2000 German Formula Three Championship

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The 2000 German Formula Three Championship (German: 2000 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 22 April at Zolder and ended at Hockenheim on 29 October after ten double-header rounds.

Opel Team KMS driver Giorgio Pantano became a champion. He grabbed the title, winning opening race at Zolder and Oschersleben. Alex Müller finished as runner-up with wins at Zolder, Sachsenring, Lausitz and Hockenheim, losing 14 points to Pantano. Pierre Kaffer was victorious at Norisring, Lausitz, Nürburgring and finished third. André Lotterer became a champion in the Rookie's standings with a fourth place in the main championship. The other race winners was Stefan Mücke, Patrick Friesacher, Enrico Toccacelo and Toshihiro Kaneishi, who completed the top eight in the drivers' championship.^[1]

Teams and drivers

2000 Entry list^[2]
Team	No.	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Status	Rounds
Opel Team BSR	1	Patrick Friesacher	Dallara F300/028	Opel		All
	2	André Lotterer	Dallara F399/021		R	All
	3	Sven Heidfeld	Dallara F399/023			1–8
	3	Bernhard Auinger	Dallara F399/023			9–10
Opel Team KMS	4	Giorgio Pantano	Dallara F300/011	Opel		All
Opel Team KMS	5	Martin Tomczyk	Dallara F300/010	Opel	R	All
GM Motorsport	6	Tony Schmidt	Dallara F399/073	Opel		All
	7	Zsolt Baumgartner	Dallara F399/042		R	All
	8	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Dallara F300/019			1–4, 6–10
JB Motorsport	9	Val Hillebrand	Dallara F399/041	Opel	R	1–4, 6–7, 9–10
JB Motorsport	10	Nicolas Stelandre	Dallara F399/003	Opel		1–4, 6–7, 9–10
Van Amersfoort Racing	11	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Dallara F300/050	Opel		1–4, 6–10
Van Amersfoort Racing	12	Tom van Bavel	Dallara F399/058	Opel	R	All
Team Rosberg	14	Kari Mäenpää	Dallara F399/074	Renault		All
Team Rosberg	15	Hannu Viinikainen	Dallara F399/065	Renault	R	All
ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg	16	Stefan Mücke	Dallara F300/001	Opel		All
Josef Kaufmann Racing	17	Thomas Mutsch	Martini MK79/07	Opel		All
Josef Kaufmann Racing	18	Andreas Feichtner	Martini MK79/01	Opel		1–2
Klaus Trella Motorsport	19	Frank Diefenbacher	Dallara F300/012	Opel	R	All
Klaus Trella Motorsport	20	Marc Caldonazzi	Dallara F399/009	Opel	R	All
team hms f3	21	Pierre Kaffer	Dallara F300/022	Opel		All
team hms f3	22	Andreas Gülden	Dallara F300/023	Opel		1–2
Swiss Racing Team	23	Giorgio Mecattaf	Dallara F399/068	Opel	R	1–4, 6–10
Swiss Racing Team	24	Armin Pörnbacher	Dallara F399/054	Opel	R	1–4, 6–10
Patrick Hildenbrandt	25	Patrick Hildenbrandt	Martini MK79/05	Opel		All
AIL Team Kolles Racing	26	Marc Hynes	Dallara F300/026	Mugen-Honda		1
		Peter Sundberg				2–4, 6
		Andreas Feichtner				7–10
	27	Elran Nijenhuis	Dallara F300/013			1–4, 6–7, 10
	27	Peter Sundberg	Dallara F300/013			8–9
Team Ghinzani	28	Alex Müller	Dallara F300/025	Mugen-Honda		All
Team Ghinzani	99	Björn Wirdheim	Dallara F300/029	Mugen-Honda	R	All
Prema Powerteam	30	Enrico Toccacelo	Dallara F300/018	Opel		All
Prema Powerteam	31	Philip Cloostermans	Dallara F300/021	Opel	R	1–4, 6–10
Team VOX / TV Spielfilm	32	Ken Grandon	Dallara F300/034	Fiat		2–8
	32	Roberto Toninelli	Dallara F300/034			9–10
	33	Marino Spinozzi	Dallara F300/033		R	2–10
Jo Zeller Racing	34	Mirco Schrepfer	Dallara F399/020	Opel		9–10

Icon	Class
R	Rookie

Calendar

With the exception of round at Zolder in Belgium, all rounds took place on German soil.

Round		Location	Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	R1	Heusden-Zolder, Belgium	Circuit Zolder	22 April	New Race Festival
1	R2	Heusden-Zolder, Belgium	Circuit Zolder	23 April	New Race Festival
2	R1	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	27 May	AvD/MAC-Rennsportfestival
2	R2	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	28 May	AvD/MAC-Rennsportfestival
3	R1	Oschersleben, Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	17 June	ADAC-Preis der Tourenwagen von "Sachsen-Anhalt"
3	R2	Oschersleben, Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	18 June	ADAC-Preis der Tourenwagen von "Sachsen-Anhalt"
4	R1	Nuremberg, Germany	Norisring	8 July	ADAC Norisring Speedweekend
4	R2	Nuremberg, Germany	Norisring	9 July	ADAC Norisring Speedweekend
5	R1	Saxony, Germany	Sachsenring	5 August	ADAC Sparkassenpreis Sachsenring
5	R2	Saxony, Germany	Sachsenring	6 August	ADAC Sparkassenpreis Sachsenring
6	R1	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	19 August	ADAC Großer Preis der Tourenwagen
6	R2	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	20 August	ADAC Großer Preis der Tourenwagen
7	R1	Klettwitz, Germany	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	2 September	ADAC-Rundstreckenrennen Lausitz 200
7	R2	Klettwitz, Germany	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	3 September	ADAC-Rundstreckenrennen Lausitz 200
8	R1	Oschersleben, Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	23 September	ADAC-Preis von Niedersachsen
8	R2	Oschersleben, Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	24 September	ADAC-Preis von Niedersachsen
9	R1	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	7 October	62. ADAC-Eifelrennen
9	R2	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	8 October	62. ADAC-Eifelrennen
10	R1	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	28 October	ADAC-Preis Hockenheim
10	R2	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	29 October	ADAC-Preis Hockenheim

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Circuit Zolder	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Pierre Kaffer	Giorgio Pantano	Opel Team KMS
1	R2	Circuit Zolder	Alex Müller	Giorgio Pantano	Alex Müller	Team Ghinzani
2	R1	Hockenheimring	Frank Diefenbacher	André Lotterer	André Lotterer	Opel Team BSR
2	R2	Hockenheimring	Giorgio Pantano	Giorgio Pantano	André Lotterer	Opel Team BSR
3	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	André Lotterer	Frank Diefenbacher	André Lotterer	Opel Team BSR
3	R2	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Patrick Friesacher	Giorgio Pantano	Giorgio Pantano	Opel Team KMS
4	R1	Norisring	Sven Heidfeld	Pierre Kaffer	Pierre Kaffer	team hms f3
4	R2	Norisring	Stefan Mücke	André Lotterer	Pierre Kaffer	team hms f3
5	R1	Sachsenring	Patrick Friesacher	Alex Müller	Patrick Friesacher	Opel Team BSR
5	R2	Sachsenring	Patrick Friesacher	Alex Müller	Alex Müller	Team Ghinzani
6	R1	Nürburgring	Stefan Mücke	Giorgio Pantano	Stefan Mücke	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg
6	R2	Nürburgring	Alex Müller	Patrick Friesacher	Toshihiro Kaneishi	GM Motorsport
7	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	Enrico Toccacelo	Pierre Kaffer	Pierre Kaffer	team hms f3
7	R2	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	Enrico Toccacelo	Frank Diefenbacher	Alex Müller	Team Ghinzani
8	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Giorgio Pantano	Giorgio Pantano	Giorgio Pantano	Opel Team KMS
8	R2	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Giorgio Pantano	Pierre Kaffer	Patrick Friesacher	Opel Team BSR
9	R1	Nürburgring	Pierre Kaffer	Pierre Kaffer	Pierre Kaffer	team hms f3
9	R2	Nürburgring	Enrico Toccacelo	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Enrico Toccacelo	Prema Powerteam
10	R1	Hockenheimring	Stefan Mücke	Stefan Mücke	Stefan Mücke	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg
10	R2	Hockenheimring	Frank Diefenbacher	Patrick Friesacher	Alex Müller	Team Ghinzani

Championship standings

Championship

Pos	Driver	ZOL		HOC1		OSC1		NOR		SAC		NÜR1		LAU		OSC2		NÜR2		HOC2		Points
1	Giorgio Pantano	1	2	10	2	4	1	2	Ret	7	2	Ret	10	3	5	1	2	8	11	4	3	205
2	Alex Müller	6	1	5	7	5	13	5	9	2	1	4	Ret	8	1	5	6	9	26	2	1	181
3	Pierre Kaffer	11	8	2	10	17	3	1	1	5	4	11	7	1	Ret	3	3	1	22	7	Ret	164
4	André Lotterer	3	Ret	1	1	1	4	14	13	6	7	5	2	12	2	6	Ret	3	25	Ret	Ret	151
5	Stefan Mücke	2	7	Ret	19	6	7	3	Ret	4	8	1	Ret	7	9	2	5	7	Ret	1	20	136
6	Patrick Friesacher	8	Ret	3	11	8	18	DNQ	Ret	1	10	8	5	5	13	4	1	5	DNS	6	2	126
7	Enrico Toccacelo	14	DNS	7	Ret	21	2	8	DNQ	3	9	2	4	2	3	25	9	6	1	28	13	125
8	Toshihiro Kaneishi	18	9	6	6	19	12	7	6			Ret	1	14	16	9	8	4	2	5	19	82
9	Sven Heidfeld	Ret	22	11	16	Ret	16	4	2	14	3	20	16	4	4	15	7					64
10	Frank Diefenbacher	10	17	16	Ret	2	5	19	DNQ	8	DSQ	14	Ret	9	6	14	10	2	12	13	Ret	57
11	Tom van Bavel	5	14	20	5	Ret	Ret	11	11			3	3	19	8	7	Ret	18	7	10	12	52
12	Martin Tomczyk	23	12	9	Ret	11	15	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	5	13	8	6	12	8	4	10	6	12	4	49
13	Zsolt Baumgartner	7	5	4	Ret	22	8	9	4			7	14	18	19	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	11	41
14	Björn Wirdheim	16	4	13	4	Ret	DNS	13	DSQ	Ret	6	Ret	6	10	15	19	Ret	9	14	8	Ret	38
15	Tony Schmidt	15	10	12	Ret	Ret	20	6	Ret			6	Ret	16	24	11	14	21	4	3	9	37
16	Jeroen Bleekemolen	4	Ret	18	8	DNS	DNS	12	5			15	12	Ret	7	18	Ret	17	24	18	5	36
17	Nicolas Stelandre	9	DNS	Ret	3	3	10	Ret	10			Ret	Ret	16	24			15	Ret	22	10	29
18	Elran Nijenhuis	19	3	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNQ	Ret			Ret	11	15	27					14	6	18
19	Armin Pörnbacher	12	15	21	15	18	6	Ret	DNS			9	15	13	20	28	Ret	12	5	19	15	16
20	Val Hillebrand	Ret	18	15	Ret	16	22	Ret	8			21	23	26	26			Ret	3	11	Ret	15
21	Kari Mäenpää	17	6	8	9	7	11	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	18	17	14	13	12	20	Ret	17	14	15
22	Thomas Mutsch	13	11	Ret	17	9	17	10	7	9	DSQ	Ret	Ret	27	11	16	15	13	14	16	Ret	9
23	Philip Cloostermans	DNS	13	DNQ	Ret	14	9	DNQ	Ret			12	9	11	10	24	16	16	13	9	16	7
24	Andreas Feichtner	22	19	Ret	14									Ret	22	21	18	28	17	23	7	4
25	Peter Sundberg			DSQ	12	13	14	Ret	Ret			DNS	DNS			10	Ret	26	8			4
26	Marc Caldonazzi	21	20	19	DNQ	15	Ret	16	12	11	13	16	17	25	25	26	Ret	19	16	20	8	3
27	Giorgio Mecattaf	20	Ret	17	Ret	12	19	Ret	DNQ			10	13	Ret	18	17	13	11	10	29	Ret	2
28	Ken Grandon			DNQ	DNQ	Ret	21	18	15	10	12	Ret	20	22	Ret	20	Ret					1
29	Hannu Viinikainen	Ret	16	14	13	10	23	15	14	12	Ret	18	19	20	23	27	Ret	24	18	Ret	Ret	1
30	Marino Spinozzi			DNQ	18	23	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	11	Ret	21	23	Ret	23	19	22	15	26	18	0
31	Patrick Hildenbrandt	24	21	DNQ	DNQ	20	24	DNQ	DNQ	13	14	19	22	21	21	22	17	27	19	25	17	0
32	Bernhard Auinger																	Ret	20	27	Ret	0
33	Mirco Schrepfer																	25	21	21	Ret	0
34	Roberto Toninelli																	23	23	24	Ret	0
	Andreas Gülden	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ																	0
	Marc Hynes	DNS	DNS																			0
Pos	Driver	ZOL		HOC1		OSC1		NOR		SAC		NÜR1		LAU		OSC2		NÜR2		HOC2		Points

Junior-Pokal (Rookie) standings

	Driver	Points
1	André Lotterer	231
2	Frank Diefenbacher	138
3	Tom van Bavel	135
4	Martin Tomczyk	116
5	Björn Wirdheim	98
6	Zsolt Baumgartner	92
7	Val Hillebrand	64
8	Philip Cloostermans	57
9	Armin Pörnbacher	37
10	Giorgio Mecattaf	21
11	Marc Caldonazzi	20
12	Hannu Viinikainen	18
13	Marino Spinozzi	9

References

^ "Formula 3 Germany 2000 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
^ "STARTERLISTE 2000 DEUTSCHE FORMEL-3-MEISTERSCHAFT" (PDF) (in German). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

External links

Official website (in English and German)

The 2000 German Formula Three Championship (German: 2000 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 22 April at Zolder and ended at Hockenheim on 29 October after ten double-header rounds.

Opel Team KMS driver Giorgio Pantano became a champion. He grabbed the title, winning opening race at Zolder and Oschersleben. Alex Müller finished as runner-up with wins at Zolder, Sachsenring, Lausitz and Hockenheim, losing 14 points to Pantano. Pierre Kaffer was victorious at Norisring, Lausitz, Nürburgring and finished third. André Lotterer became a champion in the Rookie's standings with a fourth place in the main championship. The other race winners was Stefan Mücke, Patrick Friesacher, Enrico Toccacelo and Toshihiro Kaneishi, who completed the top eight in the drivers' championship.^[1]