1999 German Formula Three Championship
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The 1999 German Formula Three Championship (german: 1999 Deutsche Formel-3-Meisterschaft) was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat
open wheel An open-wheel single-seater (often known as formula car) is a car with the wheels outside the car's main body, and usually having only one seat. Open-wheel cars contrast with street cars, sports cars, stock cars, and touring cars, which have thei ...
formula racing cars that held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by Dallara and Martini which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 9 May at Sachsenring and ended at
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on 17 October after nine double-header rounds. Opel Team BSR driver
Christijan Albers Christijan Albers () (born 16 April 1979) is a Dutch former professional racing driver. After success in the DTM he drove in Formula One from until the 2007 British Grand Prix, shortly after which he was dropped by the Spyker F1 team. In 200 ...
became a champion. He clinched the title, winning six of 18 races. Marcel Fässler finished as runner-up with wins at Sachsenring, Oschersleben, and Hockenheim, losing 45 points to Albers.
Thomas Jäger Thomas Jäger (born 27 October 1976) is a German professional racing driver. Career Born in Chemnitz, Jäger competed in the Renault Eurocup, Renault Spider Trophy in 1997.http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/407/career/ Career statistics at Driver D ...
was victorious at
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, Oschersleben and finished third. The other race winners was Robert Lechner, Yves Olivier and Timo Scheider, who completed the top six in the drivers' championship.


Teams and drivers


Calendar

With the exception of round at Salzuburg in Austria, all rounds took place on German soil.


Results


Championship standings


Championship


Junior-Pokal (Rookie) standings


References


External links

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German Formula 3 The German Formula Three Championship was the national Formula Three championship of Germany, and the former West Germany, from 1950 to 2002, then as Formel 3 until 2014. In 2003, the series had merged with the French Formula Three Championship to ...