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]

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 Dallara F308/029 28 Zoël Amberg[19] 6 Trophy Class Rhino's Leipert Motorsport Dallara F304/012 Opel 52 Luca Iannaccone[20] All APEX Engineering Dallara F305/034 OPC-Challenge 54 Jordi Weckx[20] All Rennsport Rössler Dallara F306/016 OPC-Challenge 58 Dominik Kocher[20] 1–4, 6–9 HS Engineering Dallara F305/037 Volkswagen 63 Luca Stolz[20] 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

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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	Lausitzring	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 16 Zoël Amberg DNS DNS DNS 0 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

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (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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External links

• Official website (in English and German)