2009 German Formula Three Championship

The 2009 ATS F3 Cup was the seventh edition of the German F3 Cup. It commenced on 12 April and ended on 18 October. Belgian driver Laurens Vanthoor (Van Amersfoort Racing) won the title with two rounds to spare.^[1]

2009 German Formula Three Championship

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Teams and drivers

Guest drivers in italics.

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Driver	Status	Rounds
Cup Class
Jo Zeller Racing	Dallara F306/014	Mercedes	1	Rahel Frey		1–5
				Tim Sandtler		7
	Dallara F305/011		10	Zahir Ali		4–5
				Bernd Herndlhofer		6
				Sandro Zeller[2]	R	9
HS Technik Motorsport	Dallara F305/037	Mercedes	2	Bernd Herndlhofer		1–5
	Dallara F305/037			Harald Schlegelmilch[3]		6–9
	Dallara F306/025		3	Willi Steindl	R	1–7
				Joey Foster		9
	Dallara F305/039		4	Rafael Suzuki		6–7, 9
				Joey Foster[4]		8
Van Amersfoort Racing	Dallara F306/038	Volkswagen	5	Laurens Vanthoor		All
	Dallara F306/023		6	Stef Dusseldorp	R	All
	Dallara F305/046		7	Armaan Ebrahim[2]		9
Performance Racing	Dallara F305/041	Volkswagen	8	Rafael Suzuki		1–5
				Zahir Ali		6–7
				Peter Elkmann		8
				Daniel Abt[5]	R	9
	Dallara F305/051		9	Adderly Fong		All
Neuhauser Racing	Dallara F306/034	Mercedes	11	Marco Oberhauser		All
	Dallara F305/045		12	Tom Dillmann		7–9
Swiss Racing Team	Dallara F305/034	OPC Challenge	14	Max Nilsson		All
Jenichen Motorsport	Dallara F305/063	OPC Challenge	17	Rafael Suzuki		8
Racing Experience	Dallara F306/010	Mercedes	21	David Hauser		1–2, 4–9
	Dallara F305/012		22	Gary Hauser		All
	Dallara F306/009		23	Nicolas Marroc	R	All
	Mygale M-07/00	Opel	24	Louis Wagner		7
Zettl Sportsline Motorsport	Dallara F306/008	Mercedes	27	Markus Pommer	R	All
	Dallara F305/030		28	Nico Monien	R	All
	Dallara F307/011		29	Shirley van der Lof		All
ZyXEL RRT	Dallara F306/026	Mercedes	35	Vladimir Semenov	R	All
Trophy Class
Rhino's Leipert Motorsport	Dallara F304/012	Opel	55	Luca Iannaccone		All
Jenichen Motorsport	Dallara F302/084	Opel	57	Nikolay Martsenko	R	1, 9
Franz Wöss Racing	Dallara F302/050	Opel	59	Stefan Neuburger		3
	Dallara F302/033	Opel	60	Francesco Lopez		1–7
Stromos Art-Line	ArtTech F24/007	OPC Challenge	61	Viktor Shaytar	R	1
				Dominik Schraml		2–3
				Jesse Krohn		4, 6–7, 9
	ArtTech F24/008		62	Sergey Chukanov		All
ADRF	Dallara F302/074	Opel	64	Mika Vähämäki	R	All
	Dallara F303/021		65	Marko Vähämäki[2]	R	9
HS Technik Motorsport	Dallara F302/065	Opel	66	Nikolas Kvasai		9
Jo Zeller Racing	Dallara F301/006	Opel	67	Urs Rüttimann		3, 9

Calendar

Five rounds were part of the ADAC Master Weekend with rounds supporting 24 Hours Nürburgring in May, FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours in June, Rizla Race Day and 1000 km Nürburgring in August. With the exception of round at TT Circuit Assen, all rounds took place on German soil.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Secondary Class Winner
1	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	12 April	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: Sergey Chukanov R: Stef Dusseldorp
	R2		13 April	Laurens Vanthoor	Stef Dusseldorp	Stef Dusseldorp	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: Sergey Chukanov R: Stef Dusseldorp
2	R1	Nürburgring	22 May	Laurens Vanthoor	Rahel Frey	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: Sergey Chukanov R: Markus Pommer
	R2		23 May	Rahel Frey	Stef Dusseldorp	Rahel Frey	Jo Zeller Racing	T: Sergey Chukanov R: Nico Monien
3	R1	Hockenheimring	6 June	Rafael Suzuki	Stef Dusseldorp	Stef Dusseldorp	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: Sergey Chukanov R: Stef Dusseldorp
	R2		7 June	Laurens Vanthoor	Stef Dusseldorp	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: Sergey Chukanov R: Stef Dusseldorp
4	R1	Oschersleben	20 June	Stef Dusseldorp	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: Mika Vähämäki R: Markus Pommer
	R2		21 June	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: Jesse Krohn R: Nico Monien
5	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	4 July	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: Sergey Chukanov R: Nico Monien
	R2		5 July	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Nico Monien	Zettl Sportsline Motorsport	T: Sergey Chukanov R: Nico Monien
6	R1	TT Circuit Assen	8 August	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: Sergey Chukanov R: Stef Dusseldorp
	R2		9 August	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: Sergey Chukanov R: Stef Dusseldorp
7	R1	Nürburgring	21 August	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: Sergey Chukanov R: Stef Dusseldorp
	R2		22 August	Tom Dillmann	Tom Dillmann	Tom Dillmann	Neuhauser Racing	T: Jesse Krohn R: Stef Dusseldorp
8	R1	Sachsenring	19 September	Tom Dillmann	Tom Dillmann	Tom Dillmann	Neuhauser Racing	T: Sergey Chukanov R: Stef Dusseldorp
	R2		20 September	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: Sergey Chukanov R: Stef Dusseldorp
9	R1	Oschersleben	17 October	Markus Pommer	Nico Monien	Laurens Vanthoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: Jesse Krohn R: Markus Pommer
	R2		18 October	Tom Dillmann	Laurens Vanthoor	Tom Dillmann	Neuhauser Racing	T: Sergey Chukanov R: Stef Dusseldorp

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 NÜR1 HOC OSC2 LAU ASS NÜR2 SAC OSC3 Pts 1 Laurens Vanthoor 1 11 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 12 Ret 1 1 2 163 2 Stef Dusseldorp 2 1 Ret 5 1 2 6 9 10 3 2 4 2 3 2 6 3 3 106 3 Markus Pommer 6 7 5 8 4 5 2 5 6 4 11 Ret 4 8 5 8 2 4 67 4 Rafael Suzuki 4 3 4 7 Ret 4 4 3 2 6 4 3 6 6 9 10 Ret 13 65 5 Nico Monien 17 8 7 3 12 3 3 2 3 1 Ret 6 16 5 10 7 6 Ret 61 6 Tom Dillmann 3 1 1 3 Ret 1 49 7 Rahel Frey 3 4 2 1 3 12 7 11 7 5 45 8 Bernd Herndlhofer 7 2 3 4 Ret 9 10 4 5 7 9 Ret 32 9 Harald Schlegelmilch 6 2 7 4 3 4 Ret 10 30 10 Max Nilsson 8 5 Ret 6 7 7 9 Ret 4 8 3 8 Ret 10 8 9 9 Ret 30 11 Willi Steindl Ret 6 6 14 6 6 5 6 15 14 Ret 12 10 14 19 12 Nicolas Marroc Ret 13 8 20 8 11 11 7 13 11 18 7 23† 16 Ret Ret 5 6 14 13 Sergey Chukanov 10 15 12 11 10 14 21 17 12 9 5 9 8 17 7 13 Ret 5 12 14 Gary Hauser 18 9 11 10 5 15 13 16 11 17 13 10 5 13 13 Ret 8 8 12 15 Tim Sandtler 12 2 8 16 Adderly Fong 9 14 9 9 17 10 14 Ret 8 18 10 5 18 7 11 12 11 Ret 7 17 Marco Oberhauser 5 19 10 13 9 8 8 Ret Ret 12 8 Ret 11 19 15 11 Ret Ret 7 18 David Hauser Ret DNS Ret 12 15 13 9 10 16 11 14 24† 6 Ret 18 9 5 19 Jesse Krohn 19 10 7 Ret 9 9 7 17 5 20 Shirley van der Lof 11 12 Ret 15 Ret 13 12 8 DNS DNS 14 14 13 15 14 Ret 15 14 1 21 Vladimir Semenov 12 10 16 16 Ret Ret 17 DNS Ret 16 12 13 15 11 Ret Ret 16 11 0 22 Francesco Lopez 13 16 14 18 11 18 20 15 16 20 17 15 20 21 0 23 Mika Vähämäki 14 17 13 17 15 Ret 18 14 18† 15 15 16 19 20 12 14 12 20† 0 24 Zahir Ali 16 12 14 13 20 Ret 17 18 0 25 Urs Rüttimann 13 17 19 19 0 26 Dominik Schraml Ret Ret 14 16 0 27 Luca Iannaccone 19 21 15 19 18 20 22 Ret 17 19 19 17 22 23 16 15 20 22 0 28 Viktor Shaytar 15 18 0 29 Stefan Neuburger 16 19 0 30 Nikolay Martsenko 16 20 Ret 16 0 31 Louis Wagner 21 22 0 guest drivers ineligible for points Peter Elkmann Ret 2 0 Joey Foster 4 5 4 15 0 Daniel Abt 17 7 0 Armaan Ebrahim 10 12 0 Marko Vähämäki 13 21† 0 Nikolas Kvasai 14 Ret 0 Sandro Zeller Ret 18 0 Pos Driver OSC1 NÜR1 HOC OSC2 LAU ASS NÜR2 SAC OSC3 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

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

ATS Formel 3 Trophy

• Points are awarded for both races as follows:

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

Pos Driver OSC1 NÜR1 HOC OSC2 LAU ASS NÜR2 SAC OSC3 Pts 1 Sergey Chukanov 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 Ret 1 158 2 Mika Vähämäki 3 3 2 2 5 Ret 1 2 4† 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 5† 115 3 Francesco Lopez 2 2 3 3 2 4 3 3 2 4 4 2 4 4 89 4 Luca Iannaccone 6 6 4 4 7 6 5 Ret 3 3 5 4 5 5 3 3 6 7 74 5 Jesse Krohn 2 1 2 Ret 2 1 1 3 60 7 Urs Rüttimann 3 3 5 4 23 7 Nikolay Martsenko 5 5 Ret 2 16 8 Dominik Schraml Ret Ret 4 2 13 9 Viktor Shaytar 4 4 10 10 Stefan Neuburger 6 5 7 guest drivers ineligible for points Marko Vähämäki 3 6† 0 Nikolas Kvasai 4 Ret 0 Pos Driver OSC1 NÜR1 HOC OSC2 LAU ASS NÜR2 SAC OSC3 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)

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

ATS Formel 3 Junior-Pokal (Rookie)

• Points are awarded for both races as follows:

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

Pos Driver OSC1 NÜR1 HOC OSC2 LAU ASS NÜR2 SAC OSC3 Pts 1 Stef Dusseldorp 1 1 Ret 2 1 1 4 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 149 2 Markus Pommer 2 3 1 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 Ret 2 3 2 3 1 2 130 3 Nico Monien 7 4 3 1 5 2 2 1 1 1 Ret 2 5 2 3 2 4 Ret 112 4 Willi Steindl Ret 2 2 4 3 4 3 3 5 5 Ret 4 3 5 67 5 Nicolas Marroc Ret 6 4 7 4 5 5 4 4 4 5 3 7 6 Ret Ret 3 3 65 6 Mika Vähämäki 4 7 5 6 6 Ret 7 6 6† 6 4 6 6 7 4 4 5 8† 58 7 Vladimir Semenov 3 5 6 5 Ret Ret 6 DNS Ret 7 3 5 4 4 Ret Ret 7 5 50 8 Nikolay Martsenko 6 9 Ret 6 7 9 Viktor Shaitar 5 8 5 guest drivers ineligible for points Daniel Abt 7 4 0 Marko Vähämäki 6 9† 0 Sandro Zeller Ret 7 0 Pos Driver OSC1 NÜR1 HOC OSC2 LAU ASS NÜR2 SAC OSC3 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)

ATS Formel 3 Speed-Pokal

• Points are awarded for both races as follows:

PP	FL
1	1

Pos	Driver	OSC1		NÜR1		HOC		OSC2		LAU		ASS		NÜR2		SAC		OSC3		Pts
1	Laurens Vanthoor	P FL	P	P			P	FL	P FL	P FL	P FL	P FL	P FL	P FL			P FL		FL	21
2	Stef Dusseldorp		FL		FL	FL	FL	P												5
3	Tom Dillmann														P FL	P FL			P	5
4	Rahel Frey			FL	P															2
5	Rafael Suzuki					P														1
6	Markus Pommer																	P		1
7	Nico Monien																	FL		1
Pos	Driver	OSC1		NÜR1		HOC		OSC2		LAU		ASS		NÜR2		SAC		OSC3		Pts