1987 German Formula Three Championship

The 1987 German Formula Three Championship (German: 1987 Deutsche Formel-3-Meisterschaft) was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars held in Germany, Belgium and Austria. 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 26 April at Nürburgring and ended at Zolder on 27 September after nine rounds.

Team Sonax Autopflege (Schübel Rennsport) driver Bernd Schneider dominated the championship. He won seven from eight races that he competed and clinched the title. Joachim Winkelhock lost 42 points to Schneider and finished as runner-up with win in the season finale at Zolder. Hanspeter Kaufmann won at AVUS. Víctor Rosso, Harald Huysman, Frank Biela, David Coyne, Tomi Luhtanen and Eric van de Poele were the other podium finishers.^[1]

Teams and drivers[edit]

Entry List^[2]
Team	No.	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Volkswagen Motorsport	1	Víctor Rosso	Ralt RT31/705	Volkswagen	All
Volkswagen Motorsport	2	Peter Zakowski	Ralt RT31/707	Volkswagen	All
JSK Generalbau	3	Hanspeter Kaufmann	Dallara F386	Volkswagen	All
JSK Generalbau	23	Gianni Bianchi	Dallara F386/019	Volkswagen	4
Team Sonax Autopflege	4	Bernd Schneider	Dallara F387	Volkswagen	1–8
Schübel Rennsport Int.	5	Csaba Kesjár	Dallara F387/014	Volkswagen	1–8
Frank Biela	6	Frank Biela	Reynard 873	Volkswagen	All
Malte Bongers Motorsport	7	Wolfgang Kaufmann	Reynard 873/061	Alfa Romeo	1–5
Malte Bongers Motorsport	8	Tomi Luhtanen	Reynard 873/094	Volkswagen	All
Nigrin Sportauto Nachwuchsförderung	9	Otto Rensing	Martini MK52/01	Volkswagen	All
Nigrin Sportauto Nachwuchsförderung	10	Markus Oestreich	Martini MK52	Volkswagen	4, 6–8
McGregor Racing Team	11	Sigi Betz	Reynard 863/030	Volkswagen	105
McGregor Racing Team	12	Martin Ludwig	Ralt RT30	Volkswagen	1
Mönninghoff Racing	14	Frank Schmickler	Ralt RT31/711	Volkswagen	1–2, 4–8
	32	Mercedes Stermitz	Ralt RT30		4
	32	Delia Stegemann	Ralt RT31		8
Bross Druck Chemie Racing	15	David Coyne	Reynard 873	Volkswagen	1–4, 6–8
	35	Werner Braun	Reynard 863		2
		Helmut Bross			3
		Franz Binder			7
	43	Werner Braun			1
	51	Franz Binder			5
Team Penthouse Pernod	16	Michael Roppes	Ralt RT31/701	Volkswagen	1–8
Peter Wisskirchen	17	Peter Wisskirchen	Reynard 873/045	Volkswagen	1–4, 6–8
Hartge Motorsport	19	Eric van de Poele	Ralt RT31	Volkswagen	1–4, 7–9
WTS Racing Team	20	Wilhelm F. Weber	Reynard 873	Volkswagen	1–4, 6–7
		Ellen Lohr			8
		Frank Schmickler			9
	21	Joachim Winkelhock	Reynard 873		All
	22	Patrick Jerome	Ralt RT30/522		1–3
Stefan Fricke	25	Stefan Fricke	Ralt RT30/529	Volkswagen	1–3
Gerd Lünsmann Racing	27	Gerd Lünsmann	Ralt RT31/710	Volkswagen	2–4, 6–7
Gerd Lünsmann Racing	27	Stefan Fricke	Ralt RT31/710	Volkswagen	8–9
Gipimo Corse	30	Harald Huysman	Dallara F387	Alfa Romeo	All
Bamo Power Motorsport	33	Richard Hamann	Reynard 873/051	Volkswagen	1–7
Bamo Power Motorsport	39	Stefan Lohr	Reynard 853	Volkswagen	4
Derichs Rennwagen	34	Gerhard Müller	Derichs D385/01	Toyota	2
MC Motorsport	34	Cathy Muller	Ralt RT31	Volkswagen	8
Sport Auto Racing	39	André Malherbe	Ralt RT31	Volkswagen	7
Ewald Gasper	40	Stefan Neuberger	Martini MK45	Volkswagen	1–2, 4
Serge Saulnier	41	Eric Bellefroid	Dallara F387	Alfa Romeo	7
Theo Kirchhoff	42	Theo Kirchhoff	Reynard	no data	1, 3
KTR	43	Jean-Denis Délétraz	Ralt RT31	Volkswagen	7
Johann Stelzer	54	Johann Stelzer	Reynard 863	Volkswagen	1, 5

Calendar[edit]

Round	Location	Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	Nürburg, West Germany	Nürburgring	26 April	49. ADAC Eifelrennen"
2	Berlin, West Germany	AVUS	10 May	ADAC-Avus-Rennen
3	Heusden-Zolder, Belgium	Circuit Zolder	24 May	21. ADAC Westfalen-Pokal-Rennen
4	Hockenheim, West Germany	Hockenheimring	5 July	ADAC-Preis Hockenheim
5	Zeltweg, Austria	Österreichring	12 July	ADAC-Hessen-Cup — Preis des Aichfeldes
6	Siegerland, West Germany	Siegerland Airport	23 August	10. ADAC-Siegerland-Flughafenrennen
7	Nürburg, West Germany	Nürburgring	30 August	ADAC 1000 km Rennen
8	Nürburg, West Germany	Nürburgring	20 September	XIV. ADAC Bilstein Super Sprint
9	Heusden-Zolder, Belgium	Circuit Zolder	27 September	ADAC/ACR Grenzland-Preis "Stefan-Bellof-Gedächtnis-Rennen"

Results[edit]

Round	Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Nürburgring	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Team Sonax Autopflege
2	AVUS	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Hanspeter Kaufmann	JSK Generalbau
3	Circuit Zolder	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Team Sonax Autopflege
4	Hockenheimring	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Team Sonax Autopflege
5	Österreichring	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Team Sonax Autopflege
6	Siegerland Airport	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Team Sonax Autopflege
7	Nürburgring	Joachim Winkelhock	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Team Sonax Autopflege
8	Nürburgring	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Team Sonax Autopflege
9	Circuit Zolder	Joachim Winkelhock	Tomi Luhtanen	Joachim Winkelhock	WTS Racing Team

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	AVU	ZOL1	HOC1	ZEL	SIE	NÜR2	NÜR3	ZOL2	Points
1	Bernd Schneider	1	13	1	1	1	1	1	1		140
2	Joachim Winkelhock	9	10	2	2		2	2	2	1	98
3	Hanspeter Kaufmann	3	1	3	Ret	2	7	Ret	4	7	77
4	Víctor Rosso	4	2	Ret	Ret	3	8	3	5	Ret	60
5	Otto Rensing	6	5	5	4	5	Ret	9	15	4	52
6	Harald Huysman	16	3	4	3	7	5	10	Ret	Ret	47
7	Frank Biela	2	14	9	Ret	9	6	6	16	2	46
8	Peter Zakowski	8	4	Ret	5	13	4	Ret	7	6	41
9	David Coyne	5	Ret	Ret	Ret		3	4	8		33
10	Tomi Luhtanen	10	6	6	15	14	Ret	Ret	3	5	33
11	Eric van de Poele	12	DNS	8	6			5	14	3	29
12	Michael Roppes	7	Ret	13	Ret	6	Ret	7	12		14
13	Wolfgang Kaufmann	13	9	7	7	8					13
14	Csaba Kesjár	11	12	14	11	4	10	12	10		12
15	Frank Schmickler	14	Ret		8	12	11	Ret	9	8	8
16	Cathy Muller								6		6
17	Markus Oestreich				Ret		9	8	Ret		5
18	Peter Wisskirchen	18	7	16	12		12	14	DNS		4
19	Gerhard Müller		8								3
20	Sigi Betz	17	11	12	9	15					2
21	Richard Hamann	15	Ret	10	10	11	Ret	13			2
22	Franz Binder					10		Ret			1
	Eric Bellefroid							11			0
	Ellen Lohr								11		0
	Gianni Bianchi				13						0
	Gerd Lünsmann		16	Ret	14		13	DNS			0
	Stefan Fricke	Ret	17	17					13	Ret	0
	Wilhelm F. Weber	20	15	15	Ret		DNS	DNS			0
	André Malherbe							15			0
	Johann Stelzer	Ret				16					0
	Mercedes Stermitz				16						0
	Werner Braun	Ret	Ret		17						0
	Delia Stegemann								17		0
	Stefan Lohr				18						0
	Patrick Jerome	19	DNS	Ret							0
	Martin Ludwig	21									0
	Theo Kirchhoff	22		Ret							0
	Stefan Neuberger		Ret		DNS						0
	Helmut Bross			Ret							0
	Jean-Denis Délétraz							Ret			0
	Walter Zischg				DNS						0
Pos	Driver	NÜR1	AVU	ZOL1	HOC1	ZEL	SIE	NÜR2	NÜR3	ZOL2	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]

^ "Formula 3 Germany 1987 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
^ "STARTERLISTE 1987 DEUTSCHE FORMEL-3-MEISTERSCHAFT" (PDF) (in German). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 12 March 2017.

External links[edit]

Official website (in English and German)

[1] "Formula 3 Germany 1987 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 1 December 2016.

[2] "STARTERLISTE 1987 DEUTSCHE FORMEL-3-MEISTERSCHAFT" (PDF) (in German). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 12 March 2017.

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