2012_German_Formula_Three_Championship

2012 German Formula Three Championship

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The 2012 ATS Formel 3 Cup was the tenth edition of the German F3 Cup and the inaugural edition with one-make Volkswagen Power Engines.^[1] The Cup class is open for cars built between 2008 and 2011 and equipped with the new Volkswagen engine, while cars built between 2002 and 2007 with conventional Formula Three engines will race in the Trophy class.^[2] The season began on 4 May at Circuit Park Zandvoort and ended on 30 September at Hockenheim after nine race weekends, totalling 27 races.^[3]

Lotus driver Jimmy Eriksson became the first and only Swedish driver to win the championship. He clinched the title after taking points in the Hockenheim qualifying.^[4] He surpassed champion of the Rookie class Lucas Auer and Kimiya Sato by 110 and 127 respectively points. André Rudersdorf won the Trophy class, as his main rival Luca Stolz stepped up to the Cup class in the second half of the season.

Championship standings

Cup

Cars built over the period of 2008–2011, and equipped with the Volkswagen Power Engine are eligible for Cup points.
Cars built between 2002 and 2007 are eligible for Trophy points; points are awarded as follows:

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Pos	Driver	ZAN			SAC			OSC			SPA			ASS			RBR			LAU			NÜR			HOC			Pts
Cup Class
1	Jimmy Eriksson	1	5	6	2	3	4	1	3	1	1	2	4	1	6	1	11	4	3	2	3	6	4	Ret	3	1	3	1	408
2	Lucas Auer	2	DNS	4	6	Ret	2	4	9	2	5	Ret	5	9	4	2	5	1	2	4	4	1	2	4	2	8	2	3	298
3	Kimiya Sato	Ret	6	1	1	2	1	5	1	Ret	13	5	3	3	5	3	6	15	5	11	9	3	3	6	11	2	Ret	2	281
4	Mitchell Gilbert	3	4	2	7	8	6	2	DSQ	8	4	7	6	7	1	8	2	2	7	1	6	2	6	2	4	3	4	4	277
5	Tom Blomqvist				3	4	3	3	6	10	2	1	2				1	9	1				1	Ret	1				222
6	René Binder	4	2	13†	8	1	7	6	4	7	3	6	1	2	Ret	7	DNS	5	9	5	2	7	8	1	Ret	7	5	9	191
7	Artem Markelov	Ret	9	Ret	4	5	DSQ	8	5	3	8	4	14†	5	7	6	8	8	10	6	1	8	5	5	6	4	1	6	155
8	Yannick Mettler	5	1	DNS	5	14	DSQ	7	2	4	6	8	8	10	8	9	9	3	6	7	5	5	9	14	5	Ret	Ret	5	131
9	Dennis van de Laar	10	10	3	9	13	11	9	7	6				4	9	4	17†	12	4	9	8	Ret	10	8	7	5	6	7	110
10	Luca Stolz													8	2	5	4	Ret	8	3	10	4	7	3	9	12	7	8	85
11	Alon Day													6	3	Ret	3	6	13	10	11	Ret	11	7	8	6	Ret	Ret	48
12	Sheban Siddiqi	11	11	9	Ret	10	12	11	11	11	14†	11	10	12	10	Ret	7	13	15	13	15	12	15	12	12	9	9	10	30
13	John Bryant-Meisner	7	3	5																									24
14	Daniel Abt										7	3	7																18
15	Michela Cerruti																12	16	12	12	12	10	12	10	14	11	10	12	3
16	Zoël Amberg																DNS	DNS	DNS										0
Trophy Class
1	André Rudersdorf	9	8	8	11	7	9	10	10	13	9	9	9				10	7	11	8	7	9	13	9	10				377
2	Jordi Weckx	8	7	7	Ret	9	13	13	14	9	11	Ret	DNS	11	11	10	16	11	16	14	13	14	14	11	13				300
3	Dominik Kocher	12	12	11	Ret	11	14	14	12	Ret	12	12	11				14	14	17	15	14	11	16	13	15	10	8	11	268
4	Luca Iannaccone	13	13	12	12	12	15	15	DSQ	12	15	14	12	13	12	11	15	18	19	16	16	13	WD	WD	WD	13	12	14	252
5	Luca Stolz	6	DNS	10	10	6	10	12	8	5	10	10	13†																184
6	Maximilian Hackl																13	10	14										44
7	Sylvain Warnecke																Ret	17	18										14
Guest driver ineligible for points
	Michael Aberer																									14	11	13	0
Pos	Driver	ZAN			SAC			OSC			SPA			ASS			RBR			LAU			NÜR			HOC			Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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.

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2012_German_Formula_Three_Championship

2012 German Formula Three Championship

Teams and drivers

Race calendar and results

Championship standings

Cup

SONAX Rookie-Pokal

References

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Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Secondary Class winner
1	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	5 May	Lucas Auer	Lucas Auer	Jimmy Eriksson	Lotus	T: Luca Stolz R: Lucas Auer
	R2		5 May		Kimiya Sato	Yannick Mettler	Performance Racing	T: Jordi Weckx R: John Bryant-Meisner
	R3		6 May	Lucas Auer	Kimiya Sato	Kimiya Sato	Lotus	T: Jordi Weckx R: Mitchell Gilbert
2	R1	Sachsenring	9 June	Kimiya Sato	Kimiya Sato	Kimiya Sato	Lotus	T: Luca Stolz R: Artem Markelov
	R2		9 June		Artem Markelov	René Binder	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: Luca Stolz R: Artem Markelov
	R3		10 June	Tom Blomqvist	Kimiya Sato	Kimiya Sato	Lotus	T: André Rudersdorf R: Lucas Auer
3	R1	Oschersleben	7 July	Jimmy Eriksson	Jimmy Eriksson	Jimmy Eriksson	Lotus	T: André Rudersdorf R: Mitchell Gilbert
	R2		7 July		Kimiya Sato	Kimiya Sato	Lotus	T: Luca Stolz R: Artem Markelov
	R3		8 July	Jimmy Eriksson	Jimmy Eriksson	Jimmy Eriksson	Lotus	T: Luca Stolz R: Lucas Auer
4	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps*	14 July	Kimiya Sato	Jimmy Eriksson	Jimmy Eriksson	Lotus	T: André Rudersdorf R: Mitchell Gilbert
	R2		14 July		Jimmy Eriksson	Tom Blomqvist	EuroInternational	T: André Rudersdorf R: Artem Markelov
	R3		15 July	Kimiya Sato	René Binder	René Binder	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: André Rudersdorf R: Lucas Auer
5	R1	TT Circuit Assen*	3 August	Jimmy Eriksson	Jimmy Eriksson	Jimmy Eriksson	Lotus	T: Jordi Weckx R: Dennis van de Laar
	R2		4 August		Jimmy Eriksson	Mitchell Gilbert	Performance Racing	T: Jordi Weckx R: Mitchell Gilbert
	R3		5 August	Jimmy Eriksson	Mitchell Gilbert	Jimmy Eriksson	Lotus	T: Jordi Weckx R: Lucas Auer
6	R1	Red Bull Ring	11 August	Tom Blomqvist	Mitchell Gilbert	Tom Blomqvist	EuroInternational	T: André Rudersdorf R: Mitchell Gilbert
	R2		11 August		Lucas Auer	Lucas Auer	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: André Rudersdorf R: Lucas Auer
	R3		12 August	Tom Blomqvist	Jimmy Eriksson	Tom Blomqvist	EuroInternational	T: André Rudersdorf R: Lucas Auer
7	R1	Lausitzring	25 August	Mitchell Gilbert	Mitchell Gilbert	Mitchell Gilbert	Performance Racing	T: André Rudersdorf R: Mitchell Gilbert
	R2		25 August		Mitchell Gilbert	Artem Markelov	Lotus	T: André Rudersdorf R: Artem Markelov
	R3		26 August	Mitchell Gilbert	Lucas Auer	Lucas Auer	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: André Rudersdorf R: Lucas Auer
8	R1	Nürburgring	15 September	Tom Blomqvist	Tom Blomqvist	Tom Blomqvist	EuroInternational	T: André Rudersdorf R: Lucas Auer
	R2		15 September		Kimiya Sato	René Binder	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: André Rudersdorf R: Mitchell Gilbert
	R3		16 September	Tom Blomqvist	Kimiya Sato	Tom Blomqvist	EuroInternational	T: André Rudersdorf R: Lucas Auer
9	R1	Hockenheimring	29 September	Jimmy Eriksson	Jimmy Eriksson	Jimmy Eriksson	Lotus	T: Dominik Kocher R: Mitchell Gilbert
	R2		29 September		Lucas Auer	Artem Markelov	Lotus	T: Dominik Kocher R: Artem Markelov
	R3		30 September	Jimmy Eriksson	Jimmy Eriksson	Jimmy Eriksson	Lotus	T: Dominik Kocher R: Lucas Auer

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PP	FL
Races 1 & 3	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	3	3
Race 2	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	3