2002 Formula BMW ADAC season

Last updated August 22, 2025

The 2002 Formula BMW ADAC season was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in 1.2 litre Formula BMW single seat race cars. The 2002 season was the fifth Formula BMW ADAC season organized by BMW Motorsport and ADAC. The season began at Hockenheimring on 20 April and finished at the same place on 6 October, after twenty races.^[1] Nico Rosberg was crowned series champion.

Driver lineup

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Mamerow Racing Team	1	Reinhard Kofler	All
	2	Christian Mamerow	All
	3	Michael Devaney	All
	4	Christian Engelhart	All
	5	Niclas Königbauer	All
VIVA Racing	6	Nico Rosberg ^{[N 1]}	All
VIVA Racing	7	Christian Bakkerud	All
Mücke Motorsport	8	Maximilian Götz	All
Mücke Motorsport	9	Thomas Holzer	All
KUG/Dewalt Racing	10	Giacomo Ricci	1–3
	11	Denis-Simon Knips	1, 3–10
	42	Junior Strous	8–10
Josef Kaufmann Racing	12	Hannes Neuhauser	All
Eifelland Racing	15	Christian Günther	All
	16	Andreas Wirth	All
	20	Maro Engel	All
Bodensee-Racing	18	Lance David Arnold	2–5, 7–10
FS Motorsport	21	Timo Lienemann	All
FS Motorsport	22	Franz Schmöller	All
Reiter Engineering	23	Quirin Müller	All
Haubner Motorsport	24	Sebastian Riedel	1–5, 7–10
ADAC Sachsen	26	Robert Kath	All
Weigl Motorsport	27	Dominik Weigl	All
Weigl Motorsport	29	Alexander Margaritis ^{[N 2]}	4–5
ADAC Nordbayern e. V.	28	Matthias Luger	All
Igor Salaquarda Racing	30	Filip Salaquarda	1–8, 10
	31	Tomáš Kostka	1–6
	32	Marek Novotný	1–6
Stefan Hubfeld	33	Stefan Hubfeld	All
CTS-Motorsport	34	Philipp Wlazik	All
springbock motorsport	35	Claudio Torre	1–5, 7–10
springbock motorsport	41	Martin Hippe	9–10

2002 Schedule

The series supported the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters at nine rounds, with additional round at the European Grand Prix on 22–23 June.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Hockenheimring	20 April	Nico Rosberg	Christian Mamerow	Nico Rosberg	VIVA Racing
1	R2	Hockenheimring	21 April	Nico Rosberg	Andreas Wirth	Nico Rosberg	VIVA Racing
2	R1	Zolder	4 May	Reinhard Kofler	Reinhard Kofler	Michael Devaney	Mamerow Racing Team
2	R2	Zolder	5 May	Michael Devaney	Andreas Wirth	Nico Rosberg	VIVA Racing
3	R1	Sachsenring	1 June	Maximilian Götz	Maximilian Götz	Maximilian Götz	Mücke Motorsport
3	R2	Sachsenring	2 June	Maximilian Götz	Hannes Neuhauser	Maximilian Götz	Mücke Motorsport
4	R1	Nürburgring	22 June	Alexander Margaritis	Michael Devaney	Hannes Neuhauser	Josef Kaufmann Racing
4	R2	Nürburgring	23 June	Hannes Neuhauser	Alexander Margaritis	Nico Rosberg	VIVA Racing
5	R1	Norisring, Nuremberg	29 June	Sebastian Riedel	Franz Schmöller	Alexander Margaritis	Weigl Motorsport
5	R2	Norisring, Nuremberg	30 June	Alexander Margaritis	Alexander Margaritis	Alexander Margaritis	Weigl Motorsport
6	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	13 July	Reinhard Kofler	Maximilian Götz	Thomas Holzer	Mücke Motorsport
6	R2	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	14 July	Thomas Holzer	Reinhard Kofler	Thomas Holzer	Mücke Motorsport
7	R1	Nürburgring	3 August	Christian Mamerow	Niclas Königbauer	Reinhard Kofler	Mamerow Racing Team
7	R2	Nürburgring	4 August	Reinhard Kofler	Christian Mamerow	Nico Rosberg	VIVA Racing
8	R1	A1-Ring, Spielberg	7 September	Christian Mamerow	Michael Devaney	Maro Engel	Eifelland Racing
8	R2	A1-Ring, Spielberg	8 September	Maro Engel	Maximilian Götz	Maximilian Götz	Mücke Motorsport
9	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	28 September	Hannes Neuhauser	Christian Mamerow	Nico Rosberg	VIVA Racing
9	R2	Circuit Park Zandvoort	29 September	Nico Rosberg	Timo Lienemann	Nico Rosberg	VIVA Racing
10	R1	Hockenheimring	5 October	Nico Rosberg	Junior Strous	Nico Rosberg	VIVA Racing
10	R2	Hockenheimring	6 October	Nico Rosberg	Nico Rosberg	Nico Rosberg	VIVA Racing

Season standings

Drivers Standings

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		ZOL		SAC		NÜR1		NOR		LAU		NÜR2		A1R		ZAN		HOC2		Pts
1	Nico Rosberg	1	1	2	1	11	11	3	1	4	2	7	5	3	1	5	17	1	1	1	1	264
2	Maximilian Götz	3	11	12	8	1	1	Ret	9	3	3	2	2	14	8	3	1	2	10	2	6	183
3	Hannes Neuhauser	Ret	Ret	4	4	5	15	1	2	Ret	Ret	6	3	7	5	4	4	3	7	6	4	145
4	Christian Mamerow	4	2	5	13	3	3	2	3	Ret	9	Ret	10	12	3	2	11	4	2	18	11	139
5	Michael Devaney	Ret	6	1	2	6	4	6	Ret	5	5	3	4	2	13	7	13	Ret	12	4	7	134
6	Thomas Holzer	2	Ret	7	5	Ret	10	8	22	2	4	1	1	5	7	13	7	7	4	8	10	130
7	Reinhard Kofler	Ret	10	6	3	2	2	5	Ret	8	6	DNS	8	1	2	6	Ret	DSQ	Ret	Ret	14	110
8	Maro Engel	16	Ret	DNS	15	13	Ret	11	12	6	Ret	12	7	4	4	1	3	Ret	DNS	3	2	89
9	Andreas Wirth	13	9	13	6	7	Ret	7	5	Ret	DNS	9	9	Ret	14	8	2	6	3	7	Ret	68
10	Claudio Torre	5	14	Ret	19	4	9	4	4	10	7			8	6	15	12	10	8	16	17	58
11	Franz Schmöller	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	9	5	12	Ret	21	8	4	6	6	11	19	8	Ret	16	Ret	12	50
12	Robert Kath	7	5	8	7	10	7	10	6	11	Ret	16	Ret	10	9	9	9	8	5	Ret	19	49
13	Timo Lienemann	9	7	Ret	14	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	17	14	9	10	Ret	10	5	9	5	3	45
14	Alexander Margaritis							23	7	1	1											44
15	Christian Bakkerud	6	3	11	12	14	6	9	8	13	17	5	DNS	19	15	Ret	18	17	Ret	14	16	37
16	Junior Strous															10	5	12	6	9	5	25
17	Sebastian Riedel	12	8	Ret	11	12	8	Ret	Ret	7	12			Ret	Ret	12	6	11	11	10	8	20
18	Giacomo Ricci	8	4	9	Ret	16	13															15
19	Niclas Königbauer	11	12	10	9	DNS	Ret	18	17	12	Ret	8	12	11	12	DSQ	DNS	13	17	DNS	26	6
20	Philipp Wlazik	10	13	18	16	Ret	Ret	14	11	19	10	11	11	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	13	11	13	4
21	Filip Salaquarda	20	17	17	10	Ret	18	DNS	16	Ret	14	15	16	17	24	17	Ret			12	9	3
22	Matthias Luger	18	Ret	14	17	15	16	13	10	16	20	20	19	15	22	Ret	16	16	14	17	20	1
23	Dominik Weigl	23	Ret	19	18	20	17	25	Ret	Ret	DNS	10	18	Ret	17	Ret	Ret	14	23	21	24	1
24	Christian Günther	Ret	20	Ret	23	22	20	19	15	17	11	18	17	21	18	11	Ret	15	19	15	21	0
25	Marek Novotný	15	15	16	DNS	17	12	17	14	15	19	21	23									0
26	Lance David Arnold			Ret	21	19	19	21	13	14	13			13	16	16	15	DNS	Ret	19	Ret	0
27	Christian Engelhart	17	19	Ret	20	21	Ret	16	23	Ret	16	13	13	23	19	Ret	20	DNS	21	23	23	0
28	Martin Hippe																	Ret	18	13	15	0
29	Quirin Müller	14	16	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	20	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	20	20	20	14	14	19	15	Ret	18	0
30	Tomáš Kostka	22	21	Ret	22	Ret	22	15	18	Ret	15	14	15									0
31	Stefan Hupfeld	19	18	15	Ret	18	14	22	20	18	18	19	21	16	21	18	19	Ret	20	22	22	0
32	Denis-Simon Knips	21	Ret			23	Ret	24	21	20	21	22	22	22	23	20	Ret	18	22	20	25	0
Pos	Driver	HOC1		ZOL		SAC		NÜR1		NOR		LAU		NÜR2		A1R		ZAN		HOC2		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (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

Notes

↑ Rosberg is a German driver who raced this year under Finnish racing license.
↑ Margaritis is a Greek driver who raced this year under German racing license.

References

↑ "Endstand 2002" (PDF). adac-motorsport.de (in German). ADAC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2009.

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[2] Rosberg is a German driver who raced this year under Finnish racing license.

[3] Margaritis is a Greek driver who raced this year under German racing license.

[1] "Endstand 2002" (PDF). adac-motorsport.de (in German). ADAC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2009.

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