2008 German Formula Three season
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The 2008 German Formula Three season is the th German Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on May 24, 2008 and will end on October 12 after eighteen rounds.

Teams and Drivers

2008 Entry List12
Team	No	Driver	Rookie	Chassis	Engine
Van Amersfoort Racing	1	Rahel Frey	R	Dallara F307	Volkswagen
	2	Laurens Vanthoor	R	Dallara F307	Volkswagen
Ombra Racing	9	Matteo Chinosi		Dallara F307	Mugen-Honda
	10	Federico Leo	R	Dallara F307	Mugen-Honda
Neuhauser Racing	11	Gerhard Tweraser		Dallara F307	Mercedes HWA
HS Technik Motorsport	12	Sebastian Saavedra	R	Dallara F307	Mercedes HWA
	14	Pilipp Eng	R	Dallara F307	Mercedes HWA
		Johnny Cecotto		Dallara F307	Mercedes HWA
Swiss Racing Team	16	Max Nilsson		Dallara F307	OPC-Challenge
	17	Frédéric Vervisch		Dallara F307	OPC-Challenge
Team rhino’s Leipert	19	Federico Glorioso		Dallara F307	OPC-Challenge
	20	Sergey Chukanov	R	Dallara F307	OPC-Challenge
Racing Experience	24	Karline Stala	R	Dallara F307	Mercedes HWA
	25	David Hauser	R	Dallara F307	Mercedes HWA
	26	Gary Hauser	R	Dallara F307	Mercedes HWA
Performance Racing	28	Rafael Suzuki		Dallara F307	OPC-Challenge
	29	Adderly Fong	R	Dallara F307	OPC-Challenge
		Satrio Hermanto		Dallara F307	OPC-Challenge
Franz Wöss Racing	38	Hamad Al Fardan		Dallara F307	Mercedes HWA
GU-Racing Team	40	Jens Höing		Dallara F307	Mercedes HWA
Josef Kaufmann Racing	44	Kevin Mirocha		Dallara F307	OPC-Challenge
ATS Formel 3 Trophy
HS Technik Motorsport	50	Shirley van der Lof	R	Dallara F304	OPC-Challenge
Team rhino’s Leipert	52	Luca Iannaccone		Dallara F304	Renault
	53	Giulio Glorioso	R	Dallara F304	Opel
KFR Team F3	55	Dennis Swart	R	Dallara F304	OPC-Challenge
Ombra Racing	59	Massimo Rossi		Dallara F304	Mugen-Honda
JMS Jenichen	60	Marcel Schlenker	R	Dallara F304	Opel
Franz Wöss Racing	62	Bernd Herndlhofer	R	Dallara F304	Opel
Auto-Häckel-Motorsport	64	Klaus-Dieter Häckel		Dallara F304	Opel
Neuhauser Racing	64	Marco Oberhauser		Dallara F304	Opel
Griffith's	71	David Moretti		Dallara F304	Opel

• Pilipp Eng replaced for Johnny Cecotto after the first two races disputed on Hockenheim.
• GU-Racing Team driver, Jens Höing, switch the Lola B06-30-Opel to the Dallara F307-Mercedes HWA after the 2 initial rounds of the championship.

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Hockenheim	April 26	Sebastian Saavedra	Sebastian Saavedra	Matteo Chinosi	Ombra Racing
2		April 27	Philipp Eng	Philipp Eng	Gerhard Tweraser	Ombra Racing
3	Oschersleben	May 10	Sebastian Saavedra	Gerhard Tweraser	Gerhard Tweraser	Van Amersfoort Racing
4		May 11	Sebastian Saavedra	Sebastian Saavedra	Johnny Cecotto	HS Technik Motorsport
5	24H Nürburgring	May 23	Matteo Chinosi	Johnny Cecotto	Frédéric Vervisch	Swiss Racing Team
6		May 24	Matteo Chinosi	Gerhard Tweraser	Matteo Chinosi	Ombra Racing
7	Hockenheim	June 14	Laurens Vanthoor	Johnny Cecotto	Sebastian Saavedra	HS Technik Motorsport
8		June 15	Rafael Suzuki	Rahel Frey	Frédéric Vervisch	Swiss Racing Team
9	Assen	August 2	Johnny Cecotto	Frédéric Vervisch	Johnny Cecotto	HS Technik Motorsport
10		August 3	Johnny Cecotto	Johnny Cecotto	Sebastian Saavedra	HS Technik Motorsport
11	1000Km Nürburgring	August 16
12		August 17
13	EuroSpeedway	September 6
10		September 7
15	Sachsenring	September 20
12		September 21
3	Oschersleben	October 11
4		October 12

Rules

• Point system: 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 for 8th. 1 points for Pole Position and 1 point for Fastest Lap.

Standings

ATS Formel 3 Cup

Pos	Driver	HOC1 1	HOC1 2	OSC1 1	OSC1 2	NUR1 1	NUR1 2	HOC2 1	HOC2 2	TTA 1	TTA 2	NUR2 1	NUR2 2	LAU 1	LAU 2	SAC 1	SAC 2	OSC2 1	OSC2 2	Pts
1	Matteo Chinosi	1	2	22	3	2	1	6	3	7	5									59
2	Frédéric Vervisch	3	25	5	2	1	3	4	1	5	7									56
3	Johnny Cecotto			7	1	3	6	2	5	1	2									56
4	Sebastian Saavedra	2	24	3	22	4	4	1	11	4	1									54
5	Kevin Mirocha	8	NC	4	6	13	12	3	2	2	4									36
6	Gerhard Tweraser	11	1	1	Ret	NC	5	9	6	11	8									30
7	Laurens Vanthoor	12	Ret	2	8	Ret	2	Ret	7	6	3									29
8	Rafael Suzuki	4	5	9	4	10	14	5	8	3	6									29
9	Federico Leo	6	3	8	5	7	7	8	23	9	Ret									19
10	Hamad Al Fardan	DNS	14	NC	18	5	8	7	4	8	Ret									13
11	Philipp Eng	9	4																	7
12	Sergey Chukanov	5	9	10	7	11	9	10	21	16	9									6
12	Max Nilsson	Ret	6	11	Ret	6	13	13	12	Ret	10									6
14	Rahel Frey	10	10	6	Ret	9	11	11	18	18	12									4
15	David Hauser	7	8	12	10	22	18	Ret	17	10	11									3
16	Gary Hauser	Ret	7	13	20	Ret	15	12	Ret	12	18									2
17	Jens Hönig	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS	8	10	14	10											1
	Federico Glorioso	Ret	23	Ret	19	12	16	Ret	Ret	15	16									0
	Karline Stala	16	26	19	Ret	23	20	19	DNS											0
	Satrio Hermanto							Ret	9											0
	Adderly Fong	17	20							Ret	Ret									0
ATS Formel 3 Trophy
	Marco Oberhauser	15	16	14	16	14	17	16	20	20	15									0
	Bernd Herndlhofer	13	11	18	11	19	21	Ret	16	13	14									0
	Massimo Rossi	14	15	16	13	15	25	17	19											0
	Dennis Swart	Ret	12	Ret	9	17	19	15	17	14	13									0
	Shirley van der Lof	NC	13	15	14	16	23	Ret	14	19	17									0
	Giulio Glorioso	19	19	21	12	18	27	Ret	Ret	17	19									0
	Marcel Schlenker	Ret	18	17	15	20	22	18	Ret											0
	Klaus-Dieter Häckel	18	17	NC	17	21	24	DNS	DNS											0
	Luca Iannaccone	20	22	20	21	24	26	20	22	21	20									0
	David Moretti	NC	21																	0
Pos	Driver	HOC1 1	HOC1 2	OSC1 1	OSC1 2	NUR1 1	NUR1 2	HOC2 1	HOC2 2	TTA 1