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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
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
Bernhard Auinger
9–10
Opel Team KMS
4
Giorgio Pantano
Dallara F300/011
Opel
All
5
Martin Tomczyk
Dallara F300/010
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
10
Nicolas Stelandre
Dallara F399/003
1–4, 6–7, 9–10
Van Amersfoort Racing
11
Jeroen Bleekemolen
Opel
1–4, 6–10
12
Tom van Bavel
Dallara F399/058
R
All
Team Rosberg
14
Kari Mäenpää
Dallara F399/074
Renault
All
15
Hannu Viinikainen
Dallara F399/065
R
All
ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg
16
Stefan Mücke
Dallara F300/001
Opel
All
Josef Kaufmann Racing
17
Thomas Mutsch
Opel
All
18
Andreas Feichtner
Martini MK79/01
1–2
Klaus Trella Motorsport
19
Frank Diefenbacher
Dallara F300/012
Opel
R
All
20
Marc Caldonazzi
Dallara F399/009
R
All
team hms f3
21
Pierre Kaffer
Dallara F300/022
Opel
All
22
Andreas Gülden
Dallara F300/023
1–2
Swiss Racing Team
23
Giorgio Mecattaf
Dallara F399/068
Opel
R
1–4, 6–10
24
Armin Pörnbacher
Dallara F399/054
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
Peter Sundberg
8–9
Team Ghinzani
28
Alex Müller
Dallara F300/025
Mugen-Honda
All
99
Björn Wirdheim
Dallara F300/029
R
All
Prema Powerteam
30
Enrico Toccacelo
Dallara F300/018
Opel
All
31
Philip Cloostermans
Dallara F300/021
R
1–4, 6–10
Team VOX / TV Spielfilm
32
Ken Grandon
Dallara F300/034
Fiat
2–8
Roberto Toninelli
9–10
33
Marino Spinozzi
Dallara F300/033
R
2–10
Jo Zeller Racing
34
Mirco Schrepfer
Dallara F399/020
Opel
9–10
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
R2
23 April
2
R1
Hockenheim , Germany
Hockenheimring
27 May
AvD/MAC-Rennsportfestival
R2
28 May
3
R1
Oschersleben , Germany
Motorsport Arena Oschersleben
17 June
ADAC-Preis der Tourenwagen von "Sachsen-Anhalt"
R2
18 June
4
R1
Nuremberg , Germany
Norisring
8 July
ADAC Norisring Speedweekend
R2
9 July
5
R1
Saxony , Germany
Sachsenring
5 August
ADAC Sparkassenpreis Sachsenring
R2
6 August
6
R1
Nürburg , Germany
Nürburgring
19 August
ADAC Großer Preis der Tourenwagen
R2
20 August
7
R1
Klettwitz , Germany
EuroSpeedway Lausitz
2 September
ADAC-Rundstreckenrennen Lausitz 200
R2
3 September
8
R1
Oschersleben , Germany
Motorsport Arena Oschersleben
23 September
ADAC-Preis von Niedersachsen
R2
24 September
9
R1
Nürburg , Germany
Nürburgring
7 October
62. ADAC-Eifelrennen
R2
8 October
10
R1
Hockenheim , Germany
Hockenheimring
28 October
ADAC-Preis Hockenheim
R2
29 October
Results
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
References
External links