1999 German Formula Three Championship

Last updated January 08, 2023

The 1999 German Formula Three Championship (German : 1999 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 9 May at Sachsenring and ended at Nürburgring on 17 October after nine double-header rounds.

Opel Team BSR driver Christijan Albers became a champion. He clinched the title, winning six of 18 races. Marcel Fässler finished as runner-up with wins at Sachsenring, Oschersleben, and Hockenheim, losing 45 points to Albers. Thomas Jäger was victorious at Zweibrücken, Oschersleben and finished third. The other race winners was Robert Lechner, Yves Olivier and Timo Scheider, who completed the top six in the drivers' championship.^[1]

Teams and drivers

1999 Entry list^[2]
Team	No.	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Status	Rounds
Van Amersfoort Racing	1	Thomas Mutsch	Dallara F399/004	Opel		All
	2	Etienne van der Linde	Dallara F399/058		R	1-5
	2	Jacky van der Ende	Dallara F399/058		R	6-10
GM-DSF-F3 Team	3	Robert Lechner	Dallara F399/042	Opel		All
	4	Herbert Jerich	Dallara F399/073		R	1-5
		Norman Simon	Dallara F399/073			6
		Tony Schmidt	Dallara F399/073		R	9-10
	5	Elran Nijenhuis	Dallara F399/005		R	All
Josef Kaufmann Racing	6	Timo Rumpfkeil	Martini MK79/05	Opel		1-5
Josef Kaufmann Racing	7	Hugo van der Ham	Martini MK79/01	Opel	R	1
Opel Team BSR	8	Martin Rihs	Dallara F397/049	Opel		1, 5-7
	9	Christijan Albers	Dallara F399/021			All
	10	Sven Heidfeld	Dallara F399/023		R	All
KMS Benetton Junior Team	11	Thomas Jäger	Dallara F399/020	Opel		All
KMS Benetton Junior Team	12	Gabriele Gardel	Dallara F399/001	Opel		All
MKL F3 Racing	14	Tom Schwister	Dallara F398/023	Opel		1-4
JB Motorsport	15	Yves Olivier	Dallara F399/003	Opel		All
JB Motorsport	16	Walter van Lent	Dallara F399/041	Opel	R	All
Klaus Trella Motorsport	17	Ken Grandon	Dallara F399/009	Opel	R	2-10
TKF Racing	19	Andreas Feichtner	Dallara F398/009	Opel	R	1-9
D2 Team Rosberg & Lohr	21	Wouter van Eeuwijk	Dallara F399/060	Renault		1-5
	21	Kari Mäenpää	Dallara F399/060		R	All
	22	Pierre Kaffer	Dallara F399/065			All
bemani F3-team	23	Marcel Fässler	Dallara F399/054	Opel		All
bemani F3-team	24	Timo Scheider	Dallara F399/068	Opel		All
MCH F3 Team	25	Roland Rehfeld	Dallara F397/023	Opel	R	All
MCH F3 Team	26	Patrick Hildenbrandt	Dallara F398/001	Opel	R	1-4
ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg	27	Stefan Mücke	Dallara F399/007	Opel	R	All

Calendar

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

Round		Location	Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	R1	Saxony, Germany	Sachsenring	8 May	ADAC Sparkassenpreis Sachsenring
1	R2	Saxony, Germany	Sachsenring	9 May	ADAC Sparkassenpreis Sachsenring
2	R1	Zweibrücken, Germany	Zweibrücken	22 May	ADAC Preis Zweibrücken
2	R2	Zweibrücken, Germany	Zweibrücken	23 May	ADAC Preis Zweibrücken
3	R1	Oschersleben, Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	19 June	ADAC-Preis der Tourenwagen von "Sachsen-Anhalt"
3	R2	Oschersleben, Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	20 June	ADAC-Preis der Tourenwagen von "Sachsen-Anhalt"
4	R1	Nuremberg, Germany	Norisring	3 July	Norisring Speedweekend "Nürnberg 200"
4	R2	Nuremberg, Germany	Norisring	4 July	Norisring Speedweekend "Nürnberg 200"
5	R1	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	21 August	ADAC Großer Preis der Tourenwagen
5	R2	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	22 August	ADAC Großer Preis der Tourenwagen
6	R1	Salzburg, Austria	Salzburgring	4 September	ADAC-Alpentrophäe
6	R2	Salzburg, Austria	Salzburgring	5 September	ADAC-Alpentrophäe
7	R1	Oschersleben, Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	18 September	ADAC-Preis von Niedersachsen
7	R2	Oschersleben, Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	19 September	ADAC-Preis von Niedersachsen
8	R1	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	2 October	ADAC-Preis Hockenheim
8	R2	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	3 October	ADAC-Preis Hockenheim
9	R1	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	16 October	26. ADAC Bilstein Supersprint
9	R2	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	17 October	26. ADAC Bilstein Supersprint

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Sachsenring	Pierre Kaffer	Timo Scheider	Marcel Fässler	bemani F3-team
1	R2	Sachsenring	Pierre Kaffer	Timo Scheider	Timo Scheider	bemani F3-team
2	R1	Zweibrücken	Robert Lechner	Thomas Jäger	Thomas Jäger	KMS Benetton Junior Team
2	R2	Zweibrücken	Yves Olivier	Robert Lechner	Thomas Jäger	KMS Benetton Junior Team
3	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Thomas Jäger	Christijan Albers	Christijan Albers	Opel Team BSR
3	R2	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Patrick Friesacher	Marcel Fässler	Marcel Fässler	bemani F3-team
4	R1	Norisring	Yves Olivier	Thomas Mutsch	Christijan Albers	Opel Team BSR
4	R2	Norisring	Robert Lechner	Thomas Mutsch	Robert Lechner	GM-DSF-F3 Team
5	R1	Nürburgring	Christijan Albers	Christijan Albers	Christijan Albers	Opel Team BSR
5	R2	Nürburgring	Christijan Albers	Thomas Jäger	Christijan Albers	Opel Team BSR
6	R1	Salzburgring	Christijan Albers	Thomas Jäger	Christijan Albers	Opel Team BSR
6	R2	Salzburgring	Yves Olivier	Christijan Albers	Yves Olivier	JB Motorsport
7	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Christijan Albers	Christijan Albers	Marcel Fässler	bemani F3-team
7	R2	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Thomas Jäger	Pierre Kaffer	Thomas Jäger	KMS Benetton Junior Team
8	R1	Hockenheimring	Christijan Albers	Christijan Albers	Christijan Albers	Opel Team BSR
8	R2	Hockenheimring	Christijan Albers	Thomas Mutsch	Marcel Fässler	bemani F3-team
9	R1	Nürburgring	Robert Lechner	Christijan Albers	Robert Lechner	GM-DSF-F3 Team
9	R2	Nürburgring	Thomas Mutsch	Christijan Albers	Robert Lechner	GM-DSF-F3 Team

Championship standings

Championship

Pos	Driver	SAC		ZWE		OSC1		NOR		NÜR1		SAL		OSC2		HOC		NÜR2		Points
1	Christijan Albers	Ret	7	7	3	1	3	1	2	1	1	1	7	3	EX	1	5	2	2	229
2	Marcel Fässler	1	2	Ret	18	3	1	6	5	2	3	15	3	1	3	4	1	5	15	184
3	Thomas Jäger	3	4	1	1	2	2	3	Ret	3	14	5	15	8	1	3	7	4	14	179
4	Robert Lechner	Ret	5	Ret	10	6	5	16	1	2	2	3	2	6	14	2	6	1	1	163.5
5	Yves Olivier	6	13	Ret	5	5	7	3	2	7	5	2	1	2	4	8	3	9	4	159
6	Timo Scheider	2	1	2	2	9	8	DSQ	Ret	Ret	4	10	Ret	16	5	7	Ret	Ret	3	100
7	Thomas Mutsch	Ret	6	3	8	5	Ret	4	4	Ret	7	8	Ret	5	6	5	17	3	8	97
8	Pierre Kaffer	17	3	4	12	Ret	Ret	7	7	9	8	11	5	7	2	9	8	Ret	7	71.5
9	Stefan Mücke	4	10	10	17	12	10	5	15	15	13	4	13	10	9	13	2	6	5	63
10	Walter van Lent	12	9	8	4	7	4	Ret	10	6	6	Ret	4	11	8	11	4	Ret	Ret	62
11	Sven Heidfeld	Ret	17	11	6	Ret	9	8	13	8	10	Ret	8	4	EX	14	16	7	11	31.5
12	Etienne van der Linde	10	14	6	15	18	6	Ret	7	5	Ret									25
13	Jacky van der Ende											14	6	Ret	7	6	11	Ret	6	22
14	Gabriele Gardel	7	8	17	13	8	12	11	DSQ	11	16	6	12	9	12	16	13	8	Ret	21
15	Andreas Feichtner	14	11	5	Ret	11	17	9	9	Ret	12	12	9	15	13	Ret	10			15
16	Herbert Jerich	9	12	9	7	DNS	DNS	17	6	DNS	DNS									14
17	Timo Rumpfkeil	5	15	Ret	9	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	DNS									10
18	Ken Grandon			15	11	17	Ret	10	8	14	9	Ret	10	13	10	17	9	11	10	10
19	Roland Rehfeld	8	20	Ret	16	16	16	Ret	14	10	11	7	Ret	12	11	Ret	14	14	13	8
20	Elran Nijenhuis	Ret	19	16	14	10	13	12	12	12	18	9	14	14	Ret	10	Ret	10	12	5
21	Kari Mäenpää															15	12	13	9	2
22	Wouter van Eeuwijk	16	16	13	19	Ret	11	13	11	13	17									0
23	Tom Schwister	11	18	12	Ret	15	14	14	Ret											0
24	Martin Rihs	Ret	Ret							Ret	15	13	11	Ret	15					0
25	Tony Schmidt															12	15	12	16	0
26	Hugo van der Ham	13	Ret																	0
27	Patrick Hildenbrandt	15	Ret	14	Ret	14	15	15	Ret											0
	Norman Simon											Ret	Ret							0
Pos	Driver	SAC		ZWE		OSC1		NOR		NÜR1		SAL		OSC2		HOC		NÜR2		Points

Junior-Pokal (Rookie) standings

	Driver	Points
1	Walter van Lent	179
2	Stefan Mücke	160.5
3	Etienne van der Linde	105
4	Sven Heidfeld	103
5	Jacky van der Ende	97
6	Ken Grandon	62
7	Elran Nijenhuis	57
8	Herbert Jerich	51
9	Andreas Feichtner	50
10	Roland Rehfeld	29.5
11	Kari Mäenpää	12
12	Tony Schmidt	9
13	Patrick Hildenbrandt	5
14	Hugo van der Ham	2

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References

↑ "Formula 3 Germany 1999 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
↑ "STARTERLISTE 1999 DEUTSCHE FORMEL-3-MEISTERSCHAFT" (PDF) (in German). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

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[1] "Formula 3 Germany 1999 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

[2] "STARTERLISTE 1999 DEUTSCHE FORMEL-3-MEISTERSCHAFT" (PDF) (in German). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

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