1992 German Formula Three Championship

The 1992 German Formula Three Championship (German: 1992 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 which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 4 April at Zolder and ended at Hockenheim on 11 October after thirteen double-header rounds.

Opel Team WTS driver Pedro Lamy became a champion. He won eleven races and scored another seven podium finishes on his way to championship title. Marco Werner finished as runner-up, losing the title battle after the retirement from the penultimate race of the season. Sascha Maassen was victorious at Wunstorf and Alemannenring. Diogo Castro Santos and Philipp Peter completed the top-five in the drivers' championship. Michael Krumm and Jörg Müller were the other race winners. Christian Abt clinched the B-Cup championship title.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Entry List[2] Team No. Driver Class Chassis Engine Rounds Volkswagen Motorsport 1 Diogo Castro Santos A Ralt RT36/950 Volkswagen All 2 Sascha Maassen A Ralt RT36/956 All Beru Zündtechnik Racing Team — GM Motorsport 3 Marco Werner A Ralt RT36/980 Opel All 4 Michael Krumm A Ralt RT36/926 All 50 Frank Kremer B Ralt RT35/876 All ONS Nachwuchsteam — Bongers Motorsport 5 Jörg Müller A Reynard 923/014 Opel All Opel Team WTS 7 Markus Liesner A Reynard 923/008 Opel All 8 Pedro Lamy A Reynard 923/005 All Vienna Racing Team 9 Peter Kox A Eufra 391/03 Mugen-Honda 4 Frank Krämer A 6-8 Opel Team Schübel 11 Wolfgang Kaufmann A Dallara 392/046 Opel All 12 Russell Ingall A Dallara 392/045 All RSM Marko 14 Patrick Vallant A Reynard 923/010 Alfa Romeo 1-4, 6-13 Marc Hessel A 5 15 Claudia Hürtgen A Reynard 923/011 All Jacques Isler Racing 16 Philipp Peter A Dallara 392/021 Alfa Romeo All 17 Jacques Isler A Dallara 392/039 1-2 21 Peter Aslund A 4-5 Mercedes Stermitz A 7-11 Dino Lamby A 12-13 AHS Motorsport 18 Martin Santner A Ralt RT36/984 Alfa Romeo 1-4, 7-8, 11-13 Pekka Herva A 5, 10 Hilton Cowie A 6 Nomag Racing 19 Franc ten Wolde A Van Diemen RF92 Mugen-Honda 1-6 Team KMS 22 Ruedi Schurter A Dallara 392/036 Opel 6-7 Danny Pfeil A 13 64 Thomas Bleiner B Dallara 391/011 6 Hanspeter Kaufmann B 7 Rene Wartmann B 11-13 RC Motorsport 23 Mario Andrea Vismara A Dallara 392/028 Opel 12 24 Massimiliano Angelelli A Dallara 392/020 12 Abt Motorsport 51 Christian Abt B Ralt RT35/892 Volkswagen All Svend Hansen 52 Svend Hansen B Ralt RT33/802 Volkswagen All Tomas Karhanek 53 Tomas Karhanek B Reynard 913/006 Opel 5-6, 8 A&M Computer 54 Rene Wartmann B Dallara 391/038 Volkswagen 2-10 Claudia Kreuzsaler B 12-13 Thomas Wagner 60 Thomas Wagner B Reynard 873/061 Volkswagen 3, 5-6 Franz Binder 61 Franz Binder B Reynard 913/007 Opel 9, 12-13 Albrecht Trautzburg 62 Albrecht Trautzburg B Reynard 863/039 Volkswagen 10 H&R Spezialfedern 63 Marian Hamprecht B Dallara 389/020 Volkswagen 10, 13 MCM Motor Car Saxxon 65 Renato Prioli B Eufra 390/03 Opel 7 Guido Dacco B 10 Günter Aberer 66 Günter Aberer B Dallara 389/049 Volkswagen 10 Kurt Fischer 69 Kurt Fischer B Ralt RT34/818 Volkswagen 7-8, 12 Franz Wöss 70 Franz Wöss B Ralt RT35/884 Volkswagen All Josef Neuhauser 75 Josef Neuhauser B Reynard 903/014 Volkswagen 1-4, 7-8 Joachim Ryschka 77 Joachim Ryschka B Reynard 903/038 Volkswagen 1-4, 7-8, 10, 12 Fred Goddard Racing 78 Stephen Watson B Ralt RT34/859 Mugen-Honda 13 79 Steven Arnold B Ralt RT35/870 13 80 Hilton Cowie B Reynard 913/001 13

Icon Class A A B B

Calendar

Round		Location	Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	R1	Heusden-Zolder, Belgium	Circuit Zolder	4 April	XXIII. AvD "Bergischer Löwe"
	R2			5 April
2	R1	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	18 April	54. ADAC Eifelrennen
	R2			19 April
3	R1	Wunstorf, Germany	Wunstorf	2 May	ADAC-Flugplatzrennen Wunstorf
	R2			3 May
4	R1	Berlin, Germany	AVUS	9 May	ADAC-Avus-Rennen
	R2			10 May
5	R1	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	16 May	ADAC Bilstein Supersprint
	R2			17 May
6	R1	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	23 May	AvD/MAC Rennsport-Festival
	R2			25 May
7	R1	Nuremberg, Germany	Norisring	27 June	ADAC-Norisring-Trophäe "200 Meilen von Nürnberg"
	R2			28 June
8	R1	Brno, Czechoslovakia	Masaryk Circuit	11 July	Grand Prix Brno "AvD East/West Rennen Brünn""
	R2			12 July
9	R1	Diepholz, Germany	Diepholz Airfield Circuit	15 August	25. ADAC-Flugplatzrennen Diepholz
	R2			16 August
10	R1	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	22 August	ADAC Formel Festival
	R2			23 August
11	R1	Singen, Germany	Alemannenring	5 September	2. ADAC-Preis Singen
	R2			6 September
12	R1	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	19 September	ADAC Großer Preis der Tourenwagen
	R2			20 September
13	R1	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	10 October	DMV-Preis Hockenheim
	R2			11 October

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	B Class Winner
1	R1	Circuit Zolder	Jörg Müller	Marco Werner	Marco Werner	GM Motorsport	Frank Kremer
	R2		Marco Werner	Jörg Müller	Michael Krumm	GM Motorsport	Svend Hansen
2	R1	Nürburgring	Philipp Peter	Pedro Lamy	Pedro Lamy	Opel Team WTS	Svend Hansen
	R2		Pedro Lamy	Sascha Maassen	Sascha Maassen	Volkswagen Motorsport	Christian Abt
3	R1	Wunstorf	Pedro Lamy	Marco Werner	Sascha Maassen	Volkswagen Motorsport	Christian Abt
	R2		Sascha Maassen	Jörg Müller	Michael Krumm	G+M Escom Motorsport	Svend Hansen
4	R1	AVUS	Philipp Peter	Marco Werner	Jörg Müller	Bongers Motorsport	Svend Hansen
	R2		Jörg Müller	Pedro Lamy	Pedro Lamy	Opel Team WTS	Frank Kremer
5	R1	Nürburgring	Marco Werner	Pedro Lamy	Pedro Lamy	Opel Team WTS	Christian Abt
	R2		Pedro Lamy	Marco Werner	Pedro Lamy	Opel Team WTS	Christian Abt
6	R1	Hockenheimring	Pedro Lamy	Pedro Lamy	Pedro Lamy	Opel Team WTS	Frank Kremer
	R2		Pedro Lamy	Pedro Lamy	Diogo Castro Santos	Volkswagen Motorsport	Frank Kremer
7	R1	Norisring	Diogo Castro Santos	Marco Werner	Diogo Castro Santos	Volkswagen Motorsport	Christian Abt
	R2		Diogo Castro Santos	Sascha Maassen	Diogo Castro Santos	Volkswagen Motorsport	Rene Wartmann
8	R1	Masaryk Circuit	Pedro Lamy	Diogo Castro Santos	Pedro Lamy	Opel Team WTS	Rene Wartmann
	R2		Pedro Lamy	Pedro Lamy	Pedro Lamy	Opel Team WTS	Christian Abt
9	R1	Diepholz Airfield Circuit	Marco Werner	Marco Werner	Marco Werner	GM Motorsport	Rene Wartmann
	R2		Marco Werner	Michael Krumm	Marco Werner	GM Motorsport	Rene Wartmann
10	R1	Nürburgring	Marco Werner	Marco Werner	Pedro Lamy	Opel Team WTS	Christian Abt
	R2		Pedro Lamy	Marco Werner	Marco Werner	GM Motorsport	Frank Kremer
11	R1	Alemannenring	Sascha Maassen	Sascha Maassen	Sascha Maassen	Volkswagen Motorsport	Christian Abt
	R2		Sascha Maassen	Marco Werner	Sascha Maassen	Volkswagen Motorsport	Christian Abt
12	R1	Nürburgring	Pedro Lamy	Pedro Lamy	Pedro Lamy	Opel Team WTS	Christian Abt
	R2		Pedro Lamy	Marco Werner	Marco Werner	GM Motorsport	Christian Abt
13	R1	Hockenheimring	Pedro Lamy	Pedro Lamy	Pedro Lamy	Opel Team WTS	Steven Arnold
	R2		Pedro Lamy	Marco Werner	Pedro Lamy	Opel Team WTS	Steven Arnold

Championship standings

A-Class

• Points are awarded as follows:

Pos Driver ZOL NÜR1 WUN AVU NÜR2 HOC1 NOR BRN DIE NÜR3 SIN NÜR4 HOC2 Points 1 Pedro Lamy Ret 5 1 16 Ret Ret 8 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 3 4 1 2 2 2 1 Ret 1 1 340 2 Marco Werner 1 3 3 1 5 1 2 9 2 2 Ret Ret 2 3 5 10 1 1 2 1 Ret 5 2 1 Ret 13 293 3 Sascha Maassen Ret 6 5 8 1 4 3 5 9 7 2 3 4 4 3 4 2 2 4 4 1 1 5 4 6 3 268 4 Diogo Castro Santos 4 2 Ret 3 3 7 Ret Ret 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 12 6 3 DNS DNS 4 3 Ret 16 229 5 Philipp Peter 3 4 2 4 16 6 Ret 3 7 9 11 9 5 6 6 6 5 5 7 5 Ret 4 7 DNS 3 2 168 6 Michael Krumm 2 1 Ret 6 6 2 Ret 8 6 6 4 6 20 10 8 7 6 3 5 8 4 9 6 Ret Ret 4 158 7 Jörg Müller 8 Ret 15 2 Ret 3 1 Ret Ret 8 6 4 7 5 11 8 Ret 6 Ret 6 DSQ 12 24 Ret 5 7 108 8 Wolfgang Kaufmann 11 Ret 4 5 10 5 5 2 5 4 Ret 7 9 11 Ret 13 12 Ret 9 9 3 3 11 DNS 11 Ret 102 9 Russell Ingall 16 8 Ret 9 DNS 9 4 4 8 5 Ret Ret 16 8 4 5 Ret DNS 3 Ret Ret 8 Ret 6 2 Ret 95 10 Markus Liesner 6 7 16 11 9 10 6 6 Ret 11 5 15 10 7 9 15 Ret 8 8 Ret Ret DNS 9 5 4 Ret 66 11 Patrick Vallant 5 15 Ret 10 8 Ret DNS DNS 7 5 14 17 7 3 10 7 13 Ret Ret Ret 16 8 9 8 53 12 Claudia Hürtgen 7 Ret 6 7 13 11 Ret 12 4 10 14 8 Ret 15 Ret 9 DNS DNS 10 7 6 Ret 8 Ret Ret 10 45 13 Christian Abt 13 11 11 12 2 14 Ret 14 13 15 10 Ret 11 14 13 12 8 DSQ 11 11 5 6 10 7 Ret Ret 38 14 Massimiliano Angelelli 3 2 27 15 Svend Hansen Ret 9 7 13 4 8 7 11 15 17 9 13 12 16 18 17 Ret Ret 15 16 9 Ret 14 12 15 14 27 16 Frank Kremer 12 10 10 DNS 7 13 9 10 17 19 8 11 Ret 18 Ret 16 11 11 12 10 8 10 17 19 10 11 18 17 Rene Wartmann 17 14 12 DNS 10 13 14 16 Ret 12 Ret 12 12 14 7 9 14 13 DSQ 7 15 Ret Ret 6 17 18 Steven Arnold 7 5 12 19 Frank Krämer Ret 10 6 9 10 11 10 20 Ruedi Schurter 13 14 8 13 7 11 7 21 Jacques Isler 9 Ret 8 Ret 5 22 Franz Binder 9 10 13 9 Ret Ret 5 23 Franc ten Wolde DNS DNS Ret 18 Ret 12 Ret 7 11 13 Ret Ret 4 24 Danny Pfeil 8 12 3 25 Josef Neuhauser 14 14 9 15 11 16 16 Ret 15 DNS 15 21 17 Ret 21 15 2 26 Stephen Watson 16 9 2 27 Martin Santner 10 13 14 20 14 15 11 15 Ret 20 Ret 18 13 13 Ret DNS 19 13 14 Ret 1 28 Marc Hessel 10 12 1 29 Joachim Ryschka 15 12 12 17 12 Ret Ret 14 19 17 10 Ret 18 14 13 15 1 30 Mario Andrea Vismara 12 10 1 31 Dino Lamby 23 11 12 18 0 32 Mercedes Stermitz 17 19 Ret 19 14 16 19 14 11 DNS 0 33 Pekka Herva 12 14 18 12 0 34 Tomas Karhanek 12 18 DNS DNS 14 20 0 35 Franz Wöss 13 19 18 21 17 23 15 15 22 16 18 19 0 36 Hanspeter Kaufmann 13 Ret 0 37 Thomas Bleiner 15 16 0 38 Kurt Fischer 19 22 16 22 DNS 17 0 39 Guido Dacco 16 15 0 40 Thomas Wagner 15 17 DNS DNS Ret DNS 0 41 Marian Hamprecht 21 18 17 17 0 42 Claudia Kreuzsaler 20 18 19 20 0 43 Günter Aberer 22 19 0 Hilton Cowie Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 Albrecht Trautzburg Ret DNS 0 Renato Prioli DNQ Ret 0 Eugen Swoboda DNQ DNQ 0 Peter Aslund Ret Ret DNS DNS 0 Peter Kox Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver ZOL NÜR1 WUN AVU NÜR2 HOC1 NOR BRN DIE NÜR3 SIN NÜR4 HOC2 Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest Lap

References

External links

• Official website (English) (German)