2004 German Formula Three Championship Explained

The 2004 ATS Formel 3 Cup was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that took place 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 second edition of the ATS F3 Cup. It commenced on 24 April at Hockenheim and ended on 9 October at Oschersleben after nine double-header rounds.

HS Technik Motorsport driver Bastian Kolmsee clinched both the championship and his rookie title. He achieved four wins, to overcome his closest rival Timo Lienemann by nine points, who won two races. Third place went to Jan Heylen, who started his season at Lausitz and won six races. His JB Motorsport teammate Michael Devaney won races at Oschersleben and Assen. Thomas Holzer, who completed the top five, lost 54 points to Devaney in the main standings. Other wins were shared between the opening round winner Jan Seyffarth and Jochen Nerpel.^[1]

Teams and drivers

All cars were powered by Opel engines – except for Seyffarth Motorsport cars that were powered by Renault – and were built on Dallara chassis.^[2]

Team		Driver	Chassis	Rounds
JB Motorsport	1	Michael Devaney	F302/010	All
JB Motorsport	2	Jan Heylen	F302/072	3–9
Franz Wöss Racing	3	Marcus Steinel	F302/087	All
	4	Franz Wöss	F399/072	4, 8
		Ina Fabry		5
		Florian Schnitzenbaumer		7
		André Fibier		9
Opel Team KMS	5	Tobias Blättler	F302/009	1–5, 7–8
FS Motorsport	6	Franz Schmöller	F302/050	All
	7	Markus Mann	F302/068	4–5
	7	Peter Elkmann	F302/068	9
KFR Team F3	9	Tomáš Kostka	F302/044	1
KFR Team F3	10	Jochen Nerpel	F302/044	2–9
JMS Motorsport	11	Claudio Consiglio	F301/010	1–3
	11	Yari Benedetti		4–9
	12	Luca Iannaccone		1–7, 9
	12	Kevin Fank	F301/010	8
Bordoli Motorsport	15	Roland Schmid	F300/011	7
Petutschnig Engineering	16	Franco Coscia	F302/074	7–9
Jo Zeller Racing	17	Timo Lienemann	F302/073	All
AM-Holzer Rennsport	19	Thomas Holzer	F302/083	All
HS Technik Motorsport	20	Bastian Kolmsee	F302/033	All
HS Technik Motorsport	21	Roman Hoffmann	F301/016	4–6
Rennsport Rössler	22	Thomas Rössler	F301/031	1, 4, 8–9
FBR	24	Frank Brendecke		All
Team I.S.R.	25	Filip Salaquarda	F303/008	All
Leipert Motorsport	26	Marcel Leipert	F302/005	All
Van Amersfoort Racing	27	Ho-Pin Tung	F302/084	All
Seyffarth Motorsport	28	Jan Seyffarth	F302/021	All
	29	Maro Engel	F302/060	2
	29	Gina-Maria Adenauer	F302/060	4–9
Penker Racing	30	Christopher Brück	F303/023	4
Christian Zeller	32	Christian Zeller	F300/050	4–5
Remy Striebig	33	Remy Striebig	F399/009	5

Race calendar and results

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

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Hockenheimring	24 April	Tomáš Kostka	Franz Schmöller	Jan Seyffarth	SMS Seyffarth Motorsport	Jan Seyffarth
1	R2	Hockenheimring	25 April	Tomáš Kostka	Jan Seyffarth	Jan Seyffarth	nowrap	SMS Seyffarth Motorsport	Jan Seyffarth
2	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	8 May	nowrap	Michael Devaney	nowrap	Michael Devaney	nowrap	Michael Devaney	nowrap	JB Motorsport	nowrap	Michael Devaney
2	R2	9 May	Bastian Kolmsee	Bastian Kolmsee	Bastian Kolmsee	HS Technik Motorsport	Bastian Kolmsee
3	R1	TT Circuit Assen	22 May	Timo Lienemann	Bastian Kolmsee	Michael Devaney	JB Motorsport	Michael Devaney
3	R2	TT Circuit Assen	23 May	Jan Seyffarth	Thomas Holzer	Timo Lienemann	Jo Zeller Racing	Timo Lienemann
4	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	3 July	Thomas Holzer	Jan Heylen	Thomas Holzer	AM-Holzer Rennsport	Bastian Kolmsee
4	R2	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	4 July	Jan Heylen	Jan Heylen	Jochen Nerpel	KFR Team F3	Jochen Nerpel
5	R1	Nürburgring	10 July	Jan Heylen	Jan Heylen	Jan Heylen	JB Motorsport	Bastian Kolmsee
5	R2	Nürburgring	11 July	Jan Heylen	Jan Heylen	Jan Heylen	JB Motorsport	Timo Lienemann
6	R1	Sachsenring	14 August	Jan Heylen	Bastian Kolmsee	Bastian Kolmsee	HS Technik Motorsport	Bastian Kolmsee
6	R2	Sachsenring	15 August	Timo Lienemann	Thomas Holzer	Timo Lienemann	Jo Zeller Racing	Timo Lienemann
7	R1	Nürburgring	28 August	Jan Heylen	Jan Heylen	Jan Heylen	JB Motorsport	Jan Seyffarth
7	R2	Nürburgring	29 August	Bastian Kolmsee	Jan Heylen	Jan Heylen	JB Motorsport	Timo Lienemann
8	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	11 September	Jan Heylen	Jan Heylen	Jan Heylen	JB Motorsport	Timo Lienemann
8	R2	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	nowrap	12 September	Timo Lienemann	Jan Heylen	Jan Heylen	JB Motorsport	Timo Lienemann
9	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	9 October	Jan Heylen	Ho-Pin Tung	Bastian Kolmsee	HS Technik Motorsport	Bastian Kolmsee
9	R2	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	10 October	Bastian Kolmsee	Bastian Kolmsee	Bastian Kolmsee	HS Technik Motorsport	Bastian Kolmsee

Championship standings

Cup

Points were awarded as follows:

Pos	Driver	HOC		OSC1		ASS		LAU1		NÜR1		SAC		NÜR2		LAU2		OSC2		Pts
1	Bastian Kolmsee	4	7	11	1	2	2	2	5	2	3	1	3	Ret	Ret	3	4	1	1	217
2	Timo Lienemann	3	4	3	8	4	1	3	3	5	2	15	1	4	2	2	2	4	Ret	208
3	Jan Heylen							9	2	1	1	14	2	1	1	1	1	5	16	181
4	Michael Devaney	5	5	1	4	1	5	Ret	4	Ret	6	2	5	6	3	6	5	3	2	175
5	Thomas Holzer	7	8	2	9	8	8	1	Ret	4	12	6	4	7	7	7	3	6	3	121
6	Franz Schmöller	6	3	6	Ret	5	3	6	7	10	9	4	7	5	5	4	7	7	4	115
7	Ho-Pin Tung	8	6	Ret	2	Ret	4	12	6	3	4	5	11	3	Ret	Ret	6	2	5	111
8	Jan Seyffarth	1	1	7	3	Ret	Ret	7	10	6	13	3	8	2	Ret	10	10	Ret	7	106
9	Jochen Nerpel			9	7	6	7	4	1	20	11	7	6	12	4	5	8	8	9	82
10	Marcel Leipert	9	9	5	5	3	6	10	9	8	7	8	Ret	9	8	18	9	9	6	66
11	Filip Salaquarda	Ret	DNS	4	11	Ret	Ret	5	8	13	5	Ret	9	Ret	6	9	11	Ret	8	42
12	Tomáš Kostka	2	2																	36
13	Marcus Steinel	10	10	8	12			13	Ret	9	10	10	12	8	10	12	16	15	12	13
14	Yari Benedetti									13	14	9	10	10	Ret	8	12	11	10	8
15	Maro Engel			10	6															7
16	Markus Mann							11	Ret	7	8									7
17	Frank Brendecke	Ret	11	13	13	7	9	17	Ret	16	17	12	14	Ret	12	16	17	13	17	6
18	Christopher Brück							8	Ret											3
19	Luca Iannaccone	13	Ret	15	Ret	9	10	21	15	19	18	13	15	15	15			16	19	3
20	Franco Coscia													11	9	15	13	17	14	2
21	Claudio Consiglio	11	Ret	12	10	Ret	Ret													1
22	Peter Elkmann																	10	11	1
23	Gina-Maria Adenauer							16	11	17	15	11	13	13	Ret	11	14	12	15	0
24	Tobias Blättler	Ret	Ret	14	14	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	14	16			14	11	17	19			0
25	Thomas Rössler	12	12					20	14							14	18	14	18	0
26	Roman Hoffmann							14	12	12	21									0
27	Kevin Fank															13	15			0
28	align=left nowrap	Florian Schnitzenbaumer													DNS	13					0
29	André Fibier																	DNS	13	0
30	Roland Schmid													16	14					0
31	Ina Fabry									15	20									0
32	Franz Wöss							18	Ret							19	20			0
33	Christian Zeller							19	Ret	18	Ret									0
34	Remy Striebig									Ret	19									0
Pos	Driver	HOC		OSC1		ASS		LAU1		NÜR1		SAC		NÜR2		LAU2		OSC2		Pts

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest Lap

Rookie

Points were awarded as follows:

Pos	Driver	HOC		OSC1		ASS		LAU1		NÜR1		SAC		NÜR2		LAU2		OSC2		Pts
1	Bastian Kolmsee	4	7	11	1	2	2	2	5	2	3	1	3	Ret	Ret	3	4	1	1	100
2	Timo Lienemann	3	4	3	8	4	1	3	3	5	2	15	1	4	2	2	2	4	Ret	98
3	align=left nowrap	Michael Devaney	5	5	1	4	1	5	Ret	4	Ret	6	2	5	6	3	6	5	3	2	58
4	Jan Seyffarth	1	1	7	3	Ret	Ret	7	10	6	13	3	8	2	Ret	10	10	Ret	7	38
5	Ho-Pin Tung	8	6	Ret	2	Ret	4	12	6	3	4	5	11	3	Ret	Ret	6	2	5	36
6	Jochen Nerpel			9	7	6	7	4	1	20	11	7	6	12	4	5	8	8	9	22
7	Filip Salaquarda	Ret	DNS	4	11	Ret	Ret	5	8	13	5	Ret	9	Ret	6	9	11	Ret	8	4
8	Marcel Leipert	9	9	5	5	3	6	10	9	8	7	8	Ret	9	8	18	9	9	6	4
Pos	Driver	HOC		OSC1		ASS		LAU1		NÜR1		SAC		NÜR2		LAU2		OSC2		Pts

Notes and References

Web site: German Formula-3-Cup — Season 2004. Speedsport Magazine. 18 April 2015.
Web site: STARTERLISTE 2004 RECARO FORMEL 3 CUP. formel3guide.com. German. 14 April 2015.