2008 German Formula Three Championship

The 2008 ATS F3 Cup was the sixth edition of the German F3 Cup. It commenced on 24 May 2008 and ended on 12 October after eighteen rounds. The title was won by Frédéric Vervisch.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Guest drivers in italics.

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Driver	Status	Rounds
Cup Class
Van Amersfoort Racing	Dallara F305/046	Volkswagen	1	Rahel Frey	R	1–8
	Dallara F305/046		1	Niall Quinn		9
	Dallara F306/023		2	Laurens Vanthoor	R	All
Ombra Racing	Dallara F305/064	Mugen-Honda	9	Matteo Chinosi		1–8
	Dallara F305/064		9	Philipp Eng		9
	Dallara F306/007		10	Federico Leo	R	All
Neuhauser Racing	Dallara F305/045	Mercedes HWA	11	Gerhard Tweraser		All
HS Technik Motorsport	Dallara F305/039	Mercedes HWA	12	Sebastián Saavedra	R	All
	Dallara F306/025		14	Philipp Eng	R	1
	Dallara F306/025		14	Johnny Cecotto Jr.		2–9
Swiss Racing Team	Dallara F306/034	Mercedes HWA	15	Karline Stala	R	7–9
	Dallara F305/034	OPC-Challenge	16	Max Nilsson		All
	Dallara F305/004		17	Frédéric Vervisch		1–5
	Dallara F305/004		17	Tomi Limmonen		9
Team rhino’s Leipert	Dallara F305/063	OPC-Challenge	19	Federico Glorioso		1–6, 9
Team rhino’s Leipert	Dallara F305/040	OPC-Challenge	20	Sergey Chukanov^[2]	R	All
Racing Experience	Dallara F306/009	Mercedes HWA	24	Karline Stala	R	1–4
	Mygale M-07/00	Opel	24	Louis Wagner		6
	Dallara F306/010	Mercedes HWA	25	David Hauser	R	All
	Dallara F305/012	Mercedes HWA	26	Gary Hauser	R	All
Performance Racing	Dallara F305/041	OPC-Challenge	28	Rafael Suzuki		All
	Dallara F305/051		29	Adderly Fong	R	1, 5–9
	Dallara F305/051		29	Satrio Hermanto		4
Jo Zeller Racing	Dallara F306/014	Mercedes HWA	30	Frédéric Vervisch		6–8
Jo Zeller Racing	Dallara F306/014	Mercedes HWA	30	Kevin Mirocha		9
Franz Wöss Racing	Dallara F305/028	Mercedes HWA	38	Hamad Al Fardan		1–6
GU-Racing Team	Dallara F306/030	Mercedes HWA	40	Jens Höing		1–4, 7–9
Josef Kaufmann Racing	Dallara F305/027	OPC-Challenge	44	Kevin Mirocha		1–8
Josef Kaufmann Racing	Dallara F305/027	OPC-Challenge	44	Esteban Gutiérrez	R	9
Trophy Class
HS Technik Motorsport	Dallara F303/026	OPC-Challenge	50	Shirley van der Lof		All
Team rhino’s Leipert	Dallara F302/060	Renault	52	Luca Iannaccone		All
Team rhino’s Leipert	Dallara F304/012	Opel	53	Giulio Glorioso	R	All
KFR Team F3	Dallara F302/044	OPC-Challenge	55	Dennis Swart	R	All
Ombra Racing	Dallara F302/075	Mugen-Honda	59	Massimo Rossi		1–4
JMS Jenichen	Dallara F302/084	Opel	60	Marcel Schlenker	R	1–4
Franz Wöss Racing	Dallara F303/007	Opel	62	Bernd Herndlhofer	R	All
Franz Wöss Racing	Dallara F302/033	Opel	63	Francesco Lopez		7–9
Auto-Häckel-Motorsport	Dallara F302/033	Opel	64	Klaus-Dieter Häckel		1–4
Neuhauser Racing	Dallara F303/022	Opel	66	Marco Oberhauser		All
Griffith's	Dallara F304/004	Opel	71	David Moretti		1

Calendar

With the exception of round at TT Circuit Assen, all rounds took place on German soil.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Trophy winner	Supporting
1	R1	Hockenheim	26 April	Sebastián Saavedra	Sebastián Saavedra	Matteo Chinosi	Ombra Racing	Bernd Herndlhofer	Jim Clark Revival
1	R2	Hockenheim	27 April	Philipp Eng	Philipp Eng	Gerhard Tweraser	Neuhauser Racing	Bernd Herndlhofer	Jim Clark Revival
2	R1	Oschersleben	10 May	Sebastián Saavedra	Gerhard Tweraser	Gerhard Tweraser	Neuhauser Racing	Marco Oberhauser	ADAC GT Masters
2	R2	Oschersleben	11 May	Sebastián Saavedra	Sebastián Saavedra	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	HS Technik Motorsport	Dennis Swart	ADAC GT Masters
3	R1	Nürburgring	23 May	Matteo Chinosi	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Frédéric Vervisch	Swiss Racing Team	Marco Oberhauser	24 Hours Nürburgring
3	R2	Nürburgring	24 May	Matteo Chinosi	Gerhard Tweraser	Matteo Chinosi	Ombra Racing	Marco Oberhauser	24 Hours Nürburgring
4	R1	Hockenheim	14 June	Laurens Vanthoor	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Sebastián Saavedra	HS Technik Motorsport	Dennis Swart	ADAC GT Masters
4	R2	Hockenheim	15 June	Rafael Suzuki	Rahel Frey	Frédéric Vervisch	Swiss Racing Team	Dennis Swart	ADAC GT Masters
5	R1	Assen	2 August	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Frédéric Vervisch	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	HS Technik Motorsport	Bernd Herndlhofer	Rizla+ Race Day
5	R2	Assen	3 August	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Sebastián Saavedra	HS Technik Motorsport	Dennis Swart	Rizla+ Race Day
6	R1	Nürburgring	16 August	Frédéric Vervisch	Frédéric Vervisch	Frédéric Vervisch	Jo Zeller Racing	Marco Oberhauser	1000 km Nürburgring
6	R2	Nürburgring	17 August	Frédéric Vervisch	Frédéric Vervisch	Frédéric Vervisch	Jo Zeller Racing	Shirley van der Lof	1000 km Nürburgring
7	R1	EuroSpeedway	6 September	Frédéric Vervisch	Frédéric Vervisch	Frédéric Vervisch	Jo Zeller Racing	Dennis Swart	ADAC GT Masters
7	R2	EuroSpeedway	7 September	Sebastián Saavedra	Frédéric Vervisch	Frédéric Vervisch	Jo Zeller Racing	Shirley van der Lof	ADAC GT Masters
8	R1	Sachsenring	20 September	Laurens Vanthoor	Frédéric Vervisch	Frédéric Vervisch	Jo Zeller Racing	Dennis Swart	ADAC GT Masters
8	R2	Sachsenring	21 September	Frédéric Vervisch	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Laurens Vanthoor	van Amersfoort Racing	Marco Oberhauser	ADAC GT Masters
9	R1	Oschersleben	11 October	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Sebastián Saavedra	HS Technik Motorsport	Marco Oberhauser	ADAC Master Weekend
9	R2	Oschersleben	12 October	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	van Amersfoort Racing	Shirley van der Lof	ADAC Master Weekend

Standings

ATS Formel 3 Cup

Points are awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	PP	FL
10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1	1

Pos	Driver	HOC1		OSC1		NÜR1		HOC2		ASS		NÜR2		LAU		SAC		OSC2		Pts
1	Frédéric Vervisch	3	25†	5	2	1	3	4	1	5	7	1	1	1	1	1	4			120
2	Sebastián Saavedra	2	24†	3	22†	4	4	1	11	4	1	Ret	5	4	2	4	3	1	3	99
3	Johnny Cecotto Jr.			7	1	3	6	2	5	1	2	10	4	10	3	3	2	2	2	99
4	Laurens Vanthoor	12	Ret	2	8	Ret	2	Ret	7	6	3	2	2	2	11	2	1	18†	1	85
5	Matteo Chinosi	1	2	22	3	2	1	6	3	7	5	7	10	3	7	5	20			73
6	Kevin Mirocha	8	Ret	4	6	13	12	3	2	2	4	3	6	6	8	Ret	5	6	14	56
7	Rafael Suzuki	4	5	9	4	10	14	5	8	3	6	5	3	7	5	6	6	Ret	5	55
8	Gerhard Tweraser	11	1	1	Ret	Ret	5	9	6	11	8	8	7	5	4	7	7	4	6	54
9	Federico Leo	6	3	8	5	7	7	8	23	9	Ret	6	Ret	9	10	Ret	11	20†	9	23
10	Max Nilsson	Ret	6	11	Ret	6	13	13	12	22†	10	4	8	DNS	6	8	14	5	Ret	20
11	Philipp Eng	9	4															3	4	18
12	Hamad Al Fardan	DNS	14	Ret	18	5	8	7	4	8	21†	21†	Ret							13
13	Sergey Chukanov	5	9	10	7	11	9	10	21	16	9	12	9	16	9	Ret	12	11	8	8
14	Rahel Frey	10	10	6	Ret	9	11	11	18	18	12	9	13	8	Ret	18	23†			5
15	David Hauser	7	8	12	10	22	18	Ret	17	10	11	11	Ret	11	14	11	8	10	11	5
16	Gary Hauser	Ret	7	13	20	Ret	15	12	Ret	12	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	10	10	9	12	4
17	Jens Höing	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS	8	10	14	10					Ret	12	9	9	Ret	Ret	1
	Federico Glorioso	Ret	23	Ret	19	12	16	Ret	Ret	15	16	17	11					12	Ret	0
	Karline Stala	16	26†	19	Ret	23	20	19	DNS					19	16	20†	15	15	16	0
	Satrio Hermanto							Ret	9											0
	Adderly Fong	17	20							Ret	Ret	13	12	Ret	15	12	13	21	DNS	0
	Louis Wagner											19	19							0
	Marco Oberhauser	15	16	14	16	14	17	16	20	20	15	14	15	15	Ret	14	16	13	19	0
	Bernd Herndlhofer	13	11	18	11	19	21	Ret	16	13	14	16	17	13	19	15	19	14	17	0
	Massimo Rossi	14	15	16	13	15	25	17	19											0
	Dennis Swart	Ret	12	Ret	9	17	19	15	17	14	13	20	16	12	Ret	13	18	23†	20	0
	Shirley van der Lof	Ret	13	15	14	16	23	Ret	14	19	17	18	14	15	13	Ret	17	16	15	0
	Giulio Glorioso	19	19	21	12	18	27†	Ret	Ret	17	19	15	18	14	18	19†	22	17	21	0
	Marcel Schlenker	Ret	18	17	15	20	22	18	Ret											0
	Klaus-Dieter Häckel	18	17	Ret	17	21	24	DNS	DNS											0
	Luca Iannaccone	20	22	20	21	24	26	20	22	21	20	Ret	20	20	21	17	24	22†	22	0
	David Moretti	Ret	21																	0
	Francesco Lopez													18	20	16	21	19	18	0
guest drivers ineligible for points
	Niall Quinn																	7	7	0
	Tomi Limmonen																	8	13	0
	Esteban Gutiérrez																	Ret	10	0
Pos	Driver	HOC1		OSC1		NÜR1		HOC2		ASS		NÜR2		LAU		SAC		OSC2		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
W - Wet Race

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

ATS Formel 3 Trophy

Points are awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos	Driver	HOC1		OSC1		NÜR1		HOC2		ASS		NÜR2		LAU		SAC		OSC2		Pts
1	Marco Oberhauser	3	5	1	7	1	1	2	6	5	3	1	2	5	Ret	2	1	1	4	118
2	Bernd Herndlhofer	1	1	5	2	6	3	Ret	4	1	2	3	4	2	3	3	4	2	2	116
3	Dennis Swart	Ret	2	Ret	1	4	2	1	1	2	1	5	3	1	Ret	1	3	7†	5	111
4	Shirley van der Lof	Ret	3	2	5	3	5	Ret	2	4	4	4	1	4	1	Ret	2	3	1	100
5	Giulio Glorioso	5	8	7	3	5	9	Ret	3	3	5	2	5	3	2	6†	6	4	6	73
6	Massimo Rossi	2	4	3	4	2	7	3	5											44
7	Luca Iannaccone	6	10	6	9	9	8	5	7	6	6	Ret	6	7	5	5	7	6†	7	39
8	Francesco Lopez													6	4	4	5	5	3	27
9	Marcel Schlenker	Ret	7	4	6	7	4	4	Ret											22
10	Klaus-Dieter Häckel	4	6	Ret	8	8	6	DNS	DNS											13
	David Moretti	Ret	9																	0
Pos	Driver	HOC1		OSC1		NÜR1		HOC2		ASS		NÜR2		LAU		SAC		OSC2		Pts

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

References

^ "Retrospect of a champion". formel3.de. ATS Formel 3. 2008-10-24. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
^ "Three drivers already confirmed by rhino's Leipert". formel3.de. ATS Formel 3. 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2009-09-26.

External links

Official website (in English and German)

[1] "Retrospect of a champion". formel3.de. ATS Formel 3. 2008-10-24. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-09-26.

[rhinos-2] "Three drivers already confirmed by rhino's Leipert". formel3.de. ATS Formel 3. 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2009-09-26.

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