1995 German Formula Three Championship

Last updated June 24, 2023

The 1995 German Formula Three Championship (German : 1995 Deutsche Formel-3-Meisterschaft) was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that held in Germany and in France. 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 commenced on 22 April May at Hockenheimring and ended at the same place on 15 October after eight double-header rounds.

KMS driver Norberto Fontana became the first Argentine champion and the first champion from Americas. He dominated the season, winning ten of 16 races. Ralf Schumacher finished as runner-up with wins at Norisring and Diepholz Airfield Circuit, losing 85 points to Fontana. Massimiliano Angelelli also won at Norisring, completing the top-three in the drivers' championship. While Jarno Trulli, who spent his first two rounds in the B-Cup won both races in the season finale at Hockenheim. Jakob Sund won the title in B-Cup with just two-point advantage of Tim Bergmeister.^[1]

Teams and drivers

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

Team	No.	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Class A
Marko RSM	1	Pedro Couceiro	F395/046	Fiat	All
Marko RSM	2	Arnd Meier	F395/026	Fiat	All
G+M Escom Motorsport	3	Alexander Wurz	F395/033	Opel	All
G+M Escom Motorsport	4	Klaus Graf	F395/034	Opel	All
Opel Team WTS	5	Ralf Schumacher	F395/005	Opel	All
Opel Team WTS	6	Tom Coronel	F395/036	Opel	All
KMS	7	Norberto Fontana	F395/009	Opel	All
KMS	8	Jarno Trulli	F395/010	Opel	5-8
Elf Zakspeed	9	Marcel Tiemann	F395/008	Fiat	All
	10	Vincent Radermecker	F395/012		1-3
	10	Philipp Peter	F395/012		5-8
Abt Motorsport	11	Paolo Coloni	F395/015	Opel	1-2
	11	Christian Abt	F395/015		3-8
	12	Ralf Kalaschek	F395/014		1-6
	12	Christian Menzel	F395/014		7-8
Opel Team BSR	14	Oliver Tichy	F395/001	Opel	1-6
		Max Wilson			7
		Jason Watt			8
	15	Massimiliano Angelelli	F395/013		All
GM Logico	34	Rui Águas	F395/062	Opel	All
Class B
Josef Kaufmann Racing	50	Wolf Henzler	F394/006	Opel	All
Marko RSM	51	Marcus Friesacher	F394/012	Fiat	All
Hofmann Motorsport	52	Gonçalo Gomes	F393/036	Opel	1-3
Hofmann Motorsport	53	Tim Bergmeister	F393/035	Opel	1-4
hms Beru Zündkerzentechnik	52	Dirk Müller	F393/036	Opel	4
hms Beru Zündkerzentechnik	53	Tim Bergmeister	F393/035	Opel	5-8
Steinmetz G.u.T. Motorsport	54	Timo Kluck	F394/019	Opel	1-5
	54	Frank Krämer	F394/019		6-8
	55	Steffen Widmann	F394/020		All
IPS Motorsport	57	Johan Stureson	F394/018	Opel	All
TKF Racing	58	Jakob Sund	F394/002	Opel	All
Divinol Oils	59	Mario Munch	F393/004	Opel	All
Westwood Racing	60	Wolfgang Koslowski	F393/065	Opel	2
	60	Hans de Graaff	F393/065		3-4
	61	Hans de Graaff	F393/003		1-2
Sandro Zani	62	Sandro Zani	F394/037	Fiat	All
KMS	65	Jarno Trulli	F394/016	Opel	3-4
KMS	65	Denis Schubiger	F394/016	Opel	5-8
Achleitner Motorsport	67	Martin Albrecht	F394/021	Opel	8
	68	Helmut Kopp	F394/005		8
	69	Christian Scheiring	F393/034		8
Jarosław Wierczuk	70	Jarosław Wierczuk	F393/001	Fiat	All

Calendar

With the exception of round at Magny-Cours in France, all rounds took place on German soil.

Round		Location	Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	R1	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	22 April	AvD/MAC-Rennsportfestival
1	R2	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	23 April	AvD/MAC-Rennsportfestival
2	R1	Berlin, Germany	AVUS	6 May	ADAC Avus Rennen
2	R2	Berlin, Germany	AVUS	7 May	ADAC Avus Rennen
3	R1	Nuremberg, Germany	Norisring	24 June	53. ADAC Norisringrennen "200 Meilen von Nürnberg"
3	R2	Nuremberg, Germany	Norisring	25 June	53. ADAC Norisringrennen "200 Meilen von Nürnberg"
4	R1	Diepholz, Germany	Diepholz Airfield Circuit	22 July	28. ADAC-Flugplatzrennen Diepholz
4	R2	Diepholz, Germany	Diepholz Airfield Circuit	23 July	28. ADAC-Flugplatzrennen Diepholz
5	R1	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	19 August	ADAC Großer Preis der Tourenwagen
5	R2	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	20 August	ADAC Großer Preis der Tourenwagen
6	R1	Singen, Germany	Alemannenring	16 September	5. ADAC-Preis Singen
6	R2	Singen, Germany	Alemannenring	17 September	5. ADAC-Preis Singen
7	R1	Magny-Cours, France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	7 October	ITC Nevers Magny-Cours
7	R2	Magny-Cours, France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	8 October	ITC Nevers Magny-Cours
8	R1	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	14 October	ADAC-Preis Hockenheim
8	R2	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	15 October	ADAC-Preis Hockenheim

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	B Class Winner
1	R1	Hockenheimring	Norberto Fontana	Ralf Schumacher	Norberto Fontana	KMS	Wolf Henzler
1	R2	Hockenheimring	Norberto Fontana	Ralf Schumacher	Norberto Fontana	KMS	Wolf Henzler
2	R1	AVUS	Norberto Fontana	Ralf Schumacher	Norberto Fontana	KMS	Tim Bergmeister
2	R2	AVUS	Norberto Fontana	Norberto Fontana	Norberto Fontana	KMS	Tim Bergmeister
3	R1	Norisring	Massimiliano Angelelli	Ralf Schumacher	Ralf Schumacher	Opel Team WTS	Jarno Trulli
3	R2	Norisring	Ralf Schumacher	Ralf Schumacher	Massimiliano Angelelli	Opel Team BSR	No winner^{[N 1]}
4	R1	Diepholz Airfield Circuit	Massimiliano Angelelli	Norberto Fontana	Ralf Schumacher	Opel Team WTS	Jakob Sund
4	R2	Diepholz Airfield Circuit	Ralf Schumacher	Norberto Fontana	Ralf Schumacher	Opel Team WTS	Jarno Trulli
5	R1	Nürburgring	Norberto Fontana	Norberto Fontana	Norberto Fontana	KMS	Wolf Henzler
5	R2	Nürburgring	Norberto Fontana	Ralf Schumacher	Norberto Fontana	KMS	Wolf Henzler
6	R1	Alemannenring	Oliver Tichy	Norberto Fontana	Norberto Fontana	KMS	Frank Krämer
6	R2	Alemannenring	Norberto Fontana	Massimiliano Angelelli	Norberto Fontana	KMS	Tim Bergmeister
7	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	Norberto Fontana	Norberto Fontana	Norberto Fontana	KMS	Frank Krämer
7	R2	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	Norberto Fontana	Jarno Trulli	Norberto Fontana	KMS	Jakob Sund
8	R1	Hockenheimring	Norberto Fontana	Norberto Fontana	Jarno Trulli	KMS	Wolf Henzler
8	R2	Hockenheimring	Jarno Trulli	Wolf Henzler	Jarno Trulli	KMS	Tim Bergmeister

Notes

↑ Jarno Trulli was disqualified from the second Norisring race. The officials chose not to recognise any driver as having finished in first place in the B-Cup.

Championship standings

A-Class

Points are awarded as follows:

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

Pos	Driver	HOC1		AVU		NOR		DIE		NÜR		SIN		MAG		HOC2		Points
1	Norberto Fontana	1	1	1	1	3	4	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	20	256
2	Ralf Schumacher	2	2	5	6	1	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	10	Ret	DSQ	DSQ	171
3	Massimiliano Angelelli	DNS	DNS	2	2	2	1	2	2	DNS	6	Ret	9	4	3	2	Ret	140
4	Jarno Trulli					8	DSQ	DSQ	6	4	2	8	4	5	17	1	1	95
5	Pedro Couceiro	3	4	6	9	15	7	7	7	8	7	2	2	11	6	DSQ	DSQ	85
6	Alexander Wurz	4	3	Ret	5	22	8	Ret	DNS	7	8	Ret	7	2	2	Ret	19	74
7	Tom Coronel	Ret	Ret	9	11	4	3	Ret	9	3	4	Ret	Ret	3	4	8	16	73
8	Rui Águas	7	6	4	13	7	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	18	4	Ret	6	Ret	6	2	61
9	Arnd Meier	8	11	3	4	6	Ret	4	4	Ret	11	9	17	8	7	Ret	21	60
10	Philipp Peter									5	5	7	6	20	10	5	3	47
11	Oliver Tichy	Ret	14	7	3	5	Ret	5	5	DNS	DNS	Ret	16					40
12	Klaus Graf	9	7	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	8	6	9	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	25
13	Marcel Tiemann	11	9	8	7	12	5	9	17	Ret	15	Ret	11	Ret	14	7	10	24
14	Wolf Henzler	10	8	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	12	10	12	DSQ	12	Ret	15	3	7	21
15	Christian Abt					13	Ret	Ret	13	9	10	5	5	DSQ	Ret	21	12	19
16	Tim Bergmeister	Ret	13	11	12	14	9	Ret	11	DNS	DNS	12	8	15	13	9	4	17
17	Paolo Coloni	6	5	Ret	8													17
18	Jakob Sund	12	15	13	15	16	10	8	10	Ret	14	13	10	14	8	19	5	17
19	Max Wilson													7	5			12
20	Vincent Radermecker	5	12	DNS	14	9	Ret											10
21	Ralf Kalaschek	Ret	Ret	10	10	11	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	21	Ret	Ret					8
22	Jason Watt															Ret	6	6
23	Frank Krämer											10	DSQ	9	9	11	Ret	5
24	Martin Albrecht															13	8	3
25	Steffen Widmann	16	Ret	16	16	19	Ret	16	18	DNS	17	14	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	9	2
27	Sandro Zani	15	10	Ret	20	20	13	15	15	15	16	Ret	14	16	12	18	Ret	1
28	Johan Stureson	18	Ret	14	19	DNQ	DNQ	10	Ret	14	20	15	13	12	15	12	Ret	1
29	Timo Kluck	13	Ret	Ret	17	DNQ	DNQ	11	14	11	13							0
30	Mario Münch	19	17	17	Ret	18	11	17	16	13	19	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	Ret	11	0
31	Christian Menzel													18	11	15	Ret	0
32	Marcus Friesacher	17	18	15	18	21	12	12	Ret	12	23	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	14	17	0
33	Denis Schubiger									Ret	22	Ret	DNS	19	16	16	13	0
34	Hans de Graaff	Ret	16	DNS	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	19									0
35	Gonçalo Gomes	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	Ret											0
36	Jarosław Wierczuk															17	14	0
37	Christian Scheiring															20	15	0
38	Wolfgang Koslowski			18	21													0
39	Helmut Kopp															Ret	18	0
	Dirk Müller							Ret	DNS									0
Pos	Driver	HOC1		AVU		NOR		DIE		NÜR		SIN		MAG		HOC2		Points

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.

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References

↑ "Formula 3 Germany 1995 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
↑ "STARTERLISTE 1995 DEUTSCHE FORMEL-3-MEISTERSCHAFT" (PDF) (in German). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 27 September 2016.

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[3] Jarno Trulli was disqualified from the second Norisring race. The officials chose not to recognise any driver as having finished in first place in the B-Cup.

[1] "Formula 3 Germany 1995 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 27 September 2016.

[2] "STARTERLISTE 1995 DEUTSCHE FORMEL-3-MEISTERSCHAFT" (PDF) (in German). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 27 September 2016.

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