2000 German Formula Three Championship
# 2000 German Formula Three Championship

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.

## Teams and drivers

2000 Entry list :

| Team | No. | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Status | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Opel Team BSR | 1 | Patrick Friesacher | Dallara F300/028 | Opel | | All |
| Opel Team BSR | 2 | André Lotterer | Dallara F399/021 | Opel | R | All |
| Opel Team BSR | 3 | Sven Heidfeld | Dallara F399/023 | Opel | | 1–8 |
| Opel Team BSR | 3 | Bernhard Auinger | Dallara F399/023 | Opel | | 9–10 |
| Opel Team KMS | 4 | Giorgio Pantano | Dallara F300/011 | Opel | | All |
| Opel Team KMS | 5 | Martin Tomczyk | Dallara F300/010 | Opel | R | All |
| GM Motorsport | 6 | Tony Schmidt | Dallara F399/073 | Opel | | All |
| GM Motorsport | 7 | Zsolt Baumgartner | Dallara F399/042 | Opel | R | All |
| GM Motorsport | 8 | Toshihiro Kaneishi | Dallara F300/019 | Opel | | 1–4, 6–10 |
| JB Motorsport | 9 | Val Hillebrand | Dallara F399/041 | Opel | R | 1–4, 6–7, 9–10 |
| JB Motorsport | 10 | Nicolas Stelandre | Dallara F399/003 | Opel | | 1–4, 6–7, 9–10 |
| Van Amersfoort Racing | 11 | Jeroen Bleekemolen | Dallara F300/050 | Opel | | 1–4, 6–10 |
| Van Amersfoort Racing | 12 | Tom van Bavel | Dallara F399/058 | Opel | R | All |
| Team Rosberg | 14 | Kari Mäenpää | Dallara F399/074 | Renault | | All |
| Team Rosberg | 15 | Hannu Viinikainen | Dallara F399/065 | Renault | R | All |
| ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg | 16 | Stefan Mücke | Dallara F300/001 | Opel | | All |
| Josef Kaufmann Racing | 17 | Thomas Mutsch | Martini MK79/07 | Opel | | All |
| Josef Kaufmann Racing | 18 | Andreas Feichtner | Martini MK79/01 | Opel | | 1–2 |
| Klaus Trella Motorsport | 19 | Frank Diefenbacher | Dallara F300/012 | Opel | R | All |
| Klaus Trella Motorsport | 20 | Marc Caldonazzi | Dallara F399/009 | Opel | R | All |
| team hms f3 | 21 | Pierre Kaffer | Dallara F300/022 | Opel | | All |
| team hms f3 | 22 | Andreas Gülden | Dallara F300/023 | Opel | | 1–2 |
| Swiss Racing Team | 23 | Giorgio Mecattaf | Dallara F399/068 | Opel | R | 1–4, 6–10 |
| Swiss Racing Team | 24 | Armin Pörnbacher | Dallara F399/054 | Opel | 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 |
| AIL Team Kolles Racing | 26 | Peter Sundberg | Dallara F300/026 | Mugen-Honda | | 2–4, 6 |
| AIL Team Kolles Racing | 26 | Andreas Feichtner | Dallara F300/026 | Mugen-Honda | | 7–10 |
| AIL Team Kolles Racing | 27 | Elran Nijenhuis | Dallara F300/013 | Mugen-Honda | | 1–4, 6–7, 10 |
| AIL Team Kolles Racing | 27 | Peter Sundberg | Dallara F300/013 | Mugen-Honda | | 8–9 |
| Team Ghinzani | 28 | Alex Müller | Dallara F300/025 | Mugen-Honda | | All |
| Team Ghinzani | 99 | Björn Wirdheim | Dallara F300/029 | Mugen-Honda | R | All |
| Prema Powerteam | 30 | Enrico Toccacelo | Dallara F300/018 | Opel | | All |
| Prema Powerteam | 31 | Philip Cloostermans | Dallara F300/021 | Opel | R | 1–4, 6–10 |
| Team VOX / TV Spielfilm | 32 | Ken Grandon | Dallara F300/034 | Fiat | | 2–8 |
| Team VOX / TV Spielfilm | 32 | Roberto Toninelli | Dallara F300/034 | Fiat | | 9–10 |
| Team VOX / TV Spielfilm | 33 | Marino Spinozzi | Dallara F300/033 | Fiat | R | 2–10 |
| Jo Zeller Racing | 34 | Mirco Schrepfer | Dallara F399/020 | Opel | | 9–10 |
| Icon | Class |
| R | Rookie |

## Calendar

With the exception of round at Zolder in Belgium, all rounds took place on German soil.

| Round | Round | Location | Circuit | Date | Supporting |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | R1 | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | Circuit Zolder | 22 April | New Race Festival |
| 1 | R2 | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | Circuit Zolder | 23 April | New Race Festival |
| 2 | R1 | Hockenheim, Germany | Hockenheimring | 27 May | AvD/MAC-Rennsportfestival |
| 2 | R2 | Hockenheim, Germany | Hockenheimring | 28 May | AvD/MAC-Rennsportfestival |
| 3 | R1 | Oschersleben, Germany | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 17 June | ADAC-Preis der Tourenwagen von "Sachsen-Anhalt" |
| 3 | R2 | Oschersleben, Germany | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 18 June | ADAC-Preis der Tourenwagen von "Sachsen-Anhalt" |
| 4 | R1 | Nuremberg, Germany | Norisring | 8 July | ADAC Norisring Speedweekend |
| 4 | R2 | Nuremberg, Germany | Norisring | 9 July | ADAC Norisring Speedweekend |
| 5 | R1 | Saxony, Germany | Sachsenring | 5 August | ADAC Sparkassenpreis Sachsenring |
| 5 | R2 | Saxony, Germany | Sachsenring | 6 August | ADAC Sparkassenpreis Sachsenring |
| 6 | R1 | Nürburg, Germany | Nürburgring | 19 August | ADAC Großer Preis der Tourenwagen |
| 6 | R2 | Nürburg, Germany | Nürburgring | 20 August | ADAC Großer Preis der Tourenwagen |
| 7 | R1 | Klettwitz, Germany | EuroSpeedway Lausitz | 2 September | ADAC-Rundstreckenrennen Lausitz 200 |
| 7 | R2 | Klettwitz, Germany | EuroSpeedway Lausitz | 3 September | ADAC-Rundstreckenrennen Lausitz 200 |
| 8 | R1 | Oschersleben, Germany | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 23 September | ADAC-Preis von Niedersachsen |
| 8 | R2 | Oschersleben, Germany | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 24 September | ADAC-Preis von Niedersachsen |
| 9 | R1 | Nürburg, Germany | Nürburgring | 7 October | 62. ADAC-Eifelrennen |
| 9 | R2 | Nürburg, Germany | Nürburgring | 8 October | 62. ADAC-Eifelrennen |
| 10 | R1 | Hockenheim, Germany | Hockenheimring | 28 October | ADAC-Preis Hockenheim |
| 10 | R2 | Hockenheim, Germany | Hockenheimring | 29 October | ADAC-Preis Hockenheim |

## Results

| Round | Round | Circuit | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | R1 | Circuit Zolder | Jeroen Bleekemolen | Pierre Kaffer | Giorgio Pantano | Opel Team KMS |
| 1 | R2 | Circuit Zolder | Alex Müller | Giorgio Pantano | Alex Müller | Team Ghinzani |
| 2 | R1 | Hockenheimring | Frank Diefenbacher | André Lotterer | André Lotterer | Opel Team BSR |
| 2 | R2 | Hockenheimring | Giorgio Pantano | Giorgio Pantano | André Lotterer | Opel Team BSR |
| 3 | R1 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | André Lotterer | Frank Diefenbacher | André Lotterer | Opel Team BSR |
| 3 | R2 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | Patrick Friesacher | Giorgio Pantano | Giorgio Pantano | Opel Team KMS |
| 4 | R1 | Norisring | Sven Heidfeld | Pierre Kaffer | Pierre Kaffer | team hms f3 |
| 4 | R2 | Norisring | Stefan Mücke | André Lotterer | Pierre Kaffer | team hms f3 |
| 5 | R1 | Sachsenring | Patrick Friesacher | Alex Müller | Patrick Friesacher | Opel Team BSR |
| 5 | R2 | Sachsenring | Patrick Friesacher | Alex Müller | Alex Müller | Team Ghinzani |
| 6 | R1 | Nürburgring | Stefan Mücke | Giorgio Pantano | Stefan Mücke | ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg |
| 6 | R2 | Nürburgring | Alex Müller | Patrick Friesacher | Toshihiro Kaneishi | GM Motorsport |
| 7 | R1 | EuroSpeedway Lausitz | Enrico Toccacelo | Pierre Kaffer | Pierre Kaffer | team hms f3 |
| 7 | R2 | EuroSpeedway Lausitz | Enrico Toccacelo | Frank Diefenbacher | Alex Müller | Team Ghinzani |
| 8 | R1 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | Giorgio Pantano | Giorgio Pantano | Giorgio Pantano | Opel Team KMS |
| 8 | R2 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | Giorgio Pantano | Pierre Kaffer | Patrick Friesacher | Opel Team BSR |
| 9 | R1 | Nürburgring | Pierre Kaffer | Pierre Kaffer | Pierre Kaffer | team hms f3 |
| 9 | R2 | Nürburgring | Enrico Toccacelo | Toshihiro Kaneishi | Enrico Toccacelo | Prema Powerteam |
| 10 | R1 | Hockenheimring | Stefan Mücke | Stefan Mücke | Stefan Mücke | ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg |
| 10 | R2 | Hockenheimring | Frank Diefenbacher | Patrick Friesacher | Alex Müller | Team Ghinzani |

## Championship standings

### Championship

| Pos | Driver | ZOL | ZOL | HOC1 | HOC1 | OSC1 | OSC1 | NOR | NOR | SAC | SAC | NÜR1 | NÜR1 | LAU | LAU | OSC2 | OSC2 | NÜR2 | NÜR2 | HOC2 | 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 | ZOL | HOC1 | HOC1 | OSC1 | OSC1 | NOR | NOR | SAC | SAC | NÜR1 | NÜR1 | LAU | LAU | OSC2 | OSC2 | NÜR2 | NÜR2 | HOC2 | HOC2 | Points |

### Junior-Pokal (Rookie) standings

| | Driver | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | André Lotterer | 231 |
| 2 | Frank Diefenbacher | 138 |
| 3 | Tom van Bavel | 135 |
| 4 | Martin Tomczyk | 116 |
| 5 | Björn Wirdheim | 98 |
| 6 | Zsolt Baumgartner | 92 |
| 7 | Val Hillebrand | 64 |
| 8 | Philip Cloostermans | 57 |
| 9 | Armin Pörnbacher | 37 |
| 10 | Giorgio Mecattaf | 21 |
| 11 | Marc Caldonazzi | 20 |
| 12 | Hannu Viinikainen | 18 |
| 13 | Marino Spinozzi | 9 |
