1972 German Formula Three Championship

The 1972 German Formula Three Championship (German: 1972 ADAC Preis der Formel 3)^[1] was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars which conformed to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 2 April at Nürburgring and ended at Zolder on 17 September after eight rounds.

Willi Sommer became a champion. He won three races. Manfred Mohr finished as runner-up, winning the season opener and the season finale. Dieter Kern completed the top-three in the drivers' standings with wins at Nürburgring and Hockenheimring. Jochen Mass was the only other driver who was able to win a race in the season.^[2]

Calendar[edit]

Round	Location	Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	Nürburg, West Germany	Nürburgring	2 April	VII. ADAC-300-km-Rennen um den "Good Year-Pokal"
2	Nürburg, West Germany	Nürburgring	27 May	XVII. ADAC 1000 km Rennen
3	Salzburg, Austria	Salzburgring	2 July	ADAC-Bavaria-Rennen
4	Hockenheim, West Germany	Hockenheimring	16 July	ADAC Südwest-Pokal-Rennen "ADAC-Solitude-Rennen"
5	Freiburg im Breisgau, West Germany	Freiburg im Breisgau	6 August	32. ADAC-Bergpreis Freiburg-Schauinsland
6	Nürburg, West Germany	Nürburgring	13 August	ADAC Rhein-Mosel-Preis "Mayener ADAC-Rundstreckenrennen"
7	Kassel-Calden, West Germany	Kassel-Calden Circuit	20 August	ADAC-Hessen-Preis
8	Zolder, Belgium	Circuit Zolder	17 September	ADAC-Redlefsen-Super-Sprint

Championship standings[edit]

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	NÜR1	NÜR2	SAL	HOC	FRE	NÜR2	KAS	ZOL	Points
1	Willi Sommer		3	1	3	1	3	1	10	96
2	Manfred Mohr	1	2	3		2	5	3	1	94
3	Dieter Kern		1		1	3	2		3	79
4	Rudolf Dötsch	4	6		9	4	4	5	2	59
5	Willi Deutsch	3	5	6	5		7	2	4	59
6	Werner Schommers		4	2	2					40
7	Wolfgang Bülow	5			4	6		4		34
8	Ernst Maring	6				5			5	22
9	Jochen Mass	9					1			22
10	Rudi Schmidt	8	8	5	8		9			19
11	Bernhard Brack			7	6		6	8		19
12	Günter Kölmel		7	4			8	10		18
13	Paul Fischer				7			6	6	16
14	Hannelore Werner	2								15
15	Philipp Gantner			10		7			8	8
16	Josef Kremer			9					7	6
17	Hans Deffland	7			10					5
18	Erwin Derichs							7		4
19	Maximilian Plass	10				9				3
20	Felix Martin			8						3
21	Gerhard Greiner					8				3
22	Bernd Rack								9	2
23	Carlo Breidenstein		9							2
24	Thomas Betzler							9		2
25	Harald Ertl		10							1
26	Bruno Burg					10				1
27	Jorg Obermoser						10			1
Pos	Driver	NÜR1	NÜR2	SAL	HOC	FRE	NÜR3	KAS	ZOL	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

References[edit]

^ "Saison 1972". formel3guide.com (in German). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
^ "Formula 3 Germany 1972 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

External links[edit]

Official website (in English and German)

[1] "Saison 1972". formel3guide.com (in German). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

[2] "Formula 3 Germany 1972 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

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See also List of German Formula Three champions