2003 German Formula Three Championship Explained

The 2003 ATS Formel 3 Cup was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by Dallara which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It was the inaugural edition of the ATS F3 Cup. It commenced on 3 May at Oschersleben and ended at the same place on 12 October after eight double-header rounds.

JB Motorsport driver João Paulo de Oliveira became the first and only Brazilian champion. He dominated the season, winning all but three races. Sven Barth won Rookie title and one of the races to finish the season as runner-up with 138-point gap to de Oliveira. The third place went to Hannes Neuhauser, who won both races of the opening round.^[1]

Teams and drivers

All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.^[2]

Team Driver Chassis Status Rounds JB Motorsport 1 Adrian Wolf F302/010 7–8 2 João Paulo de Oliveira F302/072 All Trella Motorsport 3 Catharina Felser F302/007 All 4 Thomas Holzer F302/087 4–8 EMS Motorsport 5 Markus Mann F300/041 All Franz Wöss Racing 8 Olivier Muytjens F302/087 1–2 Franz Wöss 3 9 Sven Barth F399/072 All 10 André Fibier F399/011 2 Marcel Lasée 3 Ina Fabry 4–6 David Hemkemeyer 7–8 Christian Zeller 11 Christian Zeller F300/050 3, 7 Remy Striebig 12 Remy Striebig F399/009 3 KFR Team F3 14 Tomáš Kostka F302/044 All Petutschnig Engineering 16 Denis G. Watt F302/074 1 Franz Wöss 2 Tomáš Tóth 6–8 JMS Jenichen Motorsport 17 Michael Herich F399/068 2 18 Luca Iannaccone F301/010 All 19 Diego Romanini F399/007 1–6, 8 Achleitner Motorsport 20 Hannes Neuhauser F302/068 All Rennsport Rössler 21 Adrian Wolf F399/068 4 Dennis Melcher 5 Florian Stoll 7 Marin Čolak 8 22 Thomas Rössler F301/031 All Brendecke Motorsport 23 Frank Brendecke F300/023 All FS Motorsport 24 Franz Schmöller F302/050 All Bordoli Motorsport 25 Tobias Blättler F301/026 3 Michel Frey F300/011 4, 6, 8 Jakob Bordoli 7 Jo Zeller Racing 26 Jo Zeller F301/006 3 Tobias Blättler F301/026 7 31 Urs Rüttimann F396/023 7 Performance Racing 27 Justin Sherwood F300/019 4–5 28 Jesse Mason F399/042 4 Ross Zwolsman 5 Adam Langley-Khan 7 HS Technik Motorsport 29 Roman Hoffmann F301/016 6–7 Tomas Muskát 32 Tomas Muskát F397/051 7 Jacek Sadkiewicz 34 Jacek Sadkiewicz F397/046 7

Race calendar and results

With the exception of two rounds at A1-Ring in Austria, all rounds took place on German soil.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	3 May	Hannes Neuhauser	João Paulo de Oliveira	Hannes Neuhauser	nowrap	Achleitner Motorsport
	R2	4 May	Hannes Neuhauser	Hannes Neuhauser	Hannes Neuhauser	Achleitner Motorsport
2	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	10 May	nowrap	João Paulo de Oliveira	nowrap	João Paulo de Oliveira	nowrap	João Paulo de Oliveira	JB Motorsport
	R2		11 May	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	JB Motorsport
3	R1	Hockenheimring	14 June	Jo Zeller	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	JB Motorsport
	R2		15 June	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	JB Motorsport
4	R1	Nürburgring	12 July	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	JB Motorsport
	R2		13 July	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	JB Motorsport
5	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	19 July	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	JB Motorsport
	R2		20 July	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	JB Motorsport
6	R1	A1-Ring	23 August	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	JB Motorsport
	R2		24 August	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	JB Motorsport
7	R1	A1-Ring	nowrap	20 September	Hannes Neuhauser	João Paulo de Oliveira	Sven Barth	Franz Wöss Racing
	R2		21 September	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	JB Motorsport
8	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	11 October	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	JB Motorsport
	R2		12 October	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	JB Motorsport

Championship standings

Cup

• Points were awarded as follows:

Pos Driver OSC1 LAU1 HOC NÜR LAU2 A1R1 A1R2 OSC2 Pts 1 align=left nowrap João Paulo de Oliveira 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 1 1 1 329 2. Sven Barth 7 5 2 3 2 2 2 2 4 3 6 3 1 3 4 4 191 3 Hannes Neuhauser 1 1 3 2 6 Ret 7 3 2 7 5 2 Ret 2 2 2 185 4 Markus Mann 5 6 4 4 3 4 DNS DNS 5 13 Ret 7 3 6 3 3 110 5 Franz Schmöller 4 9 5 8 4 7 6 6 Ret 4 2 5 7 Ret 6 Ret 92 6 Catharina Felser 3 4 7 5 14 6 Ret 10 10 10 3 6 5 4 9 10 82 7 Thomas Holzer 4 5 6 6 7 8 2 5 5 7 72 8 Tomáš Kostka 9 3 9 6 8 Ret 9 8 8 5 4 Ret Ret 7 8 6 64 9 Adrian Wolf 3 7 4 8 7 5 41 10 Diego Romanini 6 7 6 7 5 Ret 14† 15 9 8 9 9 10 8 41 11 Ross Zwolsman 3 2 27 12 Michel Frey 5 4 14 11 Ret 9 20 13 Jo Zeller 7 3 19 14 Roman Hoffmann 8 4 6 12 19 15 Justin Sherwood 8 DSQ 7 9 9 16 Marcel Lasée Ret 5 8 17 Olivier Muytjens 8 8 15 Ret 6 18 Andre Fibier 8 9 5 19 Tobias Blättler 9 8 14 15 5 20 Frank Brendecke 10 13 11 11 10 9 13 13 12 14 13 12 19 13 13 13 4 21 Tomáš Tóth Ret 10 10 9 11 Ret 4 22 Ina Fabry 10 9 11 11 12 15 3 23 Adam Langley-Khan 9 19 2 24 Michael Herich 10 10 2 25 Denis Watt Ret 10 1 26 Franz Wöss 12 12 12 10 1 27 Nassim Sidi Said 10 13 1 28 Florian Stoll 12 10 1 29 Thomas Rössler 11 11 14 14 11 12 12 12 14 15 11 14 Ret 14 DNS DNS 0 30 Jesse Mason 11 11 0 31 Jacob Bordoli 11 11 0 32 Christian Zeller 13 11 17 16 0 33 David Hemkemeyer 13 17 12 12 0 34 Luca Iannaccone 12 13 13 13 Ret 13 Ret 14 15 16 15 16 16 20 DNS DNS 0 35 Dennis Melcher 13 12 0 36 Remy Striebig Ret 14 0 37 Urs Rüttimann 15 18 0 38 Jacek Sadkiewicz Ret 22 0 Marin Čolak DNQ DNQ 0 Pos Driver OSC1 LAU1 HOC NÜR LAU2 A1R1 A1R2 OSC2 Pts

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

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

Junior-Pokal (Rookie) standings

	Driver	Points
1	Sven Barth	258
2	Markus Mann	154
3	nowrap	Franz Schmöller	104
4	Thomas Holzer	80
5	Adrian Wolf	26
6	Tomáš Tóth	10
7	Olivier Muytjens	4
8	Michael Herich	4

Notes and References

1. Web site: German Formula-3-Cup — Season 2003. Speedsport Magazine. 19 April 2015.
2. Web site: STARTERLISTE 2003 RECARO FORMEL 3 CUP. formel3guide.com. German. 19 April 2015.