The1999 German Formula Three Championship (German:1999 Deutsche Formel-3-Meisterschaft) was a multi-eventmotor racing championship for single-seatopen wheelformula racing cars that held acrossEurope. The championship featured drivers competing intwo-litre Formula Three racing cars built byDallara andMartini which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 9 May atSachsenring and ended atNürburgring on 17 October after nine double-header rounds.
Opel Team BSR driverChristijan Albers became a champion. He clinched the title, winning six of 18 races.Marcel Fässler finished as runner-up with wins atSachsenring,Oschersleben, and Hockenheim, losing 45 points to Albers.Thomas Jäger was victorious atZweibrücken, Oschersleben and finished third. The other race winners was Robert Lechner, Yves Olivier andTimo Scheider, who completed the top six in the drivers' championship.[1]
With the exception of round at Salzuburg in Austria, all rounds took place on German soil.
Championship standings
[edit]| Pos | Driver | SAC | ZWE | OSC1 | NOR | NÜR1 | SAL | OSC2 | HOC | NÜR2 | Points |
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| 1 | Christijan Albers | Ret | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | EX | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 229 |
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| 2 | Marcel Fässler | 1 | 2 | Ret | 18 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 184 |
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| 3 | Thomas Jäger | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 179 |
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| 4 | Robert Lechner | Ret | 5 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 163.5 |
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| 5 | Yves Olivier | 6 | 13 | Ret | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 159 |
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| 6 | Timo Scheider | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | DSQ | Ret | Ret | 4 | 10 | Ret | 16 | 5 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 100 |
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| 7 | Thomas Mutsch | Ret | 6 | 3 | 8 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 4 | Ret | 7 | 8 | Ret | 5 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 97 |
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| 8 | Pierre Kaffer | 17 | 3 | 4 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 8 | Ret | 7 | 71.5 |
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| 9 | Stefan Mücke | 4 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 63 |
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| 10 | Walter van Lent | 12 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 6 | Ret | 4 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 62 |
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| 11 | Sven Heidfeld | Ret | 17 | 11 | 6 | Ret | 9 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 10 | Ret | 8 | 4 | EX | 14 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 31.5 |
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| 12 | Etienne van der Linde | 10 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 5 | Ret | | | | | | | | | 25 |
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| 13 | Jacky van der Ende | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 11 | Ret | 6 | 22 |
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| 14 | Gabriele Gardel | 7 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 11 | DSQ | 11 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 8 | Ret | 21 |
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| 15 | Andreas Feichtner | 14 | 11 | 5 | Ret | 11 | 17 | 9 | 9 | Ret | 12 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 13 | Ret | 10 | | | 15 |
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| 16 | Herbert Jerich | 9 | 12 | 9 | 7 | DNS | DNS | 17 | 6 | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | 14 |
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| 17 | Timo Rumpfkeil | 5 | 15 | Ret | 9 | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 16 | DNS | | | | | | | | | 10 |
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| 18 | Ken Grandon | | | 15 | 11 | 17 | Ret | 10 | 8 | 14 | 9 | Ret | 10 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
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| 19 | Roland Rehfeld | 8 | 20 | Ret | 16 | 16 | 16 | Ret | 14 | 10 | 11 | 7 | Ret | 12 | 11 | Ret | 14 | 14 | 13 | 8 |
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| 20 | Elran Nijenhuis | Ret | 19 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 14 | 14 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 10 | 12 | 5 |
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| 21 | Kari Mäenpää | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 |
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| 22 | Wouter van Eeuwijk | 16 | 16 | 13 | 19 | Ret | 11 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 17 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
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| 23 | Tom Schwister | 11 | 18 | 12 | Ret | 15 | 14 | 14 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
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| 24 | Martin Rihs | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | Ret | 15 | 13 | 11 | Ret | 15 | | | | | 0 |
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| 25 | Tony Schmidt | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 0 |
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| 26 | Hugo van der Ham | 13 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
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| 27 | Patrick Hildenbrandt | 15 | Ret | 14 | Ret | 14 | 15 | 15 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
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| Norman Simon | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
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| Pos | Driver | SAC | ZWE | OSC1 | NOR | NÜR1 | SAL | OSC2 | HOC | NÜR2 | Points |
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Junior-Pokal (Rookie) standings
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