2002 German Formula Three Championship

The 2002 German Formula Three Championship (German: 2002 Deutsche Formel-3-Meisterschaft) was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that was held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by Dallara which conformed to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 20 April at Hockenheim and ended at the same place on 6 October after ten double-header rounds.

Team Rosberg driver Gary Paffett became the first and only British champion. He won the title, securing six race wins. Kosuke Matsuura finished as runner-up with wins at Hockenheim and Zandvoort. Timo Glock won the Rookie title and three races with a one-point gap to Matsuura in the main championship. The other race winners were Frank Diefenbacher, Jeffrey van Hooydonk, Norbert Siedler, Markus Winkelhock and Kimmo Liimatainen.^[1]

All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.^[2]

Team No. Driver Chassis Engine Status Rounds Opel Team BSR 1 Bernhard Auinger F302/005 Opel All 2 Vitantonio Liuzzi F302/006 R All 3 Frank Diefenbacher F302/073 All Mücke Motorsport 4 Sven Heidfeld F302/032 Mercedes All 5 Markus Winkelhock F302/079 All 35 Marcel Lasée F302/012 R All Team Kolles Racing 6 João Paulo de Oliveira F302/076 Mugen-Honda 1-7 Sakon Yamamoto 8-10 7 Charles Zwolsman Jr. F302/038 R 1-5 Ross Zwolsman F302/038 R 6-10 8 Stefano Proetto F399/005 R 1-7 Team Rosberg 9 Kimmo Liimatainen F302/068 Opel All 10 Gary Paffett F302/030 All Swiss Racing Team 11 Norbert Siedler F302/011 Opel All 12 Marc Benz F302/062 R 1-8 Stefano Proetto R 9-10 14 Gilles Tinguely F302/061 All Prema Powerteam 15 César Campaniço F302/016 Opel All 16 Kousuke Matsuura F302/044 All 41 Ryan Briscoe F302/089 5-10 GM Motorsport 18 Sakon Yamamoto F302/088 Toyota 1-7 Jörg Hardt F302/088 R 8-10 19 Clemens Stadler F302/083 All JB Motorsport 21 Stefan de Groot F302/072 Opel R 1-7 João Paulo de Oliveira F302/072 9 22 Rizal Ramli R 1-4 Shigeki Ebihara F302/010 R 9-10 Trella Motorsport 24 Christopher Brück F302/007 Opel R 1-4 Rizal Ramli R 5-10 Palfinger F3 Racing Team 25 Marco Schärf F302/033 Opel All 26 Richard Lietz F302/011 R All Opel Team KMS 27 Timo Glock F302/009 Opel R All 28 Mirko Venturi F302/050 R 1-3 Juliano Moro 5 Catharina Felser R 7-10 Van Amersfoort Racing 29 Jaap van Lagen F302/087 Opel R 7 Kaichi Sato 8-10 30 Catharina Felser F300/001 R 1-5 CCT Racing 32 Camilo Zurcher F302/074 Opel 8 Josef Kaufmann Racing 33 Marco Knauf F300/041 Opel R 1-7, 9-10 SLR Motorsport 34 Markus Lehmann F399/068 Opel 1, 3 Team Ghinzani 97 Robert Doornbos F302/052 Mugen-Honda All 98 Gottfried Grasser F302/042 All 99 Jeffrey van Hooydonk F302/003 All

Icon Class R Rookie

Round		Location	Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	R1	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	20 April	ADAC Preis Hockenheim
	R2			21 April
2	R1	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	4 May	64. ADAC Eifelrennen
	R2			5 May
3	R1	Saxony, Germany	Sachsenring	1 June	ADAC Preis Sachsenring
	R2			2 June
4	R1	Nuremberg, Germany	Norisring	29 June	60. Norisring Speedweekend
	R2			30 June
5	R1	Klettwitz, Germany	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	13 July	ADAC-Rundstreckenrennen Lausitz 200
	R2			14 July
6	R1	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	27 July	German Grand Prix
	R2			28 July
7	R1	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	3 August	ADAC Großer Preis der Tourenwagen
	R2			4 August
8	R1	Spielberg, Austria	A1-Ring	7 September	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
	R2			8 September
9	R1	Zandvoort, Netherlands	Circuit Park Zandvoort	28 September	AvD Rundstreckenrennen Zandvoort
	R2			29 September
10	R1	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	5 October	DMV-Preis Hockenheim
	R2			6 October

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Hockenheimring	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	Team Rosberg
	R2		Timo Glock	Frank Diefenbacher	Frank Diefenbacher	Opel Team BSR
2	R1	Nürburgring	Markus Winkelhock	cancelled due to snow and fog conditions[3]
	R2		Gary Paffett
3	R1	Sachsenring	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	Team Rosberg
	R2		Kosuke Matsuura	Timo Glock	Timo Glock	Opel Team KMS
4	R1	Norisring	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	Team Rosberg
	R2		Kosuke Matsuura	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	Team Rosberg
5	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	Team Rosberg
	NC		Kosuke Matsuura	Timo Glock	Frank Diefenbacher	Opel Team BSR
6	R1	Hockenheimring	Kosuke Matsuura	Markus Winkelhock	Kosuke Matsuura	Prema Powerteam
	R2		Kosuke Matsuura	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Team Ghinzani
7	R1	Nürburgring	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Timo Glock	Opel Team KMS
	R2		Markus Winkelhock	Markus Winkelhock	Markus Winkelhock	Mücke Motorsport
8	R1	A1-Ring	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	Team Rosberg
	R2		Gary Paffett	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Timo Glock	Opel Team KMS
9	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	Kosuke Matsuura	Kosuke Matsuura	Kosuke Matsuura	Prema Powerteam
	R2		Kimmo Liimatainen	Kosuke Matsuura	Kimmo Liimatainen	Team Rosberg
10	R1	Hockenheimring	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Timo Glock	Gary Paffett	Team Rosberg
	R2		Timo Glock	Markus Winkelhock	Norbert Siedler	Swiss Racing Team

• Points were awarded as follows:

Pos Driver HOC1 NÜR1 SAC NOR LAU HOC2 NÜR2 A1R ZAN HOC3 Pts 1 Gary Paffett 1 16 C C 1 EX 1 1 1 11 2 6 7 7 1 10 Ret Ret 1 7 83 2 Kosuke Matsuura 7 DNQ C C 3 4 Ret 3 4 25 1 2 Ret 3 6 3 12 1 Ret 13 55 3 Timo Glock 17 6 C C Ret 1 Ret 9 3 4 7 19 1 2 Ret 1 Ret 11 2 4 52 4 Frank Diefenbacher 2 1 C C Ret 6 3 2 5 1 8 23† 4 14 Ret 12 4 5 5 Ret 39 5 Jeffrey van Hooydonk 10 2 C C 8 12 5 10 24 3 3 1 3 5 Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret 23 31 6 Norbert Siedler 4 Ret C C Ret 7 Ret 7 6 19 20† 22† Ret 26 2 5 2 8 Ret 1 28 7 Markus Winkelhock 5 5 C C 5 Ret 7 19 10 6 4 21† 21 1 4 15 10 13 Ret 3 28 8 Bernhard Auinger 6 3 C C 4 3 2 5 9 2 5 4 6 10 Ret Ret 6 12 Ret Ret 27 9 Vitantonio Liuzzi 14 Ret C C 9 8 9 4 Ret 7 23† 25† 2 27 Ret 2 5 9 Ret 2 25 10 Kimmo Liimatainen 15 7 C C EX EX 8 13 17 8 10 9 10 9 3 7 1 2 6 10 22 11 Robert Doornbos 23 10 C C 6 5 Ret 6 2 23 22† 3 9 15 22† 8 Ret 4 7 Ret 17 12 João Paulo de Oliveira Ret Ret C C 2 2 11 21† 7 Ret 6 18 22 4 Ret 7 16 13 Ryan Briscoe 11 15 Ret 7 23 11 5 Ret 3 3 3 5 16 14 César Campaniço 13 17 C C 7 9 6 11 12 5 11 5 5 6 10 9 11 14 4 8 9 15 Charles Zwolsman Jr. 3 4 C C 21 13 DNQ 15 19 18 8 16 Sven Heidfeld 16 12 C C 10 Ret 4 8 15 16 25† 10 8 12 12 24 8 10 16 9 3 17 Marcel Lasée DNQ 8 C C 23 Ret 12 14 8 12 9 17 16 8 Ret 6 7 6 Ret 15 2 18 Kaichi Sato 17 21 Ret 20 Ret 6 1 19 Richard Lietz 8 14 C C Ret Ret Ret 17 DNS 9 Ret DNS 7 11 Ret 15 Ret Ret 0 20 Sakon Yamamoto 22 Ret C C 11 20† 14 Ret 18 25 17 8 DNQ Ret 16 Ret Ret 21 9 18 0 21 Ross Zwolsman 21 12 20 13 8 18 9 Ret Ret 21 0 22 Clemens Stadler 18 15 C C 17 22† 15 16 23 22 13 16 19 21 15 23 Ret 18 8 16 0 23 Marc Benz Ret Ret C C Ret 21† 10 12 13 10 26† 20† DNS 17 9 Ret 0 24 Gottfried Grasser 12 9 C C 12 10 DNQ DNQ 14 Ret 12 Ret 17 16 11 13 15 23 11 Ret 0 25 Stefan de Groot 9 21 C C 15 11 16 23 21 Ret 14 11 11 DNS 0 26 Jörg Hardt 13 14 13 Ret 10 12 0 27 Christopher Brück 11 11 C C 14 18 Ret DNS 0 28 Catharina Felser 20 Ret C C 18 16 Ret DNQ 26 26 Ret 23 21† 19 DNQ 22 14 11 0 29 Gilles Tinguely Ret Ret C C 22 17 17 18 Ret 20 15 14 12 24 14 20 Ret Ret Ret 20 0 30 Stefano Proetto Ret 21 C C 16 14 Ret 22 16 21 24† Ret Ret 20 Ret 17 12 17 0 31 Marco Knauf 19 20 C C 20 19 18 20 20 13 16 24 13 22 19 17 14 16 DNS 19 0 32 Marco Schärf Ret Ret C C 19 Ret 13 Ret 25 Ret 18 13 14 18 20 16 16 19 Ret Ret 0 33 Rizal Ramli 21 19 C C 25 15 DNQ Ret DNS 24 19 15 18 19 Ret 25 18 24 13 14 0 34 Mirko Venturi 24 18 C C 13 23† 0 35 Shigeki Ebihara Ret 25 15 22 0 36 Jaap van Lagen 15 25 0 37 Juliano Moro 22 17 0 38 Camilo Zurcher 18 22 0 39 Markus Lehmann Ret 21 24 DNQ 0 Fábio Carbone DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver HOC1 NÜR1 SAC NOR LAU HOC2 NÜR2 A1R ZAN HOC3 Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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.

	Driver	Points
1	Timo Glock	237
2	Vitantonio Liuzzi	206
3	Marcel Lasée	128
4	Marc Benz	71
5	Richard Lietz	57
6	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	53
7	Stefan de Groot	47
8	Ross Zwolsman	29
9	Jörg Hardt	29
10	Christopher Brück	23
11	Stefano Proetto	22
12	Marco Knauf	22
13	Rizal Ramli	15
14	Catharina Felser	9
15	Mirko Venturi	7
16	Jaap van Lagen	5
17	Shigeki Ebihara	1