2012 German Formula Three Championship

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]

2012 German Formula Three Championship
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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.

Teams and drivers
Team Chassis Engine No. Driver Status Rounds
Cup Class
Van Amersfoort Racing[5] Dallara F308/006 VW Power Engine 1 René Binder[5] All
Dallara F308/007 2 Lucas Auer[6] R All
Dallara F308/011 3 Dennis van de Laar[7] R 1–3, 5–9
5 Daniel Abt[8] 4
Performance Racing Dallara F310/002 VW Power Engine 9 Luca Stolz[9] 5–9
10 John Bryant-Meisner[10] R 1
Dallara F308/020 11 Yannick Mettler[11] All
Dallara F308/092 25 Mitchell Gilbert[12] R All
Lotus[13] Dallara F308/099 VW Power Engine 14 Jimmy Eriksson[14] All
Dallara F311/002 15 Artem Markelov[15] R All
Dallara F308/098 16 Kimiya Sato[15] All
Dallara F308/096 17 Sheban Siddiqi[15] R All
EuroInternational Dallara F308/057 VW Power Engine 18 Michela Cerruti[16] 6–9
Dallara F311/001 19 Tom Blomqvist[17] 2–4, 6, 8
20 Alon Day[18] 9
ADM Motorsport Dallara F308/072 VW Power Engine 27 Alon Day[9] 5–8
Trophy Class
Rhino's Leipert Motorsport Dallara F304/012 Opel 52 Luca Iannaccone[19] All
APEX Engineering Dallara F305/034 OPC-Challenge 54 Jordi Weckx[19] All
Rennsport Rössler Dallara F306/016 OPC-Challenge 58 Dominik Kocher[19] 1–4, 6–9
HS Engineering Dallara F305/037 Volkswagen 63 Luca Stolz[19] 1–4
ma-con Dallara F305/030 Volkswagen 66 André Rudersdorf[15] R 1–4, 6–8
Michael Aberer Dallara F306/034 Volkswagen 68 Michael Aberer[18] 9
Franz Wöss Racing Dallara F305/062 OPC-Challenge 72 Maximilian Hackl[9] 6
Dallara F302/033 Opel 78 Sylvain Warnecke[9] 6
Icon Status
R Rookie

Race calendar and results

The 2012 calendar consists of nine meetings, of which five take place on German soil while neighbouring Netherlands, Belgium and Austria will host the remaining four rounds. The F3 Cup will be part of the ADAC Masters Weekend package seven times; GAMMA Race Day at Assen is once again part of the German F3 schedule with an International Superstars Series support round at Spa-Francorchamps. The series will adopt a format used in British Formula 3 and the Formula 3 Euro Series, with three races a weekend, two of which held on the Saturday and the final race on the Sunday.[3]

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 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 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 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 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 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 EuroSpeedway Lausitz 25 August Mitchell Gilbert Mitchell Gilbert Mitchell Gilbert Performance Racing T: André Rudersdorf
R: Mitchell Gilbert
R2 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 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 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

* The rounds at Spa and Assen will be invitation rounds.

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:
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
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
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
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

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

SONAX Rookie-Pokal

Rookie drivers are only eligible for the SONAX Rookie-Pokal title, if they have not previously competed in more than two events of national or international Formula 3 racing, and are 25 years old or younger in 2012.

Pos Driver ZAN
 SAC
 OSC
 SPA
 ASS
 RBR
 LAU
 NÜR
 HOC
 Pts
1 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 3 414
2 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 4 399
3 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 6 291
4 Luca Stolz 6 DNS 10 10 6 10 12 8 5 10 10 13† 8 2 5 4 Ret 8 3 10 4 7 3 9 12 7 8 254
5 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 7 227
6 André Rudersdorf 9 8 8 11 7 9 10 10 13 9 9 9 10 7 11 8 7 9 13 9 10 171
7 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 10 150
8 John Bryant-Meisner 7 3 5 34
9 Maximilian Hackl 13 10 14 16
Pos Driver ZAN
 SAC
 OSC
 SPA
 ASS
 RBR
 LAU
 NÜR
 HOC
 Pts
  • † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

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