2014 German Formula Three Championship

The 2014 ATS Formel 3 Cup was the 12th and final edition of the ATS F3 Cup. The final season began on 26 April at Oschersleben and finished on 5 October at Hockenheim after eight race weekends with three races scheduled for each weekend.[1] However, one race was cancelled due to fog, and thus the championship was held over a total of 23 races.

Category veteran Markus Pommer finished the season as the champion, after comfortably winning the most races during the season. Pommer won 14 races for the Motopark Academy-run Lotus team – for a total of 17 podiums – as well as taking 11 pole positions and 10 fastest laps. He finished almost 150 points clear of his nearest rival Nabil Jeffri, who was run by Motopark Academy without Lotus backing. Jeffri won a pair of races at Oschersleben and the first Hockenheim meeting, with his season revolving around consistency, with no fewer than 10 runner-up finishes and 15 podium finishes in total. Jeffri finished 11 points clear of another Lotus driver, Indy Dontje, who was a race winner at the Red Bull Ring, and was the highest finishing rookie in the championship. Dontje was also the winner of the concurrent rookie championship by 45 points.

Three other drivers won races during the season; Van Amersfoort Racing duo Sam MacLeod (three wins) and Weiron Tan (two wins) were joined in victory by Nicolai Sylvest, who won at the Nürburgring for JBR Motorsport & Engineering. With 15 total wins, Lotus were the winners of the teams' championship, 113 points clear of the next best team, Van Amersfoort Racing.

Teams and drivers

Team Chassis Engine No. Driver Status Rounds
Germany Motopark Dallara F311/002 Volkswagen 1 Malaysia Nabil Jeffri[2] All
Germany Lotus Dallara F309/003 Volkswagen 2 Colombia Andrés Méndez[3] R All
Dallara F308/098 3 Netherlands Indy Dontje[4] R All
Dallara F311/005 27 Germany Markus Pommer[5] All
Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara F308/007 Volkswagen 5 Malaysia Weiron Tan[6] R All
Dallara F311/003 6 United Kingdom Sam MacLeod[7] R All
Italy ADM Motorsport[8] Dallara F308/014 Volkswagen 10 China Kang Ling[9] 5–6
11 United Kingdom Dino Zamparelli[8] 4
13 Brazil Luís Felipe Derani[10] 7
20 Russia Konstantin Tereshchenko[11] R 8
Italy SMP Racing by ADM Motorsport[12] Dallara F308/029 Volkswagen 12 Russia Sergey Trofimov[12] R 1
Dallara F308/029 72 Russia Nikita Zlobin[12] All
Switzerland Jo Zeller Racing[8] Dallara F305/011 Mercedes 14 Switzerland Thomas Amweg[8] 4–5
Italy EuroInternational[13] Dallara F311/001 Mercedes 15 United States Santino Ferrucci[13] R 3–4
17 Denmark Nicolas Beer[11] R 8
Germany JBR Motorsport & Engineering Dallara F309/023 Volkswagen 23 Denmark Nicolai Sylvest[14] R All
Germany Amkon Motorsport[15] Dallara F308/096[15] OPC-Challenge[15] 25 Germany Maximilian Hackl[15] All
Austria Franz Wöss Racing[16] Dallara F305/040[16] OPC-Challenge[16] 38 Italy Luca Iannacone[16] 3, 5–8
Dallara F308/052 39 Switzerland Nikolaj Rogivue[11] R 8
Icon Status
R Rookie

Race calendar and results

The championship was a part of the ADAC Masters weekend at six of the season's eight rounds; additional rounds were held at the Stuttgarter Rössle meeting at Hockenheim in June and a round in support of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters at Lausitzring in September.[17] All races were held in Germany, excepting Red Bull Ring round at Austria.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team Rookie winner
1 R1 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 26 April Germany Markus Pommer Malaysia Nabil Jeffri Germany Markus Pommer Germany Lotus Netherlands Indy Dontje
R2 Malaysia Nabil Jeffri Malaysia Nabil Jeffri Germany Motopark Netherlands Indy Dontje
R3 27 April Malaysia Nabil Jeffri Malaysia Nabil Jeffri Germany Markus Pommer Germany Lotus Netherlands Indy Dontje
2 R1 Lausitzring 24 May Germany Markus Pommer United Kingdom Sam MacLeod United Kingdom Sam MacLeod Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing United Kingdom Sam MacLeod
R2 Germany Markus Pommer Germany Markus Pommer Germany Lotus Netherlands Indy Dontje
R3 25 May Germany Markus Pommer United Kingdom Sam MacLeod Germany Markus Pommer Germany Lotus United Kingdom Sam MacLeod
3 R1 Red Bull Ring 7 June Germany Markus Pommer United Kingdom Sam MacLeod Germany Markus Pommer Germany Lotus Netherlands Indy Dontje
R2 Germany Markus Pommer Netherlands Indy Dontje Germany Lotus Netherlands Indy Dontje
R3 8 June Germany Markus Pommer Germany Markus Pommer Germany Markus Pommer Germany Lotus Netherlands Indy Dontje
4 R1 Hockenheimring 14 June Malaysia Nabil Jeffri Germany Markus Pommer Malaysia Nabil Jeffri Germany Motopark Netherlands Indy Dontje
R2 Netherlands Indy Dontje United Kingdom Sam MacLeod Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing United Kingdom Sam MacLeod
R3 15 June Germany Markus Pommer Netherlands Indy Dontje Germany Markus Pommer Germany Lotus Denmark Nicolai Sylvest
5 R1 Nürburgring 30 August Germany Markus Pommer Germany Markus Pommer Germany Markus Pommer Germany Lotus Denmark Nicolai Sylvest
R2 31 August Germany Markus Pommer Denmark Nicolai Sylvest Germany JBR Motorsport & Engineering Denmark Nicolai Sylvest
R3 Germany Markus Pommer China Kang Ling Germany Markus Pommer Germany Lotus United Kingdom Sam MacLeod
6 R1 Lausitzring 14 September Germany Markus Pommer Germany Markus Pommer Germany Markus Pommer Germany Lotus Netherlands Indy Dontje
R2 Race cancelled due to fog[18]
R3 Germany Markus Pommer Germany Markus Pommer Germany Markus Pommer Germany Lotus United Kingdom Sam MacLeod
7 R1 Sachsenring 20 September Germany Markus Pommer United Kingdom Sam MacLeod Germany Markus Pommer Germany Lotus Malaysia Weiron Tan
R2 Netherlands Indy Dontje United Kingdom Sam MacLeod Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing United Kingdom Sam MacLeod
R3 21 September United Kingdom Sam MacLeod United Kingdom Sam MacLeod Germany Markus Pommer Germany Lotus United Kingdom Sam MacLeod
8 R1 Hockenheimring 4 October Netherlands Indy Dontje Germany Markus Pommer Malaysia Weiron Tan Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing Malaysia Weiron Tan
R2 5 October Germany Markus Pommer Germany Markus Pommer Germany Lotus Netherlands Indy Dontje
R3 Malaysia Nabil Jeffri United Kingdom Sam MacLeod Malaysia Weiron Tan Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing Malaysia Weiron Tan

Championship standings

Cup

  • Points were awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PP FL
Race 1 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 3 2
Race 2 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 2
Race 3 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0 2
Pos Driver OSC LAU1 RBR HOC1 NÜR LAU2 SAC HOC2 Pts
1 Germany Markus Pommer 1 4 1 4 1 1 1 3 1 2 Ret 1 1 7 1 1 C 1 1 3 1 4 1 12† 424
2 Malaysia Nabil Jeffri 6 1 2 Ret 8 2 2 2 2 1 Ret 2 2 2 3 2 C 2 2 5 8 3 3 Ret 277
3 Netherlands Indy Dontje 2 2 3 2 2 4 3 1 3 3 3 9 12† 4 4 3 C 6 4 7 4 2 2 2 266
4 United Kingdom Sam MacLeod 3 3 4 1 3 3 6 10 7 7 1 4 9 3 2 6 C 3 6 1 2 Ret 7 3 243
5 Malaysia Weiron Tan 9 6 5 6 6 7 10 4 4 4 4 8 4 8 6 Ret C Ret 3 2 3 1 Ret 1 182
6 Denmark Nicolai Sylvest 4 10 6 3 4 6 11 5 5 8 9 3 3 1 5 5 C 5 5 4 6 DSQ 4 4 182
7 Colombia Andrés Méndez 7 7 7 5 9 8 5 8 6 Ret 5 5 7 10 8 8 C 8 9 9 10 5 8 5 117
8 Russia Nikita Zlobin Ret 5 8 Ret 5 5 7 9 9 9 6 6 8 5 7 4 C 4 8 10 7 Ret DNS 8 109
9 Germany Maximilian Hackl 8 9 9 Ret 7 9 8 7 8 10 7 7 10 9 9 9 C 9 10 8 9 7 9 9 69
10 United States Santino Ferrucci 4 6 DNS 5 2 Ret 33
11 Russia Sergey Trofimov 5 8 10 12
Guest drivers ineligible for points
Brazil Luís Felipe Derani 7 6 5
Denmark Nicolas Beer Ret 5 6
Switzerland Thomas Amweg Ret DNS 10† 5 11 10
China Kang Ling 6 6 11 7 C 7
Russia Konstantin Tereshchenko 6 6 7
United Kingdom Dino Zamparelli 6 8 Ret
Switzerland Nikolaj Rogivue 8 11† 10
Italy Luca Iannaccone 9 11 10 11 12 12 10 C 10 11 Ret 11 9 10 11
Pos Driver OSC LAU1 RBR HOC1 NÜR LAU2 SAC HOC2 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.

Rookie

Pos Driver OSC LAU1 RBR HOC1 NÜR LAU2 SAC HOC2 Pts
1 Netherlands Indy Dontje 2 2 3 2 2 4 3 1 3 3 3 9 12† 4 4 3 C 6 4 7 4 2 2 2 365
2 United Kingdom Sam MacLeod 3 3 4 1 3 3 6 10 7 7 1 4 9 3 2 6 C 3 6 1 2 Ret 7 3 320
3 Denmark Nicolai Sylvest 4 10 6 3 4 6 11 5 5 8 9 3 3 1 5 5 C 5 5 4 6 DSQ 4 4 272
4 Malaysia Weiron Tan 9 6 5 6 6 7 10 4 4 4 4 8 4 8 6 Ret C Ret 3 2 3 1 Ret 1 263
5 Colombia Andrés Méndez 7 7 7 5 9 8 5 8 6 Ret 5 5 7 10 8 8 C 8 9 9 10 5 8 5 208
6 United States Santino Ferrucci 4 6 DNS 5 2 Ret 46
7 Russia Sergey Trofimov 5 8 10 24
Guest drivers ineligible for points
Denmark Nicolas Beer Ret 5 6
China Kang Ling 6 6 11 7 C 7
Russia Konstantin Tereshchenko 6 6 7
Switzerland Nikolaj Rogivue 8 11† 10
Pos Driver OSC LAU1 RBR HOC1 NÜR LAU2 SAC HOC2 Pts
  • † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Team

Pos Team OSC LAU1 RBR HOC1 NÜR LAU2 SAC HOC2 Pts
1 Germany Lotus 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 4 1 1 C 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 429
2 Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing 3 3 4 1 3 3 6 4 4 4 1 4 4 3 2 6 C 3 3 1 2 1 7 1 316
3 Germany Motopark 6 1 2 Ret 8 2 2 2 2 1 Ret 2 2 2 3 2 C 2 2 5 8 3 3 Ret 279
4 Germany JBR Motorsport & Engineering 4 10 6 3 4 6 11 5 5 8 9 3 3 1 5 5 C 5 5 4 6 DSQ 4 4 225
5 Italy SMP Racing by ADM Motorsport 5 5 8 Ret 5 5 7 9 9 9 6 6 8 5 7 4 C 4 8 10 7 Ret DNS 8 175
6 Germany Amkon Motorsport 8 9 9 Ret 7 9 8 7 8 10 7 7 10 9 9 9 C 9 10 8 9 7 9 9 152
7 Italy EuroInternational 4 6 DNS 5 2 Ret Ret 5 6 39
Guest teams ineligible for points
Italy ADM Motorsport 6 8 Ret 6 6 11 7 C 7 7 6 5 6 6 7
Switzerland Jo Zeller Racing Ret DNS 10† 5 11 10
Austria Franz Wöss Racing 9 11 10 11 12 12 10 C 10 11 Ret 11 8 10 10
Pos Team OSC LAU1 RBR HOC1 NÜR LAU2 SAC HOC2 Pts
  • † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

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