East German Formula Three Championship

East German Formula Three Championship
Category	single seaters
Country	East Germany
Inaugural season	1950
Folded	1972
Drivers	9
Teams	9
Constructors	Melkus,
Engine suppliers	Fiat, Wartburg
Last Drivers' champion

The East German Formula Three Championship was the Formula Three racing competition in East Germany.

History[]

The series was created in 1950. Until 1958 engines' maximum capacity could not exceed 500ccm. Between 1960 and 1963 the championships were held according to the rules of Formula Junior, then Formula Three. Since 1963 there were also Leistungsklasse II (LK II), which was the 2nd class of the series.^[1] In 1972 the series was replaced by East German Formula Easter Championship but that year there was organized the last LK II season.^[2]

Champions[]

1967 Halle-Saale-Schleiferennen

Season	Champion	Team	Car	LK II champion
Formula Three
		MSG Eisenach	-BMW	not held
		BSG Stern Luckenwalde		not held
		BSG Einheit Bitterfeld	-BMW	not held
		BSG Einheit Bitterfeld	-BMW -BMW	not held
		BSG Einheit Bitterfeld	-BMW	not held
		BSG Einheit Halle	-BMW	not held
		BSG Einheit Halle	-BMW	not held
		BSG Einheit Halle	-BMW	not held
	Heinz Melkus	MC Dresden	-JAP	not held
Formula Junior
	Heinz Melkus	MC Post Dresden	-Wartburg	not held
		MC Halle	-Wartburg	not held
		MC Halle	-Wartburg	not held
		MC Plauen	-Wartburg
Formula Three
		MC Kraftverkehr Grimma	-Wartburg
		MC Halle	-Wartburg	not held
		MC Halle	-Wartburg	not held
	Heinz Melkus	MC Post Dresden	-Wartburg
	Heinz Melkus	MC Post Dresden	-Wartburg
		MC Lockwitzgrund	-Wartburg
		MC Gotha	-Wartburg
		MC Betonwerke Dresden	-Wartburg
	not held

References[]

^ "Formel 3 Meister DDR". formel3guide.com.
^ "Von der Nachkriegs-Formel II bis zur Formel Euro". ddr-formel1.de.

[1] "Formel 3 Meister DDR". formel3guide.com.

[2] "Von der Nachkriegs-Formel II bis zur Formel Euro". ddr-formel1.de.

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