The 1986 German Formula Three Championship () was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars held in Germany, Belgium and Austria. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars which conformed to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 18 May at Zolder and ended at Nürburgring on 21 September after eleven rounds.

Volkswagen Motorsport (Bertram Schäfer Racing) driver Kris Nissen clinched the championship title. He won races at Zolder, Hockenheim and had a hat-trick at Nürburgring. Hanspeter Kaufmann lost 44 points to Nissen and finished as runner-up with a win in the penultimate round at Salzburgring. Víctor Rosso won at Norisring and Österreichring. Bernd Schneider, Alfonso de Vinuesa and Gregor Foitek were the other race winners.

Teams and drivers Entry List Team Driver Chassis Engine Rounds Josef Kaufmann Racing 1 Markus Oestreich Martini MK49 Volkswagen All 2 Manuel Reuter Martini MK49 1–5 Otto Rensing Martini 4–5, 7–11 45 Andy Bovensiepen Martini MK45 11 Volkswagen Motorsport 3 Kris Nissen Ralt RT30/614 Volkswagen All 4 Peter Zakowski Ralt RT30/608 All Malte Bongers Motorsport 5 Alfonso de Vinuesa Reynard 863 Volkswagen 1–5, 7–8, 11 Tomi Luhtanen Reynard 863/040 9–10 6 Hellmut Mundas Martini MK45 2, 5 Peter Elgaard 4 Dag Rosthe Reynard 863 9 Richard Hamann 11 7 Sigi Betz Martini MK44 Volkswagen All 8 Frank Schmickler Ralt RT30 1–9, 11 Dieter Heinzelmann 10 Delia Stegemann Volkswagen 1–4, 7–11 9 Jürgen von Gartzen Ralt RT30 7–8 Wolfgang Kaufmann 10 Wolfgang Kaufmann Ralt RT30 Volkswagen All 11 Hanspeter Kaufmann Dallara F386 Volkswagen All 38 Gregor Foitek Dallara F386 4–5, 7, 9 12 Alfonso Toledano Reynard 863 Volkswagen 1–4, 6–7 Henrik Larsen 8 Stefan Neuberger 9, 11 Pierre Bourque 10 Richard Hamann Reynard 863 1, 3–5, 7–10 39 David Coyne 6 Stefan Neuberger Reynard 853 1–6, 8 40 Helmut Bross 11 50 Pierre Bourque Reynard 863 9 14 Thomas von Löwis Ralt RT30 Volkswagen 1, 3–10 Bruno Eichmann 11 15 Peter Wisskirchen Ralt RT30 Volkswagen 1–4, 7–9, 11 Wilhelm F. Weber Ralt RT30/522 1, 3–4, 6–11 19 Richard Hamann Ralt RT30 2 Walter Lechner Racing School 16 Franz Abraham Ralt RT30 Alfa Romeo All Sachs Sporting 17 Michael Kahnt Ralt RT30 Alfa Romeo 4 Mönninghoff Racing Team 20 Artur Deutgen Ralt RT30 Volkswagen 1–8, 11 21 Franz-Josef Prangemeier Ralt RT3/496 1–5, 7–9, 11 Peter Katsarski 22 Peter Katsarski Ralt RT30 Volkswagen 4–5, 8–9 Otto Christmann 25 Otto Christmann Martini MK35 Volkswagen 2–3, 7 27 Gerd Lünsmann Ralt RT30/529 Volkswagen 1–5, 7–9, 11 30 Ralf Rauh Martini MK45 Volkswagen 1–3 Schübel Rennsport Int. 31 Víctor Rosso Dallara F386 Volkswagen All 32 Martin Ragginger Dallara F386 1–7, 9–10 33 Peter Elgaard Ralt RT30 Volkswagen 1–3, 5–11 34 Bernd Schneider Reynard 863/039 Volkswagen All Michael Roppes 35 Michael Roppes Ralt RT30 Volkswagen All SA Elevers-KTR Marlboro Harald Huysman Ralt RT30/650 Volkswagen 1–3, 7–8 43 Karl-Heinz Wenig Ralt RT3 Volkswagen 1, 3 Franz Binder Ralt RT30/563 Volkswagen 1, 6, 10 Adi Lechner Adi Lechner Martini Volkswagen 4–6 David Price Racing Paul Belmondo Reynard 863 Alfa Romeo 8–9 Fabien Giroix Reynard 863 8–9 Andrew Ridgeley Reynard 863 Volkswagen 8–9 Scuderia Teutonia Mathias Arlt Anson SA4 Volkswagen 1, 4, 11 HT Racing Sport 49 Hasse Thaung Ralt RT30 Volkswagen All 51 Sami Pensala Ralt RT30 Volkswagen 7

Calendar Round Location Circuit Date Supporting 1 Heusden-Zolder, Belgium Circuit Zolder 18 May 20. ADAC Westfalen-Pokal-Rennen 2 Wunstorf, West Germany Wunstorf 8 June ADAC Flugplatzrennen Wunstorf 3 Hockenheim, West Germany Hockenheimring 15 June ADAC-Preis Hockenheim 4 Nuremberg, West Germany Norisring 28 June ADAC-Norisring-Trophäe "200 Meilen von Nürnberg" 5 Erding, West Germany Erding 6 July 9. ADAC-Flugplatz-Rennen Erding 6 Zeltweg, Austria Österreichring 13 July ADAC-Hessen-Cup — Preis des Aichfeldes 7 Nürburg, West Germany Nürburgring 20 July ADAC Truck Grand-Prix 8 Heusden-Zolder, Belgium Circuit Zolder 17 August ADAC/ACR-Grenzland-Preis 9 Nürburg, West Germany Nürburgring 23 August 32. ADAC Kouros 1000 km Rennen 10 Salzburg, Austria Salzburgring 31 August ADAC-Alpentrophäe 11 Nürburg, West Germany Nürburgring 21 September XIII. ADAC-Bilstein Super Sprint

Results Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 Circuit Zolder Kris Nissen Hanspeter Kaufmann Kris Nissen Volkswagen Motorsport 2 Wunstorf Alfonso Toledano Víctor Rosso Alfonso de Vinuesa Malte Bongers Motorsport 3 Hockenheimring Kris Nissen Kris Nissen Kris Nissen Volkswagen Motorsport 4 Norisring Víctor Rosso Manuel Reuter Víctor Rosso Schübel Rennsport Int. 5 Erding Gregor Foitek Gregor Foitek Gregor Foitek 6 Österreichring Víctor Rosso Víctor Rosso Víctor Rosso Schübel Rennsport Int. 7 Nürburgring Wolfgang Kaufmann Bernd Schneider Kris Nissen Volkswagen Motorsport 8 Circuit Zolder Bernd Schneider Bernd Schneider Bernd Schneider 9 Nürburgring Kris Nissen Tomi Luhtanen Kris Nissen Volkswagen Motorsport 10 Salzburgring Kris Nissen Víctor Rosso Hanspeter Kaufmann 11 Nürburgring Kris Nissen Kris Nissen Kris Nissen Volkswagen Motorsport

Championship standings 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 Pos Driver ZOL1 WUN HOC NOR ERD ZEL NÜR1 ZOL2 NÜR2 SAL NÜR3 Points 1 Kris Nissen 1 8 1 Ret 2 6 1 12 1 2 1139 2 Hanspeter Kaufmann 3 4 2 4 Ret 2 8 6 7 1 Ret95 3 Víctor Rosso Ret Ret Ret 1 Ret 1 2 2 3 3 Ret94 4 Bernd Schneider Ret 9 4 3 3 5 3 1 4 5 Ret94 5 Wolfgang Kaufmann 2 10 Ret 2 15 7 Ret Ret 6 4 266 6 Otto Rensing 5 8 11 3 2 7 550 7 Alfonso de Vinuesa Ret 1 Ret Ret DNS 4 10 343 8 Markus Oestreich 4 Ret 7 DNQ Ret 3 7 DNS 9 Ret 442 9 Gregor Foitek 7 1 5 10 33 10 Manuel Reuter Ret 2 3 6 DNS33 11 Frank Schmickler 5 6 DSQ 12 10 8 6 8 16 633 12 Martin Ragginger 8 3 8 9 9 9 10 Ret DNS25 13 Stefan Neuberger 6 Ret Ret 8 4 Ret 11 8 1722 14 Peter Zakowski 11 11 6 20 5 11 Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret14 15 Tomi Luhtanen 5 614 16 Harald Huysman 7 Ret Ret 9 5 14 17 Franz Abraham 15 5 Ret 13 7 12 Ret DNS 18 DNS Ret12 18 David Coyne 4 DNS10 19 Paul Belmondo 4 12 10 20 Artur Deutgen Ret 17 Ret 11 6 10 Ret 19 108 21 Michael Roppes Ret Ret 9 Ret 11 DNS 16 7 14 9 Ret8 22 Peter Elgaard Ret DNS Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret 13 17 8 87 23 Ralf Rauh Ret 7 Ret4 24 Andy Bovensiepen 74 25 Thomas von Löwis 9 10 21 Ret 14 21 14 Ret 173 26 Henrik Larsen 92 27 Bruno Eichmann 92 28 Peter Wisskirchen 10 13 Ret Ret 18 DNS 19 Ret1 29 Franz Binder 12 13 101 Wilhelm F. Weber 17 12 17 15 22 16 23 12 110 Gerd Lünsmann 14 Ret 11 15 13 23 18 26 130 Richard Hamann 13 Ret Ret DNQ Ret 15 15 11 Ret0 Fabien Giroix DNS 110 Sigi Betz Ret Ret DNS Ret DNS 19 17 22 13 120 Alfonso Toledano Ret Ret Ret 14 16 120 Hellmut Mundas 12 120 Karl-Heinz Wenig Ret 130 Sami Pensala 130 Hasse Thaung 130 Franz-Josef Prangemeier 18 16 14 DNQ 14 20 DNS Ret 140 Otto Christmann 14 DNS 240 Jürgen von Gartzen 14 DNS0 Dieter Heinzelmann 140 Delia Stegemann 19 15 15 18 17 15 24 16 150 Pierre Bourque DNS 150 Mathias Arlt 16 16 160 Adi Lechner DNQ Ret 170 Michael Kahnt 190 Andrew Ridgeley Ret 200 Dag Rosthe 210 Peter Katsarski DNQ DNS Ret 250 Helmut Bross Ret0 Justin Sünkel DNS DNQ0 Stefan Oberndorfer DNQ0 Gianni Bianchi DNQ0 Pos Driver ZOL1 WUN HOC NOR ERD ZEL NÜR1 ZOL2 NÜR2 SAL NÜR3 PointsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

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