1985 German Formula Three Championship

The 1985 German Formula Three Championship (German: 1985 Deutsche Formel-3-Meisterschaft) 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 24 March at Zolder and ended at Nürburgring on 22 September after fourteen rounds.

Josef Kaufmann Racing driver Volker Weidler clinched the championship title. He won races at Wunstorf, AVUS, Erding, Norisring, Zolder and Siegerland. Kris Nissen lost 33 points to Weidler and finished as runner-up, scoring the same number of wins as Weidler. Nissen's teammate Adrian Campos completed top-three in the drivers' standings. Eric Bachelart and Jari Nurminen were the only other drivers who were able to win a race in the season.^[1]

Teams and drivers[]

Entry List[2]
Team	No.	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Malte Bongers Motorsport	1	Jari Nurminen	Ralt RT3/400	Volkswagen	All
	2	Heikki Mustonen	Ralt RT30	Volkswagen	1–2
		Jörg van Ommen			8–9
		Frank Biela			11
Volkswagen Motorsport	4	Kris Nissen	Ralt RT30/522	Volkswagen	All
	5	Adrian Campos	Ralt RT30/529		All
Team Lechner Racing School	7	Alfonso Toledano	Ralt RT30	Volkswagen	1, 3
		Walter Lechner			2
		Bartl Stadler			5–6
		Stefan Neuberger			14
	8	Uwe Schäfer	Ralt RT3		2
		Willi Schuster			6
		Delia Stegemann	Ralt RT30		14
	9	Heinz Beissler	Ralt RT3		1
	10	Ernst Franzmaier	Ralt RT30		6
		Rolf Kuhn	Ralt RT30		3
		Ralf Rauh			4
Toledano Racing	7	Alfonso Toledano	Martini MK44/02	Volkswagen	10–11
Franz Tost	9	Franz Tost	Ralt RT3/397	Volkswagen	2–4, 6–12, 14
Scuderia Teutonia	11	Günther Lüttecke	March 803B	Toyota	1–2
		Franz Konrad	Martini MK45	Volkswagen	3–8
		Stefan Neuberger			9
	12	Franz Konrad	Anson SA4	Volkswagen	1–2
		Günther Lüttecke	March 803B	Toyota	3–4
		Karl-Heinz Wieschalla	Anson SA4	Volkswagen	9
		Franz-Josef Prangemeier			11, 13–14
Josef Kaufmann Racing	14	Volker Weidler	Martini MK45/03	Volkswagen	1–12, 14
	15	Bartl Stadler	Martini MK45		7
		Alfonso de Vinuesa			9, 11–14
Peter Wisskirchen	16	Peter Wisskirchen	Ralt RT30	Volkswagen	1–5, 7–14
McGregor Racing Team	17	Rudi Seher	Martini MK44	Volkswagen	All
	18	Dieter Heinzelmann	Anson SA4		2–9, 11–12, 14
	18	Sigi Betz			13
	19	Franz-Josef Prangemeier	Anson SA4		3–5, 7, 9–10
		Artur Deutgen	Anson SA4		6
	19	Wilhelm F. Weber	Ralt RT3		All
	21	Wilhelm F. Weber	Ralt RT3		10–14
	56	Nicky Nufer	Anson SA4		1–2
Karl-Christian Lück	20	Karl-Christian Lück	Ralt RT30	Alfa Romeo	All
Team Sonax Autopflege	21	Wilhelm F. Weber	Ralt RT3/367	Volkswagen	1–4, 6–9
	22	Thomas von Löwis	Ralt RT3		All
	27	Uwe Teuscher	March 813	Toyota	11–14
Car Chic by MC+A Racing	28	Richard Hamann	Ralt RT3	Volkswagen	1–9, 12–14
Hanspeter Kaufmann	24	Hanspeter Kaufmann	Ralt RT3/398	Volkswagen	2–3, 7–9, 11, 13–14
Artur Deutgen	25	Artur Deutgen	March 813	Toyota	1–4, 7, 11
Ford Autoveri Motorsport	26	Peter Katsarski	Ralt RT3	Toyota	1–2, 4–5, 7–8
Uwe Teuscher	27	Uwe Teuscher	March 813	Toyota	1–2, 4–5, 7–8
Wolfgang Wendlinger	29	Wolfgang Wendlinger	Ralt RT3	Toyota	1–4, 7, 9–12, 14
Derichs Rennwagen	30	Bruno Stanjek	Derichs D385/02	Toyota	1–2
	31	Manfred Zimmermann	Derichs D385/01		1–2
Bross Druck Chemie Racing	33	Alfonso Toledano	Martini MK44/02	Volkswagen	12–13
	66	"Pietro Spazzola"			9
Otto Christmann	34	Otto Christmann	Martini MK35	Volkswagen	4, 7–9, 11, 13–14
Wolfgang Kaufmann	35	Wolfgang Kaufmann	Ralt RT3	Alfa Romeo	2–14
Fredy Eschenmoser	36	Fredy Eschenmoser	Anson SA6	Volkswagen	8–9, 12, 14
Karl-Heinz Wenig	37	Karl-Heinz Wenig	Martini MK39	Volkswagen	3–4, 8–11, 13–14
MSC Scuderia Mitwitz	40	Justin Sünkel	Argo JM10	Volkswagen	2–3, 6, 8–9, 11–12, 14
Alexander Seibold	41	Alexander Seibold	Anson SA3	Toyota	7, 9
BS Racing	45	Altfrid Heger	Ralt RT3/496	Volkswagen	All
	46	Manuel Reuter	Ralt RT3/467		All
Placido-Daniel Pardo	48	Placido-Daniel Pardo	Chevron B38/38–77–23	Toyota	3, 9
Belgian Volkswagen Club	49	Éric Bachelart	Ralt RT3	Volkswagen	1, 11
	65	Herve Roger	Ralt RT3		11
Arnold Wagner	51	Jürgen von Gartzen	Ralt RT3	Volkswagen	2–3
		Arnold Wagner			5, 9
Klaus Koch	52	Klaus Koch	March 813	Alfa Romeo	2–3, 9
MST Oberland	53	Beat Amacher	Ralt RT3	no data	9
Formel Rennsport Club	54	Gianni Bianchi	Ralt RT3/398	Volkswagen	8–9
	55	Rudolf Weckmann	Anson		9
	57	Jo Zeller	Ralt RT3/417	Toyota	1, 3, 9
	59	Ernst Thurnherr	Ralt RT3/398	Alfa Romeo	14
	63	Urs Dudler	Ralt RT3	Toyota	6
Team Decorplast	56	Franz Hunkeler	Martini MK42	Alfa Romeo	9
Serge Saulnier	57	Joe Ris	Martini Martini MK45	Alfa Romeo	14
Gerd Lünsmann	58	Gerd Lünsmann	Ralt RT3/236	Volkswagen	4, 8–11
Bayern Motorsport	59	Uwe Schäfer	Reynard 853}	Volkswagen	3, 5–11, 14
Franz Theuermann	60	Franz Binder	Ralt RT30/563	Volkswagen	4–8, 10
		"Pierre Chauvet"			9, 13
F3 Magazine & Sport	61	Christer Offason	Ralt RT30/565	Volkswagen	10
Peter Deuscher	62	Peter Deuscher	Ralt RT3	Volkswagen	9
Sportauto Nigrin Nachwuchsförderung	63	Markus Oestreich	Martini MK45	Volkswagen	8
The Swedish Lions	63	Steven Andskaer	Ralt RT30	Volkswagen	9
Jo Lindström Racing	63	Joakim Lindström	Ralt RT30	Volkswagen	11
Equipe Carmignon	64	Gilles Lempereur	Martini MK45	Alfa Romeo	11
Sachs Sporting	65	Udo Wagenhäuser	no data		8

Calendar[]

Round	Location	Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	Heusden-Zolder, Belgium	Circuit Zolder	24 March	XVI. AvD/MVBL "Bergischer Löwe"
2	Nürburg, West Germany	Nürburgring	7 April	XX. ADAC-300-km-Rennen
3	Hockenheim, West Germany	Hockenheimring	21 April	AvD Deutschland-Trophäe "Jim Clark Rennen"
4	Wunstorf, West Germany	Wunstorf	5 May	ADAC-Flugplatzrennen Wunstorf
5	Berlin, West Germany	AVUS	12 May	ADAC-Avus-Rennen
6	Zeltweg, Austria	Österreichring	26 May	ADAC-Hessen-Cup — Preis des Aichfeldes
7	Erding, West Germany	Erding	9 June	8. ADAC-Flugplatz-Rennen Erding
8	Nuremberg, West Germany	Norisring	30 June	ADAC-Norisring-Trophäe "200 Meilen von Nürnberg"
9	Hockenheim, West Germany	Hockenheimring	13 July	ADAC-1000-km-Rennen
10	Diepholz, West Germany	Diepholz Airfield Circuit	21 July	18. ADAC-Flugplatzrennen Diepholz
11	Heusden-Zolder, Belgium	Circuit Zolder	18 August	19. ADAC Westfalen-Pokal-Rennen
12	Salzburg, Austria	Salzburgring	1 September	ADAC-Alpentrophäe
13	Siegerland, West Germany	Siegerland Airport	8 September	8. ADAC-Siegerland-Flughafenrennen
14	Nürburg, West Germany	Nürburgring	22 September	XII. ADAC-Bilstein Super Sprint'

Results[]

Round	Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Circuit Zolder	Volker Weidler	Volker Weidler	Éric Bachelart	Belgian Volkswagen Club
2	Nürburgring	Volker Weidler	Volker Weidler	Kris Nissen	Volkswagen Motorsport
3	Hockenheimring	Kris Nissen	Kris Nissen	Kris Nissen	Volkswagen Motorsport
4	Wunstorf	Volker Weidler	Manuel Reuter	Volker Weidler	Josef Kaufmann Racing
5	AVUS	Volker Weidler	Franz Konrad	Volker Weidler	Josef Kaufmann Racing
6	Österreichring	Kris Nissen	Kris Nissen	Kris Nissen	Volkswagen Motorsport
7	Erding	Volker Weidler	Kris Nissen	Volker Weidler	Josef Kaufmann Racing
8	Norisring	Uwe Schäfer	Volker Weidler	Volker Weidler	Josef Kaufmann Racing
9	Hockenheimring	Uwe Schäfer	Uwe Schäfer	Kris Nissen	Volkswagen Motorsport
10	Diepholz Airfield Circuit	Kris Nissen	Volker Weidler	Jari Nurminen	Malte Bongers Mootrsport
11	Circuit Zolder	Kris Nissen	Karl-Christian Lück	Volker Weidler	Josef Kaufmann Racing
12	Salzburgring	Kris Nissen	Kris Nissen	Kris Nissen	Volkswagen Motorsport
13	Siegerland Airport	Volker Weidler	Volker Weidler	Volker Weidler	Josef Kaufmann Racing
14	Nürburgring	Kris Nissen	Kris Nissen	Kris Nissen	Volkswagen Motorsport

Championship standings[]

• Points are awarded as follows:

Pos Driver ZOL1 NÜR1 HOC1 WUN AVU ZEL ERD NOR HOC2 DIE ZOL2 SAL SIE NÜR2 Points 1 Volker Weidler 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 Ret Ret 1 1 2 195 2 Kris Nissen DNS 1 1 21 Ret 1 3 2 1 Ret Ret 1 2 1 162 3 Adrian Campos 4 4 4 3 5 3 Ret 3 Ret 4 2 2 9 3 128 4 Manuel Reuter DNS 3 3 2 2 9 2 6 4 2 DNQ Ret 16 4 112 5 Jari Nurminen 3 24 9 5 Ret Ret 4 9 5 1 Ret 8 6 DNS 71 6 Franz Konrad 5 Ret 10 DNS 6 5 DNS 8 9 3 3 5 7 64 7 Altfrid Heger 8 22 5 8 8 Ret 5 18 2 17 11 6 3 11 58 8 Rudi Seher Ret 13 Ret 4 4 Ret Ret 5 Ret 5 Ret 4 Ret 5 54 9 Wolfgang Kaufmann 7 18 Ret 3 10 17 11 Ret 3 6 10 7 6 46 10 Karl-Christian Lück 9 5 12 6 7 7 7 10 7 6 7 9 10 DNS 46 11 Eric Bachelart 1 4 30 12 Hanspeter Kaufmann 8 6 6 Ret DNS 8 4 DNS 28 13 Alfonso Toledano 7 8 Ret 12 Ret 7 5 17 DNS 19 14 Peter Wisskirchen 11 10 Ret 10 15 9 16 DNS 10 9 5 15 8 18 15 Thomas von Löwis 10 11 16 11 6 8 13 Ret 8 10 7 11 DNS 18 16 Jorg van Ommen 16 3 12 17 Jo Zeller 6 13 6 12 18 Bartl Stadler 11 4 19 10 19 Markus Oestreich 4 10 20 Uwe Schäfer DNS 7 DSQ Ret 7 Ret DNS 18 Ret 8 21 Walter Lechner 6 6 22 Franz Binder 13 9 8 12 17 14 5 23 Franz Tost 16 DNS 7 Ret Ret Ret 12 16 15 Ret DNS 4 24 Wilhelm F. Weber 13 12 19 17 14 14 DNQ 8 13 14 12 17 DNS 3 25 Alfonso de Vinuesa Ret Ret 15 8 DNS 3 26 Artur Deutgen DNS 9 14 Ret Ret Ret DNS DNS 2 27 Richard Hamann 19 Ret 11 9 14 Ret 11 Ret Ret 11 18 DNS 2 28 Gerd Lunsmann 12 14 9 12 Ret 2 29 Stefan Neuberger Ret 9 2 30 Peter Katsarski DNS 14 14 10 13 19 1 31 Uwe Teuscher Ret DNS 15 Ret 10 Ret 17 Ret 14 DNS 1 32 Wolfgang Wendlinger 14 18 17 DNS 15 10 15 16 Ret DNS 1 33 Delia Stegemann 10 1 Franz-Josef Prangemeier Ret 18 13 18 DNS 11 21 19 15 0 Alexander Seibold Ret 11 0 Willi Schuster 11 0 Dieter Heinzelmann 17 21 Ret 12 12 Ret DNQ Ret 23 14 13 0 Otto Christmann 16 16 Ret Ret 13 12 DNS 0 Nicky Nufer 12 Ret 0 Herve Roger 12 0 Ernst Thurnherr 12 0 Justin Sünkel 24 DNQ 13 Ret 13 20 16 DNS 0 Karl-Heinz Wenig 22 20 DNQ 14 Ret 19 13 DNS 0 Fredy Eschenmoser Ret Ret 13 14 0 Heikki Mustonen Ret 15 0 Jürgen von Gartzen Ret 15 0 Ernst Franzmaier 15 0 Heinz Beissler 15 0 Peter Deuscher 15 0 Manfred Zimmermann 16 21 0 Gianni Bianchi DNQ 16 0 Bruno Stanjek 17 20 0 Placido-Daniel Pardo Ret 17 0 Günther Lüttecke 18 DNS DNQ 19 0 Klaus Koch 19 20 DNS 0 Joakim Lindström 22 0 "Pierre Chauvet" Ret Ret 0 Arnold Wagner Ret DNS 0 Urs Dudler Ret 0 Karl-Heinz Wieschalla Ret 0 Rudolf Weckmann Ret 0 Franz Hunkeler Ret 0 Christer Offason Ret 0 Gilles Lempereur Ret 0 Frank Biela Ret 0 Sigi Betz Ret 0 Rolf Kuhn DNS 0 Ralf Rauh DNS 0 Beat Amacher DNS 0 Steven Andskaer DNS 0 "Pietro Spazolla" DNS 0 Joe Ris DNS 0 Udo Wagenhäuser DNQ 0 Pos Driver ZOL1 NÜR1 HOC1 WUN AVU ZEL ERD NOR HOC2 DIE ZOL2 SAL SIE NÜR2 Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in English and German)