1996 German Formula Three Championship

The 1996 German Formula Three Championship () was the 22nd edition of the German Formula Three Championship. It commenced on 14 April 1996 and ended on 13 October. Italian driver Jarno Trulli won the title with six wins for the Swiss Opel Team KMS Benetton Formula.

Teams and drivers 1996 Entry List Team Driver Chassis Engine Rounds Class A Opel Team KMS Benetton Formula 1 Jarno Trulli Dallara 396 Opel All 2 Tim Bergmeister Dallara 396 1–5 Rui Águas 6–8 Opel Team BSR 3 Nick Heidfeld Dallara 395 Opel All 4 Marcel Tiemann Dallara 396 All 5 Arnd Meier Dallara 395 All Marko RSM 6 Rui Águas Dallara 395 Alfa Romeo 1–2 7 Oliver Tichy Dallara 395 1–2 Opel Team GM Motorsport 8 Manuel Gião Dallara 396 Opel All 9 Sascha Bert Dallara 395 1–7 10 Steffen Widmann Dallara 395 All Josef Kaufmann Racing 11 Wolf Henzler Opel All Abt & Trella Motorsport 14 Tobias Schlesinger Dallara 395 Opel 7–8 15 Christian Menzel Dallara 395 All 16 Dirk Müller Dallara 395 2–5 Hofmann Motorsport 14 Gianantonio Pacchioni Dallara 395 Opel 3–5 16 Dirk Müller Dallara 395 6 17 Emmanuel Clérico Dallara 395 2–6 Tokmakidis Motorsport 18 Max Wilson Dallara 395 Opel 1–2 Rui Águas 3–5 Tim Bergmeister 6–7 Jarosław Wierczuk 8 19 John Barlow Dallara 395 1 Markus Friesacher 2–5 Richard Westbrook 6–8 Parma Motorsport 21 Markus Friesacher Dallara 396 Alfa Romeo 1 22 Vincent Vosse Dallara 396 1–2 25 Tim Verbergt Dallara 395 Fiat 6–8 Prema Powerteam 23 André Couto Dallara 396 Fiat All 24 Max Wilson Dallara 395 3–6 MB Racing/Autoclub Excelsior 25 Tim Wergebt Dallara 395 Fiat 1–5 Westwood Racing 30 Klaus Graf Dallara 395 Toyota 1–4 Class B TKF Racing 50 Philipp Sager Dallara 394 Opel 1–7 51 Dominik Schwager Dallara 394 1-5 Luciano Crespi 6–8 IPS Motorsport 52 Johan Stureson Dallara 394 Opel All Franz Wöss Racing 53 Jarosław Wierczuk 1–7 Georg Holzer Dallara 396 Alfa Romeo 8 54 Tobias Schlesinger Dallara 393 Opel 1–5 Christoph Fuchs Dallara 396 Alfa Romeo 8 63 Florian Schnitzenbaumer Dallara 396 8 Divinol Oils 55 Mario Münch Dallara 394 Opel All JB Racing 56 Yves Olivier Dallara 394 Opel All Grand Prix Foundation 60 Dietmar Frischmann Dallara 393 Fiat 2–3 Ingo Gerstl 65 Ingo Gerstl Dallara 393 Opel 6

Race calendar and results The series supported the International Touring Car Championship at seven rounds, with additional round at the . With the exception of round at Magny-Cours in France, all rounds took place on German soil. Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team B Class Winner 1 R1 Hockenheimring 13 April Jarno Trulli not recorded Jarno Trulli Opel Team KMS Benetton Formula Dominik Schwager R2 14 April Jarno Trulli Jarno Trulli Jarno Trulli Opel Team KMS Benetton Formula Dominik Schwager 2 R Nürburgring 27 April Jarno Trulli Arnd Meier Arnd Meier Opel Team BSR Johan Stureson 3 R1 Nürburgring 11 May Rui Águas Nick Heidfeld Dirk Müller Abt & Trella Motorsport Yves Olivier R2 12 May Dirk Müller Rui Águas Marcel Tiemann Opel Team BSR Johan Stureson 4 R1 Norisring 22 June Rui Águas Marcel Tiemann Rui Águas Tokmakidis Motorsport Dominik Schwager R2 23 June Rui Águas Rui Águas Jarno Trulli Opel Team KMS Benetton Formula Dominik Schwager 5 R1 Diepholz Airfield Circuit 6 July Jarno Trulli Wolf Henzler Max Wilson Prema Powerteam Dominik Schwager R2 7 July Max Wilson Emmanuel Clérico Jarno Trulli Opel Team KMS Benetton Formula Dominik Schwager 6 R1 Nürburgring 31 August Nick Heidfeld Nick Heidfeld Nick Heidfeld Opel Team BSR Johan Stureson R2 1 September Nick Heidfeld Nick Heidfeld Nick Heidfeld Opel Team BSR Johan Stureson 7 R1 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 14 September Jarno Trulli Nick Heidfeld Nick Heidfeld Opel Team BSR Johan Stureson R2 15 September Nick Heidfeld Nick Heidfeld Arnd Meier Opel Team BSR Yves Olivier 8 R1 Hockenheimring 12 October Jarno Trulli Rui Águas Jarno Trulli Opel Team KMS Benetton Formula Johan Stureson R2 13 October Jarno Trulli Nick Heidfeld Jarno Trulli Opel Team KMS Benetton Formula Johan Stureson

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

B-Class Points are awarded as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 6 4 3 2 1

Pos Driver HOC1 NÜR1 NÜR2 NOR DIE NÜR3 MAG HOC2 Pts Class A 1 Jarno Trulli 1 1 4 6 5 3 1 3 1 2 2 11 5 1 1 206 2 Arnd Meier 3 Ret 1 2 6 4 Ret 5 2 4 4 2 1 3 6 159 3 Nick Heidfeld 6 Ret 2 4 4 Ret 3 Ret 11 1 1 1 2 17 4 138 4 Marcel Tiemann 2 Ret 3 3 1 2 2 6 8 NC Ret 12 7 4 8 115 5 Manuel Gião 5 Ret 7 5 11 7 5 7 5 3 3 5 3 11 7 92 6 Rui Águas 14 9 DNS Ret 7 1 4 9 14 8 7 3 11 2 2 87 7 Christian Menzel 7 4 6 7 2 5 20† 16 9 5 5 16 10 7 3 82 8 Dominik Schwager 4 2 14 14 20† 8 6 8 4 47 9 Steffen Widmann Ret 10 5 10 12 11 7 DNS 12 7 6 4 4 18 Ret 44 10 Max Wilson 13 5 15 19 Ret Ret 19† 1 6 17 Ret 34 11 Wolf Henzler 10 3 9 11 Ret 12 8 13 10 12 12 6 Ret 5 Ret 33 12 Dirk Müller Ret 1 3 16 Ret 18 13 DNS DNS 32 13 André Couto Ret 11 8 16 21† 10 12 4 3 15 14 10 17 12 Ret 27 14 Tim Verbergt 12 13 Ret 13 8 9 10 Ret Ret 14 16 7 6 8 5 27 15 Emmanuel Clérico 12 8 18† 15† 9 2 7 DNS DNS 24 16 Johan Stureson Ret 17 11 21 10 13 DNS 15 18 6 9 8 Ret 9 9 16 17 Tim Bergmeister 11 6 Ret 15 Ret DNQ DNQ DNS DNS 9 8 14 13 11 18 Sascha Bert 15 8 10 Ret 9 14 11 14 16 13 10 9 Ret 9 19 Oliver Tichy 8 7 DNS 7 20 Yves Olivier 16 16 20 9 19† Ret 18 17 19 10 Ret 13 8 13 10 7 21 Richard Westbrook 11 11 17 12 6 13† 6 22 Gianantonio Pacchioni 12 Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret 6 23 Luciano Crespi 18 15 19 9 10 Ret 3 24 Klaus Graf 9 14 13 18 DNS Ret 14 2 25 Markus Friesacher Ret 18 18 20 16 17 16 10 15 1 26 Mario Münch 18 12 16 17 14 18 13 11 Ret 16 13 19 Ret DSQ DSQ 0 27 Florian Schnitzenbaumer 14 11 0 28 Tobias Schlesinger Ret 19 17 Ret 13 19† 15 12 17 15 14 Ret Ret 0 29 Georg Holzer 19† 12 0 30 Philipp Sager 21† 15 22 23 15 Ret 17 Ret 20 19 17 20 15 0 31 Jarosław Wierczuk 17 Ret 19 24† 22† DNQ DNQ Ret 21 20 18 Ret 16 15 Ret 0 32 Dietmar Frischmann 21 22 17 0 33 Christoph Fuchs 17 Ret 0 34 Vincent Vosse 19 20 23 0 35 Ingo Gerstl 21 19 0 36 John Barlow 20 21 0 Class B 1 Johan Stureson Ret 17 11 21 10 13 DNS 15 18 6 9 8 Ret 9 9 81 2 Dominik Schwager 4 2 14 14 20† 8 6 8 4 66 3 Yves Olivier 16 16 20 9 19† Ret 18 17 19 10 Ret 13 8 13 10 58 4 Mario Münch 18 12 16 17 14 18 13 11 Ret 16 13 19 Ret DSQ DSQ 50 5 Tobias Schlesinger Ret 19 17 Ret 13 19† 15 12 17 15 14 Ret Ret 27 6 Philipp Sager 21† 15 22 23 15 Ret 17 Ret 20 19 17 20 15 26 7 Luciano Crespi 18 15 19 9 10 Ret 26 8 Jarosław Wierczuk 17 Ret 19 24† 22† DNQ DNQ Ret 21 20 18 Ret 16 15 Ret 13 9 Florian Schnitzenbaumer 14 11 7 10 Georg Holzer 19† 12 4 11 Dietmar Frischmann 21 22 17 4 12 Christoph Fuchs 17 Ret 2 13 Ingo Gerstl 21 19 1 Pos Driver HOC1 NÜR1 NÜR2 NOR DIE NÜR3 MAG HOC2 PtsBold - Pole Italics - Fastest Lap † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

See also 1996 Masters of Formula 3

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