Category | Single-seaters |
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Country | Austria |
Inaugural season | 1982 |
Constructors | Dallara, Opel, Fiat |
Drivers' champion | Sandro Zeller |
Official website | afr-pokale.com (German) |
Current season |
The Austria Formula 3 Cup is an open wheel racing series based in Austria. The series has run since 1982 and regular visits such circuits as the Salzburgring and the Red Bull Ring in Austria, the Autodrom Most and the Brno Circuit in the Czech Republic and the Hockenheimring in Germany. It's now called the "Drexler-Automotive Formel 3 Pokal" for the main Cup and "Drexler-Automotive Formel 3 Trophy" for the B division older chassis cars.
2009 scoring system for finishing | |||||||||||||
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Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |||||
Points | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
2010 scoring system for finishing | |||||||||||||
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Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |||
Points | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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