 C C 1 EX 1 1 1 11 2 6 7 7 1 10 Ret Ret 1 7 83
2   Kosuke Matsuura 7 DNQ C C 3 4 Ret 3 4 25 1 2 Ret 3 6 3 12 1 Ret 13 55
3   Timo Glock 17 6 C C Ret 1 Ret 9 3 4 7 19 1 2 Ret 1 Ret 11 2 4 52
4   Frank Diefenbacher 2 1 C C Ret 6 3 2 5 1 8 23† 4 14 Ret 12 4 5 5 Ret 39
5   Jeffrey van Hooydonk 10 2 C C 8 12 5 10 24 3 3 1 3 5 Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret 23 31
6   Norbert Siedler 4 Ret C C Ret 7 Ret 7 6 19 20† 22† Ret 26 2 5 2 8 Ret 1 28
7   Markus Winkelhock 5 5 C C 5 Ret 7 19 10 6 4 21† 21 1 4 15 10 13 Ret 3 28
8   Bernhard Auinger 6 3 C C 4 3 2 5 9 2 5 4 6 10 Ret Ret 6 12 Ret Ret 27
9   Vitantonio Liuzzi 14 Ret C C 9 8 9 4 Ret 7 23† 25† 2 27 Ret 2 5 9 Ret 2 25
10   Kimmo Liimatainen 15 7 C C EX EX 8 13 17 8 10 9 10 9 3 7 1 2 6 10 22
11   Robert Doornbos 23 10 C C 6 5 Ret 6 2 23 22† 3 9 15 22† 8 Ret 4 7 Ret 17
12   João Paulo de Oliveira Ret Ret C C 2 2 11 21† 7 Ret 6 18 22 4 Ret 7 16
13   Ryan Briscoe 11 15 Ret 7 23 11 5 Ret 3 3 3 5 16
14   César Campaniço 13 17 C C 7 9 6 11 12 5 11 5 5 6 10 9 11 14 4 8 9
15   Charles Zwolsman Jr. 3 4 C C 21 13 DNQ 15 19 18 8
16   Sven Heidfeld 16 12 C C 10 Ret 4 8 15 16 25† 10 8 12 12 24 8 10 16 9 3
17   Marcel Lasée DNQ 8 C C 23 Ret 12 14 8 12 9 17 16 8 Ret 6 7 6 Ret 15 2
18   Kaichi Sato 17 21 Ret 20 Ret 6 1
19   Richard Lietz 8 14 C C Ret Ret Ret 17 DNS 9 Ret DNS 7 11 Ret 15 Ret Ret 0
20   Sakon Yamamoto 22 Ret C C 11 20† 14 Ret 18 25 17 8 DNQ Ret 16 Ret Ret 21 9 18 0
21   Ross Zwolsman 21 12 20 13 8 18 9 Ret Ret 21 0
22   Clemens Stadler 18 15 C C 17 22† 15 16 23 22 13 16 19 21 15 23 Ret 18 8 16 0
23   Marc Benz Ret Ret C C Ret 21† 10 12 13 10 26† 20† DNS 17 9 Ret 0
24   Gottfried Grasser 12 9 C C 12 10 DNQ DNQ 14 Ret 12 Ret 17 16 11 13 15 23 11 Ret 0
25   Stefan de Groot 9 21 C C 15 11 16 23 21 Ret 14 11 11 DNS 0
26   Jörg Hardt 13 14 13 Ret 10 12 0
27   Christopher Brück 11 11 C C 14 18 Ret DNS 0
28   Catharina Felser 20 Ret C C 18 16 Ret DNQ 26 26 Ret 23 21† 19 DNQ 22 14 11 0
29   Gilles Tinguely Ret Ret C C 22 17 17 18 Ret 20 15 14 12 24 14 20 Ret Ret Ret 20 0
30   Stefano Proetto Ret 21 C C 16 14 Ret 22 16 21 24† Ret Ret 20 Ret 17 12 17 0
31   Marco Knauf 19 20 C C 20 19 18 20 20 13 16 24 13 22 19 17 14 16 DNS 19 0
32   Marco Schärf Ret Ret C C 19 Ret 13 Ret 25 Ret 18 13 14 18 20 16 16 19 Ret Ret 0
33   Rizal Ramli 21 19 C C 25 15 DNQ Ret DNS 24 19 15 18 19 Ret 25 18 24 13 14 0
34   Mirko Venturi 24 18 C C 13 23† 0
35   Shigeki Ebihara Ret 25 15 22 0
36   Jaap van Lagen 15 25 0
37   Juliano Moro 22 17 0
38   Camilo Zurcher 18 22 0
39   Markus Lehmann Ret 21 24 DNQ 0
  Fábio Carbone DNS DNS 0
Pos Driver HOC1
 
NÜR1
 
SAC
 
NOR
 
LAU
 
HOC2
 
NÜR2
 
A1R
 
ZAN
 
HOC3
 
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

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

Junior-Pokal (Rookie) standings

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Driver Points
1   Timo Glock 237
2   Vitantonio Liuzzi 206
3   Marcel Lasée 128
4   Marc Benz 71
5   Richard Lietz 57
6   Charles Zwolsman Jr. 53
7   Stefan de Groot 47
8   Ross Zwolsman 29
9   Jörg Hardt 29
10   Christopher Brück 23
11   Stefano Proetto 22
12   Marco Knauf 22
13   Rizal Ramli 15
14   Catharina Felser 9
15   Mirko Venturi 7
16   Jaap van Lagen 5
17   Shigeki Ebihara 1

References

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  1. ^ "German Formula-3-Cup — Season 2002". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  2. ^ "STARTERLISTE 2002 DEUTSCHE FORMEL-3-MEISTERSCHAFT" (PDF) (in German). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Rennen abgesagt Dritter Meisterschaftslauf ersatzlos gestrichen" (PDF) (in German). formel3guide.de. Retrieved 3 September 2016.