# 1999 German Formula Three Championship

The 1999 German Formula Three Championship (German: 1999 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 9 May at Sachsenring and ended at Nürburgring on 17 October after nine double-header rounds.
Opel Team BSR driver Christijan Albers became a champion. He clinched the title, winning six of 18 races. Marcel Fässler finished as runner-up with wins at Sachsenring, Oschersleben, and Hockenheim, losing 45 points to Albers. Thomas Jäger was victorious at Zweibrücken, Oschersleben and finished third. The other race winners was Robert Lechner, Yves Olivier and Timo Scheider, who completed the top six in the drivers' championship.

## Teams and drivers

1999 Entry list :
| Team | No. | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Status | Rounds |
| Van Amersfoort Racing | 1 | Thomas Mutsch | Dallara F399/004 | Opel | | All |
| Van Amersfoort Racing | 2 | Etienne van der Linde | Dallara F399/058 | Opel | R | 1-5 |
| Van Amersfoort Racing | 2 | Jacky van der Ende | Dallara F399/058 | Opel | R | 6-10 |
| GM-DSF-F3 Team | 3 | Robert Lechner | Dallara F399/042 | Opel | | All |
| GM-DSF-F3 Team | 4 | Herbert Jerich | Dallara F399/073 | Opel | R | 1-5 |
| GM-DSF-F3 Team | 4 | Norman Simon | Dallara F399/073 | Opel | | 6 |
| GM-DSF-F3 Team | 4 | Tony Schmidt | Dallara F399/073 | Opel | R | 9-10 |
| GM-DSF-F3 Team | 5 | Elran Nijenhuis | Dallara F399/005 | Opel | R | All |
| Josef Kaufmann Racing | 6 | Timo Rumpfkeil | Martini MK79/05 | Opel | | 1-5 |
| Josef Kaufmann Racing | 7 | Hugo van der Ham | Martini MK79/01 | Opel | R | 1 |
| Opel Team BSR | 8 | Martin Rihs | Dallara F397/049 | Opel | | 1, 5-7 |
| Opel Team BSR | 9 | Christijan Albers | Dallara F399/021 | Opel | | All |
| Opel Team BSR | 10 | Sven Heidfeld | Dallara F399/023 | Opel | R | All |
| KMS Benetton Junior Team | 11 | Thomas Jäger | Dallara F399/020 | Opel | | All |
| KMS Benetton Junior Team | 12 | Gabriele Gardel | Dallara F399/001 | Opel | | All |
| MKL F3 Racing | 14 | Tom Schwister | Dallara F398/023 | Opel | | 1-4 |
| JB Motorsport | 15 | Yves Olivier | Dallara F399/003 | Opel | | All |
| JB Motorsport | 16 | Walter van Lent | Dallara F399/041 | Opel | R | All |
| Klaus Trella Motorsport | 17 | Ken Grandon | Dallara F399/009 | Opel | R | 2-10 |
| TKF Racing | 19 | Andreas Feichtner | Dallara F398/009 | Opel | R | 1-9 |
| D2 Team Rosberg & Lohr | 21 | Wouter van Eeuwijk | Dallara F399/060 | Renault | | 1-5 |
| D2 Team Rosberg & Lohr | 21 | Kari Mäenpää | Dallara F399/060 | Renault | R | All |
| D2 Team Rosberg & Lohr | 22 | Pierre Kaffer | Dallara F399/065 | Renault | | All |
| bemani F3-team | 23 | Marcel Fässler | Dallara F399/054 | Opel | | All |
| bemani F3-team | 24 | Timo Scheider | Dallara F399/068 | Opel | | All |
| MCH F3 Team | 25 | Roland Rehfeld | Dallara F397/023 | Opel | R | All |
| MCH F3 Team | 26 | Patrick Hildenbrandt | Dallara F398/001 | Opel | R | 1-4 |
| ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg | 27 | Stefan Mücke | Dallara F399/007 | Opel | R | All |

## Calendar

With the exception of round at Salzuburg in Austria, all rounds took place on German soil.
| Round | Round | Location | Circuit | Date | Supporting |
| 1 | R1 | Saxony, Germany | Sachsenring | 8 May | ADAC Sparkassenpreis Sachsenring |
| 1 | R2 | Saxony, Germany | Sachsenring | 9 May | ADAC Sparkassenpreis Sachsenring |
| 2 | R1 | Zweibrücken, Germany | Zweibrücken | 22 May | ADAC Preis Zweibrücken |
| 2 | R2 | Zweibrücken, Germany | Zweibrücken | 23 May | ADAC Preis Zweibrücken |
| 3 | R1 | Oschersleben, Germany | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 19 June | ADAC-Preis der Tourenwagen von "Sachsen-Anhalt" |
| 3 | R2 | Oschersleben, Germany | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 20 June | ADAC-Preis der Tourenwagen von "Sachsen-Anhalt" |
| 4 | R1 | Nuremberg, Germany | Norisring | 3 July | Norisring Speedweekend "Nürnberg 200" |
| 4 | R2 | Nuremberg, Germany | Norisring | 4 July | Norisring Speedweekend "Nürnberg 200" |
| 5 | R1 | Nürburg, Germany | Nürburgring | 21 August | ADAC Großer Preis der Tourenwagen |
| 5 | R2 | Nürburg, Germany | Nürburgring | 22 August | ADAC Großer Preis der Tourenwagen |
| 6 | R1 | Salzburg, Austria | Salzburgring | 4 September | ADAC-Alpentrophäe |
| 6 | R2 | Salzburg, Austria | Salzburgring | 5 September | ADAC-Alpentrophäe |
| 7 | R1 | Oschersleben, Germany | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 18 September | ADAC-Preis von Niedersachsen |
| 7 | R2 | Oschersleben, Germany | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 19 September | ADAC-Preis von Niedersachsen |
| 8 | R1 | Hockenheim, Germany | Hockenheimring | 2 October | ADAC-Preis Hockenheim |
| 8 | R2 | Hockenheim, Germany | Hockenheimring | 3 October | ADAC-Preis Hockenheim |
| 9 | R1 | Nürburg, Germany | Nürburgring | 16 October | 26. ADAC Bilstein Supersprint |
| 9 | R2 | Nürburg, Germany | Nürburgring | 17 October | 26. ADAC Bilstein Supersprint |

## Results

| Round | Round | Circuit | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team |
| 1 | R1 | Sachsenring | Pierre Kaffer | Timo Scheider | Marcel Fässler | bemani F3-team |
| 1 | R2 | Sachsenring | Pierre Kaffer | Timo Scheider | Timo Scheider | bemani F3-team |
| 2 | R1 | Zweibrücken | Robert Lechner | Thomas Jäger | Thomas Jäger | KMS Benetton Junior Team |
| 2 | R2 | Zweibrücken | Yves Olivier | Robert Lechner | Thomas Jäger | KMS Benetton Junior Team |
| 3 | R1 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | Thomas Jäger | Christijan Albers | Christijan Albers | Opel Team BSR |
| 3 | R2 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | Patrick Friesacher | Marcel Fässler | Marcel Fässler | bemani F3-team |
| 4 | R1 | Norisring | Yves Olivier | Thomas Mutsch | Christijan Albers | Opel Team BSR |
| 4 | R2 | Norisring | Robert Lechner | Thomas Mutsch | Robert Lechner | GM-DSF-F3 Team |
| 5 | R1 | Nürburgring | Christijan Albers | Christijan Albers | Christijan Albers | Opel Team BSR |
| 5 | R2 | Nürburgring | Christijan Albers | Thomas Jäger | Christijan Albers | Opel Team BSR |
| 6 | R1 | Salzburgring | Christijan Albers | Thomas Jäger | Christijan Albers | Opel Team BSR |
| 6 | R2 | Salzburgring | Yves Olivier | Christijan Albers | Yves Olivier | JB Motorsport |
| 7 | R1 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | Christijan Albers | Christijan Albers | Marcel Fässler | bemani F3-team |
| 7 | R2 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | Thomas Jäger | Pierre Kaffer | Thomas Jäger | KMS Benetton Junior Team |
| 8 | R1 | Hockenheimring | Christijan Albers | Christijan Albers | Christijan Albers | Opel Team BSR |
| 8 | R2 | Hockenheimring | Christijan Albers | Thomas Mutsch | Marcel Fässler | bemani F3-team |
| 9 | R1 | Nürburgring | Robert Lechner | Christijan Albers | Robert Lechner | GM-DSF-F3 Team |
| 9 | R2 | Nürburgring | Thomas Mutsch | Christijan Albers | Robert Lechner | GM-DSF-F3 Team |

## Championship standings
### Championship

| Pos | Driver | SAC | SAC | ZWE | ZWE | OSC1 | OSC1 | NOR | NOR | NÜR1 | NÜR1 | SAL | SAL | OSC2 | OSC2 | HOC | HOC | NÜR2 | NÜR2 | Points |
| 1 | Christijan Albers | Ret | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | EX | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 229 |
| 2 | Marcel Fässler | 1 | 2 | Ret | 18 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 184 |
| 3 | Thomas Jäger | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 179 |
| 4 | Robert Lechner | Ret | 5 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 163.5 |
| 5 | Yves Olivier | 6 | 13 | Ret | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 159 |
| 6 | Timo Scheider | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | DSQ | Ret | Ret | 4 | 10 | Ret | 16 | 5 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 100 |
| 7 | Thomas Mutsch | Ret | 6 | 3 | 8 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 4 | Ret | 7 | 8 | Ret | 5 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 97 |
| 8 | Pierre Kaffer | 17 | 3 | 4 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 8 | Ret | 7 | 71.5 |
| 9 | Stefan Mücke | 4 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 63 |
| 10 | Walter van Lent | 12 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 6 | Ret | 4 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 62 |
| 11 | Sven Heidfeld | Ret | 17 | 11 | 6 | Ret | 9 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 10 | Ret | 8 | 4 | EX | 14 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 31.5 |
| 12 | Etienne van der Linde | 10 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 5 | Ret | | | | | | | | | 25 |
| 13 | Jacky van der Ende | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 11 | Ret | 6 | 22 |
| 14 | Gabriele Gardel | 7 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 11 | DSQ | 11 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 8 | Ret | 21 |
| 15 | Andreas Feichtner | 14 | 11 | 5 | Ret | 11 | 17 | 9 | 9 | Ret | 12 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 13 | Ret | 10 | | | 15 |
| 16 | Herbert Jerich | 9 | 12 | 9 | 7 | DNS | DNS | 17 | 6 | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | 14 |
| 17 | Timo Rumpfkeil | 5 | 15 | Ret | 9 | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 16 | DNS | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| 18 | Ken Grandon | | | 15 | 11 | 17 | Ret | 10 | 8 | 14 | 9 | Ret | 10 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| 19 | Roland Rehfeld | 8 | 20 | Ret | 16 | 16 | 16 | Ret | 14 | 10 | 11 | 7 | Ret | 12 | 11 | Ret | 14 | 14 | 13 | 8 |
| 20 | Elran Nijenhuis | Ret | 19 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 14 | 14 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 10 | 12 | 5 |
| 21 | Kari Mäenpää | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 |
| 22 | Wouter van Eeuwijk | 16 | 16 | 13 | 19 | Ret | 11 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 17 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 23 | Tom Schwister | 11 | 18 | 12 | Ret | 15 | 14 | 14 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 24 | Martin Rihs | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | Ret | 15 | 13 | 11 | Ret | 15 | | | | | 0 |
| 25 | Tony Schmidt | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 0 |
| 26 | Hugo van der Ham | 13 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 27 | Patrick Hildenbrandt | 15 | Ret | 14 | Ret | 14 | 15 | 15 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Norman Simon | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | SAC | SAC | ZWE | ZWE | OSC1 | OSC1 | NOR | NOR | NÜR1 | NÜR1 | SAL | SAL | OSC2 | OSC2 | HOC | HOC | NÜR2 | NÜR2 | Points |

### Junior-Pokal (Rookie) standings

| | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Walter van Lent | 179 |
| 2 | Stefan Mücke | 160.5 |
| 3 | Etienne van der Linde | 105 |
| 4 | Sven Heidfeld | 103 |
| 5 | Jacky van der Ende | 97 |
| 6 | Ken Grandon | 62 |
| 7 | Elran Nijenhuis | 57 |
| 8 | Herbert Jerich | 51 |
| 9 | Andreas Feichtner | 50 |
| 10 | Roland Rehfeld | 29.5 |
| 11 | Kari Mäenpää | 12 |
| 12 | Tony Schmidt | 9 |
| 13 | Patrick Hildenbrandt | 5 |
| 14 | Hugo van der Ham | 2 |