The 1991 German Formula Three Championship (German: 1991 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 31 March at Zolder and ended at Hockenheim on 28 September after eleven rounds.

Volkswagen Motorsport driver Tom Kristensen became a champion. He won three races and scored another four podium finishes to clinch the championship title. Marco Werner finished as runner-up, winning on Diepholz Airfield Circuit. Marc Hessel was victorious at Norisring, completing the top-three in the drivers' championship. Frank Krämer, Klaus Panchyrz, Peter Kox and Wolfgang Kaufmann were the other race winners. Mathias Arlt clinched the B-Cup championship title.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Entry List[2] Team No. Driver Chassis Engine Rounds Class A Opel Team WTS 1 Frank Krämer Reynard 913/006 Opel All 2 Markus Liesner Reynard 913/017 All Volkswagen Motorsport 3 Klaus Panchyrz Ralt RT35/884 Volkswagen All 4 Tom Kristensen Ralt RT35/892 All Opel Team Schübel 5 Jacques Isler Dallara 391/040 Opel 1 6 Wolfgang Kaufmann Dallara 391/038 1–8 Jonathan McGall 9 José Luis Di Palma 10 18 Yolanda Surer Dallara 391/039 1, 3 Jacques Isler Racing 5 Jacques Isler Dallara 391/040 Alfa Romeo 7, 10–11 18 Yolanda Surer Dallara 391/039 7, 10–11 Mönninghoff Sport Promotion 7 Marc Hessel Ralt RT35/901 Mugen-Honda All Bongers Motorsport 8 Franz Binder Reynard 913/007 Opel 1–4, 6–11 9 Jörg Müller Reynard 913/005 Volkswagen All Eufra Racing Team 10 Peter Kox Eufra 391/03 Mugen-Honda All 11 Meik Wagner Eufra 391/02 1–9 Arnaud Trevisiol Eufra 391/02 10–11 G+M Escom Motorsport 12 Marco Werner Ralt RT35/876 Opel All Vienna Racing 15 Philipp Peter Eufra 390/03 Opel All 16 Danny Pfeil Eufra 391/01 4, 11 RSM Marko 20 Joachim Koscielniak Reynard 913/014 Alfa Romeo 1 Derek Higgins 2 Markus Grossmann 3–11 21 Sascha Maassen Reynard 913/015 All Picko Troberg Racing 23 Linus Lundberg Ralt RT35/933 Volkswagen 11 Class B H&R Spezialfedern — Lohmann Motorsport 50 Claudia Kreuzsaler Dallara 389/020 Volkswagen 1–5 Thorsten Kern 8 Attila Fabian 9–11 Pfeil Motorsport — Beru Zündtechnik F3 Team 51 Mathias Arlt Eufra 390/01 Volkswagen All Formel Rennsport Club 52 Rene Wartmann Reynard 903/007 Volkswagen All Nomag Racing 53 Franc ten Wolde Ralt RT33/797 Volkswagen 6–8 Peter Katsarski 54 Peter Katsarski Reynard 893/120 Opel 4 Peter Schär 55 Peter Schär Ralt RT34/820 Volkswagen All Hohenester Sport 56 Horst Farnbacher Reynard 903/002 Volkswagen 1–4 Ralf Eisenreich 5–6, 8–9 Walter Penker Fahrtraining 57 Peter Wieser Eufra 390/02 Volkswagen 5, 7–11 Dimo Sport 59 Logan Wilms Reynard 893/078 Volkswagen 6 MSC Scuderia Mitwitz 60 Justin Sünkel Reynard 893/077 Volkswagen 1, 5–7, 9 Dimo Sport 61 Svend Hansen Ralt RT33/802 Volkswagen 6–11 Hungaria Biztosito Autosport 62 László Szász Reynard 903/040 Mugen-Honda 2–4 Ewald Kapferer 69 Ewald Kapferer Ralt RT34/818 Volkswagen 4–5, 7, 9 Franz Wöss Franz Wöss 10–11 Roger Studhalter 70 Roger Studhalter Dallara 389/010 Volkswagen 7 Gianni Bianchi 71 Gianni Bianchi Dallara 390/036 Opel 7 Opel Team WTS 72 Joachim Beule Reynard 903/001 Opel 7 Mönninghoff Sport Promotion 75 Josef Neuhauser Reynard 903/014 Volkswagen All Joachim Ryschka 77 Joachim Ryschka Reynard 903/038 Volkswagen 1–9, 11 Picko Troberg Racing 78 Claes Rothstein Ralt RT33/781 Volkswagen 11 Fred Goddard Racing 79 Pekka Herva Ralt RT34/859 Mugen-Honda 11 Calendar Round Location Circuit Date Supporting 1 Heusden-Zolder, Belgium Circuit Zolder 31 March XXII. AvD "Bergischer Löwe" 2 Hockenheim, Germany Hockenheimring 14 April AvD/MAC Rennsport-Festival 3 Nürburg, Germany Nürburgring 21 April 53. ADAC Eifelrennen 4 Berlin, Germany AVUS 5 May ADAC-Avus-Rennen 5 Most, Czechoslovakia Autodrom Most 2 June ADAC-Rundstreckenrennen Würzburg" 6 Wunstorf, Germany Wunstorf 8 June ADAC-Flugplatzrennen Wunstorf 7 Nuremberg, Germany Norisring 29 June 200 Meilen von Nürnberg 8 Diepholz, Germany Diepholz Airfield Circuit 3 August 24. ADAC-Flugplatzrennen Diepholz 9 Nürburg, Germany Nürburgring 18 August ADAC Sportwagen-Weltmeisterschaft 10 Nürburg, Germany Nürburgring 7 September ADAC Großer Preis der Tourenwagen 11 Hockenheim, Germany Hockenheimring 28 September ADAC-Preis Hockenheim Results Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team B Class Winner 1 Circuit Zolder Tom Kristensen Klaus Panchyrz Tom Kristensen Volkswagen Motorsport Peter Schär 2 Hockenheimring Klaus Panchyrz Tom Kristensen Wolfgang Kaufmann Opel Team Schübel Mathias Arlt 3 Nürburgring Tom Kristensen Peter Kox Klaus Panchyrz Volkswagen Motorsport Peter Schär 4 AVUS Tom Kristensen Peter Kox Peter Kox Eufra Racing Team Rene Wartmann 5 Autodrom Most Tom Kristensen Meik Wagner Peter Kox Eufra Racing Team Mathias Arlt 6 Wunstorf Wolfgang Kaufmann Wolfgang Kaufmann Wolfgang Kaufmann Opel Team Schübel Mathias Arlt 7 Norisring Wolfgang Kaufmann Klaus Panchyrz Marc Hessel Mönninghoff Sport Promotion Svend Hansen 8 Diepholz Airfield Circuit Marco Werner Marco Werner Marco Werner G+M Escom Motorsport Rene Wartmann 9 Nürburgring Tom Kristensen Tom Kristensen Tom Kristensen Volkswagen Motorsport Svend Hansen 10 Nürburgring Peter Kox Klaus Panchyrz Frank Krämer Opel Team WTS Svend Hansen 11 Hockenheimring Tom Kristensen Tom Kristensen Tom Kristensen Volkswagen Motorsport Pekka Herva Championship standings A-Class Points are awarded as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 Pos Driver ZOL HOC1 NÜR1 AVU MST WUN NOR DIE NÜR2 NÜR3 HOC2 Points 1 Tom Kristensen 1 2 2 16 2 5 18 2 1 5 1 136 2 Marco Werner 3 3 5 2 Ret 7 3 1 6 14 3 101 3 Marc Hessel 4 11 7 Ret 4 3 1 3 Ret 2 4 93 4 Jörg Müller 2 4 8 14 3 Ret 4 Ret 4 4 2 85 5 Frank Krämer 5 5 6 Ret 15 6 2 Ret 3 1 5 83 6 Klaus Panchyrz Ret Ret 1 3 5 4 Ret DNS Ret 3 6 68 7 Peter Kox 13 Ret 3 1 1 2 Ret DNS Ret DSQ Ret 67 8 Wolfgang Kaufmann Ret 1 4 4 Ret 1 6 Ret 66 9 Sascha Maassen Ret 7 10 5 13 10 DNS Ret 2 6 9 37 10 Franz Binder 6 8 13 6 8 5 4 DNS 11 10 37 11 Markus Grossmann 11 Ret 6 9 8 11 7 7 Ret 19 12 Mathias Arlt 10 10 15 9 7 11 16 6 11 15 12 14 13 Rene Wartmann Ret DNS 16 7 14 DNS 14 5 13 17 14 12 14 Meik Wagner 17 6 9 13 Ret Ret Ret 9 9 19 12 15 Markus Liesner 7 13 12 17 9 13 7 Ret DNS 9 18 12 16 Jonathan McGall 5 8 17 Philipp Peter 12 9 Ret 9 10 8 Ret 13 8 18 Peter Schär 8 12 14 8 Ret 12 12 Ret 14 13 6 19 Josef Neuhauser 9 Ret 17 Ret Ret 14 17 8 12 20 17 5 20 Franc ten Wolde Ret 11 7 4 21 Linus Lundberg 7 4 22 Ralf Eisenreich 8 DNQ Ret Ret 3 23 Arnaud Trevisiol 8 Ret 3 24 Pekka Herva 8 3 25 Svend Hansen Ret 10 DNS 10 12 15 2 26 László Szász 17 19 10 DNS 1 27 Ewald Kapferer 12 10 DNQ 16 1 28 José Luis Di Palma 10 1 29 Joachim Ryschka 15 15 20 11 11 Ret DNQ Ret 17 DNS 0 30 Horst Farnbacher 11 14 DNS 18 0 31 Claes Rothstein 11 0 32 Justin Sünkel Ret 12 15 DNQ 18 0 33 Peter Wieser DNS 13 DSQ Ret 16 Ret 0 34 Jacques Isler 14 DNS 22 Ret 0 36 Claudia Kreuzsaler 16 16 21 15 DNS 0 36 Attila Fabian 15 18 16 0 37 Yolanda Surer DNS 18 15 19 Ret 0 38 Logan Wilms 16 0 39 Derek Higgins 18 0 40 Franz Wöss 21 Ret 0 Joachim Koscielniak Ret 0 Joachim Beule Ret 0 Thorsten Kern Ret 0 Danny Pfeil DNS DNS 0 Peter Katsarski DNS 0 Gianni Bianchi DNQ 0 Roger Studhalter DNQ 0 Pos Driver ZOL HOC1 NÜR1 AVU MST WUN NOR DIE NÜR2 NÜR3 HOC2 Points Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap References ↑ "Formula 3 Germany 1991 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 13 October 2016. ↑ "STARTERLISTE 1991 DEUTSCHE FORMEL-3-MEISTERSCHAFT" (PDF) (in German). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 13 October 2016. External links Official website (in English and German)