1989 German Formula Three Championship

The 1989 German Formula Three Championship (German: 1989 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 which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 16 April at Hockenheim and ended at the same place on 30 September after twelve rounds.

Krafft Walzen Team Marko RSM driver Karl Wendlinger became a champion. He won one of the tightest championship battle in the history of the German Formula Three, as top-three drivers in the drivers were divided just by one point. Heinz-Harald Frentzen finished as runner-up and had one more race victory than other drivers in top-three. Michael Schumacher was equal on points with Frentzen and victorious at Zeltweg and Nürburgring. Michael Bartels, Peter Zakowski and Frank Krämer were the other race winners. Franz Engstler clinched the B-Cup championship title.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Entry List^[2]
Team	No.	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Class A
West WTS Racing	1	Frank Schmickler	Reynard 893/059	Volkswagen	All
ONS Nachwuchsteam — WTS Racing	2	Michael Schumacher	Reynard 893/058	Volkswagen	All
Volkswagen Motorsport	3	Frank Krämer	BSR 389/02	Volkswagen	1–9
	3	Marco Werner	BSR 389/02		11–12
	4	Ellen Lohr	BSR 389/01		All
Cosy Informatik Systeme	5	Michael Roppes	Martini MK58/01	Volkswagen	All
Zimmspeed Racing Team	6	Hanspeter Kaufmann	Dallara 389/025	Volkswagen	4–6, 8
Bongers Motorsport	7	Michael Bartels	Reynard 893/055	Volkswagen	All
Bongers Motorsport	8	Daniel Müller	Reynard 893/063	Volkswagen	1–8
Team JSK Baumanagement	9	Frank Biela	Reynard 893/077	Volkswagen	1–4, 6–9
Team JSK Baumanagement	10	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Dallara 389/025	Volkswagen	All
Opel Team Deutschland	9	Frank Krämer	Reynard 893/077	Opel	10–12
Style Auto Racing Team	11	Wolfgang Kaufmann	Dallara 388/033	Volkswagen	All
Mönninghoff Sympathik Racing	12	Ralf Kelleners	Reynard 893/079	Volkswagen	1–2
		Gerrit van Kouwen			4, 6–8, 10
		Klaus Panchyrz			11–12
Peter Zakowski Racing	13	Peter Zakowski	Reynard 893/078	Volkswagen	All
Krafft Walzen Team Marko RSM	14	Karl Wendlinger	Ralt RT33/797	Alfa Romeo	All
HC Hessel Motorsport	17	Marc Hessel	Reynard 893/098	Volkswagen	1–11
HC Hessel Motorsport	18	Georg Arbinger	Reynard 893/097	Volkswagen	1–7
Eufra Racing	21	Víctor Rosso	Tark Aleko JK173/02	Volkswagen	1–6, 8
	21	Meik Wagner	Tark Aleko JK173/02		5, 9–12
	22	Ralf Kelleners	Tark Aleko JK173/01		3–12
Gätmo Motorsport	23	Meik Wagner	Reynard 893	Volkswagen	1, 4–7, 9–12
Gätmo Motorsport	24	Flurin Zegg	Reynard 893	Volkswagen	6
Formel Rennsport Club	25	Gianni Bianchi	Dallara 389/010	Volkswagen	1–2, 5–6
Wittwer Racing	27	Rolf Kuhn	Reynard 893/052	Volkswagen	1
Rene Wartmann	28	Rene Wartmann	Dallara 389/010	Volkswagen	10–12
Class B
Rex Autopflege Nachwuchsteam	50	Thorsten Walz	Reynard 883/016	Volkswagen	1–3
Rex Autopflege Nachwuchsteam	50	Franz Engstler	Reynard 883/016	Volkswagen	6–12
Frank Beyerlein	51	Frank Beyerlein	Reynard 883/001	Volkswagen	1–3, 5–12
Squadra Foitek	52	Jacques Isler	Dallara 388/002	Volkswagen	1–2, 6
Ski Zell Sport Team	53	Franz Binder	Reynard 883/005	Volkswagen	1, 3–6, 8, 10–12
Mönninghoff Sympathik Racing	54	Franz Engstler	Reynard 883/017	Volkswagen	1–5
		Klaus Panchyrz			6–8, 10
		Peter Schär			9
Cosy Informatik Systeme	55	Peter Schär	Martini MK55/03	Volkswagen	1–8, 10–11
Cosy Informatik Systeme	55	Michael Krumm	Martini MK55/03	Volkswagen	12
Vienna Racing Team	59	Tom Kristensen	Reynard 883/052	Volkswagen	4–6
MSC Scuderia Mitwitz	60	Justin Sünkel	Dallara 387/014	Volkswagen	All
Richard Hamann	61	Richard Hamann	Reynard 873/051	Volkswagen	1, 6
Rechsteiner Racing SA	63	David Luyet	Dallara 388/001	Volkswagen	3, 6, 8
Svend Hansen	65	Svend Hansen	Reynard 883/040	Volkswagen	2
Thomas Gellermann	66	Thomas Gellermann	Reynard 863/039	Volkswagen	1
Walter Lechner Racing School	69	Mercedes Stermitz	Dallara 388/031	Volkswagen	6
Walter Perfler	70	Walter Perfler	Ralt RT31/701	Volkswagen	5
Team Hödlmoser	71	Mario Moser	Dallara 388/042	Toyota	5
MSC Aschau	75	Josef Neuhauser	Reynard 873/045	Volkswagen	5
Joachim Ryschka	77	Joachim Ryschka	Ralt RT31/707	Volkswagen	10–12
Volkmar Löw	78	Volkmar Löw	Ralt RT30/530	Volkswagen	11
MSC "12" München	79	Jaroslav Vorel	KDV 4/01	Volkswagen	11–12
Johann Stelzer	80	Johann Stelzer	Reynard 883/004	Volkswagen	1
Team Theuermann	82	Wolfgang Petutschnig	Ralt RT30/563	Volkswagen	5

Calendar

Round	Location	Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	Hockenheim, West Germany	Hockenheimring	16 April	AvD/MAC Rennsport-Festival
2	Nürburg, West Germany	Nürburgring	30 April	51. ADAC Eifelrennen
3	Berlin, West Germany	AVUS	28 May	ADAC-Avus-Rennen
4	Brno, Czechoslovakia	Masaryk Circuit	11 June	Grand Prix Brno
5	Zeltweg, Austria	Österreichring	18 June	Preis des Aichfeldes
6	Hockenheim, West Germany	Hockenheimring	2 July	ADAC-Preis Hockenheim
7	Wunstorf, West Germany	Wunstorf	9 July	22. ADAC-Flugplatzrennen Wunstorf
8	Hockenheim, West Germany	Hockenheimring	29 July	German Grand Prix
9	Diepholz, West Germany	Diepholz Airfield Circuit	6 August	22. ADAC-Flugplatzrennen Diepholz
10	Nürburg, West Germany	Nürburgring	3 September	ADAC Großer Preis der Tourenwagen
11	Nürburg, West Germany	Nürburgring	24 September	XVI. ADAC Bilstein Super Sprint
12	Hockenheim, West Germany	Hockenheimring	30 September	DMV-Preis von Hockenheim

Results

Round	Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	B Class Winner
1	Hockenheimring	Michael Bartels	Michael Bartels	Frank Krämer	Volkswagen Motorsport	Frank Beyerlein
2	Nürburgring	Michael Bartels	Michael Bartels	Michael Bartels	Bongers Motorsport	Frank Beyerlein
3	AVUS	Frank Schmickler	Frank Krämer	Karl Wendlinger	Krafft Walzen Team Marko RSM	Franz Binder
4	Masaryk Circuit	Michael Bartels	Frank Biela	Michael Bartels	Bongers Motorsport	Franz Engstler
5	Österreichring	Michael Schumacher	Karl Wendlinger	Michael Schumacher	ONS Nachwuchsteam — WTS Racing	Franz Engstler
6	Hockenheimring	Karl Wendlinger	Karl Wendlinger	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Team JSK Baumanagement	Jacques Isler
7	Wunstorf	Wolfgang Kaufmann	not recorded	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Team JSK Baumanagement	Franz Engstler
8	Hockenheimring	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Karl Wendlinger	Krafft Walzen Team Marko RSM	Franz Engstler
9	Diepholz Airfield Circuit	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Michael Bartels	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Team JSK Baumanagement	Franz Binder
10	Nürburgring	Peter Zakowski	Peter Zakowski	Peter Zakowski	Peter Zakowski Racing	Klaus Panchyrz
11	Nürburgring	Michael Schumacher	Peter Zakowski	Michael Schumacher	ONS Nachwuchsteam — WTS Racing	Frank Beyerlein
12	Hockenheimring	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Klaus Panchyrz	Michael Bartels	Bongers Motorsport	Franz Engstler

Championship standings

A-Class

Points are awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
20	18	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos	Driver	HOC1	NÜR1	AVU	BRN	ZEL	HOC2	WUN	HOC3	DIE	NÜR2	NÜR3	HOC4	Points
1	Karl Wendlinger	DNS	4	1	4	4	2	4	1	3	2	7	14	164
2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	11	6	5	9	2	1	1	2	1	7	Ret	2	163
3	Michael Schumacher	3	3	3	5	1	3	12	19	4	5	1	3	163
4	Michael Bartels	20	1	8	1	3	4	Ret	5	2	3	19	1	150
5	Wolfgang Kaufmann	9	5	2	12	11	7	3	3	DNS	4	2	8	138
6	Peter Zakowski	7	Ret	Ret	2	5	19	11	4	5	1	3	4	132
7	Ellen Lohr	2	9	Ret	10	13	20	5	10	7	9	5	9	112
8	Michael Roppes	5	12	16	6	8	8	2	17	8	Ret	8	10	108
9	Frank Krämer	1	7	4	Ret	19	Ret	DNS	10	8	8	4	18	95
10	Ralf Kelleners	6	10	Ret	Ret	14	10		6	Ret	6	6	20	75
11	Frank Schmickler	4	Ret	17	Ret	6	11	8	16	11	17	Ret	7	74
12	Franz Engstler	13	17	Ret	13	10	Ret	6	11	14	15	15	11	65
13	Frank Biela	10	Ret	6	3		6	Ret	Ret	6				64
14	Marc Hessel	DNS	16	11	21	12	14	13	9	8	10	Ret		58
15	Daniel Müller	DNS	8	7	8	9	Ret	Ret	7					56
16	Klaus Panchyrz					7	Ret	9	Ret		12	9	6	52
17	Peter Schär	18	14	12	17	28	16	Ret	12	12	13	13		44
18	Gerrit van Kouwen				7		9	7	Ret		11			42
19	Frank Beyerlein	8	11	15		16	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	12	17	39
20	Franz Binder	14		9	18	20	13		13		Ret	14	15	37
21	Justin Sünkel	19	19	14	19	24	18	10	14	13	16	Ret	16	32
22	Víctor Rosso	DNS	2	Ret	11	17	Ret		18					29
23	Marco Werner											10	5	23
24	Jacques Isler	22	15				5							18
25	Georg Arbinger	15	13	18	16	25	Ret	Ret						14
26	Hanspeter Kaufmann				14	21	12		Ret					12
27	Meik Wagner	21			20	22	17	Ret		Ret	Ret	18	12	10
28	David Luyet			10			Ret		DNS					9
29	Thorsten Walz	16	Ret	13										9
30	Rene Wartmann										Ret	11	Ret	8
31	Tom Kristensen				15	15	DNS							8
32	Rolf Kuhn	12												7
33	Michael Krumm												13	6
34	Svend Hansen		Ret								14			5
35	Richard Hamann	Ret					15							4
36	Joachim Ryschka										18	16	Ret	4
37	Gianni Bianchi	17	18			23	21							3
38	Jaroslav Vorel											17	19	2
	Josef Neuhauser					18								0
	Günter Aberer					26								0
	Mario Moser					27								0
	Wolfgang Petutschnig					29								0
	Walter Perfler					Ret								0
	Thomas Gellermann	DNS												0
	Mercedes Stermitz						Ret							0
	Johann Stelzer					DNS								0
	Flurin Zegg						DNS							0
	Volkmar Löw											DNQ		0
Pos	Driver	HOC1	NÜR1	AVU	BRN	ZEL	HOC2	WUN	HOC3	DIE	NÜR2	NÜR3	HOC4	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (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

References

^ "Formula 3 Germany 1989 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
^ "STARTERLISTE 1989 DEUTSCHE FORMEL-3-MEISTERSCHAFT" (PDF) (in German). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 17 October 2016.

External links

Official website (in English and German)

[1] "Formula 3 Germany 1989 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 17 October 2016.

[2] "STARTERLISTE 1989 DEUTSCHE FORMEL-3-MEISTERSCHAFT" (PDF) (in German). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 17 October 2016.

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