2006 German Formula Three Championship

The 2006 ATS Formel 3 Cup season was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by Dallara, Ligier, Lola and SLC which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It was the fourth edition of the ATS F3 Cup. It commenced on 22 April at Oschersleben and ended on 1 October at the same place after ten double-header rounds.

2006 German Formula Three Championship

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The title was won by Ho-Pin Tung, who became the first Chinese driver to win the Formula Three championship.^[1] He achieved nine wins, to overcome his teammate Ferdinand Kool by 46 points, who was victorious at Lausitz.^[2] The third place went to Harald Schlegelmilch, who clinched both the Trophy and Rookie titles and won three from four races at Assen. Seyffarth Motorsport driver Renger van der Zande lost two points to Schlegelmilch in both the main and Rookie championship to finish fourth and second respectively. Nico Hülkenberg won the race at Hockenheim and completed the top five.^[3] Schlegelmilch's teammate Joey Foster was the last driver to win more than one race. He did it at Oschersleben, Hockenheim and Nürburgring. Other wins were shared between Nathan Antunes and Johnny Cecotto Jr.

Teams and drivers

2006 Entry List[4] Team No. Driver Chassis Engine Status Rounds Cup Class HS Technik Motorsport 2 Martin Hippe Lola B06/30/HU04 Opel 1 Nathan Antunes R 7–10 3 Joey Foster Lola B06/30/HU03 R 1–6 JB Motorsport 5 Ferdinand Kool Lola B06/30/HU01 Opel All 6 Ho-Pin Tung Lola B06/30/HU02 All Seyffarth Motorsport 8 Renger van der Zande Dallara F306/025 Mercedes R All 9 Cyndie Allemann Dallara F306/06 R All Swiss Racing Team 10 Dominik Schraml Dallara F305/004 Opel 1–2 11 Hiroyuki Matsumura Dallara F305/039 R 1–3 12 Max Nilsson Dallara F305/004 R 4–6, 8–10 13 Marcello Thomaz SLC R1/F3002 1–5, 8, 10 Van Amersfoort Racing 16 Récardo Bruins Choi Dallara F305/046 Opel R 1–6, 8–10 17 Dominick Muermans Dallara F306/023 R 1–6, 8–10 Leipert Motorsport 18 Norman Knop Dallara F305/040 Opel R All Schuler Motorsport 19 Hannes Neuhauser Dallara F305/034 Toyota 5 Rennsport Rössler 20 Benjamin Leuchter Dallara F305/024 Opel R 10 Ombra Racing 22 Mattia Pavoni Dallara F306/007 Mugen-Honda R All 23 Marika Diana Dallara F305/064 R 1–4 Johnny Cecotto Jr. R 5–6 24 Massimo Rossi R 8–10 Josef Kaufmann Racing 25 Nico Hülkenberg Ligier JS47 Opel R 1–9 Target Racing 27 Riccardo Azzoli SLC R1/F3003 Opel 1–7, 9–10 28 Salvatore Gatto SLC R1/F3002 R 1–7 Johnny Cecotto Jr. SLC R1/F3002 R 8–9 Bordoli Motorsport 29 Natacha Gachnang Dallara F305/026 Opel R 1–6, 8–10 Performance Racing 30 Rodolfo Ávila Dallara F305/051 Mugen-Honda 3 Trophy Class JMS Motorsport 31 Christer Jöns Dallara F302/084 Opel 1–6, 8 Neuhauser Racing 33 Marco Oberhauser Dallara F303/022 Opel 9 Franz Wöss Racing 35 Martin Konrad Dallara F302/087 Opel 1–7, 9–10 36 Denis G. Watt Dallara F302/074 1–4, 9 37 Christopher Kuntz Dallara F301/016 2 Marko Nevalainen Dallara F303/007 7 Rennsport Rössler 38 Helmut Ebert Dallara F303/008 Opel 1–5 FS Motorsport 39 Marika Diana Dallara F302/050 Opel R 5–6 Jo Zeller Racing 40 Urs Rüttimann Dallara F301/006 Opel R 4, 7, 9 Seyffarth Motorsport 41 Johannes Theobald Dallara F303/015 Mercedes 1–6, 8–10 Prinz Schwadtke 42 Ronny Wechselberger Dallara F302/040 Opel R All Leipert Motorsport 45 Luca Iannaccone Dallara F302/060 Renault All HS Technik Motorsport 46 Harald Schlegelmilch Dallara F303/026 Opel All KFR Team F3 47 Leonardo Valois Dallara F302/044 Opel R 6–8, 10 48 Petr Samek 1–5, 9 WM Sporting Formula Racing 51 André Pablo Sander Dallara F302/021 Renault R 1–2 Schuler Motorsport 53 Marcel Schuler Dallara F303/006 Toyota R All 54 Rolf Biland Dallara F303/012 Opel R All Swiss Racing Team 56 Hiroyuki Matsumura Dallara F302/061 Opel R 4 57 Michael Klein 8–10 Bernd Deuling 58 Bernd Deuling Dallara F302/009 Opel 8 Performance Racing 60 Juho Annala Dallara F302/004 Mugen-Honda 3

Icon Status R Rookie

Calendar

Round		Location	Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	R1	Oschersleben, Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	22 April	39. ADAC Westfalen-Pokal-Rennen
	R2			23 April
2	R1	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	29 April	Jim Clark Revival
	R2			30 April
3	R1	Klettwitz, Germany	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	13 May	ADAC "Lausitz Top 10"
	R2			14 May
4	R1	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	27 May	ACV-Sprint-Meeting
	R2			28 May
5	R1	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	16 June	24 Hours Nürburgring
	R2			17 June
6	R1	Assen, Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	15 July	ADAC/RSG Hansa-Pokal-Rennen
	R2			16 July
7	R1	Klettwitz, Germany	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	29 July	ADAC Eastside 100
	R2			30 July
8	R1	Assen, Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	12 August	Rizla Race Day
	R2			13 August
9	R1	Salzburg, Austria	Salzburgring	16 September	Beru Top 10 ADAC Rennsport-Festival
	R2			17 September
10	R1	Oschersleben, Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	30 September	ADAC-Börde-Preis
	R2			1 October

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Trophy Winner	Rookie Winner
1	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Nico Hülkenberg	Joey Foster	Ho-Pin Tung	JB Motorsport	Harald Schlegelmilch	Renger van der Zande
	R2		Nico Hülkenberg	Joey Foster	Joey Foster	HS Technik Motorsport	Harald Schlegelmilch	Joey Foster
2	R1	Hockenheimring	Ferdinand Kool	Récardo Bruins Choi	Joey Foster	HS Technik Motorsport	Harald Schlegelmilch	Joey Foster
	R2		Nico Hülkenberg	Joey Foster	Nico Hülkenberg	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Johannes Theobald	Nico Hülkenberg
3	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	Ho-Pin Tung	Joey Foster	Ho-Pin Tung	JB Motorsport	Harald Schlegelmilch	Joey Foster
	R2		Joey Foster	Nico Hülkenberg	Ho-Pin Tung	JB Motorsport	Harald Schlegelmilch	Nico Hülkenberg
4	R1	Nürburgring	Riccardo Azzoli	Ho-Pin Tung	Joey Foster	HS Technik Motorsport	Harald Schlegelmilch	Joey Foster
	R2		Ferdinand Kool	Joey Foster	Joey Foster	HS Technik Motorsport	Johannes Theobald	Joey Foster
5	R1	Nürburgring	Ferdinand Kool	Ho-Pin Tung	Ho-Pin Tung	JB Motorsport	Harald Schlegelmilch	Joey Foster
	R2		Ho-Pin Tung	Ho-Pin Tung	Ho-Pin Tung	JB Motorsport	Harald Schlegelmilch	Natacha Gachnang
6	R1	TT Circuit Assen	Joey Foster	Joey Foster	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Ombra Racing	Harald Schlegelmilch	Johnny Cecotto Jr.
	R2		Joey Foster	Nico Hülkenberg	Harald Schlegelmilch	HS Technik Motorsport	Harald Schlegelmilch	Harald Schlegelmilch
7	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	Cyndie Allemann	Leonardo Valois	Ho-Pin Tung	JB Motorsport	Marcel Schuler	Cyndie Allemann
	R2		Ferdinand Kool	Ronny Wechselberger	Ferdinand Kool	JB Motorsport	Harald Schlegelmilch	Harald Schlegelmilch
8	R1	TT Circuit Assen	Harald Schlegelmilch	Nico Hülkenberg	Harald Schlegelmilch	HS Technik Motorsport	Harald Schlegelmilch	Harald Schlegelmilch
	R2		Harald Schlegelmilch	Harald Schlegelmilch	Harald Schlegelmilch	HS Technik Motorsport	Harald Schlegelmilch	Harald Schlegelmilch
9	R1	Salzburgring	Renger van der Zande	Harald Schlegelmilch	Nathan Antunes	HS Technik Motorsport	Johannes Theobald	Nathan Antunes
	R2		Nathan Antunes	Nico Hülkenberg	Ho-Pin Tung	JB Motorsport	Harald Schlegelmilch	Renger van der Zande
10	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Ho-Pin Tung	Ho-Pin Tung	Ho-Pin Tung	JB Motorsport	Ronny Wechselberger	Renger van der Zande
	R2		Ho-Pin Tung	Ho-Pin Tung	Ho-Pin Tung	JB Motorsport	Ronny Wechselberger	Récardo Bruins Choi

Standings

ATS Formel 3 Cup

• Points are awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	PP	FL
10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1	1

Pos Driver OSC1 HOC LAU1 NÜR1 NÜR2 ASS1 LAU2 ASS2 SAL OSC2 Pts 1 Ho-Pin Tung 1 6 6 5 1 1 5 2 1 1 6 5 1 7 6 5 2 1 1 1 145 2 Ferdinand Kool 5 5 3 2 19 3 4 3 3 5 18 3 Ret 1 3 2 18 3 3 5 99 3 Harald Schlegelmilch 8 3 7 21 5 4 3 11 4 9 3 1 Ret 2 1 1 15 4 4 4 91 4 Renger van der Zande 2 24† 4 3 3 Ret Ret 4 7 Ret 5 6 3 4 2 4 3 2 2 6 89 5 Nico Hülkenberg Ret 2 5 1 4 2 16 8 5 Ret 2 2 14 8 4 3 7 13 78 6 Joey Foster 23 1 1 4 2 Ret 1 1 2 8 4 20 76 7 Récardo Bruins Choi 6 Ret 2 27† 23 Ret DNS 5 12 4 19 7 Ret 14 8 6 6 2 38 8 Riccardo Azzoli 4 4 8 6 6 5 2 7 Ret Ret 8 10 9 10 4 9 10 13 38 9 Cyndie Allemann 11 11 16 Ret 8 7 6 9 9 7 Ret 8 2 3 14 7 16 5 16 10 30 10 Nathan Antunes 8 6 1 Ret 5 3 25 11 Johnny Cecotto Jr. 19 Ret 1 4 Ret 8 5 Ret 20 12 Marcello Thomaz 13 14 15 13 7 Ret Ret 12 6 2 5 10 9 12 17 13 Natacha Gachnang 17 9 26† 9 14 10 9 10 8 3 Ret 12 7 12 Ret 11 7 11 11 14 Johannes Theobald 12 13 9 8 9 15 7 6 10 11 12 22 10 9 6 7 13 15 11 15 Salvatore Gatto 7 10 10 7 11 8 Ret 14 11 6 7 9 11 13 10 16 Dominik Schraml 3 7 12 11 8 17 Ronny Wechselberger 10 8 11 10 Ret 9 22 15 14 14 11 15 15 6 9 17 9 8 11 8 7 18 Marcel Schuler Ret 20 28† 15 Ret 18 Ret 24 21 16 13 17 4 12 16 15 22 15 Ret 19 5 19 Leonardo Valois Ret 21 12 5 Ret 23 DNS 22 5 20 Rolf Biland 16 17 14 14 16 12 10 16 17 13 Ret 14 5 9 15 19 19 16 12 17 4 21 Hiroyuki Matsumura 9 25† 13 Ret 10 6 18 19 3 22 Marko Nevalainen 6 11 3 23 Dominick Muermans Ret Ret 22 Ret 17 Ret 12 20 24 10 10 13 Ret 11 14 10 8 7 3 24 Martin Konrad 19 DNS 25 24 20 21 20 25 Ret 20 15 19 7 14 20 19 20 21 2 25 Norman Knop 14 15 29† 17 15 16 8 18 Ret 17 Ret Ret 8 16 19 18 Ret DNS 18 20 2 26 Christer Jöns Ret 19 27 16 13 14 11 13 18 18 9 18 11 21 0 27 Benjamin Leuchter 14 9 0 28 Mattia Pavoni 24 Ret 21 12 Ret 19 13 17 16 19 Ret 16 Ret DNS 13 20 10 12 Ret Ret 0 29 Urs Rüttimann 24 23 10 15 12 23 0 30 Max Nilsson 15 22 15 12 14 11 12 13 11 18 15 14 0 31 Juho Annala 12 11 0 32 Martin Hippe DNS 12 0 33 Michael Klein 20 22 13 Ret 17 16 0 34 Luca Iannaccone 22 23 DNS 26 22 23 23 28 25 23 17 Ret 13 17 17 24 24 22 22 24 0 35 Hannes Neuhauser 22 13 0 36 Rodolfo Ávila DNS 13 0 37 Marika Diana 15 22 19 22 Ret 17 14 21 20 Ret 16 Ret 0 38 Marco Oberhauser 25 14 0 39 Petr Samek Ret 18 17 20 18 20 17 29 22 15 23 17 0 40 André Pablo Sander 20 16 18 18 0 41 Massimo Rossi Ret 20 17 20 19 Ret 0 42 Denis G. Watt 18 26† 24 23 Ret 22 21 27 21 21 0 43 Bernd Deuling 18 25 21 23 0 44 Christopher Kuntz 20 19 0 45 Helmut Ebert 21 21 23 25 21 Ret 19 26 23 21 0 Pos Driver OSC1 HOC LAU1 NÜR1 NÜR2 ASS1 LAU2 ASS2 SAL OSC2 Pts

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

Trophy

• Points are awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos	Driver	OSC1		HOC		LAU1		NÜR1		NÜR2		ASS1		LAU2		ASS2		SAL		OSC2		Pts
1	Harald Schlegelmilch	8	3	7	21	5	4	3	11	4	9	3	1	Ret	2	1	1	15	4			152
2	Johannes Theobald	12	13	9	8	9	15	7	6	10	11	12	22			10	9	6	7	13	15	126
3	Ronny Wechselberger	10	8	11	10	Ret	9	22	15	14	14	11	15	15	6	9	17	9	8	11	8	118
4	Rolf Biland	16	17	14	14	16	12	10	16	17	13	Ret	14	5	9	15	19	19	16	12	17	93
5	Marcel Schuler	Ret	20	28†	15	Ret	18	Ret	24	21	16	13	17	4	12	16	15	22	15	Ret	19	50
6	Christer Jöns	Ret	19	27	16	13	14	11	13	18	18	9	18			11	21					48
7	Martin Konrad	19	DNS	25	24	20	21	20	25	Ret	20	15	19	7	14			20	19	20	21	28
8	Petr Samek	Ret	18	17	20	18	20	17	29	22	15							23	17			19
9	Michael Klein															20	22	13	Ret	17	16	18
10	Marcello Thomaz	13	14	15	13																	18
11	Natacha Gachnang	17	9	26†	9																	17
12	Leonardo Valois											Ret	21	12	5	Ret	23			DNS	22	16
13	Urs Rüttimann							24	23					10	15			12	23			13
14	Juho Annala					12	11															12
15	Marko Nevalainen													6	11							10
16	Luca Iannaccone	22	23	DNS	26	22	23	23	28	25	23	17	Ret	13	17	17	24	24	22	22	24	7
17	Hiroyuki Matsumura							18	19													6
18	André Pablo Sander	20	16	18	18																	6
19	Marco Oberhauser																	25	14			5
20	Marika Diana									20	Ret	16	Ret									5
21	Bernd Deuling															18	25			21	23	5
22	Helmut Ebert	21	21	23	25	21	Ret	19	26	23	21											3
23	Denis G. Watt	18	26†	24	23	Ret	22	21	27									21	21			3
24	Christopher Kuntz			20	19																	1
Pos	Driver	OSC1		HOC		LAU1		NÜR1		NÜR2		ASS1		LAU2		ASS2		SAL		OSC2		Pts

• † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Rookie

• Points are awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos	Driver	OSC1		HOC		LAU1		NÜR1		NÜR2		ASS1		LAU2		ASS2		SAL		OSC2		Pts
1	Harald Schlegelmilch	8	3	7	21	5	4	3	11	4	9	3	1	Ret	2	1	1	15	4	4	4	117
2	Renger van der Zande	2	24	4	3	3	Ret	Ret	4	7	Ret	5	6	3	4	2	4	3	2	2	6	115
3	Nico Hülkenberg	Ret	2	5	1	4	2	16	8	5	Ret	2	2	14	8	4	3	7	13			90
4	Joey Foster	23	1	1	4	2	Ret	1	1	2	8	4	20									75
5	Cyndie Allemann	11	11	16	Ret	8	7	6	9	9	7	Ret	8	2	3	14	7	16	5	16	10	63
6	Récardo Bruins Choi	6	Ret	2	27	23	Ret	DNS	5	12	4	19	7			Ret	14	8	6	6	2	59
7	Natacha Gachnang	17	9	26	9	14	10	9	10	8	3	Ret	12			7	12	Ret	11	7	11	46
8	Salvatore Gatto	7	10	10	7	11	8	Ret	14	11	6	7	9	11	13							41
9	Ronny Wechselberger	10	8	11	10	Ret	9	22	15	14	14	11	15	15	6	9	17	9	8	11	8	37
10	Nathan Antunes															8	6	1	Ret	5	3	33
11	Johnny Cecotto Jr.									19	Ret	1	4			Ret	8	5	Ret			25
12	Dominick Muermans	Ret	Ret	22	Ret	17	Ret	12	20	24	10	10	13			Ret	11	14	10	8	7	19
13	Rolf Biland	16	17	14	14	16	12	10	16	17	13	Ret	14	5	9	15	19	19	16	12	17	15
14	Hiroyuki Matsumura	9	25	13	Ret	10	6	18	19													14
15	Leonardo Valois											Ret	21	12	5	Ret	23			DNS	22	8
16	Mattia Pavoni	24	Ret	21	12	Ret	19	13	17	16	19	Ret	16	Ret	DNS	13	20	10	12	Ret	Ret	8
17	Marcel Schuler	Ret	20	28	15	Ret	18	Ret	24	21	16	13	17	4	12	16	15	22	15	Ret	19	7
18	Max Nilsson							15	22	15	12	14	11			12	13	11	18	15	14	3
19	Benjamin Leuchter																			14	9	2
20	Marika Diana	15	22	19	22	Ret	17	14	21	20	Ret	16	Ret									2
21	André Pablo Sander	20	16	18	18																	1
Pos	Driver	OSC1		HOC		LAU1		NÜR1		NÜR2		ASS1		LAU2		ASS2		SAL		OSC2		Pts

• † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.