The 1998 German Formula Three Championship (German : 1998 Deutsche Formel-3-Meisterschaft ) 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 and Martini which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 18 April May at Hockenheimring and ended at Nürburgring on 4 October after ten double-header rounds.
Van Amersfoort Racing driver Bas Leinders became the first Belgian champion of the series. He clinched the title, winning seven of 20 races. Robert Lechner won the rookie championship and finished as runner-up with wins on home soil at Salzburgring , losing 21 points to Leinders. Wolf Henzler was victorious at Nürburgring . The other race winners was Pierre Kaffer , Christijan Albers , Timo Scheider , Thomas Jäger and Thomas Mutsch .[1]
Teams and drivers [ ] Calendar [ ] With the exception of round at Salzuburg in Austria, all rounds took place on German soil.
Round
Location
Circuit
Date
Supporting
1
R1
Hockenheim , Germany
Hockenheimring
18 April
ADAC-Preis Hockenheim
R2
19 April
2
R1
Nürburg , Germany
Nürburgring
9 May
60. ADAC Eifelrennen
R2
10 May
3
R1
Saxony , Germany
Sachsenring
23 May
ADAC-Preis des mdr Sachsenring"
R2
24 May
4
R1
Nuremberg , Germany
Norisring
4 July
56. ADAC Norisring Rennen "200 Meilen von Nürnberg"
R2
5 July
5
R1
Lahr , Germany
Lahr
18 July
ADAC-Preis Regio Ring Lahr
R2
19 July
6
R1
Wunstorf , Germany
Wunstorf
1 August
ADAC-Flugplatzrennen Wunstorf
R2
2 August
7
R1
Zweibrücken , Germany
Zweibrücken
15 August
ADAC-Preis Flugplatz Zweibrücken
R2
16 August
8
R1
Salzburg , Austria
Salzburgring
29 August
ADAC-Alpentrophäe
R2
30 August
9
R1
Oschersleben , Germany
Motorsport Arena Oschersleben
12 September
ADAC-Preis der Tourenwagen von "Sachsen-Anhalt"
R2
13 September
10
R1
Nürburg , Germany
Nürburgring
3 October
25. ADAC Bilstein Supersprint
R2
4 October
Results [ ] Championship standings [ ] Championship [ ]
Pos
Driver
HOC
NÜR1
SAC
NOR
LAH
WUN
ZWE
SAL
OSC
NÜR2
Points
1
Bas Leinders
1
1
16
7
1 1
2
6
7
7
Ret
Ret
1 2
14
3
1
1
2
Ret
200
2
8
4
13
12
5
Ret
3
3
2
2
4
4
6
4
1
1
4
4
Ret
5
179
3
Wolf Henzler
5
2
1
1
14
9
Ret
Ret
5
5
2
2
4
3
2
7
8
8
10
4
168
4
Pierre Kaffer
2
Ret
20
Ret
11
20
4
2
8
17
7
1
2
1
3
2
17
10
Ret
9
132
5
Christijan Albers
3
Ret
6
10
13
10
1
1
16
18
9
5
8
6
7
4
2
3
3
11
120
6
Jeffrey van Hooydonk
6
6
4
2
3
2
Ret
9
14
13
8
9
15
10
10
8
3
2
5
3
115
7
Timo Scheider
9
3
6
14
1
1
6
6
3
Ret
4
11
15
13
7
1
114
8
Lucas Luhr
Ret
9
8
5
8
6
9
7
3
3
5
Ret
9
7
11
6
5
6
8
7
90
9
4
5
2
3
20
Ret
15
Ret
12
8
13
7
5
5
Ret
16
9
Ret
6
6
76
10
11
Ret
21
13
Ret
19
8
5
6
9
3
3
DNS
9
5
20
11
19
4
2
68
11
Thomas Jäger
7
3
3
6
12
8
Ret
12
Ret
11
1
Ret
Ret
13
Ret
17
10
12
11
Ret
58
12
15
Ret
7
10
2
7
7
10
9
6
Ret
Ret
11
19
Ret
5
12
9
16
16
56
13
Johan Stureson
12
8
11
11
6
4
11
8
Ret
15
17
8
7
8
6
15
6
5
Ret
15
52
14
Ret
12
10
Ret
5
4
4
4
11
Ret
10
11
8
21
Ret
DNS
14
Ret
43
15
Thomas Mutsch
Ret
Ret
5
8
4
21
10
15
Ret
Ret
Ret
Ret
12
12
Ret
12
7
7
1
Ret
30
16
Ret
11
10
14
7
5
12
Ret
18
Ret
10
Ret
13
17
Ret
18
13
Ret
14
17
Ret
Ret
9
15
15
Ret
13
20
17
Ret
Ret
Ret
Ret
18
9
9
Ret
11
13
8
9
18
10
7
14
16
Ret
14
Ret
13
19
16
14
DSQ
5
19
Jarosław Wierczuk
9
Ret
15
19
DSQ
13
14
17
15
16
16
10
17
15
15
19
18
17
15
14
3
20
Tomáš Enge
14
DNS
12
9
Ret
11
10
12
3
21
16
10
17
17
23
Ret
Ret
16
1
22
Ret
DNS
18
DNS
Ret
Ret
11
10
12
Ret
14
Ret
12
13
Ret
18
1
23
17
12
18
14
13
10
16
14
1
24
Alex Müller
9
10
1
25
15
11
0
26
13
Ret
19
19
22
Ret
16
18
13
14
DNS
DNS
16
16
Ret
14
14
16
17
12
0
27
Toby Scheckter
12
13
0
28
21
15
0
29
Ret
15
0
30
18
16
0
31
16
Ret
0
32
24
17
0
33
19
18
0
34
Ret
19
0
Ret
Ret
0
Ret
Ret
0
Ret
Ret
0
Ret
DSQ
0
DNS
DNS
0
DNQ
DNQ
0
Pos
Driver
HOC
NÜR1
SAC
NOR
LAH
WUN
ZWE
SAL
OSC
NÜR2
Points
Junior-Pokal (Rookie) standings [ ] References [ ] External links [ ]
Bas Leinders
Robert Lechner
Wolf Henzler
Christijan Albers
Johan Stureson
Lasse Jakobsen
Jarosław Wierczuk
Tomáš Enge
Toby Scheckter
Ole Martin Lindum