1987 German Formula Three Championship

The 1987 German Formula Three Championship (German: 1987 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 26 April at Nürburgring and ended at Zolder on 27 September after nine rounds.

1987 German Formula Three Championship
Previous: 1986 Next: 1988

Team Sonax Autopflege (Schübel Rennsport) driver Bernd Schneider dominated the championship. He won seven from eight races that he competed and clinched the title. Joachim Winkelhock lost 42 points to Schneider and finished as runner-up with win in the season finale at Zolder. Hanspeter Kaufmann won at AVUS. Víctor Rosso, Harald Huysman, Frank Biela, David Coyne, Tomi Luhtanen and Eric van de Poele were the other podium finishers.[1]

Teams and drivers
Entry List[2]
Team No. Driver Chassis Engine Rounds
Volkswagen Motorsport 1 Víctor Rosso Ralt RT31/705 Volkswagen All
2 Peter Zakowski Ralt RT31/707 All
JSK Generalbau 3 Hanspeter Kaufmann Dallara F386 Volkswagen All
23 Gianni Bianchi Dallara F386/019 4
Team Sonax Autopflege 4 Bernd Schneider Dallara F387 Volkswagen 1–8
Schübel Rennsport Int. 5 Csaba Kesjár Dallara F387/014 Volkswagen 1–8
Frank Biela 6 Frank Biela Reynard 873 Volkswagen All
Malte Bongers Motorsport 7 Wolfgang Kaufmann Reynard 873/061 Alfa Romeo 1–5
8 Tomi Luhtanen Reynard 873/094 Volkswagen All
Nigrin Sportauto Nachwuchsförderung 9 Otto Rensing Martini MK52/01 Volkswagen All
10 Markus Oestreich Martini MK52 4, 6–8
McGregor Racing Team 11 Sigi Betz Reynard 863/030 Volkswagen 105
12 Martin Ludwig Ralt RT30 1
Mönninghoff Racing 14 Frank Schmickler Ralt RT31/711 Volkswagen 1–2, 4–8
32 Mercedes Stermitz Ralt RT30 4
Delia Stegemann Ralt RT31 8
Bross Druck Chemie Racing 15 David Coyne Reynard 873 Volkswagen 1–4, 6–8
35 Werner Braun Reynard 863 2
Helmut Bross 3
Franz Binder 7
43 Werner Braun 1
51 Franz Binder 5
Team Penthouse Pernod 16 Michael Roppes Ralt RT31/701 Volkswagen 1–8
Peter Wisskirchen 17 Peter Wisskirchen Reynard 873/045 Volkswagen 1–4, 6–8
Hartge Motorsport 19 Eric van de Poele Ralt RT31 Volkswagen 1–4, 7–9
WTS Racing Team 20 Wilhelm F. Weber Reynard 873 Volkswagen 1–4, 6–7
Ellen Lohr 8
Frank Schmickler 9
21 Joachim Winkelhock Reynard 873 All
22 Patrick Jerome Ralt RT30/522 1–3
Stefan Fricke 25 Stefan Fricke Ralt RT30/529 Volkswagen 1–3
Gerd Lünsmann Racing 27 Gerd Lünsmann Ralt RT31/710 Volkswagen 2–4, 6–7
Stefan Fricke 8–9
Gipimo Corse 30 Harald Huysman Dallara F387 Alfa Romeo All
Bamo Power Motorsport 33 Richard Hamann Reynard 873/051 Volkswagen 1–7
39 Stefan Lohr Reynard 853 4
Derichs Rennwagen 34 Gerhard Müller Derichs D385/01 Toyota 2
MC Motorsport 34 Cathy Muller Ralt RT31 Volkswagen 8
Sport Auto Racing 39 André Malherbe Ralt RT31 Volkswagen 7
Ewald Gasper 40 Stefan Neuberger Martini MK45 Volkswagen 1–2, 4
Serge Saulnier 41 Eric Bellefroid Dallara F387 Alfa Romeo 7
Theo Kirchhoff 42 Theo Kirchhoff Reynard no data 1, 3
KTR 43 Jean-Denis Délétraz Ralt RT31 Volkswagen 7
Johann Stelzer 54 Johann Stelzer Reynard 863 Volkswagen 1, 5

Calendar
Round Location Circuit Date Supporting
1 Nürburg, West Germany Nürburgring 26 April 49. ADAC Eifelrennen"
2 Berlin, West Germany AVUS 10 May ADAC-Avus-Rennen
3 Heusden-Zolder, Belgium Circuit Zolder 24 May 21. ADAC Westfalen-Pokal-Rennen
4 Hockenheim, West Germany Hockenheimring 5 July ADAC-Preis Hockenheim
5 Zeltweg, Austria Österreichring 12 July ADAC-Hessen-Cup — Preis des Aichfeldes
6 Siegerland, West Germany Siegerland Airport 23 August 10. ADAC-Siegerland-Flughafenrennen
7 Nürburg, West Germany Nürburgring 30 August ADAC 1000 km Rennen
8 Nürburg, West Germany Nürburgring 20 September XIV. ADAC Bilstein Super Sprint
9 Heusden-Zolder, Belgium Circuit Zolder 27 September ADAC/ACR Grenzland-Preis "Stefan-Bellof-Gedächtnis-Rennen"

Results
Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 Nürburgring Bernd Schneider Bernd Schneider Bernd Schneider Team Sonax Autopflege
2 AVUS Bernd Schneider Bernd Schneider Hanspeter Kaufmann JSK Generalbau
3 Circuit Zolder Bernd Schneider Bernd Schneider Bernd Schneider Team Sonax Autopflege
4 Hockenheimring Bernd Schneider Bernd Schneider Bernd Schneider Team Sonax Autopflege
5 Österreichring Bernd Schneider Bernd Schneider Bernd Schneider Team Sonax Autopflege
6 Siegerland Airport Bernd Schneider Bernd Schneider Bernd Schneider Team Sonax Autopflege
7 Nürburgring Joachim Winkelhock Bernd Schneider Bernd Schneider Team Sonax Autopflege
8 Nürburgring Bernd Schneider Bernd Schneider Bernd Schneider Team Sonax Autopflege
9 Circuit Zolder Joachim Winkelhock Tomi Luhtanen Joachim Winkelhock WTS Racing Team

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 NÜR1
 AVU
 ZOL1
 HOC1
 ZEL
 SIE
 NÜR2
 NÜR3
 ZOL2
 Points
1 Bernd Schneider 1 13 1 1 1 1 1 1 140
2 Joachim Winkelhock 9 10 2 2 2 2 2 1 98
3 Hanspeter Kaufmann 3 1 3 Ret 2 7 Ret 4 7 77
4 Víctor Rosso 4 2 Ret Ret 3 8 3 5 Ret 60
5 Otto Rensing 6 5 5 4 5 Ret 9 15 4 52
6 Harald Huysman 16 3 4 3 7 5 10 Ret Ret 47
7 Frank Biela 2 14 9 Ret 9 6 6 16 2 46
8 Peter Zakowski 8 4 Ret 5 13 4 Ret 7 6 41
9 David Coyne 5 Ret Ret Ret 3 4 8 33
10 Tomi Luhtanen 10 6 6 15 14 Ret Ret 3 5 33
11 Eric van de Poele 12 DNS 8 6 5 14 3 29
12 Michael Roppes 7 Ret 13 Ret 6 Ret 7 12 14
13 Wolfgang Kaufmann 13 9 7 7 8 13
14 Csaba Kesjár 11 12 14 11 4 10 12 10 12
15 Frank Schmickler 14 Ret 8 12 11 Ret 9 8 8
16 Cathy Muller 6 6
17 Markus Oestreich Ret 9 8 Ret 5
18 Peter Wisskirchen 18 7 16 12 12 14 DNS 4
19 Gerhard Müller 8 3
20 Sigi Betz 17 11 12 9 15 2
21 Richard Hamann 15 Ret 10 10 11 Ret 13 2
22 Franz Binder 10 Ret 1
Eric Bellefroid 11 0
Ellen Lohr 11 0
Gianni Bianchi 13 0
Gerd Lünsmann 16 Ret 14 13 DNS 0
Stefan Fricke Ret 17 17 13 Ret 0
Wilhelm F. Weber 20 15 15 Ret DNS DNS 0
André Malherbe 15 0
Johann Stelzer Ret 16 0
Mercedes Stermitz 16 0
Werner Braun Ret Ret 17 0
Delia Stegemann 17 0
Stefan Lohr 18 0
Patrick Jerome 19 DNS Ret 0
Martin Ludwig 21 0
Theo Kirchhoff 22 Ret 0
Stefan Neuberger Ret DNS 0
Helmut Bross Ret 0
Jean-Denis Délétraz Ret 0
Walter Zischg DNS 0
Pos Driver NÜR1
 AVU
 ZOL1
 HOC1
 ZEL
 SIE
 NÜR2
 NÜR3
 ZOL2
 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 1987 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  2. "STARTERLISTE 1987 DEUTSCHE FORMEL-3-MEISTERSCHAFT" (PDF) (in German). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 12 March 2017.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.