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 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 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[]

Entry List[2]
Team	No.	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Volkswagen Motorsport	1	Víctor Rosso	Ralt RT31/705	Volkswagen	All
	2	Peter Zakowski	Ralt RT31/707		All
JSK Generalbau	3	Hanspeter Kaufmann	Dallara F386	Volkswagen	All
	23	Gianni Bianchi	Dallara F386/019		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
	8	Tomi Luhtanen	Reynard 873/094	Volkswagen	All
Nigrin Sportauto Nachwuchsförderung	9	Otto Rensing	Martini MK52/01	Volkswagen	All
	10	Markus Oestreich	Martini MK52		4, 6–8
McGregor Racing Team	11	Sigi Betz	Reynard 863/030	Volkswagen	105
	12	Martin Ludwig	Ralt RT30		1
Mönninghoff Racing	14	Frank Schmickler	Ralt RT31/711	Volkswagen	1–2, 4–8
	32	Mercedes Stermitz	Ralt RT30		4
		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
		Stefan Fricke			8–9
Gipimo Corse	30	Harald Huysman	Dallara F387	Alfa Romeo	All
Bamo Power Motorsport	33	Richard Hamann	Reynard 873/051	Volkswagen	1–7
	39	Stefan Lohr	Reynard 853		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[]

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[]

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[]

• Points are awarded as follows:

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 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)