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1987 German Formula Three Championship

The 1987 German Formula Three Championship (German: 1987 Deutsche Formel-3-Meisterschaft) was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars held in Germany, Belgium and Austria. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars which conformed to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 26 April at Nürburgring and ended at Zolder on 27 September after nine rounds.

Team Sonax Autopflege (Schübel Rennsport) driver Bernd Schneider dominated the championship. He won seven from eight races that he competed and clinched the title. Joachim Winkelhock lost 42 points to Schneider and finished as runner-up with win in the season finale at Zolder. Hanspeter Kaufmann won at AVUS. Víctor Rosso, Harald Huysman, Frank Biela, David Coyne, Tomi Luhtanen and Eric van de Poele were the other podium finishers.

Entry List
Volkswagen Motorsport	1	Víctor Rosso	Ralt RT31/705	Volkswagen	All
2	Peter Zakowski	Ralt RT31/707	All
JSK Generalbau	3	Hanspeter Kaufmann	Dallara F386	Volkswagen	All
23	Gianni Bianchi	Dallara F386/019	4
Team Sonax Autopflege	4	Bernd Schneider	Dallara F387	Volkswagen	1–8
Schübel Rennsport Int.	5	Csaba Kesjár	Dallara F387/014	Volkswagen	1–8
Frank Biela	6	Frank Biela	Reynard 873	Volkswagen	All
Malte Bongers Motorsport	7	Wolfgang Kaufmann	Reynard 873/061	Alfa Romeo	1–5
8	Tomi Luhtanen	Reynard 873/094	Volkswagen	All
Nigrin Sportauto Nachwuchsförderung	9	Otto Rensing	Martini MK52/01	Volkswagen	All
10	Markus Oestreich	Martini MK52	4, 6–8
McGregor Racing Team	11	Sigi Betz	Reynard 863/030	Volkswagen	5-10
12	Martin Ludwig	Ralt RT30	1
Mönninghoff Racing	14	Frank Schmickler	Ralt RT31/711	Volkswagen	1–2, 4–8
32	Mercedes Stermitz	Ralt RT30	4
Delia Stegemann	Ralt RT31	8
Bross Druck Chemie Racing	15	David Coyne	Reynard 873	Volkswagen	1–4, 6–8
35	Werner Braun	Reynard 863	2
Helmut Bross	3
Franz Binder	7
43	Werner Braun	1
51	Franz Binder	5
Team Penthouse Pernod	16	Michael Roppes	Ralt RT31/701	Volkswagen	1–8
Peter Wisskirchen	17	Peter Wisskirchen	Reynard 873/045	Volkswagen	1–4, 6–8
Hartge Motorsport	19	Eric van de Poele	Ralt RT31	Volkswagen	1–4, 7–9
WTS Racing Team	20	Wilhelm F. Weber	Reynard 873	Volkswagen	1–4, 6–7
Ellen Lohr	8
Frank Schmickler	9
21	Joachim Winkelhock	Reynard 873	All
22	Patrick Jerome	Ralt RT30/522	1–3
Stefan Fricke	25	Stefan Fricke	Ralt RT30/529	Volkswagen	1–3
Gerd Lünsmann Racing	27	Gerd Lünsmann	Ralt RT31/710	Volkswagen	2–4, 6–7
Stefan Fricke	8–9
Gipimo Corse	30	Harald Huysman	Dallara F387	Alfa Romeo	All
Bamo Power Motorsport	33	Richard Hamann	Reynard 873/051	Volkswagen	1–7
39	Stefan Lohr	Reynard 853	4
Derichs Rennwagen	34	Gerhard Müller	Derichs D385/01	Toyota	2
MC Motorsport	34	Cathy Muller	Ralt RT31	Volkswagen	8
Sport Auto Racing	39	André Malherbe	Ralt RT31	Volkswagen	7
Ewald Gasper	40	Stefan Neuberger	Martini MK45	Volkswagen	1–2, 4
Serge Saulnier	41	Eric Bellefroid	Dallara F387	Alfa Romeo	7
Theo Kirchhoff	42	Theo Kirchhoff	Reynard	no data	1, 3
KTR	43	Jean-Denis Délétraz	Ralt RT31	Volkswagen	7
Johann Stelzer	54	Johann Stelzer	Reynard 863	Volkswagen	1, 5

Round	Location	Circuit	Date
Nürburg, West Germany	Nürburgring	26 April	49. ADAC Eifelrennen"
Berlin, West Germany	AVUS	10 May	ADAC-Avus-Rennen
Heusden-Zolder, Belgium	Circuit Zolder	24 May	21. ADAC Westfalen-Pokal-Rennen
Hockenheim, West Germany	Hockenheimring	5 July	ADAC-Preis Hockenheim
Zeltweg, Austria	Österreichring	12 July	ADAC-Hessen-Cup — Preis des Aichfeldes
Siegerland, West Germany	Siegerland Airport	23 August	10. ADAC-Siegerland-Flughafenrennen
Nürburg, West Germany	Nürburgring	30 August	ADAC 1000 km Rennen
Nürburg, West Germany	Nürburgring	20 September	XIV. ADAC Bilstein Super Sprint
Heusden-Zolder, Belgium	Circuit Zolder	27 September	ADAC/ACR Grenzland-Preis "Stefan-Bellof-Gedächtnis-Rennen"

Round	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver
Nürburgring	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Team Sonax Autopflege
AVUS	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Hanspeter Kaufmann	JSK Generalbau
Circuit Zolder	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Team Sonax Autopflege
Hockenheimring	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Team Sonax Autopflege
Österreichring	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Team Sonax Autopflege
Siegerland Airport	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Team Sonax Autopflege
Nürburgring	Joachim Winkelhock	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Team Sonax Autopflege
Nürburgring	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Team Sonax Autopflege
Circuit Zolder	Joachim Winkelhock	Tomi Luhtanen	Joachim Winkelhock	WTS Racing Team

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

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