# 2002 German Formula Three Championship

The 2002 German Formula Three Championship (German: 2002 Deutsche Formel-3-Meisterschaft) was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that was held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by Dallara which conformed to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 20 April at Hockenheim and ended at the same place on 6 October after ten double-header rounds.
Team Rosberg driver Gary Paffett became the first and only British champion. He won the title, securing six race wins. Kosuke Matsuura finished as runner-up with wins at Hockenheim and Zandvoort. Timo Glock won the Rookie title and three races with a one-point gap to Matsuura in the main championship. The other race winners were Frank Diefenbacher, Jeffrey van Hooydonk, Norbert Siedler, Markus Winkelhock and Kimmo Liimatainen.

## Teams and drivers

All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.
| Team | No. | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Status | Rounds |
| Opel Team BSR | 1 | Bernhard Auinger | F302/005 | Opel | | All |
| Opel Team BSR | 2 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | F302/006 | Opel | R | All |
| Opel Team BSR | 3 | Frank Diefenbacher | F302/073 | Opel | | All |
| Mücke Motorsport | 4 | Sven Heidfeld | F302/032 | Mercedes | | All |
| Mücke Motorsport | 5 | Markus Winkelhock | F302/079 | Mercedes | | All |
| Mücke Motorsport | 35 | Marcel Lasée | F302/012 | Mercedes | R | All |
| Team Kolles Racing | 6 | João Paulo de Oliveira | F302/076 | Mugen-Honda | | 1-7 |
| Team Kolles Racing | 6 | Sakon Yamamoto | F302/076 | Mugen-Honda | | 8-10 |
| Team Kolles Racing | 7 | Charles Zwolsman Jr. | F302/038 | Mugen-Honda | R | 1-5 |
| Team Kolles Racing | 7 | Ross Zwolsman | F302/038 | Mugen-Honda | R | 6-10 |
| Team Kolles Racing | 8 | Stefano Proetto | F399/005 | Mugen-Honda | R | 1-7 |
| Team Rosberg | 9 | Kimmo Liimatainen | F302/068 | Opel | | All |
| Team Rosberg | 10 | Gary Paffett | F302/030 | Opel | | All |
| Swiss Racing Team | 11 | Norbert Siedler | F302/011 | Opel | | All |
| Swiss Racing Team | 12 | Marc Benz | F302/062 | Opel | R | 1-8 |
| Swiss Racing Team | 12 | Stefano Proetto | F302/062 | Opel | R | 9-10 |
| Swiss Racing Team | 14 | Gilles Tinguely | F302/061 | Opel | | All |
| Prema Powerteam | 15 | César Campaniço | F302/016 | Opel | | All |
| Prema Powerteam | 16 | Kousuke Matsuura | F302/044 | Opel | | All |
| Prema Powerteam | 41 | Ryan Briscoe | F302/089 | Opel | | 5-10 |
| GM Motorsport | 18 | Sakon Yamamoto | F302/088 | Toyota | | 1-7 |
| GM Motorsport | 18 | Jörg Hardt | F302/088 | Toyota | R | 8-10 |
| GM Motorsport | 19 | Clemens Stadler | F302/083 | Toyota | | All |
| JB Motorsport | 21 | Stefan de Groot | F302/072 | Opel | R | 1-7 |
| JB Motorsport | 21 | João Paulo de Oliveira | F302/072 | Opel | | 9 |
| JB Motorsport | 22 | Rizal Ramli | F302/072 | Opel | R | 1-4 |
| JB Motorsport | 22 | Shigeki Ebihara | F302/010 | Opel | R | 9-10 |
| Trella Motorsport | 24 | Christopher Brück | F302/007 | Opel | R | 1-4 |
| Trella Motorsport | 24 | Rizal Ramli | F302/007 | Opel | R | 5-10 |
| Palfinger F3 Racing Team | 25 | Marco Schärf | F302/033 | Opel | | All |
| Palfinger F3 Racing Team | 26 | Richard Lietz | F302/011 | Opel | R | All |
| Opel Team KMS | 27 | Timo Glock | F302/009 | Opel | R | All |
| Opel Team KMS | 28 | Mirko Venturi | F302/050 | Opel | R | 1-3 |
| Opel Team KMS | 28 | Juliano Moro | F302/050 | Opel | | 5 |
| Opel Team KMS | 28 | Catharina Felser | F302/050 | Opel | R | 7-10 |
| Van Amersfoort Racing | 29 | Jaap van Lagen | F302/087 | Opel | R | 7 |
| Van Amersfoort Racing | 29 | Kaichi Sato | F302/087 | Opel | | 8-10 |
| Van Amersfoort Racing | 30 | Catharina Felser | F300/001 | Opel | R | 1-5 |
| CCT Racing | 32 | Camilo Zurcher | F302/074 | Opel | | 8 |
| Josef Kaufmann Racing | 33 | Marco Knauf | F300/041 | Opel | R | 1-7, 9-10 |
| SLR Motorsport | 34 | Markus Lehmann | F399/068 | Opel | | 1, 3 |
| Team Ghinzani | 97 | Robert Doornbos | F302/052 | Mugen-Honda | | All |
| Team Ghinzani | 98 | Gottfried Grasser | F302/042 | Mugen-Honda | | All |
| Team Ghinzani | 99 | Jeffrey van Hooydonk | F302/003 | Mugen-Honda | | All |
| Icon | Class |
| R | Rookie |

## Calendar

| Round | Round | Location | Circuit | Date | Supporting |
| 1 | R1 | Hockenheim, Germany | Hockenheimring | 20 April | ADAC Preis Hockenheim |
| 1 | R2 | Hockenheim, Germany | Hockenheimring | 21 April | ADAC Preis Hockenheim |
| 2 | R1 | Nürburg, Germany | Nürburgring | 4 May | 64. ADAC Eifelrennen |
| 2 | R2 | Nürburg, Germany | Nürburgring | 5 May | 64. ADAC Eifelrennen |
| 3 | R1 | Saxony, Germany | Sachsenring | 1 June | ADAC Preis Sachsenring |
| 3 | R2 | Saxony, Germany | Sachsenring | 2 June | ADAC Preis Sachsenring |
| 4 | R1 | Nuremberg, Germany | Norisring | 29 June | 60. Norisring Speedweekend |
| 4 | R2 | Nuremberg, Germany | Norisring | 30 June | 60. Norisring Speedweekend |
| 5 | R1 | Klettwitz, Germany | EuroSpeedway Lausitz | 13 July | ADAC-Rundstreckenrennen Lausitz 200 |
| 5 | R2 | Klettwitz, Germany | EuroSpeedway Lausitz | 14 July | ADAC-Rundstreckenrennen Lausitz 200 |
| 6 | R1 | Hockenheim, Germany | Hockenheimring | 27 July | German Grand Prix |
| 6 | R2 | Hockenheim, Germany | Hockenheimring | 28 July | German Grand Prix |
| 7 | R1 | Nürburg, Germany | Nürburgring | 3 August | ADAC Großer Preis der Tourenwagen |
| 7 | R2 | Nürburg, Germany | Nürburgring | 4 August | ADAC Großer Preis der Tourenwagen |
| 8 | R1 | Spielberg, Austria | A1-Ring | 7 September | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters |
| 8 | R2 | Spielberg, Austria | A1-Ring | 8 September | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters |
| 9 | R1 | Zandvoort, Netherlands | Circuit Park Zandvoort | 28 September | AvD Rundstreckenrennen Zandvoort |
| 9 | R2 | Zandvoort, Netherlands | Circuit Park Zandvoort | 29 September | AvD Rundstreckenrennen Zandvoort |
| 10 | R1 | Hockenheim, Germany | Hockenheimring | 5 October | DMV-Preis Hockenheim |
| 10 | R2 | Hockenheim, Germany | Hockenheimring | 6 October | DMV-Preis Hockenheim |

## Results

| Round | Round | Circuit | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team |
| 1 | R1 | Hockenheimring | Charles Zwolsman Jr. | Gary Paffett | Gary Paffett | Team Rosberg |
| 1 | R2 | Hockenheimring | Timo Glock | Frank Diefenbacher | Frank Diefenbacher | Opel Team BSR |
| 2 | R1 | Nürburgring | Markus Winkelhock | cancelled due to snow and fog conditions | cancelled due to snow and fog conditions | cancelled due to snow and fog conditions |
| 2 | R2 | Nürburgring | Gary Paffett | cancelled due to snow and fog conditions | cancelled due to snow and fog conditions | cancelled due to snow and fog conditions |
| 3 | R1 | Sachsenring | Gary Paffett | Gary Paffett | Gary Paffett | Team Rosberg |
| 3 | R2 | Sachsenring | Kosuke Matsuura | Timo Glock | Timo Glock | Opel Team KMS |
| 4 | R1 | Norisring | Gary Paffett | Gary Paffett | Gary Paffett | Team Rosberg |
| 4 | R2 | Norisring | Kosuke Matsuura | Gary Paffett | Gary Paffett | Team Rosberg |
| 5 | R1 | EuroSpeedway Lausitz | Gary Paffett | Gary Paffett | Gary Paffett | Team Rosberg |
| 5 | NC | EuroSpeedway Lausitz | Kosuke Matsuura | Timo Glock | Frank Diefenbacher | Opel Team BSR |
| 6 | R1 | Hockenheimring | Kosuke Matsuura | Markus Winkelhock | Kosuke Matsuura | Prema Powerteam |
| 6 | R2 | Hockenheimring | Kosuke Matsuura | Jeffrey van Hooydonk | Jeffrey van Hooydonk | Team Ghinzani |
| 7 | R1 | Nürburgring | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Jeffrey van Hooydonk | Timo Glock | Opel Team KMS |
| 7 | R2 | Nürburgring | Markus Winkelhock | Markus Winkelhock | Markus Winkelhock | Mücke Motorsport |
| 8 | R1 | A1-Ring | Gary Paffett | Gary Paffett | Gary Paffett | Team Rosberg |
| 8 | R2 | A1-Ring | Gary Paffett | Jeffrey van Hooydonk | Timo Glock | Opel Team KMS |
| 9 | R1 | Circuit Park Zandvoort | Kosuke Matsuura | Kosuke Matsuura | Kosuke Matsuura | Prema Powerteam |
| 9 | R2 | Circuit Park Zandvoort | Kimmo Liimatainen | Kosuke Matsuura | Kimmo Liimatainen | Team Rosberg |
| 10 | R1 | Hockenheimring | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Timo Glock | Gary Paffett | Team Rosberg |
| 10 | R2 | Hockenheimring | Timo Glock | Markus Winkelhock | Norbert Siedler | Swiss Racing Team |

## Championship standings
### Championship

* Points were awarded as follows:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | PP |
| 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Pos | Driver | HOC1 | HOC1 | NÜR1 | NÜR1 | SAC | SAC | NOR | NOR | LAU | LAU | HOC2 | HOC2 | NÜR2 | NÜR2 | A1R | A1R | ZAN | ZAN | HOC3 | HOC3 | Pts |
| 1 | Gary Paffett | 1 | 16 | C | C | 1 | EX | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 7 | 83 |
| 2 | Kosuke Matsuura | 7 | DNQ | C | C | 3 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 1 | Ret | 13 | 55 |
| 3 | Timo Glock | 17 | 6 | C | C | Ret | 1 | Ret | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 1 | Ret | 11 | 2 | 4 | 52 |
| 4 | Frank Diefenbacher | 2 | 1 | C | C | Ret | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 23† | 4 | 14 | Ret | 12 | 4 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 39 |
| 5 | Jeffrey van Hooydonk | 10 | 2 | C | C | 8 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 23 | 31 |
| 6 | Norbert Siedler | 4 | Ret | C | C | Ret | 7 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 19 | 20† | 22† | Ret | 26 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | Ret | 1 | 28 |
| 7 | Markus Winkelhock | 5 | 5 | C | C | 5 | Ret | 7 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 21† | 21 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 13 | Ret | 3 | 28 |
| 8 | Bernhard Auinger | 6 | 3 | C | C | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 27 |
| 9 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | 14 | Ret | C | C | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | Ret | 7 | 23† | 25† | 2 | 27 | Ret | 2 | 5 | 9 | Ret | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Kimmo Liimatainen | 15 | 7 | C | C | EX | EX | 8 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 |
| 11 | Robert Doornbos | 23 | 10 | C | C | 6 | 5 | Ret | 6 | 2 | 23 | 22† | 3 | 9 | 15 | 22† | 8 | Ret | 4 | 7 | Ret | 17 |
| 12 | João Paulo de Oliveira | Ret | Ret | C | C | 2 | 2 | 11 | 21† | 7 | Ret | 6 | 18 | 22 | 4 | | | Ret | 7 | | | 16 |
| 13 | Ryan Briscoe | | | | | | | | | 11 | 15 | Ret | 7 | 23 | 11 | 5 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 14 | César Campaniço | 13 | 17 | C | C | 7 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 9 |
| 15 | Charles Zwolsman Jr. | 3 | 4 | C | C | 21 | 13 | DNQ | 15 | 19 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| 16 | Sven Heidfeld | 16 | 12 | C | C | 10 | Ret | 4 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 25† | 10 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 3 |
| 17 | Marcel Lasée | DNQ | 8 | C | C | 23 | Ret | 12 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 8 | Ret | 6 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 15 | 2 |
| 18 | Kaichi Sato | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | 21 | Ret | 20 | Ret | 6 | 1 |
| 19 | Richard Lietz | 8 | 14 | C | C | Ret | Ret | Ret | 17 | DNS | 9 | Ret | DNS | 7 | 11 | Ret | 15 | | | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| 20 | Sakon Yamamoto | 22 | Ret | C | C | 11 | 20† | 14 | Ret | 18 | 25 | 17 | 8 | DNQ | Ret | 16 | Ret | Ret | 21 | 9 | 18 | 0 |
| 21 | Ross Zwolsman | | | | | | | | | | | 21 | 12 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 21 | 0 |
| 22 | Clemens Stadler | 18 | 15 | C | C | 17 | 22† | 15 | 16 | 23 | 22 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 23 | Ret | 18 | 8 | 16 | 0 |
| 23 | Marc Benz | Ret | Ret | C | C | Ret | 21† | 10 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 26† | 20† | DNS | 17 | 9 | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| 24 | Gottfried Grasser | 12 | 9 | C | C | 12 | 10 | DNQ | DNQ | 14 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 17 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 23 | 11 | Ret | 0 |
| 25 | Stefan de Groot | 9 | 21 | C | C | 15 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 21 | Ret | 14 | 11 | 11 | DNS | | | | | | | 0 |
| 26 | Jörg Hardt | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | 14 | 13 | Ret | 10 | 12 | 0 |
| 27 | Christopher Brück | 11 | 11 | C | C | 14 | 18 | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 28 | Catharina Felser | 20 | Ret | C | C | 18 | 16 | Ret | DNQ | 26 | 26 | | | Ret | 23 | 21† | 19 | DNQ | 22 | 14 | 11 | 0 |
| 29 | Gilles Tinguely | Ret | Ret | C | C | 22 | 17 | 17 | 18 | Ret | 20 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 24 | 14 | 20 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 20 | 0 |
| 30 | Stefano Proetto | Ret | 21 | C | C | 16 | 14 | Ret | 22 | 16 | 21 | 24† | Ret | Ret | 20 | | | Ret | 17 | 12 | 17 | 0 |
| 31 | Marco Knauf | 19 | 20 | C | C | 20 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 24 | 13 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 16 | DNS | 19 | 0 |
| 32 | Marco Schärf | Ret | Ret | C | C | 19 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 25 | Ret | 18 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 19 | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| 33 | Rizal Ramli | 21 | 19 | C | C | 25 | 15 | DNQ | Ret | DNS | 24 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 19 | Ret | 25 | 18 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 0 |
| 34 | Mirko Venturi | 24 | 18 | C | C | 13 | 23† | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 35 | Shigeki Ebihara | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 25 | 15 | 22 | 0 |
| 36 | Jaap van Lagen | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 25 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 37 | Juliano Moro | | | | | | | | | 22 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 38 | Camilo Zurcher | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 | 22 | | | | | 0 |
| 39 | Markus Lehmann | Ret | 21 | | | 24 | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Fábio Carbone | | | | | | | | | | | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | HOC1 | HOC1 | NÜR1 | NÜR1 | SAC | SAC | NOR | NOR | LAU | LAU | HOC2 | HOC2 | NÜR2 | NÜR2 | A1R | A1R | ZAN | ZAN | HOC3 | HOC3 | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
* † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

### Junior-Pokal (Rookie) standings

| | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Timo Glock | 237 |
| 2 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | 206 |
| 3 | Marcel Lasée | 128 |
| 4 | Marc Benz | 71 |
| 5 | Richard Lietz | 57 |
| 6 | Charles Zwolsman Jr. | 53 |
| 7 | Stefan de Groot | 47 |
| 8 | Ross Zwolsman | 29 |
| 9 | Jörg Hardt | 29 |
| 10 | Christopher Brück | 23 |
| 11 | Stefano Proetto | 22 |
| 12 | Marco Knauf | 22 |
| 13 | Rizal Ramli | 15 |
| 14 | Catharina Felser | 9 |
| 15 | Mirko Venturi | 7 |
| 16 | Jaap van Lagen | 5 |
| 17 | Shigeki Ebihara | 1 |