2010 German Formula Three Championship

The 2010 ATS F3 Cup was the eighth edition of the German F3 Cup. The season consisted of nine race weekends, totalling eighteen races,[1] beginning on 10 April at Oschersleben and ending on 3 October at the same venue.

2010 German Formula Three Championship
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HS Technik driver Tom Dillmann became the first French driver to win the championship title after a title battle with Van Amersfoort Racing's Daniel Abt. Dillmann, who won six races during the season had held a seven-point championship lead into the final race over Abt, who won the opening race at Oschersleben to go with his other win at Assen, which meant that Abt had to finish in the top two placings to have a mathematical chance of overhauling Dillmann, but a broken lambda sensor eliminated Abt from challenging Dillmann.[2] Also resolved at the final round was the battle for third place between Motopark Academy rookie and three-time race winner Kevin Magnussen and Abt's Van Amersfoort team-mate Stef Dusseldorp, who won races at Oschersleben and Assen. Magnussen had led Dusseldorp by two points with one race to run, but Dusseldorp lost the opportunity for third place after failing to start the final race; he stalled at the first start and was rammed from behind by Magnussen's team-mate Jimmy Eriksson and accident damage prevented from restarting. Despite finishing behind Abt in the overall championship, Magnussen's consistent finishing won him the rookie championship.

Felix Rosenqvist finished best of the rest for Performance Racing, winning two races at Assen along with six second place finishes for a fifth place championship finish. Eriksson at EuroSpeedway Lausitz, the third Van Amersfoort car of Willi Steindl in the final Oschersleben race and Brandl Racing's Nico Monien in a one-off appearance at Hockenheim also won races during the season. In the secondary Trophy class, twelve class wins in sixteen races enabled Riccardo Brutschin to take a dominant championship win, as he finished 21 points clear of Aleksey Karachev, who took his only class win at the final race of the season in which Brutschin was absent as he competed in the Cup class. Aki Sandberg also won at Oschersleben as he finished third in class. Aleksi Tuukkanen and Daniel Aho both took two victories in part-seasons, while Formula Renault 3.5 Series champion Mikhail Aleshin made a guest appearance in the class at Oschersleben, taking two on-the-road victories but was ineligible for championship points.

Teams and drivers

• Guest drivers are listed in italics.

Team Chassis[3] Engine No. Driver Status Rounds Cup Class Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara F306/023 Volkswagen[4] 1 Stef Dusseldorp[4] All Dallara F306/038 2 Daniel Abt[5] R All Dallara F305/046 7 Willi Steindl[4] All Performance Racing Dallara F305/041 Volkswagen[6] 5 Alon Day[7] R All Dallara F305/051 6 Felix Rosenqvist R All Jo Zeller Racing[8] Dallara F305/011 Mercedes[8] 8 Sandro Zeller[9] R 1–5, 7–9 Dallara F306/014[8] 9 Nigel Melker[10] 9 HS Technik[6] Dallara F305/037 Volkswagen[6] 10 Tom Dillmann[11] All Dallara F306/025 11 Kevin Friesacher [11] R 1 Racing Experience[12] Dallara F305/012 Mercedes[12] 15 Gary Hauser[12] All Dallara F306/010 16 Philip Forsman[13] 2 Brandl Motorsport[9] Dallara F306/008 Mercedes[14] 17 Markus Pommer[9] All Dallara F305/030 18 Marco Sørensen[15] R 1–3, 8 Bernd Herndlhofer[16] 6–7, 9 Motopark Academy[17] Dallara F306/034 Volkswagen[18] 20 Kevin Magnussen[17] R All Dallara F305/064 21 Luís Felipe Derani[17] R All Dallara F305/045 22 Jimmy Eriksson[17] R All Dallara F305/016 23 René Binder[19] R All URD Rennsport[20] Dallara F306/027 Mercedes[20] 24 Klaus Bachler[20] R 9 25 Nico Monien 3 China Sonangol[21] Dallara F305/004 Volkswagen[22] 26 Luís Sá Silva[22] R 1–3 Kleveros Racing Kevin Kleveros[23] R 8 Max Travin Racing Team[22] Dallara F305/004 OPC Challenge[22] 30 Nikolay Martsenko[22] All Stromos ArtLine[24] Dallara F305/033 OPC Challenge 33 Riccardo Brutschin[25] R 9 Trophy Class Stromos ArtLine[26] ArtTech F24/007 OPC Challenge 50 Aleksi Tuukkanen[27] R 1–4 Daniel Aho[28] R 5–7 ArtTech F24/008 51 Aleksey Karachev[11] R All ArtTech F24/008 63 Riccardo Brutschin[29] R 1–8 ArtTech F24/009 Mikhail Aleshin[30] R 9 Rhino's Leipert Motorsport[22] Dallara F304/012 Opel[22] 55 Luca Iannaccone[22] All Max Travin Racing Team[22] Dallara F303/021 OPC Challenge[22] 60 Maxim Travin[22] All Sandberg Motorsport Dallara F302/088 Opel 61 Aki Sandberg[11] All

Icon Status R Rookie

Calendar

Championship was part of the ADAC Masters Weekend at the seven rounds with Nürburgring round in July supporting ADAC Truck Grand Prix and Assen round in August as part of the Rizla Racing Day. With the exception of two rounds at TT Circuit Assen, all rounds took place on German soil.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Secondary Class winner
1	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	10 April	Daniel Abt	Daniel Abt	Kevin Magnussen	Motopark Academy	T: Riccardo Brutschin R: Kevin Magnussen
	R2		11 April	Tom Dillmann	Tom Dillmann	Stef Dusseldorp	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: Aleksi Tuukkanen R: Kevin Magnussen
2	R1	Sachsenring	8 May	Tom Dillmann	Tom Dillmann	Tom Dillmann	HS Technik	T: Riccardo Brutschin R: Felix Rosenqvist
	R2		9 May	Stef Dusseldorp	Stef Dusseldorp	Tom Dillmann	HS Technik	T: Riccardo Brutschin R: Daniel Abt
3	R1	Hockenheimring	29 May	Daniel Abt	Daniel Abt	Nico Monien	URD Rennsport	T: Aleksi Tuukkanen R: Kevin Magnussen
	R2		30 May	Tom Dillmann	Tom Dillmann	Tom Dillmann	HS Technik	T: Riccardo Brutschin R: Daniel Abt
4	R1	TT Circuit Assen	17 July	Daniel Abt	Tom Dillmann	Felix Rosenqvist	Performance Racing	T: Riccardo Brutschin R: Felix Rosenqvist
	R2		18 July	Daniel Abt	Daniel Abt	Daniel Abt	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: Riccardo Brutschin R: Daniel Abt
5	R1	Nürburgring	24 July	Daniel Abt	Tom Dillmann	Tom Dillmann	HS Technik	T: Riccardo Brutschin R: Felix Rosenqvist
	R2		25 July	Tom Dillmann	Tom Dillmann	Tom Dillmann	HS Technik	T: Riccardo Brutschin R: Felix Rosenqvist
6	R1	TT Circuit Assen	7 August	Stef Dusseldorp	Stef Dusseldorp	Stef Dusseldorp	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: Riccardo Brutschin R: Daniel Abt
	R2		8 August	Felix Rosenqvist	Tom Dillmann	Felix Rosenqvist	Performance Racing	T: Daniel Aho R: Felix Rosenqvist
7	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	14 August	Daniel Abt	Stef Dusseldorp	Kevin Magnussen	Motopark Academy	T: Daniel Aho R: Kevin Magnussen
	R2		15 August	Tom Dillmann	Daniel Abt	Jimmy Eriksson	Motopark Academy	T: Riccardo Brutschin R: Jimmy Eriksson
8	R1	Nürburgring	28 August	Marco Sørensen	Tom Dillmann	Kevin Magnussen	Motopark Academy	T: Riccardo Brutschin R: Kevin Magnussen
	R2		29 August	Tom Dillmann	Tom Dillmann	Tom Dillmann	HS Technik	T: Riccardo Brutschin R: Daniel Abt
9	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	2 October	Stef Dusseldorp	Daniel Abt	Daniel Abt	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: Aki Sandberg R: Daniel Abt
	R2		3 October	Tom Dillmann	Tom Dillmann	Willi Steindl	Van Amersfoort Racing	T: Aleksey Karachev R: Felix Rosenqvist

Standings

Cup

• Points were awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	PP	FL
10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1	1

Trophy

• Points were awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos Driver OSC1 SAC HOC ASS1 NÜR1 ASS2 LAU NÜR2 OSC2 Pts Cup Class 1 Tom Dillmann 3 7 1 1 3 1 8 4 1 1 4 5 5 8 9 1 2 19† 120 2 Daniel Abt 2 3 4 2 5 3 2 1 5 3 10 15 4 4 2 2 1 16† 112 3 Kevin Magnussen 1 2 5 3 2 5 7 5 Ret 7 2 4 1 9 1 5 4 3 96 4 Stef Dusseldorp 4 1 3 17 Ret 2 3 3 Ret 4 1 Ret 3 6 4 3 3 DNS 88 5 Felix Rosenqvist Ret 11 2 Ret Ret 8 1 2 2 2 6 1 8 2 5 4 11 2 83 6 Jimmy Eriksson 8 4 Ret 6 6 7 10 11 7 9 3 9 2 1 Ret 6 Ret DNS 43 7 Willi Steindl 7 9 7 7 DNS 12 5 6 3 5 Ret 8 6 18† 7 8 7 1 43 8 Markus Pommer 5 6 10 8 8 Ret 6 7 6 8 7 2 20† 3 11 13 6 7 40 9 Alon Day 13 10 11 10 10 4 4 12 8 6 Ret 7 10 5 8 7 8 9 26 10 Luís Felipe Derani 16 8 9 9 4 6 Ret 10 Ret 11 5 12 7 DSQ Ret 9 9 4 20 11 Marco Sørensen 20† 5 21 4 7 10 3 12 18 12 René Binder 10 Ret 13 12 12 14 12 Ret 4 10 8 3 16† 16 Ret 16 Ret 13 12 13 Gary Hauser 6 Ret 6 5 Ret 15 9 9 11 17 12 10 9 7 10 DNS 15 DNS 12 14 Nico Monien 1 16 10 15 Klaus Bachler 5 5 8 16 Bernd Herndlhofer 9 6 12 Ret 10 DNS 3 17 Sandro Zeller 14 Ret 20 Ret 11 Ret 14 8 14 13 14 12 16 11 16 8 3 18 Nikolay Martsenko 11 Ret 8 11 9 11 11 Ret 10 12 11 11 11 11 12 10 13 10 1 19 Luís Sá Silva 12 Ret 14 19 DNS 9 0 20 Kevin Friesacher 9 12 0 21 Riccardo Brutschin 12 12 0 22 Philip Forsman 12 13 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Kevin Kleveros 6 15 0 Nigel Melker 21 6 0 Trophy Class 1 Riccardo Brutschin 15 14 15 14 15 13 13 13 9 14 13 14 DNS 10 13 14 142 2 Aleksey Karachev 17 16 16 16 14 18 16 15 13 16 15 16 18 13 14 17 20† 14 121 3 Aki Sandberg 18 15 17 18 17 20 Ret 17 16 18 16 18 17 14 17 19 17 15 93 4 Maxim Travin 19 17 18 DNS 16 19 17 16 15 19 Ret 17 15 15 15 18 18 17 87 5 Luca Iannaccone DNS DNS 22 20 18 21 18 18 17 20 17 NC 19 17 18 20 19 18 57 6 Aleksi Tuukkanen Ret 13 19 15 13 17 15 14 56 7 Daniel Aho 12 15 14 13 13 DSQ 44 Guest driver ineligible for points Mikhail Aleshin 14 11 0 Pos Driver OSC1 SAC HOC ASS1 NÜR1 ASS2 LAU NÜR2 OSC2 Pts † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance. SONAX Rookie-Pokal Points were awarded as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 Pos Driver OSC1 SAC HOC ASS1 NÜR1 ASS2 LAU NÜR2 OSC2 Pts 1 Kevin Magnussen 1 2 5 3 2 5 7 5 Ret 7 2 4 1 9 1 5 4 3 128 2 Daniel Abt 2 3 4 2 5 3 2 1 5 3 10 15 4 4 2 2 1 16† 125 3 Felix Rosenqvist Ret 11 2 Ret Ret 8 1 2 2 2 6 1 8 2 5 4 11 2 106 4 Jimmy Eriksson 8 4 Ret 6 6 7 10 11 7 9 3 9 2 1 Ret 6 Ret DNS 77 5 Alon Day 13 10 11 10 10 4 4 12 8 6 Ret 7 10 5 8 7 8 9 70 6 Luís Felipe Derani 16 8 9 9 4 6 Ret 10 Ret 11 5 12 7 DSQ Ret 9 9 4 59 7 René Binder 10 Ret 13 12 12 14 12 Ret 4 10 8 3 16† 16 Ret 16 Ret 13 37 8 Marco Sørensen 20 5 21 4 7 10 3 12 23 9 Sandro Zeller 14 Ret 20 Ret 11 Ret 14 8 14 13 14 12 16 11 16 8 21 10 Riccardo Brutschin 15 14 15 14 15 13 13 13 9 14 13 14 DNS 10 13 14 12 12 21 11 Klaus Bachler 5 5 11 12 Luís Sá Silva 12 Ret 14 19 DNS 9 7 13 Daniel Aho 12 15 14 13 13 DSQ 7 14 Kevin Friesacher 9 12 6 15 Aleksey Karachev 17 16 16 16 14 18 16 15 13 16 15 16 18 13 14 17 20† 14 4 16 Aleksi Tuukkanen Ret 13 19 15 13 17 15 14 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Kevin Kleveros 6 15 0 Mikhail Aleshin 14 11 0 Pos Driver OSC1 SAC HOC ASS1 NÜR1 ASS2 LAU NÜR2 OSC2 Pts 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 participate (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance. 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