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]
2000 Entry list[ 2]
Team
Driver
Chassis
Engine
Status
Rounds
Germany Opel Team BSR
1
Austria Patrick Friesacher
Dallara F300/028
Opel
All
2
Germany André Lotterer
Dallara F399/021
R
All
3
Germany Sven Heidfeld
Dallara F399/023
1–8
Austria Bernhard Auinger
9–10
Switzerland Opel Team KMS
4
Italy Giorgio Pantano
Dallara F300/011
Opel
All
5
Germany Martin Tomczyk
Dallara F300/010
R
All
Germany GM Motorsport
6
Germany Tony Schmidt
Dallara F399/073
Opel
All
7
Hungary Zsolt Baumgartner
Dallara F399/042
R
All
8
Japan Toshihiro Kaneishi
Dallara F300/019
1–4, 6–10
Belgium JB Motorsport
9
Belgium Val Hillebrand
Dallara F399/041
Opel
R
1–4, 6–7, 9–10
10
Belgium Nicolas Stelandre
Dallara F399/003
1–4, 6–7, 9–10
Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing
11
Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
Opel
1–4, 6–10
12
Belgium Tom van Bavel
Dallara F399/058
R
All
Germany Team Rosberg
14
Finland Kari Mäenpää
Dallara F399/074
Renault
All
15
Finland Hannu Viinikainen
Dallara F399/065
R
All
Germany ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg
16
Germany Stefan Mücke
Dallara F300/001
Opel
All
Germany Josef Kaufmann Racing
17
Germany Thomas Mutsch
Opel
All
18
Germany Andreas Feichtner
Martini MK79/01
1–2
Germany Klaus Trella Motorsport
19
Germany Frank Diefenbacher
Dallara F300/012
Opel
R
All
20
Italy Marc Caldonazzi
Dallara F399/009
R
All
Germany team hms f3
21
Germany Pierre Kaffer
Dallara F300/022
Opel
All
22
Germany Andreas Gülden
Dallara F300/023
1–2
Switzerland Swiss Racing Team
23
Switzerland Giorgio Mecattaf
Dallara F399/068
Opel
R
1–4, 6–10
24
Italy Armin Pörnbacher
Dallara F399/054
R
1–4, 6–10
Germany Patrick Hildenbrandt
25
Germany Patrick Hildenbrandt
Martini MK79/05
Opel
All
Germany AIL Team Kolles Racing
26
United Kingdom Marc Hynes
Dallara F300/026
Mugen-Honda
1
Sweden Peter Sundberg
2–4, 6
Germany Andreas Feichtner
7–10
27
Netherlands Elran Nijenhuis
Dallara F300/013
1–4, 6–7, 10
Sweden Peter Sundberg
8–9
Italy Team Ghinzani
28
Germany Alex Müller
Dallara F300/025
Mugen-Honda
All
99
Sweden Björn Wirdheim
Dallara F300/029
R
All
Italy Prema Powerteam
30
Italy Enrico Toccacelo
Dallara F300/018
Opel
All
31
Belgium Philip Cloostermans
Dallara F300/021
R
1–4, 6–10
Italy Team VOX / TV Spielfilm
32
Republic of Ireland Ken Grandon
Dallara F300/034
Fiat
2–8
Italy Roberto Toninelli
9–10
33
Italy Marino Spinozzi
Dallara F300/033
R
2–10
Switzerland Jo Zeller Racing
34
Switzerland Mirco Schrepfer
Dallara F399/020
Opel
9–10
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
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