The 1992 German Formula Three Championship (German: 1992 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 4 April at Zolder and ended at Hockenheim on 11 October after thirteen double-header rounds.

Opel Team WTS driver Pedro Lamy became the first and only Portuguese champion. He won eleven races and scored another seven podium finishes on his way to championship title. Marco Werner finished as runner-up, losing the title battle after the retirement from the penultimate race of the season. Sascha Maassen was victorious at Wunstorf and Alemannenring. Diogo Castro Santos and Philipp Peter completed the top-five in the drivers' championship. Michael Krumm and Jörg Müller were the other race winners. Christian Abt clinched the B-Cup championship title.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Entry List[2] Team No. Driver Chassis Engine Rounds Class A Volkswagen Motorsport 1 Diogo Castro Santos Ralt RT36/950 Volkswagen All 2 Sascha Maassen Ralt RT36/956 All Beru Zündtechnik Racing Team — GM Motorsport 3 Marco Werner Ralt RT36/980 Opel All 4 Michael Krumm Ralt RT36/926 All ONS Nachwuchsteam — Bongers Motorsport 5 Jörg Müller Reynard 923/014 Opel All Opel Team WTS 7 Markus Liesner Reynard 923/008 Opel All 8 Pedro Lamy Reynard 923/005 All Vienna Racing Team 9 Peter Kox Eufra 391/03 Mugen-Honda 4 Frank Krämer 6-8 Opel Team Schübel 11 Wolfgang Kaufmann Dallara 392/046 Opel All 12 Russell Ingall Dallara 392/045 All RSM Marko 14 Patrick Vallant Reynard 923/010 Alfa Romeo 1-4, 6-13 Marc Hessel 5 15 Claudia Hürtgen Reynard 923/011 All Jacques Isler Racing 16 Philipp Peter Dallara 392/021 Alfa Romeo All 17 Jacques Isler Dallara 392/039 1-2 21 Peter Aslund 4-5 Mercedes Stermitz 7-11 Dino Lamby 12-13 AHS Motorsport 18 Martin Santner Ralt RT36/984 Alfa Romeo 1-4, 7-8, 11-13 Pekka Herva 5, 10 Hilton Cowie 6 Nomag Racing 19 Franc ten Wolde Van Diemen RF92 Mugen-Honda 1-6 Team KMS 22 Ruedi Schurter Dallara 392/036 Opel 6-7 Danny Pfeil 13 RC Motorsport 23 Mario Andrea Vismara Dallara 392/028 Opel 12 24 Massimiliano Angelelli Dallara 392/020 12 Class B Beru Zündtechnik Racing Team — GM Motorsport 50 Frank Kremer Ralt RT35/876 Opel All Abt Motorsport 51 Christian Abt Ralt RT35/892 Volkswagen All Svend Hansen 52 Svend Hansen Ralt RT33/802 Volkswagen All Tomas Karhanek 53 Tomas Karhanek Reynard 913/006 Opel 5-6, 8 A&M Computer 54 Rene Wartmann Dallara 391/038 Volkswagen 2-10 Claudia Kreuzsaler 12-13 Thomas Wagner 60 Thomas Wagner Reynard 873/061 Volkswagen 3, 5-6 Franz Binder 61 Franz Binder Reynard 913/007 Opel 9, 12-13 Albrecht Trautzburg 62 Albrecht Trautzburg Reynard 863/039 Volkswagen 10 H&R Spezialfedern — Lohmann Motorsport 63 Marian Hamprecht Dallara 389/020 Volkswagen 10, 13 Team KMS 64 Thomas Bleiner Dallara 391/011 Opel 6 Hanspeter Kaufmann 7 Rene Wartmann 11-13 MCM Motor Car Saxxon 65 Renato Prioli Eufra 390/03 Opel 7 Guido Daccò 10 Günter Aberer 66 Günter Aberer Dallara 389/049 Volkswagen 10 Kurt Fischer 69 Kurt Fischer Ralt RT34/818 Volkswagen 7-8, 12 Franz Wöss 70 Franz Wöss Ralt RT35/884 Volkswagen All Josef Neuhauser 75 Josef Neuhauser Reynard 903/014 Volkswagen 1-4, 7-8 Joachim Ryschka 77 Joachim Ryschka Reynard 903/038 Volkswagen 1-4, 7-8, 10, 12 Fred Goddard Racing 78 Stephen Watson Ralt RT34/859 Mugen-Honda 13 79 Steven Arnold Ralt RT35/870 13 80 Hilton Cowie Reynard 913/001 13 Calendar Round Location Circuit Date Supporting 1 R1 Heusden-Zolder, Belgium Circuit Zolder 4 April XXIII. AvD "Bergischer Löwe" R2 5 April 2 R1 Nürburg, Germany Nürburgring 18 April 54. ADAC Eifelrennen R2 19 April 3 R1 Wunstorf, Germany Wunstorf 2 May ADAC-Flugplatzrennen Wunstorf R2 3 May 4 R1 Berlin, Germany AVUS 9 May ADAC-Avus-Rennen R2 10 May 5 R1 Nürburg, Germany Nürburgring 16 May ADAC Bilstein Supersprint R2 17 May 6 R1 Hockenheim, Germany Hockenheimring 23 May AvD/MAC Rennsport-Festival R2 25 May 7 R1 Nuremberg, Germany Norisring 27 June ADAC-Norisring-Trophäe "200 Meilen von Nürnberg" R2 28 June 8 R1 Brno, Czechoslovakia Masaryk Circuit 11 July Grand Prix Brno "AvD East/West Rennen Brünn"" R2 12 July 9 R1 Diepholz, Germany Diepholz Airfield Circuit 15 August 25. ADAC-Flugplatzrennen Diepholz R2 16 August 10 R1 Nürburg, Germany Nürburgring 22 August ADAC Formel Festival R2 23 August 11 R1 Singen, Germany Alemannenring 5 September 2. ADAC-Preis Singen R2 6 September 12 R1 Nürburg, Germany Nürburgring 19 September ADAC Großer Preis der Tourenwagen R2 20 September 13 R1 Hockenheim, Germany Hockenheimring 10 October DMV-Preis Hockenheim R2 11 October Results Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team B Class Winner 1 R1 Circuit Zolder Jörg Müller Marco Werner Marco Werner GM Motorsport Frank Kremer R2 Marco Werner Jörg Müller Michael Krumm GM Motorsport Svend Hansen 2 R1 Nürburgring Philipp Peter Pedro Lamy Pedro Lamy Opel Team WTS Svend Hansen R2 Pedro Lamy Sascha Maassen Sascha Maassen Volkswagen Motorsport Christian Abt 3 R1 Wunstorf Pedro Lamy Marco Werner Sascha Maassen Volkswagen Motorsport Christian Abt R2 Sascha Maassen Jörg Müller Michael Krumm G+M Escom Motorsport Svend Hansen 4 R1 AVUS Philipp Peter Marco Werner Jörg Müller Bongers Motorsport Svend Hansen R2 Jörg Müller Pedro Lamy Pedro Lamy Opel Team WTS Frank Kremer 5 R1 Nürburgring Marco Werner Pedro Lamy Pedro Lamy Opel Team WTS Christian Abt R2 Pedro Lamy Marco Werner Pedro Lamy Opel Team WTS Christian Abt 6 R1 Hockenheimring Pedro Lamy Pedro Lamy Pedro Lamy Opel Team WTS Frank Kremer R2 Pedro Lamy Pedro Lamy Diogo Castro Santos Volkswagen Motorsport Frank Kremer 7 R1 Norisring Diogo Castro Santos Marco Werner Diogo Castro Santos Volkswagen Motorsport Christian Abt R2 Diogo Castro Santos Sascha Maassen Diogo Castro Santos Volkswagen Motorsport Rene Wartmann 8 R1 Masaryk Circuit Pedro Lamy Diogo Castro Santos Pedro Lamy Opel Team WTS Rene Wartmann R2 Pedro Lamy Pedro Lamy Pedro Lamy Opel Team WTS Christian Abt 9 R1 Diepholz Airfield Circuit Marco Werner Marco Werner Marco Werner GM Motorsport Rene Wartmann R2 Marco Werner Michael Krumm Marco Werner GM Motorsport Rene Wartmann 10 R1 Nürburgring Marco Werner Marco Werner Pedro Lamy Opel Team WTS Christian Abt R2 Pedro Lamy Marco Werner Marco Werner GM Motorsport Frank Kremer 11 R1 Alemannenring Sascha Maassen Sascha Maassen Sascha Maassen Volkswagen Motorsport Christian Abt R2 Sascha Maassen Marco Werner Sascha Maassen Volkswagen Motorsport Christian Abt 12 R1 Nürburgring Pedro Lamy Pedro Lamy Pedro Lamy Opel Team WTS Christian Abt R2 Pedro Lamy Marco Werner Marco Werner GM Motorsport Christian Abt 13 R1 Hockenheimring Pedro Lamy Pedro Lamy Pedro Lamy Opel Team WTS Steven Arnold R2 Pedro Lamy Marco Werner Pedro Lamy Opel Team WTS Steven Arnold 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 NÜR1 WUN AVU NÜR2 HOC1 NOR BRN DIE NÜR3 SIN NÜR4 HOC2 Points 1 Pedro Lamy Ret 5 1 16 Ret Ret 8 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 3 4 1 2 2 2 1 Ret 1 1 340 2 Marco Werner 1 3 3 1 5 1 2 9 2 2 Ret Ret 2 3 5 10 1 1 2 1 Ret 5 2 1 Ret 13 293 3 Sascha Maassen Ret 6 5 8 1 4 3 5 9 7 2 3 4 4 3 4 2 2 4 4 1 1 5 4 6 3 268 4 Diogo Castro Santos 4 2 Ret 3 3 7 Ret Ret 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 12 6 3 DNS DNS 4 3 Ret 16 229 5 Philipp Peter 3 4 2 4 16 6 Ret 3 7 9 11 9 5 6 6 6 5 5 7 5 Ret 4 7 DNS 3 2 168 6 Michael Krumm 2 1 Ret 6 6 2 Ret 8 6 6 4 6 20 10 8 7 6 3 5 8 4 9 6 Ret Ret 4 158 7 Jörg Müller 8 Ret 15 2 Ret 3 1 Ret Ret 8 6 4 7 5 11 8 Ret 6 Ret 6 DSQ 12 24 Ret 5 7 108 8 Wolfgang Kaufmann 11 Ret 4 5 10 5 5 2 5 4 Ret 7 9 11 Ret 13 12 Ret 9 9 3 3 11 DNS 11 Ret 102 9 Russell Ingall 16 8 Ret 9 DNS 9 4 4 8 5 Ret Ret 16 8 4 5 Ret DNS 3 Ret Ret 8 Ret 6 2 Ret 95 10 Markus Liesner 6 7 16 11 9 10 6 6 Ret 11 5 15 10 7 9 15 Ret 8 8 Ret Ret DNS 9 5 4 Ret 66 11 Patrick Vallant 5 15 Ret 10 8 Ret DNS DNS 7 5 14 17 7 3 10 7 13 Ret Ret Ret 16 8 9 8 53 12 Claudia Hürtgen 7 Ret 6 7 13 11 Ret 12 4 10 14 8 Ret 15 Ret 9 DNS DNS 10 7 6 Ret 8 Ret Ret 10 45 13 Christian Abt 13 11 11 12 2 14 Ret 14 13 15 10 Ret 11 14 13 12 8 DSQ 11 11 5 6 10 7 Ret Ret 38 14 Massimiliano Angelelli 3 2 27 15 Svend Hansen Ret 9 7 13 4 8 7 11 15 17 9 13 12 16 18 17 Ret Ret 15 16 9 Ret 14 12 15 14 27 16 Frank Kremer 12 10 10 DNS 7 13 9 10 17 19 8 11 Ret 18 Ret 16 11 11 12 10 8 10 17 19 10 11 18 17 Rene Wartmann 17 14 12 DNS 10 13 14 16 Ret 12 Ret 12 12 14 7 9 14 13 DSQ 7 15 Ret Ret 6 17 18 Steven Arnold 7 5 12 19 Frank Krämer Ret 10 6 9 10 11 10 20 Ruedi Schurter 13 14 8 13 7 11 7 21 Jacques Isler 9 Ret 8 Ret 5 22 Franz Binder 9 10 13 9 Ret Ret 5 23 Franc ten Wolde DNS DNS Ret 18 Ret 12 Ret 7 11 13 Ret Ret 4 24 Danny Pfeil 8 12 3 25 Josef Neuhauser 14 14 9 15 11 16 16 Ret 15 DNS 15 21 17 Ret 21 15 2 26 Stephen Watson 16 9 2 27 Martin Santner 10 13 14 20 14 15 11 15 Ret 20 Ret 18 13 13 Ret DNS 19 13 14 Ret 1 28 Marc Hessel 10 12 1 29 Joachim Ryschka 15 12 12 17 12 Ret Ret 14 19 17 10 Ret 18 14 13 15 1 30 Mario Andrea Vismara 12 10 1 31 Dino Lamby 23 11 12 18 0 32 Mercedes Stermitz 17 19 Ret 19 14 16 19 14 11 DNS 0 33 Pekka Herva 12 14 18 12 0 34 Tomas Karhanek 12 18 DNS DNS 14 20 0 35 Franz Wöss 13 19 18 21 17 23 15 15 22 16 18 19 0 36 Hanspeter Kaufmann 13 Ret 0 37 Thomas Bleiner 15 16 0 38 Kurt Fischer 19 22 16 22 DNS 17 0 39 Guido Daccò 16 15 0 40 Thomas Wagner 15 17 DNS DNS Ret DNS 0 41 Marian Hamprecht 21 18 17 17 0 42 Claudia Kreuzsaler 20 18 19 20 0 43 Günter Aberer 22 19 0 Hilton Cowie Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 Albrecht Trautzburg Ret DNS 0 Renato Prioli DNQ Ret 0 Eugen Swoboda DNQ DNQ 0 Peter Aslund Ret Ret DNS DNS 0 Peter Kox Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver ZOL NÜR1 WUN AVU NÜR2 HOC1 NOR BRN DIE NÜR3 SIN NÜR4 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 1992 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 13 October 2016. ↑ "STARTERLISTE 1992 DEUTSCHE FORMEL-3-MEISTERSCHAFT" (PDF) (in German). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 13 October 2016. External links Official website (in English and German)