The 1972 German Formula Three Championship () was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars held across Europe. 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 2 April at Nürburgring and ended at Zolder on 17 September after eight rounds.
Willi Sommer became a champion. He won three races. Manfred Mohr finished as runner-up, winning the season opener and the season finale. Dieter Kern completed the top-three in the drivers' standings with wins at Nürburgring and Hockenheimring. Jochen Mass was the only other driver who was able to win a race in the season.
Calendar Round Location Circuit Date Supporting 1 Nürburg, West Germany Nürburgring 2 April VII. ADAC-300-km-Rennen um den "Good Year-Pokal" 2 Nürburg, West Germany Nürburgring 27 May XVII. ADAC 1000 km Rennen 3 Salzburg, Austria Salzburgring 2 July ADAC-Bavaria-Rennen 4 Hockenheim, West Germany Hockenheimring 16 July ADAC Südwest-Pokal-Rennen "ADAC-Solitude-Rennen" 5 Freiburg im Breisgau, West Germany Freiburg im Breisgau 6 August 32. ADAC-Bergpreis Freiburg-Schauinsland 6 Nürburg, West Germany Nürburgring 13 August ADAC Rhein-Mosel-Preis "Mayener ADAC-Rundstreckenrennen" 7 Kassel-Calden, West Germany Kassel-Calden Circuit 20 August ADAC-Hessen-Preis 8 Zolder, Belgium Circuit Zolder 17 September ADAC-Redlefsen-Super-Sprint
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 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAL HOC FRE NÜR2 KAS ZOL Points 1 Willi Sommer 3 1 3 1 3 1 10 2 Manfred Mohr 1 2 3 2 5 3 1 3 Dieter Kern 1 1 3 2 379 4 Rudolf Dötsch 4 6 9 4 4 5 2 5 Willi Deutsch 3 5 6 5 7 2 4 6 Werner Schommers 4 2 240 7 Wolfgang Bülow 5 4 6 434 8 Ernst Maring 6 5 522 9 Jochen Mass 9 1 22 10 Rudi Schmidt 8 8 5 8 9 19 11 Bernhard Brack 7 6 6 819 12 Günter Kölmel 7 4 8 1018 13 Paul Fischer 7 6 616 14 Hannelore Werner 215 15 Philipp Gantner 10 7 88 16 Josef Kremer 9 76 17 Hans Deffland 7 105 18 Erwin Derichs 74 19 Maximilian Plass 10 9 3 20 Felix Martin 83 21 Gerhard Greiner 83 22 Bernd Rack 92 23 Carlo Breidenstein 92 24 Thomas Betzler 92 25 Harald Ertl 101 26 Bruno Burg 101 27 Jorg Obermoser 101 Pos Driver NÜR1 NÜR2 SAL HOC FRE NÜR3 KAS ZOL PointsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
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