1998 German Formula Three Championship

The 1998 German Formula Three Championship (German: 1998 Deutsche Formel-3-Meisterschaft) 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 and Martini which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 18 April May at Hockenheimring and ended at Nürburgring on 4 October after ten double-header rounds.

Van Amersfoort Racing driver Bas Leinders became the first Belgian champion of the series. He clinched the title, winning seven of 20 races. Robert Lechner won the rookie championship and finished as runner-up with wins on home soil at Salzburgring, losing 21 points to Leinders. Wolf Henzler was victorious at Nürburgring. The other race winners was Pierre Kaffer, Christijan Albers, Timo Scheider, Thomas Jäger and Thomas Mutsch.

The scoring system consisted of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 points, awarded to the top ten finishers in the race.

The first race of the event on October 4, 1997, at the Nürburgring was stopped after two laps due to heavy fog and did not count toward the championship.

Teams and drivers

1998 Entry list Team No. Driver Chassis Engine Status Rounds Opel Team BSR 0 Tomáš Enge Martini MK73/09 Opel 1-2, 4-5 Tom Schwister 6 Timo Rumpfkeil Dallara F397/029 R 9 Toby Scheckter Martini MK73/09 10 1 Pierre Kaffer Martini MK73/10 All 2 Norman Simon Dallara F397/049 All 3 Steffen Widmann Dallara F397/029 All KMS Benetton Junior Team 5 Thomas Mutsch Dallara F397/023 Opel R All 6 Johnny Mislijevic Dallara F397/002 R 1-9 Alex Müller 10 7 Jeffrey van Hooydonk Dallara F398/001 R All Josef Kaufmann Racing 8 Wolf Henzler Martini MK73/06 Opel All 9 Timo Scheider Martini MK73/05 3-9 GM-DSF-F3 Team 10 Wouter van Eeuwijk Dallara F397/054 Opel R All 11 Robert Lechner Dallara F397/052 R All 12 Tim Bergmeister Dallara F397/062 1, 4 Tim Bergmeister 12 Tim Bergmeister Dallara F397/062 Opel 5-10 Klaus Trella Motorsport 14 Thomas Jäger Martini MK73/11 Opel R All 15 Thomas Braumüller Dallara F396/012 R 1-4 Van Amersfoort Racing 16 Bas Leinders Dallara F398/030 Opel All 17 Christijan Albers Dallara F398/004 R All IPS Motorsport 18 Johan Stureson Dallara F397/046 Opel All JB Motorsport 19 Yves Olivier Dallara F398/021 Opel All 20 Marcin Biernacki Dallara F398/031 All MKL F3 Racing 21 Lucas Luhr Dallara F397/056 Opel All TKF Racing 22 Petr Křižan Dallara F396/022 Opel R 7-9 23 Jarosław Wierczuk Dallara F398/009 All 24 Lasse Jakobsen Dallara F396/022 R 1-6 MKL F3 Racing 27 Michael Becker Dallara F398/023 Opel 1-2, 4-9 Tim Bergmeister Dallara F397/062 3 Royal Automobile Club of Sweden 28 Nicklas Karlsson Dallara F395/045 Fiat 4 Austrian Formula 3 Cup Křižan Racing Team 51 Petr Křižan Dallara F396/043 Opel R 3 Franz Wöss Racing 52 Jaromír Zdražil Dallara F396/042 Opel 3 53 André Fibier Dallara F395/015 3 Achleitner Motorsport 54 Josef Neuhauser Dallara F394/021 Opel 3 Jenichen Motorsport 56 Dirk Jenichen Dallara F396/023 Opel 3 Fritz Kopp Racing Team 57 Osmunde Dolischka Dallara F395/070 Opel 3 Leoš Prokopec 59 Leoš Prokopec Dallara F397/047 Fiat 3 Steffek Racing Team 61 Claudia Steffek Dallara F391/002 Alfa Romeo 3 Dietmar Frischmann 62 Dietmar Frischmann Dallara F396/004 Opel 3

Icon Class R Rookie

Calendar

With the exception of round at Salzuburg in Austria, all rounds took place on German soil.

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Hockenheimring	Robert Lechner	Wolf Henzler	Bas Leinders	Van Amersfoort Racing
	R2		Bas Leinders	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Bas Leinders	Van Amersfoort Racing
2	R1	Nürburgring	Bas Leinders	Wolf Henzler	Wolf Henzler	Josef Kaufmann Racing
	R2		Wolf Henzler	Bas Leinders	Wolf Henzler	Josef Kaufmann Racing
3	R1	Sachsenring	Bas Leinders	Bas Leinders	Bas Leinders	Van Amersfoort Racing
	R2		Bas Leinders	Christijan Albers	Bas Leinders	Van Amersfoort Racing
4	R1	Norisring	Pierre Kaffer	Yves Olivier	Christijan Albers	Van Amersfoort Racing
	R2		Christijan Albers	Robert Lechner	Christijan Albers	Van Amersfoort Racing
5	R1	Regio-Ring	Thomas Mutsch	Timo Scheider	Timo Scheider	Josef Kaufmann Racing
	R2		Timo Scheider	Pierre Kaffer	Timo Scheider	Josef Kaufmann Racing
6	R1	Wunstorf Air Base	Thomas Jäger	Steffen Widmann	Thomas Jäger	Opel Team BSR
	R2		Thomas Jäger	Wolf Henzler	Pierre Kaffer	Opel Team BSR
7	R1	Zweibrücken Air Base	Bas Leinders	Bas Leinders	Bas Leinders	Van Amersfoort Racing
	R2		Bas Leinders	Robert Lechner	Pierre Kaffer	Opel Team BSR
8	R1	Salzburgring	Robert Lechner	Bas Leinders	Robert Lechner	GM-DSF-F3 Team
	R2		Robert Lechner	Pierre Kaffer	Robert Lechner	GM-DSF-F3 Team
9	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Bas Leinders	Lucas Luhr	Bas Leinders	Van Amersfoort Racing
	R2		Bas Leinders	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Bas Leinders	Van Amersfoort Racing
10	R1	Nürburgring	Bas Leinders	Thomas Mutch	Thomas Mutch	KMS Benetton Junior Team
	R2		Thomas Mutsch	Alex Müller	Timo Scheider	Josef Kaufmann Racing

Championship standings

Championship

Pos	Driver	HOC		NÜR1		SAC		NOR		LAH		WUN		ZWE		SAL		OSC		NÜR2		Points
1	Bas Leinders	1	1	16	7	1	1	2	6	7	7	Ret	Ret	1	2	14	3	1	1	2	Ret	200
2	Robert Lechner	8	4	13	12	5	Ret	3	3	2	2	4	4	6	4	1	1	4	4	Ret	5	179
3	Wolf Henzler	5	2	1	1	14	9	Ret	Ret	5	5	2	2	4	3	2	7	8	8	10	4	168
4	Pierre Kaffer	2	Ret	20	Ret	11	20	4	2	8	17	7	1	2	1	3	2	17	10	Ret	9	132
5	Christijan Albers	3	Ret	6	10	13	10	1	1	16	18	9	5	8	6	7	4	2	3	3	11	120
6	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	6	6	4	2	3	2	Ret	9	14	13	8	9	15	10	10	8	3	2	5	3	115
7	Timo Scheider					9	3	6	14	1	1	6	6	3	Ret	4	11	15	13	7	1	114
8	Lucas Luhr	Ret	9	8	5	8	6	9	7	3	3	5	Ret	9	7	11	6	5	6	8	7	90
9	Yves Olivier	4	5	2	3	20	Ret	15	Ret	12	8	13	7	5	5	Ret	16	9	Ret	6	6	76
10	Steffen Widmann	11	Ret	21	13	Ret	19	8	5	6	9	3	3	DNS	9	5	20	11	19	4	2	68
11	Thomas Jäger	7	3	3	6	12	8	Ret	12	Ret	11	1	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	17	10	12	11	Ret	58
12	Norman Simon	15	Ret	7	10	2	7	7	10	9	6	Ret	Ret	11	19	Ret	5	12	9	16	16	56
13	Johan Stureson	12	8	11	11	6	4	11	8	Ret	15	17	8	7	8	6	15	6	5	Ret	15	52
14	Tim Bergmeister	Ret	12			10	Ret	5	4	4	4	11	Ret	10	11	8	21	Ret	DNS	14	Ret	43
15	Thomas Mutsch	Ret	Ret	5	8	4	21	10	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	12	Ret	12	7	7	1	Ret	30
16	Johnny Mislijevic	Ret	11	10	14	7	5	12	Ret	18	Ret	10	Ret	13	17	Ret	18	13	Ret			14
17	Wouter van Eeuwijk	Ret	Ret	9	15	15	Ret	13	20	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	18	9	9	Ret	11	13	8	9
18	Lasse Jakobsen	10	7	14	16	Ret	14	Ret	13	19	16	14	DSQ									5
19	Jarosław Wierczuk	9	Ret	15	19	DSQ	13	14	17	15	16	16	10	17	15	15	19	18	17	15	14	3
20	Tomáš Enge	14	DNS	12	9			Ret	11	10	12											3
21	Thomas Braumüller	16	10	17	17	23	Ret	Ret	16													1
22	Michael Becker	Ret	DNS	18	DNS			Ret	Ret	11	10	12	Ret	14	Ret	12	13	Ret	18			1
23	Petr Křižan					17	12							18	14	13	10	16	14			1
24	Alex Müller																			9	10	1
25	Tom Schwister											15	11									0
26	Marcin Biernacki	13	Ret	19	19	22	Ret	16	18	13	14	DNS	DNS	16	16	Ret	14	14	16	17	12	0
27	Toby Scheckter																			12	13	0
28	André Fibier					21	15															0
29	Timo Rumpfkeil																	Ret	15			0
30	Claudia Steffek					18	16															0
31	Josef Neuhauser					16	Ret															0
32	Dirk Jenichen					24	17															0
33	Ole Martin Lindum					19	18															0
34	Nicklas Karlsson							Ret	19													0
	Osmunde Dolischka					Ret	Ret															0
	Dietmar Frischmann					Ret	Ret															0
	Jaromír Zdražil					Ret	Ret															0
	Leoš Prokopec					Ret	DSQ															0
	Jörg Sandek					DNS	DNS															0
	Frank Brendecke					DNQ	DNQ															0
Pos	Driver	HOC		NÜR1		SAC		NOR		LAH		WUN		ZWE		SAL		OSC		NÜR2		Points

Junior-Pokal (Rookie) standings

	Driver	Points
1	Robert Lechner	176
2	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	159
3	Christijan Albers	150
4	Thomas Jäger	93
5	Thomas Mutsch	74
6	Johnny Mislijevic	33
7	Wouter van Eeuwijk	29
8	Lasse Jakobsen	14
9	Petr Křižan	9
10	Thomas Braumüller	3
11	Timo Rumpfkeil	2

References

External links

• Official website (in English and German)