2002 German Formula Three Championship

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The 2002 German Formula Three Championship (German: 2002 Deutsche Formel-3-Meisterschaft) was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that was held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by Dallara which conformed to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 20 April at Hockenheim and ended at the same place on 6 October after ten double-header rounds.

Team Rosberg driver Gary Paffett became the first and only British champion. He won the title, securing six race wins. Kosuke Matsuura finished as runner-up with wins at Hockenheim and Zandvoort. Timo Glock won the Rookie title and three races with a one-point gap to Matsuura in the main championship. The other race winners were Frank Diefenbacher, Jeffrey van Hooydonk, Norbert Siedler, Markus Winkelhock and Kimmo Liimatainen.^[1]

Teams and drivers

All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.^[2]

Team	No.	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Status	Rounds
Opel Team BSR	1	Bernhard Auinger	F302/005	Opel		All
	2	Vitantonio Liuzzi	F302/006		R	All
	3	Frank Diefenbacher	F302/073			All
Mücke Motorsport	4	Sven Heidfeld	F302/032	Mercedes		All
	5	Markus Winkelhock	F302/079			All
	35	Marcel Lasée	F302/012		R	All
Team Kolles Racing	6	João Paulo de Oliveira	F302/076	Mugen-Honda		1-7
	6	Sakon Yamamoto	F302/076			8-10
	7	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	F302/038		R	1-5
	7	Ross Zwolsman	F302/038		R	6-10
	8	Stefano Proetto	F399/005		R	1-7
Team Rosberg	9	Kimmo Liimatainen	F302/068	Opel		All
Team Rosberg	10	Gary Paffett	F302/030	Opel		All
Swiss Racing Team	11	Norbert Siedler	F302/011	Opel		All
	12	Marc Benz	F302/062		R	1-8
	12	Stefano Proetto	F302/062		R	9-10
	14	Gilles Tinguely	F302/061			All
Prema Powerteam	15	César Campaniço	F302/016	Opel		All
	16	Kousuke Matsuura	F302/044			All
	41	Ryan Briscoe	F302/089			5-10
GM Motorsport	18	Sakon Yamamoto	F302/088	Toyota		1-7
	18	Jörg Hardt	F302/088		R	8-10
	19	Clemens Stadler	F302/083			All
JB Motorsport	21	Stefan de Groot	F302/072	Opel	R	1-7
	21	João Paulo de Oliveira	F302/072			9
	22	Rizal Ramli	F302/072		R	1-4
	22	Shigeki Ebihara	F302/010		R	9-10
Trella Motorsport	24	Christopher Brück	F302/007	Opel	R	1-4
Trella Motorsport	24	Rizal Ramli	F302/007	Opel	R	5-10
Palfinger F3 Racing Team	25	Marco Schärf	F302/033	Opel		All
Palfinger F3 Racing Team	26	Richard Lietz	F302/011	Opel	R	All
Opel Team KMS	27	Timo Glock	F302/009	Opel	R	All
	28	Mirko Venturi	F302/050		R	1-3
		Juliano Moro				5
		Catharina Felser			R	7-10
Van Amersfoort Racing	29	Jaap van Lagen	F302/087	Opel	R	7
	29	Kaichi Sato	F302/087			8-10
	30	Catharina Felser	F300/001		R	1-5
CCT Racing	32	Camilo Zurcher	F302/074	Opel		8
Josef Kaufmann Racing	33	Marco Knauf	F300/041	Opel	R	1-7, 9-10
SLR Motorsport	34	Markus Lehmann	F399/068	Opel		1, 3
Team Ghinzani	97	Robert Doornbos	F302/052	Mugen-Honda		All
	98	Gottfried Grasser	F302/042			All
	99	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	F302/003			All

Icon	Class
R	Rookie

Calendar

Round		Location	Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	R1	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	20 April	ADAC Preis Hockenheim
1	R2	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	21 April	ADAC Preis Hockenheim
2	R1	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	4 May	64. ADAC Eifelrennen
2	R2	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	5 May	64. ADAC Eifelrennen
3	R1	Saxony, Germany	Sachsenring	1 June	ADAC Preis Sachsenring
3	R2	Saxony, Germany	Sachsenring	2 June	ADAC Preis Sachsenring
4	R1	Nuremberg, Germany	Norisring	29 June	60. Norisring Speedweekend
4	R2	Nuremberg, Germany	Norisring	30 June	60. Norisring Speedweekend
5	R1	Klettwitz, Germany	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	13 July	ADAC-Rundstreckenrennen Lausitz 200
5	R2	Klettwitz, Germany	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	14 July	ADAC-Rundstreckenrennen Lausitz 200
6	R1	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	27 July	German Grand Prix
6	R2	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	28 July	German Grand Prix
7	R1	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	3 August	ADAC Großer Preis der Tourenwagen
7	R2	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	4 August	ADAC Großer Preis der Tourenwagen
8	R1	Spielberg, Austria	A1-Ring	7 September	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
8	R2	Spielberg, Austria	A1-Ring	8 September	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
9	R1	Zandvoort, Netherlands	Circuit Park Zandvoort	28 September	AvD Rundstreckenrennen Zandvoort
9	R2	Zandvoort, Netherlands	Circuit Park Zandvoort	29 September	AvD Rundstreckenrennen Zandvoort
10	R1	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	5 October	DMV-Preis Hockenheim
10	R2	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	6 October	DMV-Preis Hockenheim

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Hockenheimring	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	Team Rosberg
1	R2	Hockenheimring	Timo Glock	Frank Diefenbacher	Frank Diefenbacher	Opel Team BSR
2	R1	Nürburgring	Markus Winkelhock	cancelled due to snow and fog conditions^[3]
2	R2	Nürburgring	Gary Paffett	cancelled due to snow and fog conditions^[3]
3	R1	Sachsenring	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	Team Rosberg
3	R2	Sachsenring	Kosuke Matsuura	Timo Glock	Timo Glock	Opel Team KMS
4	R1	Norisring	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	Team Rosberg
4	R2	Norisring	Kosuke Matsuura	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	Team Rosberg
5	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	Team Rosberg
5	NC	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	Kosuke Matsuura	Timo Glock	Frank Diefenbacher	Opel Team BSR
6	R1	Hockenheimring	Kosuke Matsuura	Markus Winkelhock	Kosuke Matsuura	Prema Powerteam
6	R2	Hockenheimring	Kosuke Matsuura	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Team Ghinzani
7	R1	Nürburgring	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Timo Glock	Opel Team KMS
7	R2	Nürburgring	Markus Winkelhock	Markus Winkelhock	Markus Winkelhock	Mücke Motorsport
8	R1	A1-Ring	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	Team Rosberg
8	R2	A1-Ring	Gary Paffett	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Timo Glock	Opel Team KMS
9	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	Kosuke Matsuura	Kosuke Matsuura	Kosuke Matsuura	Prema Powerteam
9	R2	Circuit Park Zandvoort	Kimmo Liimatainen	Kosuke Matsuura	Kimmo Liimatainen	Team Rosberg
10	R1	Hockenheimring	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Timo Glock	Gary Paffett	Team Rosberg
10	R2	Hockenheimring	Timo Glock	Markus Winkelhock	Norbert Siedler	Swiss Racing Team

Championship standings

Championship

Points were awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	PP
10	6	4	3	2	1	1

Pos	Driver	HOC1		NÜR1		SAC		NOR		LAU		HOC2		NÜR2		A1R		ZAN		HOC3		Pts
1	Gary Paffett	1	16	C	C	1	EX	1	1	1	11	2	6	7	7	1	10	Ret	Ret	1	7	83
2	Kosuke Matsuura	7	DNQ	C	C	3	4	Ret	3	4	25	1	2	Ret	3	6	3	12	1	Ret	13	55
3	Timo Glock	17	6	C	C	Ret	1	Ret	9	3	4	7	19	1	2	Ret	1	Ret	11	2	4	52
4	Frank Diefenbacher	2	1	C	C	Ret	6	3	2	5	1	8	23†	4	14	Ret	12	4	5	5	Ret	39
5	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	10	2	C	C	8	12	5	10	24	3	3	1	3	5	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	23	31
6	Norbert Siedler	4	Ret	C	C	Ret	7	Ret	7	6	19	20†	22†	Ret	26	2	5	2	8	Ret	1	28
7	Markus Winkelhock	5	5	C	C	5	Ret	7	19	10	6	4	21†	21	1	4	15	10	13	Ret	3	28
8	Bernhard Auinger	6	3	C	C	4	3	2	5	9	2	5	4	6	10	Ret	Ret	6	12	Ret	Ret	27
9	Vitantonio Liuzzi	14	Ret	C	C	9	8	9	4	Ret	7	23†	25†	2	27	Ret	2	5	9	Ret	2	25
10	Kimmo Liimatainen	15	7	C	C	EX	EX	8	13	17	8	10	9	10	9	3	7	1	2	6	10	22
11	Robert Doornbos	23	10	C	C	6	5	Ret	6	2	23	22†	3	9	15	22†	8	Ret	4	7	Ret	17
12	João Paulo de Oliveira	Ret	Ret	C	C	2	2	11	21†	7	Ret	6	18	22	4			Ret	7			16
13	Ryan Briscoe									11	15	Ret	7	23	11	5	Ret	3	3	3	5	16
14	César Campaniço	13	17	C	C	7	9	6	11	12	5	11	5	5	6	10	9	11	14	4	8	9
15	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	3	4	C	C	21	13	DNQ	15	19	18											8
16	Sven Heidfeld	16	12	C	C	10	Ret	4	8	15	16	25†	10	8	12	12	24	8	10	16	9	3
17	Marcel Lasée	DNQ	8	C	C	23	Ret	12	14	8	12	9	17	16	8	Ret	6	7	6	Ret	15	2
18	Kaichi Sato															17	21	Ret	20	Ret	6	1
19	Richard Lietz	8	14	C	C	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	DNS	9	Ret	DNS	7	11	Ret	15			Ret	Ret	0
20	Sakon Yamamoto	22	Ret	C	C	11	20†	14	Ret	18	25	17	8	DNQ	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	21	9	18	0
21	Ross Zwolsman											21	12	20	13	8	18	9	Ret	Ret	21	0
22	Clemens Stadler	18	15	C	C	17	22†	15	16	23	22	13	16	19	21	15	23	Ret	18	8	16	0
23	Marc Benz	Ret	Ret	C	C	Ret	21†	10	12	13	10	26†	20†	DNS	17	9	Ret					0
24	Gottfried Grasser	12	9	C	C	12	10	DNQ	DNQ	14	Ret	12	Ret	17	16	11	13	15	23	11	Ret	0
25	Stefan de Groot	9	21	C	C	15	11	16	23	21	Ret	14	11	11	DNS							0
26	Jörg Hardt															13	14	13	Ret	10	12	0
27	Christopher Brück	11	11	C	C	14	18	Ret	DNS													0
28	Catharina Felser	20	Ret	C	C	18	16	Ret	DNQ	26	26			Ret	23	21†	19	DNQ	22	14	11	0
29	Gilles Tinguely	Ret	Ret	C	C	22	17	17	18	Ret	20	15	14	12	24	14	20	Ret	Ret	Ret	20	0
30	Stefano Proetto	Ret	21	C	C	16	14	Ret	22	16	21	24†	Ret	Ret	20			Ret	17	12	17	0
31	Marco Knauf	19	20	C	C	20	19	18	20	20	13	16	24	13	22	19	17	14	16	DNS	19	0
32	Marco Schärf	Ret	Ret	C	C	19	Ret	13	Ret	25	Ret	18	13	14	18	20	16	16	19	Ret	Ret	0
33	Rizal Ramli	21	19	C	C	25	15	DNQ	Ret	DNS	24	19	15	18	19	Ret	25	18	24	13	14	0
34	Mirko Venturi	24	18	C	C	13	23†															0
35	Shigeki Ebihara																	Ret	25	15	22	0
36	Jaap van Lagen													15	25							0
37	Juliano Moro									22	17											0
38	Camilo Zurcher															18	22					0
39	Markus Lehmann	Ret	21			24	DNQ															0
	Fábio Carbone											DNS	DNS									0
Pos	Driver	HOC1		NÜR1		SAC		NOR		LAU		HOC2		NÜR2		A1R		ZAN		HOC3		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Junior-Pokal (Rookie) standings

	Driver	Points
1	Timo Glock	237
2	Vitantonio Liuzzi	206
3	Marcel Lasée	128
4	Marc Benz	71
5	Richard Lietz	57
6	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	53
7	Stefan de Groot	47
8	Ross Zwolsman	29
9	Jörg Hardt	29
10	Christopher Brück	23
11	Stefano Proetto	22
12	Marco Knauf	22
13	Rizal Ramli	15
14	Catharina Felser	9
15	Mirko Venturi	7
16	Jaap van Lagen	5
17	Shigeki Ebihara	1

References

^ "German Formula-3-Cup — Season 2002". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
^ "STARTERLISTE 2002 DEUTSCHE FORMEL-3-MEISTERSCHAFT" (PDF) (in German). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
^ "Rennen abgesagt Dritter Meisterschaftslauf ersatzlos gestrichen" (PDF) (in German). formel3guide.de. Retrieved 3 September 2016.

The 2002 German Formula Three Championship (German: 2002 Deutsche Formel-3-Meisterschaft) was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that was held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by Dallara which conformed to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 20 April at Hockenheim and ended at the same place on 6 October after ten double-header rounds.