German Formula 3 Cup 2012

The German Formula 3 Cup 2012 (ATS Formula 3 Cup) was the 38th season of the German Formula 3 . The season began on May 5th in Zandvoort and ended on September 30th at the Hockenheimring . A total of nine race weekends were held.

Rule changes

technical changes

Dennis van de Laar in the Dallara F311 and the VW Power Engine with Push-to-Pass function at the Nürburgring 2012

From the 2012 season, the teams will have an exclusive engine from Volkswagen . The engine has 220 hp at normal power. With the push-to-pass button, a further 20 hp can be made available for a short time to make overtaking maneuvers easier. The push-to-pass function can be used around ten times per race by any driver whose vehicle is performing the function. The number of push-to-pass functions that are still possible is shown by a blue LED display on the roll bar of the vehicle. In addition, the chassis generation Dallara F308 has been approved. All vehicles with the so-called Volkswagen power engine were eligible for points in the cup classification. All other vehicles were rated in the ATS Formula 3 Trophy .

Sporting changes

During the season, three races were held per race weekend, two on Saturday and one on Sunday. The starting grid for the first and third races was determined by the fastest and second fastest lap in qualifying. The starting grid for the second race was determined according to the reversed grid mode, i.e. H. the first eight drivers from the first race started in reverse order to the race result. The remaining positions corresponded to the classification from the first run.

Teams and drivers

team	No.	driver	class	chassis	engine	Race weekend
Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing	01	Austria René Binder	C.	Dallara F311	Volkswagen	1-9
	02	Austria Lucas Auer	C.			1-9
	03	Netherlands Dennis van de Laar	C.			1-3, 5-9
	05	Germany Daniel Dept.	C.			4th
Sweden Performance racing	09	Germany Luca pride	C.	Dallara F311	Volkswagen	5-9
	10	Sweden John Bryant-Meisner	C.			1
	11	Switzerland Yannick Mettler	C.			1-9
	25th	Australia Mitchell Gilbert	C.			1-9
Germany lotus	14th	Sweden Jimmy Eriksson	C.	Dallara F311	Volkswagen	1-9
	15th	Russia Artyom Markelov	C.			1-9
	16	Japan Kimiya Sato	C.			1-9
	17th	United Kingdom Sheban Siddiqi	C.			1-9
Italy EuroInternational	18th	Italy Michela Cerruti	C.	Dallara F311	Volkswagen	6-9
	19th	United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist	C.			2-4, 6, 8
	20th	Israel Alon Day	C.			9
Italy ADM Motorsport	27	Israel Alon Day	C.	Dallara F311	Volkswagen	5-8
Germany Rhino's Leipert Motorsport	52	Italy Luca Iannaccone	T	Dallara F304	Opel	1-9
Belgium APEX engineering	54	Belgium Jordi Weckx	T	Dallara F307	OPC Challenge	1-8
Germany Rössler racing	58	Switzerland Dominik Kocher	T	Dallara F307	OPC Challenge	1-4, 6-9
Austria HS engineering	63	Germany Luca pride	T	Dallara F307	Volkswagen	1-4
Germany ma-con	66	Germany Andre Rudersdorf	T	Dallara F307	Volkswagen	1-4, 6-8
Austria Michael Aberer	69	Austria Michael Aberer	T	Dallara F307	Volkswagen	9
Austria Franz Wöss Racing	72	Germany Maximilian Hackl	T	Dallara F307	OPC Challenge	6th
Austria Franz Wöss Racing	78	France Sylvain Warnecke	T	Dallara F304	Opel	6th

symbol	class
C.	Cup
T	Trophy

Remarks

The Dallara F311 is a Dallara F308 with a special additional kit.

↑ Motopark Academy is supported by Lotus Cars and competes under the name Lotus.

Changes in the drivers

The following list contains all drivers who took part in the German Formula 3 Cup 2011 and who did not start for the same team in the 2012 season as in 2011.

Drivers who have changed their team:

René Binder : Jo Zeller Racing → Van Amersfoort Racing
Tom Blomqvist : Performance Racing → EuroInternational
Alon Day : HS Engineering → Performance Racing
Yannick Mettler : Bordoli Motorsport → Performance Racing
Dominik Kocher : Franz Wöss Racing → Rennsport Rössler

Drivers entering or returning to the German Formula 3 Cup:

Michael Aberer : Austrian Formula 3 Cup (Aberer Motorsport Team) → Michael Aberer
Daniel Abt : Formula 3 Euro Series ( Signature ) → Van Amersfoort Racing
Lucas Auer : JK Racing Asia Series (EuroInternational) → Van Amersfoort Racing
John Bryant-Meisner : Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup ( Koiranen Bros. Motorsport ) → Performance Racing
Michela Cerruti : Superstars Series ( Romeo Ferraris ) → EuroInternational
Jimmy Eriksson : Formula 3 Euro Series ( Motopark Academy ) → Motopark Academy
Mitchell Gilbert : British Formula Renault ( Fortec Motorsport ) → Performance Racing
Dennis van de Laar : Northern European Formula Renault (Van Amersfoort Racing) → Van Amersfoort Racing
Artjom Markelow : ADAC Formula Masters (Motopark Academy) → Motopark Academy
Maximilian Hackl :? → Franz Wöss Racing
André Rudersdorf : ADAC Formula Masters ( Krafft Walzen ) → ma-con
Kimiya Satō : Formula 3 Euro Series (Motopark Academy) → Motopark Academy
Sheban Siddiqi : ADAC Formula Masters (Motopark Academy) → Motopark Academy
Luca Stolz : ADAC Formula Masters ( URD Rennsport ) → HS Engineering
Sylvain Warnecke :? → Franz Wöss Racing

Drivers who have left the German Formula 3 Cup:

Mikhail Aljoschin : Stromos ArtLine → Formula Renault 3.5 ( RFR )
Hannes van Asseldonk : Van Amersfoort Racing → British Formula 3 Championship (Fortec Motorsport)
Klaus Bachler : URD Rennsport → German Porsche Carrera Cup
Tom Dillmann : Stromos ArtLine → GP2 series ( Rapax )
Nikolai Marzenko : Max Travin Racing Team → Formula Renault 3.5 (BVM Target)
Markus Pommer : Jo Zeller Racing → FIA Formula 2 Championship
Filip Salaquarda : Brandl Motorsport → FIA GT1 World Championship ( AF Corse )
Marco Sørensen : Brandl Motorsport → Formula Renault 3.5 ( Lotus )
Richie Stanaway : Van Amersfoort Racing → Formula Renault 3.5 (Lotus)
Sandro Zeller : Jo Zeller Racing → Formula 3 Euro Series (Jo Zeller Racing)

Drivers who do not yet have a contract for a racing cockpit 2012:

Racing calendar

As in the previous year, nine events were held. Three races were held each weekend. With two exceptions, all races took place as part of the ADAC Masters Weekend : The race in Spa was held as part of the International GT Open . The race in Assen took place as part of the GAMMA Race Day .

The event in Zolder was replaced by the Nürburgring . The series also made a guest appearance in Zandvoort that year .

No.	date	Racetrack	winner	Second	Third
01.	05th of May	Netherlands Zandvoort	Sweden Jimmy Eriksson	Austria Lucas Auer	Australia Mitchell Gilbert
02.	05th of May		Switzerland Yannick Mettler	Austria René Binder	Sweden John Bryant-Meisner
03.	0May 6th		Japan Kimiya Sato	Australia Mitchell Gilbert	Netherlands Dennis van de Laar
04th	0June 9th	Germany Hohenstein-Ernstthal	Japan Kimiya Sato	Sweden Jimmy Eriksson	United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist
05.	0June 9th		Austria René Binder	Japan Kimiya Sato	Sweden Jimmy Eriksson
06th	June 10th		Japan Kimiya Sato	Austria Lucas Auer	United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist
07th	7th of July	Germany Oschersleben	Sweden Jimmy Eriksson	Australia Mitchell Gilbert	United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist
08th.	7th of July		Japan Kimiya Sato	Switzerland Yannick Mettler	Sweden Jimmy Eriksson
09.	8th of July		Sweden Jimmy Eriksson	Austria Lucas Auer	Russia Artyom Markelov
10.	July 14th	Belgium Spa Francorchamps	Sweden Jimmy Eriksson	United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist	Austria René Binder
11.	July 14th		United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist	Sweden Jimmy Eriksson	Germany Daniel Dept.
12.	15th of July		Austria René Binder	United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist	Japan Kimiya Sato
13.	03rd August	Netherlands Aces	Sweden Jimmy Eriksson	Austria René Binder	Japan Kimiya Sato
14th	04th of August		Australia Mitchell Gilbert	Germany Luca pride	Israel Alon Day
15th	05th of August		Sweden Jimmy Eriksson	Austria Lucas Auer	Japan Kimiya Sato
16.	August 11th	Austria Spielberg	United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist	Australia Mitchell Gilbert	Israel Alon Day
17th	August 11th		Austria Lucas Auer	Australia Mitchell Gilbert	Switzerland Yannick Mettler
18th	12. August		United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist	Austria Lucas Auer	Sweden Jimmy Eriksson
19th	August 25	Germany Klettwitz	Australia Mitchell Gilbert	Sweden Jimmy Eriksson	Germany Luca pride
20th	August 25		Russia Artyom Markelov	Austria René Binder	Sweden Jimmy Eriksson
21st	26th of August		Austria Lucas Auer	Australia Mitchell Gilbert	Japan Kimiya Sato
22nd	September 15th	Germany Nürburg	United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist	Austria Lucas Auer	Japan Kimiya Sato
23.	September 15th		Austria René Binder	Australia Mitchell Gilbert	Germany Luca pride
24.	16th September		United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist	Austria Lucas Auer	Sweden Jimmy Eriksson
25th	September 29th	Germany Hockenheim	Sweden Jimmy Eriksson	Japan Kimiya Sato	Australia Mitchell Gilbert
26th	September 29th		Russia Artyom Markelov	Austria Lucas Auer	Sweden Jimmy Eriksson
27.	30. September		Sweden Jimmy Eriksson	Japan Kimiya Sato	Austria Lucas Auer

Ratings

Point system

Drivers with Generation 08 vehicles with the Volkswagen Power Engine were entitled to points for the Cup classification. Drivers with older vehicles or other engines were included in the Trophy classification. Bonus points for pole position and fastest lap were only awarded to drivers in the cup classification.

	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	PP	SR
Race 1 & 3	25th	18th	15th	12	10	8th	6th	4th	2	1	3	3
Race 2	10	8th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1	0	0	0	3

Driver ranking

Item	driver	ZAN Netherlands			SAC Germany			OSC Germany			SPA Belgium			ASS Netherlands			SPI Austria			LAU Germany			ONLY Germany			HOC Germany			Points
Cup ranking
01	Sweden J. Eriksson	1	5	6th	2	3	4th	1	3	1	1	2	4th	1	6th	1	11	4th	3	2	3	6th	4th	DNF	3	1	3	1	408
02	Austria L. Auer	2	DNS	4th	6th	DNF	2	4th	9	2	5	DNF	5	9	4th	2	5	1	2	4th	4th	1	2	4th	2	8th	2	3	298
03	Japan K. Satō	DNF	6th	1	1	2	1	5	1	DNF	13	5	3	3	5	3	6th	15th	5	11	9	3	3	6th	11	2	DNF	2	281
04th	Australia M. Gilbert	3	4th	2	7th	8th	6th	2	DSQ	8th	4th	7th	6th	7th	1	8th	2	2	7th	1	6th	2	6th	2	4th	3	4th	4th	277
05	United Kingdom T. Blomqvist				3	4th	3	3	6th	10	2	1	2				1	9	1				1	DNF	1				222
06th	Austria R. Binder	4th	2	13 *	8th	1	7th	6th	4th	7th	3	6th	1	2	DNF	7th	DNS	5	9	5	2	7th	8th	1	DNF	7th	5	9	191
07th	Russia A. Markelow	DNF	9	DNF	4th	5	DSQ	8th	5	3	8th	4th	14 *	5	7th	6th	8th	8th	10	6th	1	8th	5	5	6th	4th	1	6th	155
08th	Switzerland Y. Mettler	5	1	DNS	5	14th	DSQ	7th	2	4th	6th	8th	8th	10	8th	9	9	3	6th	7th	5	5	9	14 *	5	DNF	DNF	5	131
09	Netherlands D. van de Laar	10	10	3	9	13	11	9	7th	6th				4th	9	4th	17 *	12	4th	9	8th	DNF	10	8th	7th	5	6th	7th	110
10	Germany L. pride													8th	2	5	4th	DNF	8th	3	10	4th	7th	3	9	12 *	7th	8th	85
11	Israel A. Day													6th	3	DNF	3	6th	13	10	11	DNF	11	7th	8th	6th	DNF	DNF	48
12	United Kingdom S. Siddiqi	11	11	9	DNF	10	12	11	11	11	14 *	11	10	12	10	DNF	7th	13	15th	13	15th	12 *	15th	12	12	9	9	10	30th
13	Sweden J. Bryant-Meisner	7th	3	5	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	24
14th	Germany D. Dept.										7th	3	7th																18th
15th	Italy M. Cerruti																12	16	12	12	12	10	12	10	14th	11	10	12	3
Trophy rating
01	Germany A. Rudersdorf	9	8th	8th	11	7th	9	10	10	13	9	9	9				10	7th	11	8th	7th	9	13	9	10				377
02	Belgium J. Weckx	8th	7th	7th	DNF	9	13	13	13	9	11	DNF	DNS	11	11	10	16	11	16	14th	13	14 *	14th	11	13				300
03	Switzerland D. Kocher	12	12	11	DNF	11	14th	14th	12	DNF	12	12	11				14th	14th	17th	15th	14th	11	16	13	15th	10	8th	11	268
04th	Italy L. Iannaccone	13	13	12	12	12	15th	15th	DSQ	12	15th	13	12	13	12	11	15th	18th	19th	16	16	13	DNS	DNS	DNS	13	12	14th	247
05	Germany L. pride	6th	DNS	10	10	6th	10	12	8th	5	10	10	13 *																184
06th	Germany M. Hackl																13	10	14th										44
07th	Austria M. Aberer																									14th	11	13	41
08th	France S. Warnecke																DNF	17th	18th										14th
Item	driver	ZAN Netherlands			SAC Germany			OSC Germany			SPA Belgium			ASS Netherlands			SPI Austria			LAU Germany			ONLY Germany			HOC Germany			Points

colour	meaning
gold	winner
silver	2nd place
bronze	3rd place
green	Placement in the points
blue	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	Race not finished (DNF)
violet	not classified (NC)
red	not qualified (DNQ)
black	disqualified (DSQ)
White	not at the start (DNS)
	withdrawn (WD)
	Race canceled (C)
Blank	not participated
	injured or sick (INJ)
	excluded (EX)
other formats and characters	P / bold	Pole position
	italic	Fastest racing lap (in the GP2 series / FIA Formula 2 championship from 2008 for the fastest racing lap of the ten best drivers)
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Bold - pole position
Italic - fastest race lap
* - not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered

Individual evidence

↑ "Formula 3 Cup: New VW engine will be delivered" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 10, 2011)
^ "New in the ATS Formula 3 Cup: Push-to-Pass" (formel3.de; accessed on September 16, 2012)
↑ "27 races in the Formula 3 Cup 2012" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 29, 2012)
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Formula 3 Cup - Rene Binder starts for Van Amersfoort" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 7, 2011)
↑ "Berger's nephew debuts in the Formula 3 Cup" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 12, 2012)
↑ "Formula 3 Cup - Van de Laar joins Van Amersfoort" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on February 23, 2012)
↑ ^a ^b "Sato in trouble again". formel3.de, August 3, 2012, accessed on August 4, 2012 .
^ “John Bryant-Meisner moves to German F3” (automobilsport.com on January 18, 2012)
↑ “Yannick Mettler returns to Formula Three with Performance” ( Memento from March 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (performance-racing.se on January 17, 2012)
^ "Gilbert before debut season" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 9, 2011)
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Participants 2012" (formel3.de; accessed on March 19, 2012)
↑ "Formula 3 Cup in Spielberg: 18 men and one girl". Motorsport-Total.com, August 7, 2012, accessed August 11, 2012 .
↑ "Blomqvist returns to the Formula 3 Cup". Motorsport-Total.com, May 14, 2012, accessed June 8, 2012 .
↑ "Zandvoort / NED" (formel3.de; accessed on May 4, 2012)
↑ ^a ^b "Starter List - Red Bull Ring". formel3.de, accessed on August 11, 2012 .
^ "The dates of the ATS Formula 3 Cup 2012" (formel3.de on October 1, 2011)

[11] Motopark Academy is supported by Lotus Cars and competes under the name Lotus.

[1] "Formula 3 Cup: New VW engine will be delivered" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 10, 2011)

[2] "New in the ATS Formula 3 Cup: Push-to-Pass" (formel3.de; accessed on September 16, 2012)

[3] "27 races in the Formula 3 Cup 2012" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 29, 2012)

[Binder-4] "Formula 3 Cup - Rene Binder starts for Van Amersfoort" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 7, 2011)

[5] "Berger's nephew debuts in the Formula 3 Cup" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 12, 2012)

[6] "Formula 3 Cup - Van de Laar joins Van Amersfoort" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on February 23, 2012)

[Assen-7] "Sato in trouble again". formel3.de, August 3, 2012, accessed on August 4, 2012 .

[8] “John Bryant-Meisner moves to German F3” (automobilsport.com on January 18, 2012)

[9] “Yannick Mettler returns to Formula Three with Performance” ( Memento from March 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (performance-racing.se on January 17, 2012)

[10] "Gilbert before debut season" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 9, 2011)

[Starter-12] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Participants 2012" (formel3.de; accessed on March 19, 2012)

[13] "Formula 3 Cup in Spielberg: 18 men and one girl". Motorsport-Total.com, August 7, 2012, accessed August 11, 2012 .

[14] "Blomqvist returns to the Formula 3 Cup". Motorsport-Total.com, May 14, 2012, accessed June 8, 2012 .

[Zandvoort-15] "Zandvoort / NED" (formel3.de; accessed on May 4, 2012)

[Spielberg-16] "Starter List - Red Bull Ring". formel3.de, accessed on August 11, 2012 .

[17] "The dates of the ATS Formula 3 Cup 2012" (formel3.de on October 1, 2011)