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. 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 Driver Status Rounds Motopark Dallara F311/002 Volkswagen 1 Nabil Jeffri All Lotus Dallara F309/003 Volkswagen 2 Andrés Méndez All Dallara F308/098 3 Indy Dontje All Dallara 27 Markus Pommer All Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara F308/007 Volkswagen 5 Weiron Tan All Dallara F311/003 6 Sam MacLeod All ADM Motorsport Dallara F308/014 Volkswagen 10 Kang Ling 5–6 11 Dino Zamparelli 4 13 Luís Felipe Derani 7 20 Konstantin Tereshchenko 8 SMP Racing by ADM Motorsport Dallara F308/029 Volkswagen 12 Sergey Trofimov 1 Dallara 72 Nikita Zlobin All Jo Zeller Racing Dallara F305/011 Mercedes 14 Thomas Amweg 4–5 EuroInternational Dallara F311/001 Mercedes 15 Santino Ferrucci 3–4 17 Nicolas Beer 8 JBR Motorsport & Engineering Dallara F309/023 Volkswagen 23 Nicolai Sylvest All Amkon Motorsport Dallara F308/096 OPC-Challenge 25 Maximilian Hackl All Franz Wöss Racing Dallara F305/040 OPC-Challenge 38 Luca Iannacone 3, 5–8 Dallara F308/052 39 Nikolaj Rogivue 8 Icon Status 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. 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 Markus Pommer Nabil Jeffri Markus Pommer Lotus Indy Dontje R2 Nabil Jeffri Nabil Jeffri Motopark Indy Dontje R3 27 April Nabil Jeffri Nabil Jeffri Markus Pommer Lotus Indy Dontje 2 R1 Lausitzring 24 May Markus Pommer Sam MacLeod Sam MacLeod Van Amersfoort Racing Sam MacLeod R2 Markus Pommer Markus Pommer Lotus Indy Dontje R3 25 May Markus Pommer Sam MacLeod Markus Pommer Lotus Sam MacLeod 3 R1 Red Bull Ring 7 June Markus Pommer Sam MacLeod Markus Pommer Lotus Indy Dontje R2 Markus Pommer Indy Dontje Lotus Indy Dontje R3 8 June Markus Pommer Markus Pommer Markus Pommer Lotus Indy Dontje 4 R1 Hockenheimring 14 June Nabil Jeffri Markus Pommer Nabil Jeffri Motopark Indy Dontje R2 Indy Dontje Sam MacLeod Van Amersfoort Racing Sam MacLeod R3 15 June Markus Pommer Indy Dontje Markus Pommer Lotus Nicolai Sylvest 5 R1 Nürburgring 30 August Markus Pommer Markus Pommer Markus Pommer Lotus Nicolai Sylvest R2 31 August Markus Pommer Nicolai Sylvest JBR Motorsport & Engineering Nicolai Sylvest R3 Markus Pommer Kang Ling Markus Pommer Lotus Sam MacLeod 6 R1 Lausitzring 14 September Markus Pommer Markus Pommer Markus Pommer Lotus Indy Dontje R2 Race cancelled due to fog R3 Markus Pommer Markus Pommer Markus Pommer Lotus Sam MacLeod 7 R1 Sachsenring 20 September Markus Pommer Sam MacLeod Markus Pommer Lotus Weiron Tan R2 Indy Dontje Sam MacLeod Van Amersfoort Racing Sam MacLeod R3 21 September Sam MacLeod Sam MacLeod Markus Pommer Lotus Sam MacLeod 8 R1 Hockenheimring 4 October Indy Dontje Markus Pommer Weiron Tan Van Amersfoort Racing Weiron Tan R2 5 October Markus Pommer Markus Pommer Lotus Indy Dontje R3 Nabil Jeffri Sam MacLeod Weiron Tan Van Amersfoort Racing 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Santino Ferrucci 4 6 DNS 5 2 Ret 33 11 Sergey Trofimov 5 8 10 12 Guest drivers ineligible for points Luís Felipe Derani 7 6 5 Nicolas Beer Ret 5 6 Thomas Amweg Ret DNS 10† 5 11 10 Kang Ling 6 6 11 7 C 7 6 6 7 Dino Zamparelli 6 8 Ret Nikolaj Rogivue 8 11† 10 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 PtsBold – 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 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 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 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 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 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 Santino Ferrucci 4 6 DNS 5 2 Ret 46 7 Sergey Trofimov 5 8 10 24 Guest drivers ineligible for points Nicolas Beer Ret 5 6 Kang Ling 6 6 11 7 C 7 Konstantin Tereshchenko 6 6 7 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 EuroInternational 4 6 DNS 5 2 Ret Ret 5 6 39 Guest teams ineligible for points ADM Motorsport 6 8 Ret 6 6 11 7 C 7 7 6 5 6 6 7 Jo Zeller Racing Ret DNS 10† 5 11 10 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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