2010 German Formula Three Championship
Introduction The '''2010 ATS F3 Cup''' was the eighth edition of the German F3 Cup. The season consisted of nine race weekends, totalling eighteen races, beginning on 10 April at Oschersleben and ending on 3 October at the same venue.HS Technik driver Tom Dillmann became the first French driver to win the championship title after a title battle with Van Amersfoort Racing's Daniel Abt. Dillmann, who won six races during the season had held a seven-point championship lead into the final race over Abt, who won the opening race at Oschersleben to go with his other win at Assen, which meant that Abt had to finish in the top two placings to have a mathematical chance of overhauling Dillmann, but a broken lambda sensor eliminated Abt from challenging Dillmann. Also resolved at the final round was the battle for third place between Motopark Academy rookie and three-time race winner Kevin Magnussen and Abt's Van Amersfoort team-mate Stef Dusseldorp, who won races at Oschersleben and Assen. Magnussen had led Dusseldorp by two points with one race to run, but Dusseldorp lost the opportunity for third place after failing to start the final race; he stalled at the first start and was rammed from behind by Magnussen's team-mate Jimmy Eriksson and accident damage prevented from restarting. Despite finishing behind Abt in the overall championship, Magnussen's consistent finishing won him the rookie championship.Felix Rosenqvist finished best of the rest for Performance Racing, winning two races at Assen along with six second-place finishes for a fifth place championship finish. Eriksson at EuroSpeedway Lausitz, the third Van Amersfoort car of Willi Steindl in the final Oschersleben race and Brandl Racing's Nico Monien in a one-off appearance at Hockenheim also won races during the season. In the secondary Trophy class, twelve class wins in sixteen races enabled Riccardo Brutschin to take a dominant championship win, as he finished 21 points clear of Aleksey Karachev, who took his only class win at the final race of the season in which Brutschin was absent as he competed in the Cup class. Aki Sandberg also won at Oschersleben as he finished third in class. Aleksi Tuukkanen and Daniel Aho both took two victories in part-seasons, while Formula Renault 3.5 Series champion Mikhail Aleshin made a guest appearance in the class at Oschersleben, taking two on-the-road victories but was ineligible for championship points.
Teams and drivers * Guest drivers are listed in ''italics''. Team Chassis Engine  Driver Status Rounds Cup Class  Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara F306/023 Volkswagen 1  Stef Dusseldorp All Dallara F306/038 2  Daniel Abt  All Dallara F305/046 7  Willi Steindl All  Performance Racing Dallara F305/041 Volkswagen 5  Alon Day  All Dallara F305/051 6  Felix Rosenqvist  All  Jo Zeller Racing Dallara  Mercedes 8  Sandro Zeller  1–5, 7–9 Dallara F306/014 9 '' Nigel Melker'' 9  HS Technik Dallara F305/037 Volkswagen 10  Tom Dillmann All Dallara F306/025 11  Kevin Friesacher   1  Racing Experience Dallara F305/012 Mercedes 15  Gary Hauser All Dallara F306/010 16  Philip Forsman 2  Brandl Motorsport Dallara  Mercedes 17  Markus Pommer All Dallara F305/030 18  Marco Sørensen  1–3, 8  Bernd Herndlhofer 6–7, 9  Motopark Academy Dallara F306/034 Volkswagen 20  Kevin Magnussen  All Dallara F305/064 21  Luís Felipe Derani  All Dallara F305/045 22  Jimmy Eriksson  All Dallara F305/016 23  René Binder  All  URD Rennsport Dallara F306/027 Mercedes 24  Klaus Bachler  9 25  Nico Monien 3  China Sonangol Dallara F305/004 Volkswagen 26  Luís Sá Silva  1–3  Kleveros Racing '' Kevin Kleveros''  8  Max Travin Racing Team Dallara F305/004 OPC Challenge 30  Nikolay Martsenko All  Stromos ArtLine Dallara F305/033 OPC Challenge 33  Riccardo Brutschin  9 Trophy Class  Stromos ArtLine ArtTech F24/007 OPC Challenge 50  Aleksi Tuukkanen  1–4  Daniel Aho  5–7 ArtTech  51  Aleksey Karachev  All ArtTech F24/008 63  Riccardo Brutschin  1–8 ArtTech F24/009 '' Mikhail Aleshin''  9  Rhino's Leipert Motorsport Dallara F304/012 Opel 55  Luca Iannaccone All  Max Travin Racing Team Dallara F303/021 OPC Challenge 60  Maxim Travin All  Sandberg Motorsport Dallara F302/088 Opel 61  Aki Sandberg All Icon Status  Rookie
Calendar Championship was part of the ADAC Masters Weekend at the seven rounds with Nürburgring round in July supporting ADAC Truck Grand Prix and Assen round in August as part of the Rizla Racing Day. With the exception of two rounds at TT Circuit Assen, all rounds took place on German soil. Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team Secondary Class winner 1 R1 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 10 April  Daniel Abt  Daniel Abt  Kevin Magnussen  Motopark Academy :  Riccardo Brutschin:  Kevin Magnussen R2 11 April  Tom Dillmann  Tom Dillmann  Stef Dusseldorp  Van Amersfoort Racing T:  Aleksi TuukkanenR:  Kevin Magnussen 2 R1 Sachsenring 8 May  Tom Dillmann  Tom Dillmann  Tom Dillmann  HS Technik T:  Riccardo BrutschinR:  Felix Rosenqvist R2 9 May  Stef Dusseldorp  Stef Dusseldorp  Tom Dillmann  HS Technik T:  Riccardo BrutschinR:  Daniel Abt 3 R1 Hockenheimring 29 May  Daniel Abt  Daniel Abt  Nico Monien  URD Rennsport T:  Aleksi TuukkanenR:  Kevin Magnussen R2 30 May  Tom Dillmann  Tom Dillmann  Tom Dillmann  HS Technik T:  Riccardo BrutschinR:  Daniel Abt 4 R1 TT Circuit Assen 17 July  Daniel Abt  Tom Dillmann  Felix Rosenqvist  Performance Racing T:  Riccardo BrutschinR:  Felix Rosenqvist R2 18 July  Daniel Abt  Daniel Abt  Daniel Abt  Van Amersfoort Racing T:  Riccardo BrutschinR:  Daniel Abt 5 R1 Nürburgring 24 July  Daniel Abt  Tom Dillmann  Tom Dillmann  HS Technik T:  Riccardo BrutschinR:  Felix Rosenqvist R2 25 July  Tom Dillmann  Tom Dillmann  Tom Dillmann  HS Technik T:  Riccardo BrutschinR:  Felix Rosenqvist 6 R1 TT Circuit Assen 7 August  Stef Dusseldorp  Stef Dusseldorp  Stef Dusseldorp  Van Amersfoort Racing T:  Riccardo BrutschinR:  Daniel Abt R2 8 August  Felix Rosenqvist  Tom Dillmann  Felix Rosenqvist  Performance Racing T:  Daniel AhoR:  Felix Rosenqvist 7 R1 EuroSpeedway Lausitz 14 August  Daniel Abt  Stef Dusseldorp  Kevin Magnussen  Motopark Academy T:  Daniel AhoR:  Kevin Magnussen R2 15 August  Tom Dillmann  Daniel Abt  Jimmy Eriksson  Motopark Academy T:  Riccardo BrutschinR:  Jimmy Eriksson 8 R1 Nürburgring 28 August  Marco Sørensen  Tom Dillmann  Kevin Magnussen  Motopark Academy T:  Riccardo BrutschinR:  Kevin Magnussen R2 29 August  Tom Dillmann  Tom Dillmann  Tom Dillmann  HS Technik T:  Riccardo BrutschinR:  Daniel Abt 9 R1 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 2 October  Stef Dusseldorp  Daniel Abt  Daniel Abt  Van Amersfoort Racing T:  Aki SandbergR:  Daniel Abt R2 3 October  Tom Dillmann  Tom Dillmann  Willi Steindl  Van Amersfoort Racing T:  Aleksey KarachevR:  Felix Rosenqvist
Standings ===Cup===*Points were awarded as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PP FL 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 '''1''' ''1''===Trophy===*Points were awarded as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 Pos Driver OSC1 SAC HOC ASS1 NÜR1 ASS2 LAU NÜR2 OSC2 Pts Cup Class 1  Tom Dillmann 3 '''''7''''' '''''1''''' 1 3 '''''1''''' ''8'' 4 ''1'' '''''1''''' 4 ''5'' 5 '''8''' ''9'' '''''1''''' 2 '''''19'''''† 120 2  Daniel Abt '''''2''''' 3 4 2 '''''5''''' 3 '''2''' '''''1''''' '''5''' 3 10 15 '''4''' ''4'' 2 2 ''1'' 16† 112 3  Kevin Magnussen 1 2 5 3 2 5 7 5 Ret 7 2 4 1 9 1 5 4 3 96 4  Stef Dusseldorp 4 1 3 '''''17''''' Ret 2 3 3 Ret 4 '''''1''''' Ret ''3'' 6 4 3 '''3''' DNS 88 5  Felix Rosenqvist Ret 11 2 Ret Ret 8 1 2 2 2 6 '''1''' 8 2 5 4 11 2 83 6  Jimmy Eriksson 8 4 Ret 6 6 7 10 11 7 9 3 9 2 1 Ret 6 Ret DNS 43 7  Willi Steindl 7 9 7 7 DNS 12 5 6 3 5 Ret 8 6 18† 7 8 7 1 43 8  Markus Pommer 5 6 10 8 8 Ret 6 7 6 8 7 2 20† 3 11 13 6 7 40 9  Alon Day 13 10 11 10 10 4 4 12 8 6 Ret 7 10 5 8 7 8 9 26 10  Luís Felipe Derani 16 8 9 9 4 6 Ret 10 Ret 11 5 12 7 DSQ Ret 9 9 4 20 11  Marco Sørensen 20† 5 21 4 7 10 '''3''' 12 18 12  René Binder 10 Ret 13 12 12 14 12 Ret 4 10 8 3 16† 16 Ret 16 Ret 13 12 13  Gary Hauser 6 Ret 6 5 Ret 15 9 9 11 17 12 10 9 7 10 DNS 15 DNS 12 14  Nico Monien 1 16 10 15  Klaus Bachler 5 5 8 16  Bernd Herndlhofer 9 6 12 Ret 10 DNS 3 17  Sandro Zeller 14 Ret 20 Ret 11 Ret 14 8 14 13 14 12 16 11 16 8 3 18  Nikolay Martsenko 11 Ret 8 11 9 11 11 Ret 10 12 11 11 11 11 12 10 13 10 1 19  Luís Sá Silva 12 Ret 14 19 DNS 9 0 20  Kevin Friesacher 9 12 0 21  Riccardo Brutschin 12 12 0 22  Philip Forsman 12 13 0 ''Guest drivers ineligible for points''  Kevin Kleveros 6 15 0  Nigel Melker 21 6 0 Trophy Class 1  Riccardo Brutschin '''''15''''' '''''14''''' '''''15''''' '''''14''''' '''''15''''' '''''13''''' '''''13''''' '''''13''''' '''''9''''' ''14'' '''13''' '''''14''''' '''DNS''' '''''10''''' '''''13''''' '''''14''''' 142 2  Aleksey Karachev 17 16 16 16 14 18 16 15 13 16 15 16 18 13 14 17 '''''20'''''† '''''14''''' 121 3  Aki Sandberg 18 15 17 18 17 20 Ret 17 16 18 16 18 17 14 17 19 17 15 93 4  Maxim Travin 19 17 18 DNS 16 19 17 16 15 19 Ret 17 15 15 15 18 18 17 87 5  Luca Iannaccone DNS DNS 22 20 18 21 18 18 17 20 17 NC 19 17 18 20 19 18 57 6  Aleksi Tuukkanen Ret 13 19 15 13 17 15 14 56 7  Daniel Aho 12 '''15''' ''14'' ''13'' 13 DSQ 44 ''Guest driver ineligible for points''  Mikhail Aleshin '''''14''''' '''''11''''' 0 Pos Driver OSC1 SAC HOC ASS1 NÜR1 ASS2 LAU NÜR2 OSC2 Pts*† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.===SONAX Rookie-Pokal===*Points were awarded as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 Pos Driver OSC1 SAC HOC ASS1 NÜR1 ASS2 LAU NÜR2 OSC2 Pts 1  Kevin Magnussen 1 2 5 3 2 5 7 5 Ret 7 2 4 1 9 1 5 4 3 128 2  Daniel Abt 2 3 4 2 5 3 2 1 5 3 10 15 4 4 2 2 1 16† 125 3  Felix Rosenqvist Ret 11 2 Ret Ret 8 1 2 2 2 6 1 8 2 5 4 11 2 106 4  Jimmy Eriksson 8 4 Ret 6 6 7 10 11 7 9 3 9 2 1 Ret 6 Ret DNS 77 5  Alon Day 13 10 11 10 10 4 4 12 8 6 Ret 7 10 5 8 7 8 9 70 6  Luís Felipe Derani 16 8 9 9 4 6 Ret 10 Ret 11 5 12 7 DSQ Ret 9 9 4 59 7  René Binder 10 Ret 13 12 12 14 12 Ret 4 10 8 3 16† 16 Ret 16 Ret 13 37 8  Marco Sørensen 20 5 21 4 7 10 3 12 23 9  Sandro Zeller 14 Ret 20 Ret 11 Ret 14 8 14 13 14 12 16 11 16 8 21 10  Riccardo Brutschin 15 14 15 14 15 13 13 13 9 14 13 14 DNS 10 13 14 12 12 21 11  Klaus Bachler 5 5 11 12  Luís Sá Silva 12 Ret 14 19 DNS 9 7 13  Daniel Aho 12 15 14 13 13 DSQ 7 14  Kevin Friesacher 9 12 6 15  Aleksey Karachev 17 16 16 16 14 18 16 15 13 16 15 16 18 13 14 17 20† 14 4 16  Aleksi Tuukkanen Ret 13 19 15 13 17 15 14 0 ''Guest drivers ineligible for points''  Kevin Kleveros 6 15 0  Mikhail Aleshin 14 11 0 Pos Driver OSC1 SAC HOC ASS1 NÜR1 ASS2 LAU NÜR2 OSC2 Pts*† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
See also * 2010 Formula 3 Euro Series season* 2010 Masters of Formula 3
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