2003 German Formula Three Championship

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	No.	Driver	Chassis	Status	Rounds
JB Motorsport	1	Adrian Wolf	F302/010	R	7–8
JB Motorsport	2	João Paulo de Oliveira	F302/072		All
Trella Motorsport	3	Catharina Felser	F302/007		All
Trella Motorsport	4	Thomas Holzer	F302/087	R	4–8
EMS Motorsport	5	Markus Mann	F300/041	R	All
Franz Wöss Racing	8	Olivier Muytjens	F302/087		1–2
	8	Franz Wöss	F302/087		3
	9	Sven Barth	F399/072	R	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		R	6–8
JMS Jenichen Motorsport	17	Michael Herich	F399/068	R	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	R	All
Bordoli Motorsport	25	Tobias Blättler	F301/026		3
		Michel Frey	F300/011		4, 6, 8
		Jakob Bordoli	F300/011		7
Jo Zeller Racing	26	Jo Zeller	F301/006		3
	26	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

Icon	Class
R	Rookie

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	Achleitner Motorsport
1	R2	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	4 May	Hannes Neuhauser	Hannes Neuhauser	Hannes Neuhauser	Achleitner Motorsport
2	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	10 May	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	JB Motorsport
2	R2	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	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
3	R2	Hockenheimring	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
4	R2	Nürburgring	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
5	R2	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	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
6	R2	A1-Ring	24 August	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	JB Motorsport
7	R1	A1-Ring	20 September	Hannes Neuhauser	João Paulo de Oliveira	Sven Barth	Franz Wöss Racing
7	R2	A1-Ring	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
8	R2	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	12 October	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	JB Motorsport

Championship standings

Cup

Points were awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PP
20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	3

Pos	Driver	OSC1		LAU1		HOC		NÜR		LAU2		A1R1		A1R2		OSC2		Pts
1	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

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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.

Junior-Pokal (Rookie) standings

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

References

^ "German Formula-3-Cup — Season 2003". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
^ "STARTERLISTE 2003 RECARO FORMEL 3 CUP" (PDF) (in German). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 19 April 2015.

External links

Official website (in English and German)

[1] "German Formula-3-Cup — Season 2003". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2015.

[2] "STARTERLISTE 2003 RECARO FORMEL 3 CUP" (PDF) (in German). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 19 April 2015.

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