1996 German Formula Three Championship

The 1996 German Formula Three Championship (German: 1996 Deutsche Formel-3-Meisterschaft) 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.^[1]

1996 German Formula Three Championship

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Teams and drivers

1996 Entry List[2]
Team	No.	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	Martini MK73	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	Dallara 393	Opel	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 European Grand Prix. 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[3]	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 Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold - 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