The 1976 German Formula Three Championship () was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars held in Germany. 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 3 April at Nürburgring and ended at Ulm-Mengen on 13 September after eight rounds.
Bertram Schäfer became a champion. He won all five races that he has participated (Nürburgring, Trier, AVUS, Hockenheim and at Ulm-Mengen. Marc Surer finished as runner-up, winning the race Kassel-Calden. Rudolf Dötsch completed the top-three in the drivers' standings with win at Nürburgring. Werner Klein was the only other driver who was able to win a race in the season.
Calendar All rounds were held in West Germany. Round Location Circuit Date Supporting 1 Nürburg, West Germany Nürburgring 3 April XI. ADAC Goodyear 300 km Rennen 2 Trier, West Germany Trier Air Base 25 April AvD/ISCC-Flugplatzrennen Sembach - Trier 3 Berlin, West Germany AVUS 23 May ADAC-Avus-Rennen 4 Nürburg, West Germany Nürburgring 29 May XXII. ADAC 1000 km Rennen 5 Wunstorf, West Germany Wunstorf Air Base 6 June ADAC Flugplatz-Rennen Wunstorf 6 Hockenheim, West Germany Hockenheimring 3 July 6. ADAC "Preis der Stadt Karlsruhe" 7 Kassel-Calden, West Germany Kassel-Calden Circuit 22 August ADAC-Hessen-Preis 8 Ulm-Mengen, West Germany Ulm-Mengen 12 September 11. ADAC-Rundstreckenrennen Ulm-Mengen
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 1976 Pos Driver NÜR1 TRI AVU NÜR2 WUN HOC KAS Points 1 Bertram Schäfer 1 1 1 1 1100 2 Marc Surer 2 2 3 1 277 3 Rudolf Dötsch 4 4 1 3 364 4 Werner Klein 7 4 1 2 49 5 Jochen Dauer 2 5 4 443 6 Dieter Kern 5 2 2 38 7 Heinz Scherle 4 10 4 6 535 8 Roland Saier 3 3 24 9 Ernst Maring 3 5 20 10 Walter Spitaler 3 618 11 William Dawson 6 8 6 8 18 12 Helmut Bross 215 13 Peter Wisskirchen 5 7 12 14 John Rust 5 910 15 Rudolf Rohnert 58 16 Detlef Schmickler 66 17 Wolfgang Locher 74 18 Günter Kölmel 74 19 Erwin Derichs 74 20 Josef Kremer 83 21 Dietmar Floer 92 Pos Driver NÜR1 TRI AVU NÜR2 WUN HOC KAS PointsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
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