The 2002 German Formula Three Championship () 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.

Teams and drivers All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed. Team Driver Chassis Engine Status Rounds Opel Team BSR 1 Bernhard Auinger F302/005 Opel All 2 Vitantonio Liuzzi F302/006 All 3 Frank Diefenbacher F302/073 All Mücke Motorsport 4 Sven Heidfeld F302/032 Mercedes All 5 Markus Winkelhock All 35 Marcel Lasée All Team Kolles Racing 6 João Paulo de Oliveira F302/076 Mugen-Honda 1-7 Sakon Yamamoto 8-10 7 Charles Zwolsman Jr. 1-5 Ross Zwolsman F302/038 6-10 8 Stefano Proetto F399/005 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 1-8 Stefano Proetto 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 5-10 GM Motorsport 18 Sakon Yamamoto Toyota 1-7 Jörg Hardt F302/088 8-10 19 Clemens Stadler F302/083 All JB Motorsport 21 Stefan de Groot Opel 1-7 João Paulo de Oliveira F302/072 9 22 Rizal Ramli 1-4 Shigeki Ebihara F302/010 9-10 Trella Motorsport 24 Christopher Brück F302/007 Opel 1-4 Rizal Ramli 5-10 Palfinger F3 Racing Team 25 Marco Schärf F302/033 Opel All 26 Richard Lietz F302/011 All Opel Team KMS 27 Timo Glock F302/009 Opel All 28 Mirko Venturi F302/050 1-3 Juliano Moro 5 Catharina Felser 7-10 Van Amersfoort Racing 29 Jaap van Lagen F302/087 Opel 7 Kaichi Sato 8-10 30 Catharina Felser F300/001 1-5 CCT Racing 32 Camilo Zurcher F302/074 Opel 8 Josef Kaufmann Racing 33 Marco Knauf F300/041 Opel 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 Rookie

Calendar 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 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

Results 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 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 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

Championship standings Championship Points were awarded as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 PP 10 6 4 3 2 1 1

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 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 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 PtsBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Junior-Pokal (Rookie) standings 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

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