1986 German Formula Three Championship

The 1986 German Formula Three Championship (German: 1986 Deutsche Formel-3-Meisterschaft) was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars which conformed to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 18 May at Zolder and ended at Nürburgring on 21 September after eleven rounds.

1986 German Formula Three Championship
Previous: 1985 Next: 1987

Volkswagen Motorsport (Bertram Schäfer Racing) driver Kris Nissen clinched the championship title. He won races at Zolder, Hockenheim and had a hat-trick at Nürburgring. Hanspeter Kaufmann lost 44 points to Nissen and finished as runner-up with a win in the penultimate round at Salzburgring. Víctor Rosso won at Norisring and Österreichring. Bernd Schneider, Alfonso de Vinuesa and Gregor Foitek were the other race winners.[1]

Teams and drivers
Entry List[2]
Team No. Driver Chassis Engine Rounds
Josef Kaufmann Racing 1 Markus Oestreich Martini MK49 Volkswagen All
2 Manuel Reuter Martini MK49 1–5
2 Otto Rensing Martini MK49 4–5, 7–11
45 Andy Bovensiepen Martini MK45 11
Volkswagen Motorsport 3 Kris Nissen Ralt RT30/614 Volkswagen All
4 Peter Zakowski Ralt RT30/608 All
Malte Bongers Motorsport 5 Alfonso de Vinuesa Reynard 863 Volkswagen 1–5, 7–8, 11
Tomi Luhtanen Reynard 863/040 9–10
6 Hellmut Mundas Martini MK45 2, 5
Peter Elgaard 4
Dag Rosthe Reynard 863 9
Richard Hamann 11
McGregor Racing Team 7 Sigi Betz Martini MK44 Volkswagen All
8 Frank Schmickler Ralt RT30 1–9, 11
Dieter Heinzelmann 10
Werner Schröder Racing 9 Delia Stegemann Ralt RT30 Volkswagen 1–4, 7–11
9 Jürgen von Gartzen Ralt RT30 7–8
Wolfgang Kaufmann 10 Wolfgang Kaufmann Ralt RT30 Volkswagen All
Squadra Foitek 11 Hanspeter Kaufmann Dallara F386 Volkswagen All
38 Gregor Foitek Dallara F386 4–5, 7, 9
Bross Druck Chemie Racing 12 Alfonso Toledano Reynard 863 Volkswagen 1–4, 6–7
Henrik Larsen 8
Stefan Neuberger 9, 11
Pierre Bourque 10
39 Richard Hamann Reynard 863 1, 3–5, 7–10
39 David Coyne 6
40 Stefan Neuberger Reynard 853 1–6, 8
40 Helmut Bross 11
50 Pierre Bourque Reynard 863 9
Team Pernod 14 Thomas von Löwis Ralt RT30 Volkswagen 1, 3–10
Bruno Eichmann 11
Team Bössinger Tresorbauwerke 15 Peter Wisskirchen Ralt RT30 Volkswagen 1–4, 7–9, 11
18 Wilhelm F. Weber Ralt RT30/522 1, 3–4, 6–11
19 Richard Hamann Ralt RT30 2
Walter Lechner Racing School 16 Franz Abraham Ralt RT30 Alfa Romeo All
Sachs Sporting 17 Michael Kahnt Ralt RT30 Alfa Romeo 4
Mönninghoff Racing Team 20 Artur Deutgen Ralt RT30 Volkswagen 1–8, 11
21 Franz-Josef Prangemeier Ralt RT3/496 1–5, 7–9, 11
Peter Katsarski 22 Peter Katsarski Ralt RT30 Volkswagen 4–5, 8–9
Otto Christmann 25 Otto Christmann Martini MK35 Volkswagen 2–3, 7
Keusgen Racing Team 27 Gerd Lünsmann Ralt RT30/529 Volkswagen 1–5, 7–9, 11
Ralf Rauh 30 Ralf Rauh Martini MK45 Volkswagen 1–3
Schübel Rennsport Int. 31 Víctor Rosso Dallara F386 Volkswagen All
32 Martin Ragginger Dallara F386 1–7, 9–10
Duckhams Oil Int. 33 Peter Elgaard Ralt RT30 Volkswagen 1–3, 5–11
Bernd Schneider 34 Bernd Schneider Reynard 863/039 Volkswagen All
Michael Roppes 35 Michael Roppes Ralt RT30 Volkswagen All
SA Elevers-KTR Marlboro 41 Harald Huysman Ralt RT30/650 Volkswagen 1–3, 7–8
UFD Racing Team 43 Karl-Heinz Wenig Ralt RT3 Volkswagen 1, 3
Franz Theuermann 44 Franz Binder Ralt RT30/563 Volkswagen 1, 6, 10
Adi Lechner 45 Adi Lechner Martini Volkswagen 4–6
David Price Racing 45 Paul Belmondo Reynard 863 Alfa Romeo 8–9
46 Fabien Giroix Reynard 863 8–9
47 Andrew Ridgeley Reynard 863 Volkswagen 8–9
Scuderia Teutonia 46 Mathias Arlt Anson SA4 Volkswagen 1, 4, 11
HT Racing Sport 49 Hasse Thaung Ralt RT30 Volkswagen All
OY Finlandia Racing 51 Sami Pensala Ralt RT30 Volkswagen 7

Calendar
Round Location Circuit Date Supporting
1 Heusden-Zolder, Belgium Circuit Zolder 18 May 20. ADAC Westfalen-Pokal-Rennen
2 Wunstorf, West Germany Wunstorf 8 June ADAC Flugplatzrennen Wunstorf
3 Hockenheim, West Germany Hockenheimring 15 June ADAC-Preis Hockenheim
4 Nuremberg, West Germany Norisring 28 June ADAC-Norisring-Trophäe "200 Meilen von Nürnberg"
5 Erding, West Germany Erding 6 July 9. ADAC-Flugplatz-Rennen Erding
6 Zeltweg, Austria Österreichring 13 July ADAC-Hessen-Cup — Preis des Aichfeldes
7 Nürburg, West Germany Nürburgring 20 July ADAC Truck Grand-Prix
8 Heusden-Zolder, Belgium Circuit Zolder 17 August ADAC/ACR-Grenzland-Preis
9 Nürburg, West Germany Nürburgring 23 August 32. ADAC Kouros 1000 km Rennen
10 Salzburg, Austria Salzburgring 31 August ADAC-Alpentrophäe
11 Nürburg, West Germany Nürburgring 21 September XIII. ADAC-Bilstein Super Sprint'

Results
Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 Circuit Zolder Kris Nissen Hanspeter Kaufmann Kris Nissen Volkswagen Motorsport
2 Wunstorf Alfonso Toledano Víctor Rosso Alfonso de Vinuesa Malte Bongers Motorsport
3 Hockenheimring Kris Nissen Kris Nissen Kris Nissen Volkswagen Motorsport
4 Norisring Víctor Rosso Manuel Reuter Víctor Rosso Schübel Rennsport Int.
5 Erding Gregor Foitek Gregor Foitek Gregor Foitek Squadra Foitek
6 Österreichring Víctor Rosso Víctor Rosso Víctor Rosso Schübel Rennsport Int.
7 Nürburgring Wolfgang Kaufmann Bernd Schneider Kris Nissen Volkswagen Motorsport
8 Circuit Zolder Bernd Schneider Bernd Schneider Bernd Schneider Bernd Schneider
9 Nürburgring Kris Nissen Tomi Luhtanen Kris Nissen Volkswagen Motorsport
10 Salzburgring Kris Nissen Víctor Rosso Hanspeter Kaufmann Squadra Foitek
11 Nürburgring Kris Nissen Kris Nissen Kris Nissen Volkswagen Motorsport

Championship standings
  • Points are awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
Pos Driver ZOL1
 WUN
 HOC
 NOR
 ERD
 ZEL
 NÜR1
 ZOL2
 NÜR2
 SAL
 NÜR3
 Points
1 Kris Nissen 1 8 1 Ret 2 6 1 12 1 2 1 139
2 Hanspeter Kaufmann 3 4 2 4 Ret 2 8 6 7 1 Ret 95
3 Víctor Rosso Ret Ret Ret 1 Ret 1 2 2 3 3 Ret 94
4 Bernd Schneider Ret 9 4 3 3 5 3 1 4 5 Ret 94
5 Wolfgang Kaufmann 2 10 Ret 2 15 7 Ret Ret 6 4 2 66
6 Otto Rensing 5 8 11 3 2 7 5 50
7 Alfonso de Vinuesa Ret 1 Ret Ret DNS 4 10 3 43
8 Markus Oestreich 4 Ret 7 DNQ Ret 3 7 DNS 9 Ret 4 42
9 Gregor Foitek 7 1 5 10 33
10 Manuel Reuter Ret 2 3 6 DNS 33
11 Frank Schmickler 5 6 DSQ 12 10 8 6 8 16 6 33
12 Martin Ragginger 8 3 8 9 9 9 10 Ret DNS 25
13 Stefan Neuberger 6 Ret Ret 8 4 Ret 11 8 17 22
14 Peter Zakowski 11 11 6 20 5 11 Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret 14
15 Tomi Luhtanen 5 6 14
16 Harald Huysman 7 Ret Ret 9 5 14
17 Franz Abraham 15 5 Ret 13 7 12 Ret DNS 18 DNS Ret 12
18 David Coyne 4 DNS 10
19 Paul Belmondo 4 12 10
20 Artur Deutgen Ret 17 Ret 11 6 10 Ret 19 10 8
21 Michael Roppes Ret Ret 9 Ret 11 DNS 16 7 14 9 Ret 8
22 Peter Elgaard Ret DNS Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret 13 17 8 8 7
23 Ralf Rauh Ret 7 Ret 4
24 Andy Bovensiepen 7 4
25 Thomas von Löwis 9 10 21 Ret 14 21 14 Ret 17 3
26 Henrik Larsen 9 2
27 Bruno Eichmann 9 2
28 Peter Wisskirchen 10 13 Ret Ret 18 DNS 19 Ret 1
29 Franz Binder 12 13 10 1
Wilhelm F. Weber 17 12 17 15 22 16 23 12 11 0
Gerd Lünsmann 14 Ret 11 15 13 23 18 26 13 0
Richard Hamann 13 Ret Ret DNQ Ret 15 15 11 Ret 0
Fabien Giroix DNS 11 0
Sigi Betz Ret Ret DNS Ret DNS 19 17 22 13 12 0
Alfonso Toledano Ret Ret Ret 14 16 12 0
Hellmut Mundas 12 12 0
Karl-Heinz Wenig Ret 13 0
Sami Pensala 13 0
Hasse Thaung 13 0
Franz-Josef Prangemeier 18 16 14 DNQ 14 20 DNS Ret 14 0
Otto Christmann 14 DNS 24 0
Jürgen von Gartzen 14 DNS 0
Dieter Heinzelmann 14 0
Delia Stegemann 19 15 15 18 17 15 24 16 15 0
Pierre Bourque DNS 15 0
Mathias Arlt 16 16 16 0
Adi Lechner DNQ Ret 17 0
Michael Kahnt 19 0
Andrew Ridgeley Ret 20 0
Dag Rosthe 21 0
Peter Katsarski DNQ DNS Ret 25 0
Helmut Bross Ret 0
Justin Sünkel DNS DNQ 0
Stefan Oberndorfer DNQ 0
Gianni Bianchi DNQ 0
Pos Driver ZOL1
 WUN
 HOC
 NOR
 ERD
 ZEL
 NÜR1
 ZOL2
 NÜR2
 SAL
 NÜR3
 Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References
  1. "Formula 3 Germany 1986 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  2. "STARTERLISTE 1986 DEUTSCHE FORMEL-3-MEISTERSCHAFT" (PDF) (in German). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 12 March 2017.

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